Posts by charonsdog

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Crooked Teeth

by Introvert 2 in

well 55 yo this summer times flies.. was in my late thirties when i started thinking about getting braces or some other treatment for my crowded teeth.

decided to put it off a few years later as 'the new system' ™ was right around the corner.

then went through a huge burn out depression and my teeth became a lesser priority.

Thanks for posting this, Introvert. I also have crooked teeth. Almost 50 years old (Happy Birthday to me!), no cavities, but I have always been self-conscious about my smile. My parents couldn't afford braces for me when I was a kid, because 1) they were working part-time to pioneer and such, and 2) the "New System" was just around the corner and it was going to be fixed. Later, I couldn't afford braces because I was broke, working two or more jobs while trying to raise a family without a decent education.

I'm now living in southeast Asia, where medicine and dental care is much more affordable. I'm thinking of finally getting myself a sexy smile.

13

Belly button

by moley in

just a thought.

would those who are resurrected (if it existed) to the new system have bellybuttons.

charonsdog

I remember having a discussion with a newly-minted elder (long after I had stepped down, been DF'd, and returned as PIMO) about the resurrection and the return to perfection. I posed the examples of those who were amputees getting their limbs returned. Bald persons who would have a full head of hair. And then I dropped the hammer on him and asked him if I'd get my foreskin back in the "New Order". He didn't appreciate it.

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Has Being a JW affected your SEX Life?

by minimus in

jw
friends

not being a witness has been a plus for my sex life.

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what about you!

charonsdog

I knew a couple who went to the Sunday meeting the VERY NEXT DAY because it was the "Special Talk" and of course you couldn't miss that. Seriously..what the fuck?

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WT studied by all congregations 4th Feb 2018.

by skin in

from the wt dated dec 2017 - study 1 para 11 studied by all congregations 4th feb 2018. the question asked on this paragraph is:.

what did the physician luke report happened to a young man, and how did that affect others?”.

paragraph 11 in this wt reads:.

charonsdog

Luke was a medical doctor, but Paul had stayed at a Holiday Inn Express the night before....

13

Watch Tower Farms

by Lost in the fog in

i know that the farms have been around for decades but i was wondering if the watch tower farms ever abbreviate their name simply to wtf?

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charonsdog

Yeah.... "WTF" was stencil-painted on everything. Trash cans, carts, tools....

11

Do You Ever Play Words With Friends?

by minimus in

jw
friends

very addicting!.

charonsdog

I've heard of it. Still trying to master "Snake" on my Nokia 3310

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Thank you, George Couch!

by charonsdog in

i just thought i'd share this story from my past.. back in the 80s i remember the big problem seemed to be about music.

(today, it's tight pants, i guess) the organization, society, whatever they were calling themselves, were always going on about the music we listened to.

disco, heavy metal, the whole "backwards masking" thing...couldn't escape hearing or reading about how satan was corrupting us unless we were listening to kingdom melodies or elevator music.. i was assigned to wtf in the late 80s and remember one of the articles stating that "young people know that the rhythm of rock music is the rhythm of sexual intercourse.

charonsdog

I'm pretty sure the "Another One Bites the Dust" thing was pretty widespread. Don't know if it was from an actual outline for the CO's, but I remember that one being talked about a LOT in the congregations in Northern Florida.

Now, I didn't hear this next one personally, but at a local gathering I went to, one of my friends was telling the story of a visiting elder spending a great deal of his 45-minute lecture dissecting Don McLean's "American Pie" and actually "explaining" it and how it was dangerous. Hell, even Don McLean didn't explain it until decades later, and it was still pretty much ambiguous.

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Fake News By Jehovah’s Witnesses 🐑

by minimus in

jw
friends

much has been said about “fake news”.

regarding the witnesses, they would always ask, “ did you hear the latest”?.

since the witnesses claim to have the “truth”, can you express anything that turned out to be truly “fake news”?

charonsdog

I keep thinking about how the Donald screams "fake news" every time something critical is reported about him, but eats up the fawning, positive stories. Reminds me of the GB/WTB&TS. They herald any news story that paints them in a good light, but if anything is said that is not positive, then we were not to listen to or read it, because it was an attack from Jehovah's enemies.

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Why were the Israelites so deplorable?

by eyeuse2badub in

what made the israelites so deplorable?.

i started thinking about how the bible describes ‘god’s people’, the israelites.

most of the time god was very pissed off at them.

charonsdog

Whenever my mom would decry some book or movie that I was into as "too violent for Christians", I would always point her to the scriptures like the one Betheliesalot posted. Samuel hacking Agag "to pieces". Ehud opening up Eglon's belly with a short sword so his intestines (and their contents) came spilling out. I especially liked the one where Phinehas "took a lance" and proceeded to kill Zimri and Cozbi (the Midianite chick) inside their tent while they were engaged in some hanky panky. The account (which my FATHER assigned me to read for the old #2 talk when I was TEN YEARS OLD) stated that Zimri was pierced through the head and Cozbi through "her genital parts". Anyone want to ponder about how many thrusts of the lance that took? And why?

The Israelites' YHWH was a bloodthirsty SOB.

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I want to understand British references to your countries.

by compound complex in

jw
friends

greetings, friends across the two ponds:.

of course, as per other posters' recommendations, i could google this; i have and remain, not totally confused, but wanting the straight dope as well as nuanced meaning.

i'm both curious and needing to know for purposes of editing works of american and british writers.

charonsdog

stan livedeath... Aren't you aware that the entire reason the colonies rose up and tossed you redcoats out was so that we could pronounce our words any damn way we please? And drink coffee instead of tea? ;-)