there is a discussion going on at the guardian talkboards on the panorama.
the link: http://talk.guardian.co.uk/[email protected]@.eecee2a.
check out the comments by woland, and see what you think.
Had to edit the HTML code (see button at bottom of 'edit' window - options are 'design', which is the default, or 'HTML')
For easy usage, just design the post in 'design' view and hop over to 'HTML' view to polish it up some. You could just do it in straight HTML, but it is more time consuming that way.
as i was growing up,i noticed the dubs at assemblys would clap at the slightest provocation.it looked like a beach full of seals.as soon as a few started,the rest would join in.for some it looked like they just woke up and figured they should start clapping so no one would know they fell asleep.most just looked like seals clapping for a fish.kids notice funny things.did any of you notice dub mass behaviour you found funny...outlaw .
edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:51:40edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:59:1.
Ehhh?
What about the Convolution Clapping?
You know, the clapping that starts out in a section of the assembly, then the surrounding sections start clapping...then decide they shouldn't and stop. BUT, the section that started keeps going, and so the surrounding sections (and ones next to THEM) start going a little...then stop again. Repeat and wash a few times until the entire assembly is finally clapping...
Weirdness.
And, yeah, I remember the whole 'prompted' feeling.
My family used to spend time with another family quite a bit (so there were, with me and my bro, about a half dozen boys total sitting together). We'd get in some kind of unofficial 'competition' to see who could clap the LOUDEST (you know how boys are).
OMG, 6 boys cupping their hands just so and WAILING them together to generate the most volume. Stung like HELL afterwards, but WHEW what a ruckus.
Didn't really have any effect - everyone must have just thought we were REALLY enthusiastic. (Or, were too embarrassed to look )
Edited by - Xander on 23 July 2002 13:33:31
<p>alright, i'm gonna tell the truth.
my mom is a jw, and i attend the meetings.
i have a study also.
GAH!
Work on formatting some!
But, to address a couple concerns:
after 1914 alot of craziness happend
Interesting they use 1914 a lot. You do realize, of course, that the date they use to calculate 1914 (607 as the fall of
Jerusalem) isn't correct? Jerusalem DIDN'T fall in 607. Or anywhere near then, really. At the start of the 20th century, that
was the common thought, but archeologists have since proven quite conclusively that year is incorrect
Earthquakes, the Spanish Flu , famine, and the wars.
Earthquakes were just as bad BEFORE 1914 - they are a feature of having a 'living planet' (vs, say, Mars, which has no
tectonic activity and is dead as a doornail now).
The Spanish flu? What about the bubonic plague (WAY before 1914)? THAT'S the closest humanity ever came to being
wiped out by a disease.
And, I'm sorry, but we have yet to have a 100 years war since 1914, nor a Spanish Inquisition, nor a Ghensis Kahn, nor....
The JWs would like you to believe the post-1914 world is all falling apart, when, in fact, just the opposite is true.
Lifespans have never been longer.
Health has never been better.
The average standard of living has never been higher.
The 21st century has so far proven to be the most spectacular time in human history to be alive.
Just don't let their scare-mongoring get to you - they will intentionally misrepresent facts, quote statistics out of context, and
pick up on sensationalistic news items. Fear is their biggest asset.
They WANT you to be afraid.
there is a discussion going on at the guardian talkboards on the panorama.
the link: http://talk.guardian.co.uk/[email protected]@.eecee2a.
check out the comments by woland, and see what you think.
You have to do a little cutty-pastey:
or does vivamus look like reese witherspoon?
(not trying to offend or flirt or anything..just wonder) ~ fs ..edited by - fiveshadows on 23 july 2002 22:23:13.
Oy...Ruby AND Viv...what's with all the xJW cuties lately?
(SYN: Yeah, right, Florida, uh-huh, we've heard THAT before.........besides, I can't think of ANY reason you'd feel the need to fly halfway around the planet, I mean, c'MON...)
the original "will religion be banned " thread has moved to page 16 so i thought i would start a new one here.. both xander and jan h. asked for proof that the gospel wruters were martyred.
here is the proof of that plus the proof that other persons identified as disciples were martyred as well:.
stephen - stoned to death.
After two thousand years of study, the issue of authorship is universally accepted
*sigh*
You really are being thick headed here. We have said, again and AGAIN that because christians 'accept' something DOES NOT MAKE IT TRUE. Nor, does it make it 'universally accepted'.
Early historians wrote about the authorship at or near the time the gospels were written
NO!
That's the *entire point* we are making.
They DIDN'T.
You haven't even been able to find ONE that did.
You have provided a book that was written MUCH later using sources that had an agenda to lie. You've previously mentioned sources that were either obviously doctored or provably unreliable.
dear sirs, .
domain http://www.silentlambs.de please note .
hans georg kolpak is a well known .
Which is healthier? A guy wanting to see pictures of naked women or a guy saying that he doesn't ?!?
LOLOL!!!
Oh, that is *perfect*.
Should rephrase:
Who would YOU trust: the guy who likes naked adults, or the guy who says he doesn't?
as anybody notied the photo on the new worship book cover?.
guess the source?.
us navy, why use us navy photos, dont wt have any non miltary sourced pictures they could have used.
dear sirs, .
domain http://www.silentlambs.de please note .
hans georg kolpak is a well known .
how does the average publisher/householder find out about pedophiles among JW?
Go to www.google.com (or Yahoo, or altavista, or....)
Type in "pedophiles" and "jehovahs witnesses".
Or, "child molestation" and "jehovahs witnesses".
Either will yield you a number of useful sites.
My point was that such a simple search will not yield who OWNS the sites that you find, or what OTHER kinds of material they host. Hence, the relevance of those pieces of information is '0'.
.
the worst magazines i tryed to place was about 13 months ago i think 1 was the watchower on witchcraft and the other was the elderly commiting suicide.i thought how the hell am i going to offer this mag on witchcraft, i think i ended giving them to the pioneers,i mean what sort of presentation could i use with this witchcraft article i suppose i could of spoke about the blair witch project and tell them how c:@p it was,i mean i loved horror films.and to make things worse the magazine about the elderly commiting suicide "oh god" that was a bad one especially when i had to offer it at an old peoples home.
so anyone on here what mags did you find terrible to place.
Don't recall offhand, but I still got my bookbag at home....
I should dig through it and see what the oldest article in there is (I always kept the old ones for the not-at-homes - the society had an on-again/off-again policy for leaving old mags in not-at-home doors).
RE: The one on "Witchcraft"
Yeah, I remember those well. *sigh* - it was so much easier seeing the world in black and white. We're right, everyone and everything else is wrong, end of argument.
It's easy, if you're not careful, to be wistful about time in the bOrg - they had such a happy sugar coating it's almost....almost....easy to forget exactly what kind of pill it covers that you're swallowing.
