Did you see in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago about the 70 foot god being carved from some stone. It toppled and killed 5 and injured 7 others. It was some indian (india indian) god. The comment was something to the effect "was their god mad at them or did he not care". I can remember in my witness days when I woulda chuckled and reasoned that the demons were probably having a good time.
tazmaniac
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A Gruesome Tale from the Great White North
by OUTLAW init`s time for a true horror story,heh-heh-heh...i`ve been doing a bit of logging up here and have met some interesting characters..one fellow has been a logger for many years.one man,in one of the crews,in the company he worked for had a terrible accident..this fellow had just found a gi-normus tree the wind had blown down.the tree was laying on it`s side with a mountian of dirt stuck to its root base.there was alot of lumber on this tree,and he was going to cut the tree from the root base so it could be loaded on a truck.the logger made the cut and now it was time for lunch.it started raining,and there was this nice dry spot under the root base of the tree he had just cut.so he sat there and ate his lunch....the end of the day came,and no one could find the logger who had cut this giant tree down.they looked everywhere,nothing.they came back 3 days in a row,they couldn`t find a trace of the logger.finally they realised the only place they hadn`t looked was under the the stump of the great tree he had cut..when they tipped that root base back on it`s side they found the logger crushed to death with his lunch....with no great tree to hold the root base on it`s side,the root base righted itself and killed the logger and totally ruined his lunch,lol!..strange but true
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TV Land Awards
by TresHappy ini love watching old tv shows (black and white) and was curious to know if anyone else caught the tv land awards last night.
it lasted way too long, but it was a hoot seeing all of my favorite actors on stage and together...
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tazmaniac
I thought it was a cool show. I agree that all those old timers in one room was something else. Cheryl Ladd looks like she hasn't aged too much since her famed bikini scene start as one of Charlie's angel. I really like Dick Van Dyke. I only caught the last 45 mins of the show. I hope someone taped it or maybe they will re-broadcast soon. It was funny seeing Gabe Kaplan from Welcome Back Kotter fame. I used to love watching that show. Especially when Vinnie Barberino didnt catch on and would say "what". Reminded me of a few brothers in my old congregation.
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Watchtower Condemns Catholics for Pedophile Cover-Up!
by UnDisfellowshipped inthe watchtower society has condemned the catholic church for over 15 years because of their pedophile cover-up -- now, the watchtower society is trying to make a defense of their own pedophile cover-up by claiming that they are "no worse than any other religion"!.
statements made to the media by official watchtower society spokesmen about the jehovah's witnesses pedophile problem being "no worse than any other religion":.
christianity today, january 26th 2001:.
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tazmaniac
"No worse than any other religion"
Can you imagine a PO, DO or CO saying this about anything WT related from the platform. After constantly hearing how superior JW"s are over all other groups for over 25 years to hear the words "no worse than any other religion" is quite revealing. Are their financial tactics, business practices "No worse than any other religion" too ??
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JW Urban Legends
by Azalo indid any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
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tazmaniac
Then there is the one about the smurf who could see thru all the sisters clothing during the meeting if they werent paying attention. OOPs..that was me that wasnt paying attention at the meeting and wishing I could see thru the sisters clothing. sorry
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JW Urban Legends
by Azalo indid any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
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tazmaniac
And the Mercedes one I heard at a circuit assembly. But I never heard anything about them selling it and giving the excess money to the poor and destitute. Or how they let someone esle but it because it would be a showy display of one means of life. Or it would be too flashy for field service.
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JW Urban Legends
by Azalo indid any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
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tazmaniac
Doesnt really make you wonder about all the seemingly fantastic field service experiences. Or wartime escape experiences. I recall having the hair on the back of my neck stand on end when I heard them. But wasn't it always, "this happened to a friend in another congregation, i can't recall any names or dates". Or it always happens in some other country. I seem to recall a part on the elders school about making sure of your source before retelling some field service account. Then "the boys" would behave for a few months then back to any witness positive story or demon fear inspiring account is told from the platform. How about this. Find some nice looking gal with big enough gall.(may have to pay her a few bucks) Have her tell everyone she is from some cong far away. During the announcements hopefully they are shy a few minutes and ask for experiences. Have this gal raise her hand and start her experience by saying "this one time at band camp...............................
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JW Urban Legends
by Azalo indid any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
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tazmaniac
I heard the one about the two big guys behind the sister at a circuit assembly about 15 years ago !!! We also had Smurf fear running rampant in our cong. Anyone who watched the Smurfs or owned any Smurf stuff was viewed as very weak. I seem to remember legends about studies trying to burn their ouija boards and whatnot. They wouldnt burn or if they did then it screamed and smoldered for hours. And NEVER NEVER NEVER buy a bible at a tagsale. You never know if a voodoo priestess owned it and cast spells or eminated some other evil with a bible produced by someone other than the wtbts.
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Verses that bothered you as a JW
by JH inwe find god's name "jehovah" so many times in the old testament, but not at all in the new testament.
jesus is called a "mighty god" in the bible.
jesus is also called "father".
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tazmaniac
Not really a particular verse but here goes. What about the teaching that at armageddon they say that all but JWs will die, young and old yadda yadda yadda....dead forever. But someone today....lives to be say 90 years old..and just say they came into the "truth" at 85. They had 85 YEARS TO CHANGE AND BECOME A JW. Meanwhile a 5 year old dies because mommy and daddy arent JW's. Or say a 20 year old..dies at armageddon but they only had 20 years to change whereas the begining example had 85 years. Or this.....an 85 year old dies a day before the great tribulation (can be resurected etc.)starts another 85 year old lives a day later and dies forever ? Is this making sense or am I babbling on ?
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Bad Doors in the field service
by JH in.
did you ever knock on a door, and realize that the person knew more about the bible than you did?
what was your worst experience in the field service?.
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tazmaniac
Oh man Sphere, that musta been embarassing. I remember finding out my fly was down probably for the entire WT. I was the conductor... thank goodness for the center section of the platform. I remember once in FS, I was with a younger brother and girl about 19 comes to the door in panties and a tight above the belly button t-shirt. We both tried to keep looking down on our bibles...but she kept awnsering and commenting on the presentation. We both left...red as beets.
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Bad Doors in the field service
by JH in.
did you ever knock on a door, and realize that the person knew more about the bible than you did?
what was your worst experience in the field service?.
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tazmaniac
One time I went to a door and a fella comes to the door and says he is not interested. Well, the C/O had just pounded into our heads that someone saying " I am not interested" is not a rejection but a challenge. So I gave the KM instructed " are you not interested in religion or not interested in the bible?". The fella said "wait just a sec". He comes back with a handgun and points it at me and says "I AM NOT INTERESTED, GET IT ?" I said "YUP, have a nice day". Another time I was out in service doing RV's. At one RV I was talking at the door about something...meanwhile someone had cut the screen in their den and stole their 27" color tv. The next time I came back the householder thought I was part of some scheme to keep her talking at the door while a partner broke in robbed them. No amount of talking could convince her otherwise.