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  YoungerTom is lidgit.

  by OlderTom in

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  we have a new poster on the board he posts as youngertom.

  i know him personnaly.

  he's fairdinkum.. i just converted him from lurker to poster.

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  unclebruce

  ROTFL Old Tom

  Baptism by BBQ - brilliant!

  unclebruce
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  The baptism is off.....

  by TheApostleAK in

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  told by the elders yesterday that since i'm a official at a sports match on saturdays and i won't quit doing it (they mention it occasionally to me at meetings), that they won't be allowing me to get baptised the next assembly coming up.

  it might matter if i was working 5 days a week but at the moment i'm only working 2 days......(i've already racked up 50 hours this month).

  i remember a talk a while back with the theme "what prevents you from getting baptised?

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  unclebruce

  G'day Andrew,

  Nope I haven't disfellowshipped anybody, never was any good at shunning and stuff. I'm all over the net like a rash - if anyones been hiding it ain't yours truely. ;) I may be in Sydney (not sure - I'm caught in the 'monaro triange, at the moment (Bega, Canberra, Sydney ... long story .. much travelling)

  unclebruce

  PS: Lost connection to your batty mate when I changed phone numbers a while back. Yadirf is Friday (backwoodsman)

  PSS: So you got chocolate egg on yer face - you lucky lucky ba... father!
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  I wanna be

  by Yerusalyim in

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  i'm tired of being a newbie, i want to be a junior member, how many times do i need to post to become a "junior member"?

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  unclebruce

  G'day Dark Clouds,

  Just because I said I'd like to see these Theocratic rankings installed here doesn't mean I think they're any good. (I'm a sick kinky guy - ask anybody)

  unclebruce, who is repulsed by all cults including the mindnumbing StarTrek.*

  PS: I'm glad you never asked about how Jehovah ranks with me. (perhaps I forgot about him when typing that ... or perhaps he was on the privy or skiing the swiss alps ... perhaps the Brooklyn Bible Scholars are holding him for ransom till all the apostates apologise and hand their secret elders manuals back)

  *A lie - I do like Dr.Who, Red Dwarf, Good News Week and Landline.
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  I wanna be

  by Yerusalyim in

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  i'm tired of being a newbie, i want to be a junior member, how many times do i need to post to become a "junior member"?

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  unclebruce

  Mustang and Yerusylim -

  Simon posted this in the Announcements section: (at first I thought it might be a JW throw back, but if it's just a bit of fun I guess it's OK ;)

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  In case you are new and wondering what all the 'master member' and 'jedi' labels are that people have, they are based on the number of posts made as follows:

  1-20 : Newbie
  21-50 : Junior
  51-200 : Senior
  201-1000 : Master
  1001-2000: Jedi
  2001+ : Emperor

  It's just a bit of fun to indicate how long / how much someone has used the forum. - Simon

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  Personally I'd rather see something more theocratic like:

  publisher
  pioneer
  ministerial servant
  Elder
  Circuit Overseer
  Jesus Christ
  Bethelite
  GB member
  GB advisor

  Note: Women cannot advance beyond pioneer. (female Bethelites are the rare but silent exception the the watchtower rule)
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  YoungerTom is lidgit.

  by OlderTom in

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  we have a new poster on the board he posts as youngertom.

  i know him personnaly.

  he's fairdinkum.. i just converted him from lurker to poster.

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  unclebruce

  Yes there is such a thing Hippikon,

  Older Tom is an expert at conducting 'reverse bible studies' (as I prefer to call them ;)

  unclebruce.
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  The baptism is off.....

  by TheApostleAK in

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  told by the elders yesterday that since i'm a official at a sports match on saturdays and i won't quit doing it (they mention it occasionally to me at meetings), that they won't be allowing me to get baptised the next assembly coming up.

  it might matter if i was working 5 days a week but at the moment i'm only working 2 days......(i've already racked up 50 hours this month).

  i remember a talk a while back with the theme "what prevents you from getting baptised?

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  unclebruce

  Hey Andrew,

  Long time no see - Greetings to you and yours you old Vampire slayer ;)

  unc.
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  The baptism is off.....

  by TheApostleAK in

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  told by the elders yesterday that since i'm a official at a sports match on saturdays and i won't quit doing it (they mention it occasionally to me at meetings), that they won't be allowing me to get baptised the next assembly coming up.

  it might matter if i was working 5 days a week but at the moment i'm only working 2 days......(i've already racked up 50 hours this month).

  i remember a talk a while back with the theme "what prevents you from getting baptised?

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  unclebruce

  G'day AK,

  You'd have to be out of your mind to think you could be a Jehovah's witness and play aussie rules or any other wordly team sport - geez even the inter-congregation footy match was eventually stopped because some smart arse, not mentioning any names (Barney - {Barry McGrath}) bought in a couple of his 'professional' mates. A lot of MS played but I can only ever remember attacking one Elder (Frank Eiwanitza) We had great aussie rules matches North of Adelaide back in the early eighties, but it all started falling apart once the boys started wearing boots with sprigs The footy matches were held in secret for a while but eventually the little pricks had it outlawed (or was it 'out-principled?')

  You just don't seem to understand how ultra-conservative real JW's are meant to be.

  unclebruce, wondering if AK spends his nights sitting around reading his bible based publications in silence or does he watch the devils idiot box and listen to satanic music?

  PS: You won't find many Elders around your way promoting fun pursuits - most JW Elders are'nt a "family mans" arsehole! Geez the silly buggers got their shorts in a twist whenever I took the fatherless boys camping and fishing. (never said a word to my face though :)
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  Greetings from the Newbie

  by Yerusalyim in

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  greetings one and all, many of you will know me from rick's board, for those of you who don't here's a bit about me.

  my association with the society is through my wife.

  when we married she was an inactive memeber (she had disassociated herself over guilt from her divorce), after marrying me, she became active again and was reinstated.

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  unclebruce

  LOL @ Trevor - you really don't wanna know where he got his name from (unless you like being grossed-out) If we're unlucky he'll retell the story.

  unclebruce
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  Greetings from the Newbie

  by Yerusalyim in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings one and all, many of you will know me from rick's board, for those of you who don't here's a bit about me.

  my association with the society is through my wife.

  when we married she was an inactive memeber (she had disassociated herself over guilt from her divorce), after marrying me, she became active again and was reinstated.

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  unclebruce

  G'day Yeru,

  I'm glad you made it too. Shall we tell Milky where we're all hiding? If I see ya in chat I'll, drop in and trade some insults.

  cheers unc.
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  New Lurker

  by YoungerTom in

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  i'm new around here please be kind to me.

  i have been lurking for a while and finally figured out how to post.. my question to you is.

  is jesus the mediator for everybody or just the annointed?.

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  unclebruce

  Sure there's hope Young Tom,

  Why be such a pessimist? You live at one of the best addresses on the best planet this side of beetlejuice. You have another 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years or more to enjoy yourself both spiritually, physically and emotionally. Aunty ABC recently did a vox pop and found most people not very impressed at the thought of living to 200 or so (as many born this century may) 3 score and 10 seems to be what most are happy with (even though we have pretty much served our purpose by the age of 25)

  As the thief told Brian on the cross: "cheer up you old bugger - look on the bright side of life"

  unclebruce, who wouldn't dream of pulling your rug.