song 113 - "we are jehovah's witnesses".
i've seen pics of sharon stone.
celebreties i'd love to bone.
This it?
http://www.l-and-a.com.au/comm/addons/midi/song208.mid
#208 - 'A Song of Rejoicing'?
Hard to tell - they all start sounding the same after a while...
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
why did jesus do miracles?.
it is alledged that some 2000 years ago a man claimed to be the son of god , or even god himself (depends what religion you are).. in order to give some weight to his cliam he did some miracles, cured a few lepers, made a slap up lunch out of some fish and bread, and took a walk on some water.. all this to prove he was gods son.. but to prove it to who?.
if you ask a witness why god doen't perform miracles today , what do they say.. we don't need miracles today we have it all written in the bible.. der.
check out the findings of the Dead Sea scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls PROVE the existence of Jesus? Huh?
How? By covering the history of the time and area Jesus supposedly preached in, then neglecting to mention him OR *any* of the miracles? Or ANY of his apostles?
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
song 113 - "we are jehovah's witnesses".
i've seen pics of sharon stone.
celebreties i'd love to bone.
LOL @ QWERTY
Everyone (well, everyone with speakers, anyway) go check out this site, like NOW...
113 midi link http://www.l-and-a.com.au/comm/addons/midi.html#101
It has .mid files (really, really, tiny sound files - takes like 2-3 seconds to load on 28.8 modems) of most of the kingdom melodies.
And, hey, look, and MP3 or two.
LOLOL!!!!
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
i just received this email..... special alert!
: this is an emergency request for help from shunned .
father in calgary, canada (actual name withheld due to court ruling), .
Oh, yeah, well here's MY story....
I am a very sick little boy. My mother is typing this for me, because I can't. She is crying. Don't cry, Mommy! Mommy is always sad, but she says it's not my fault. I asked her if it was God's fault, but she didn't answer, and only started crying harder, so I don't ask her that anymore. The reason she is so sad is that I'm so sick. I was born without a body. It doesn't hurt, except when I go to sleep.(alright, alright, I'm not the author).The doctors gave me an artificial body. My body is a burlap bag filled with leaves. The doctors said that was the best they could do on account of us havin' no money or insurance. I would like to have a body transplant, but we need more money. Mommy doesn't work because she said employers don't hire crying people. I said, "Don't cry, Mommy," and she hugged my burlap body. Mommy always gives me hugs, even though she's allergic to burlap, and it chafes her real bad.
I hope you will help me. You can help me if you forward this e-mail. Dr. Johansen said if you foward this e-mail then Bill Gates will team up with AOL and do a survey with NASA. Then the astronauts will collect prayers from school children all over America and take them up to space so that the angels can hear them better. Then they will go to the Pope, and he will take up a collection in church and send the money to the doctors. The doctors could help me better then.
Maybe one day I will be able to play baseball. Or maybe just use my lungs and heart, when the doctors make them. The doctors said that every time you foward this letter, the astronauts can take another prayer to the angels. Please help me. Mommy is so sad, and I want a body. I don't want my leaves to rot before I turn 10.
If you don't foward this e-mail, that's OK. Mommy says you're a mean heartless person who doesn't care about a poor little boy with only a head. She says that she hopes that you stew in the raw pit of your own guilt-ridden stomach. What kind of wretched person are you that you can't take five lousy minutes to forward this to all your friends so that they can feel guilt and shame for the rest of their day, and then maybe help a poor, bodiless nine-year-old boy?
Please help me. This really sucks. I try to be happy but it's hard. I wish I had a puppy. I wish I could hold a puppy.
Thank You.
Billy 'Smiles' Evans,
The boy with just a head.
And a burlap sack for a body.
No offense intended to those who actually need help and ask for it - it's just that the initial posting had all the earmarks of 'hoax' or 'scam' on it.
It is unlikely the the 'shunned father' would withold his name in asking for help (last I checked, a court cannot tell you not to tell anyone who you are). Further, I can't imagine the papers being so paranoid they wouldn't post a paid adverstisement, unless it was for something illegal.
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
wanted to be sure my fluff was clearly labeled as such.. something in chat last night got me to thinking about some of the strange mixed drinks i have willingly partaken of over the years.see if anybody can beat these.... (4) trash can punch-usually mixed in large quantities consisting of red hawaiian punch,mello yellow,pieces of fresh fruit,and ample quanities of everclear.
(3)cherry limeaides w/vodka.
(2)dr pepper w/brandy.
LOL @ all you guys....
All I gotta ask is.....WHY?
