Man, they used to drag on, didn't they? Funny, I remember seeing how long I could hold my breath, too. The dizzy rush afterwards was good for about another minute. Once I hit puberty, though, I'd drift off into sexual fantasies about the girls in the hall. (My knowledge of the details was sketchy in those days, so they tended to be short PG features, not full-length X-rated movies.) But it was the sisters' fault, really, for immodestly showing all that bare ankle.
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What did you do to while-a-way the meetings?
by uriah inwhen i was young (sigh) i had to go to the meetings, they always went overtime and man, were they dull.
no coloured pictures to look at in those days.
to amuse myself i used to play little games like how long could i hold the radiator pipe (hot).
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Those scary apostates outside conventions with banners and megaphones...
by dolphman inremember those people?
my mom would tell me to not even look at them.
they had bullhorns, banners, waving at us as we walked in.
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We had a guy who was studying in our congregation for a while--a very, very nervous young man who always wore a carefully pressed suit, even to picnics and softball games. (I can still remember him crawling the rest of the way to first base on his hands and knees in his suit after falling down halfway from home plate.) We felt sorry for him--he was such a nutcase, really--and were always extra nice. Anyway, he suddenly joined up with some other born-again fringe group and started showing up with his new friends outside the KH. I remember he once opened the door and shouted: "These people have false doctrines!" at the top of his lungs during a meeting. After a couple of weeks of this, they just disappeared. I sometimes wonder what happened to that guy. I hope he got therapy.
Anyway, I tend to agree with the people here who say that the bullhorn types gives apostates a bad name. Get free, live your life. Help anyone else who wants to be helped.
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Blood family vs. adopted family
by jws inmy wife and i are trying to decide where our children should go in the event of our deaths and have narrowed it down to either my brother and his wife or my wife's sister and her husband.
there are pros and cons for each, but one thing in particular seems important to me.
my wife is adopted.
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As someone who has an adopted sister, I really have to take issue with your implication that your wife's being adopted somehow makes her family ties any less "real" than yours. Although I am not related to my sister by "blood," I'm much closer to her than I am to my parents--and I would much sooner trust my child to her than to them.
Also, don't you think your wife finds this kind of argument offensive? After all, she's only ever known one family, just like you, and yet you seem to be implying that her family is somehow less legitimate than yours. If your roles were reversed and you were the adopted one, you wouldn't dream of doing this. It's how they've treated her, and how they would treat the children, should they ever become guardians, that should count. Period.
My thoughts.
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Does anybody here read Zecharia Sitchin?
by Waymores Ghost in.
there are many events in genesis you can actually take quite literally (when seen through the eyes of ancient peoples) if any of the ancient sumarian writings are factually correct.
fundies like jws wouldn't be able to handle that kinda truth.
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When I was in my teens, Erik von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods was all the rage. He used a lot of literal-minded interpretations of ancient texts and artifacts to "prove" that flying saucers had visited the earth, built the pyramids, and so on. But hey, I loved the book then and really hung on every word. I wanted to believe in the saucers. And you know what? For all its faults, Chariots of the Gods made more sense than the stuff we were reading in our Tuesday book study. Anybody remember Babylon the Great Has Fallen?
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Any witnesses actually talking about this?
by freedom96 inregarding talk of 2034, is there anyone who has talked to an active witness about this?
is this the latest talk amongst the congregations, or are we reading into this way too much?.
is there any witnesses out there that are actually buying this?
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I have no idea what's going on in Dubland, as I've been out for a very long time. But it occurred to me that the 1,000-year anniversary of Jesus' death (and supposed resurrection, if you're a Christian) would be in 2033 or 2034. (I know there's arguments about the actual year of Jesus' birth, which is why I'm hedging here.) If the Dubs don't seize on this, I'm sure that other apocalyptic types will.
It seems to me that a date so far away wouldn't do the JWs much good. It's too hard to wield it like a club over the heads of the rank and file. Would you be motivated to quit smoking, having sex with your boy/girlfriend, or whatever, if you know that the end was a mere 30 years away? Or would you figure you could have a little fun in the meantime, and then get serious later?
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Images of Paradise: A move Away From Artwork?
by Stephanus inin the october 15 watchtower (the one dmouse used the cover of for his competition...) there is an article on how to make decisions.
this picture was part of it:.
note the image on the right.
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You can tell they've been made "perfect" because they can garden in khakis and white clothes without getting any dirt on them!
They originally tried to do the photo with a lion and a lamb, too, but things got ugly real fast.
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APOCAMON - An interesting irreverent animated take on Revelation
by Michael3000 in.
found here:.
http://www.e-sheep.com/apocamon/
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Michael,
A very cool site. Thanks for posting the link. I like the cameos by Bush--a nice touch. A lot of the images, though different in style, really aren't that far from classic WTBTS. I wonder if this guy's an ex-dub.
Dave
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Dec 15th WT - Our Watchfulness Takes on Greater Urgency
by truthseeker inwhen i picked up this copy of the wt, i couldn't believe what i saw in the two study articles.
the first one is entitled "our watchfulness takes on greater urgency" and the second article is "prove yourselves ready for jehovah's day".. i'm not going to go into these articles in depth, as that is blondies job!
but i will elaborate on a few points.. before i begin, let's consider a recent comment at the annual general meeting by bro barr, a gb member to put things into perspective:.
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... our Book Study Conductor would know what to do.
Heaven help us! Our book study conductor was a pale, pasty, mouse of a man whose hands shook through the entire study. Not exactly the kind of guy you'd want to lean on during a crisis.
BTW, the name's Jackal, jes like it sez.
Jackal
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Dec 15th WT - Our Watchfulness Takes on Greater Urgency
by truthseeker inwhen i picked up this copy of the wt, i couldn't believe what i saw in the two study articles.
the first one is entitled "our watchfulness takes on greater urgency" and the second article is "prove yourselves ready for jehovah's day".. i'm not going to go into these articles in depth, as that is blondies job!
but i will elaborate on a few points.. before i begin, let's consider a recent comment at the annual general meeting by bro barr, a gb member to put things into perspective:.
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Blondie,
What about the idea of having to run to the Kingdom Hall itself when the Big A started? That was the part that sounded new to me. But maybe this is just my mum's take on things. Are they now stockpiling cots and blankets and C-rations so people can wait out the tribulation in the KH? Wouldn't that be fun?
By the way, your reasoning for 2034 seems rock solid. I'm going with it. Good to know know that I can relax for another 30 years. ;-)
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Dec 15th WT - Our Watchfulness Takes on Greater Urgency
by truthseeker inwhen i picked up this copy of the wt, i couldn't believe what i saw in the two study articles.
the first one is entitled "our watchfulness takes on greater urgency" and the second article is "prove yourselves ready for jehovah's day".. i'm not going to go into these articles in depth, as that is blondies job!
but i will elaborate on a few points.. before i begin, let's consider a recent comment at the annual general meeting by bro barr, a gb member to put things into perspective:.
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In a long and exasperating phone conversation with my mum a few weeks ago, she said that she had to be especially vigilant now (as opposed to the other thirtysome years she's been a JW?) because she might, at a moment's notice, have to run to the Kingdom Hall because the Big A was starting. (How would it look if she was late for Armageddon because she had been visiting her disfellowshipped son and worldly granddaughter? Talk about egg on your face.)
Has anyone else heard this line of reasoning? Just curious.