No, really....what on earth are you thinking mixing all that crap together? If it's good...drink it straight. If it's not good, why the hell mix it with anything that IS??
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
ok - i'm still fairly new here so don't throw tomatoes......... but what is the "unseen apostate directorate" that i see on some of your signature lines?
i'm curious.
Mad props to Nathan for managing to work in the Ninja mythos into a thread on this board.
YAAAY!!!
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
some very random thoughts based on 30+ years of field service activity.
would especially enjoy responses by jt, alanf, amazing, & others.. why they do it.
1. guilt.
Incidently, I was out in service A LOT - I auxied for a while, and my mother was a regular pioneer. So, naturually, I got to see who went out and who didn't. I'd say about 1/5 of the congregation really went out regularly, and, of those (who went out regularly), they did seem to enjoy it.
I suppose logic dictates that, to be a publisher in good standing, you had to turn in time - so the other 4/5 of the hall MUST've gone out at some point, but I never saw them (in fact, on the few times when everyone met at the hall on Saturday instead of their groups - it being a BIG social occasion and chance to get in the car with sisters from another bookstudy - I'd say about 75 of the 200 showed up).
IOW, I'd change your observation, at least for the 3 halls I had a lot of exposure with - I think, of those that actually went out, many enjoyed it. I'd suggest, however, that a lot more than is suspected lied about their time or 'informally witnessed'.
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
some very random thoughts based on 30+ years of field service activity.
would especially enjoy responses by jt, alanf, amazing, & others.. why they do it.
1. guilt.
Sleepy....I think you underestimate the 'motivational' impact of a dozen pioneers.
See, the pioneers actually LIKE the service. The elders can't be shown up by a bunch of sisters when the CO comes through, so they are equally motivated. This becomes a horrible cycle that leads to the situation I described.
FWIW, my hall was in NE Ohio.
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
some very random thoughts based on 30+ years of field service activity.
would especially enjoy responses by jt, alanf, amazing, & others.. why they do it.
1. guilt.
Thought I'd break this down some from my experiences in service (22 years in the borg, was born in though, maybe about 12 as a publisher)
No one ever says “I can’t wait to go out in field service Saturday morning! There’s nothing I’d rather do.”
They're called 'pioneers'. Our hall had a dozen of them. (Actually, up to 20 including regular auxies - it was a proud thing for our hall that 1 in 10 publishers were regular pioneering)
Need proof that even the most hard core witness doesn’t enjoy it? Ask why does it take 20+ minutes to get a group of 4 out the KH door and into the car to leave for the territory after the meeting for field service.
Oh, no. We weren't finished saying 'amen' to the closing prayer before we were in the cargroups. And the time didn't start until the first door - didn't matter HOW far out it was.
do most JW’s feel the need to “take a break” after an hour of door to door work
Really? Never met one who did - even in several congregations. We might stop for a drink after a couple hours, and you may rest assured, after a couple hours of work, I MOST CERTAINLY DO get a quick drink and go to the restroom.
Why do they always say “let’s go make some calls/RV’s instead”?
Well, that was because our hall had a thing with making magazine routes. Studies were low, but there were lots of people in the territory that took the rags (and, I'm 100% sure, most threw them away as soon as we were off the stoop)
If the activity is so important why must they quit at precisely noon?
??? - again, several halls, never saw this. Service was from 8:30 - 12:30 with a short bathroom break somewhere in there. Lunch (if we took it) was at 12:30, followed by afternoon service meeting at 1:30 (which then ran till 3:30).
I think I agree with the rest of your statement re: 'regular j-dubs'.
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
some very random thoughts based on 30+ years of field service activity.
would especially enjoy responses by jt, alanf, amazing, & others.. why they do it.
1. guilt.
Your numbered list is interesting, in that I think it is backwards, but describes the steps a person takes in and out of the borg.
First, they go out in service because they want to be spiritual, and that is what spiritual people do.
Then, they do it because they believe.
Finally, they are only doing it because they have to.
Lastly, they're gone....
As to who enjoys it? Most don't, I think I agree. But I do disagree with your generalization - some do. I knew several sisters who LOVED IT. Not only service, but informally witnessed EVERY GODDAMN CHANCE THEY GOT. Evening service, weekday, weekend - no breaks (or, at least, you couldn't count your time no matter HOW short the break was), etc.
We had a ton of elders like that, too. They honestly, honestly, seemed to ENJOY having doors slammed in their face (and that's about all it was, too - we live in a pretty worked-over territory - our congregation of 200 typically covered its entire territory twice every three years, IIRC).
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
