Posts by Descender

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All-time Worst Movie Sequels

by teejay in

e-online recently compiled

no question about it ... there have been some stinkers.

here's e-online's list.

Heheh, it's impossible to please everyone. I had a preconceived notion of how "the Hulk" was going to be and it didn't hold up. He was a good representation of his comic book self but the story line and camera angles sucked as far as I'm concerned.

On the other hand, I went to see Charlie's Angels 2 the other night and really enjoyed it. I didn't expect a realistic view of crime fighting or realistic stunts. I was expecting a lot of in your face action, jokes with sexual innuendo, and superhuman characters, which is exactly what I got. Whereas the 2 teen-agers behind us thought it would be a good idea to talk through the whole movie about how stupid and unrealistic it was.

Basically, you can usually get a good idea from the previews as to what a movie is going to be about. If you don't like stupid movies with crude humor, don't see them and complain that they were stupid and had crude humor. If you don't like super heroes doing unbelievable stunts, don't see the movie and complain that it was to unrealistic. If you don't like movies about science fiction themes, don't see it and complain it was to out-there or had to many aliens.

That’s my main annoyance when discussing movies with people. They always seem to bring up things that they didn't like about a movie, such as how stupid "Not Another Teen Movie" was, like they didn't expect it to be stupid from the previews.

If people expect classical Shakespearean acting and a realistic plot to all their movies then I suggest just watching Documentaries or English films.

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Were you married at the Kingdom Hall ? How bad was your wedding reception ?

by run dont walk in

jw
friends

i'm just wondering...... i remember going to some wedding receptions for couples who got married at the kingdom hall,.

and i hate to be mean but, super boring, and bad, how bad you ask ??

ok here we go ..... - the worst had to be one couple played kingdom meolodies for their wedding dances, i couldn't believe it.. - no alcohol (i'm sure we all experienced a few of these), reception was over by 9:30.. - no music at all, just a gathering of people, and they ended the reception with a prayer, i thought i was at an assembly.. - food, like if you can't afford to get married don't, like frozen stuff bought at your local grocery store, and still in the package when you got up to the tables, how tacky.. - you could always tell a couple who couldn't afford much, when you had to drive 50 miles into the back woods to find some dinky little community hall they rented for $100.. - i remember one where the bride was pregnant, i was really surprised they allowed them to use the kingdom hall.. - another classic was, they had this band (of all jw's of course) and man they were bad.

Descender

Well I don't know about wedding receptions, nothing to exciting or strange ever seemed to happen in them. But I remember a few weddings that stuck out in my mind. I went to one where a 40 year old brother was marrying a 38 year old virgin. He was barely over 5 feet tall, whereas she was close to 6 foot. When he was told that he could kiss the bride, he went for the kiss and she turned her head and wouldn't kiss him so he had to kiss her on the cheek while standing on his tippy-toes.

There was another wedding I remember where one of my friend's younger brothers was getting married. The two getting married were both eighteen. His father gave the talk and when he told them they could kiss, he dipped her down low and stuck his tongue way down her throat. It seemed to last forever and everyone thought she was going to choke on that thing, so his father made them stop.

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Could you ever go back ??? What would the elders ask/make you do ???

by run dont walk in

jw
friends

not meant to give anyone nightmares !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

i'm sure we will all answer no, but for the fun of it, what would have to happen for you to return to the kingdom hall,.

and what would the elders/judicial committee say to you if you wanted to go back.. do you think even if you returned with a new attitude, that you would always be "marked" by the congregation.. should get some interesting answers !!!!!!!!!

Descender

Let's see, for me to go back. A public apoligy to all those that have been hurt would be required. They would have to stop disfellowshipping and disassociation practices, lift the stupid blood conditions, not make it a requirement to go door to door, and have no hiearchy system.

Also, they would have to stop teaching the witness belief as fact and allow people to believe and question whatever they wanted. You wouldn't be belittled or punished for your own personal beliefs and you would be allowed to come and go from the meetings whenever you wanted. There would be less public meetings and more get-togethers and where people wouldn't be scared to speak about what was on their mind.

Basically, it would be a place to go so you could associate with people without fear of expressing your own ideas and opinions. Hmmmm, I guess it would be sort of like if everyone on this board made up the new improved JW religion.

Anyway, whenever that happens, tell me and I'll stop in to see what it's like.

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Texas Windshield Murder Trial Begins

by TresHappy in

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http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/6152047.htm

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Descender

I was kind of suprised when I read through the last statements from the inmates that about 90% of them gave statements about how they were born again and going to see god and would be there to welcome everyone with open arms, while 10% still said they were innocent. I was trying to find someone that said something like "see you all in hell" but didn't see anything like that.

42

Disfellowshipping

by larc in

jw
friends

i have read many stories here about those who have been disfellowshiped.

they express the pain of the experience, and the emotional trauma they experience.

i have to ask a question.

Descender

The first time I was disfellowshipped I didn't expect it at all. I felt that I had sinned and was very remorseful and prayed for forgiveness over and over so I went to the elders to confess my sins. There were plenty of occurences of people getting reproved or just a hand slapping for worse than I'd done, but after I went to the elders and told them my story and said that I was sorry, they disfellowshipped me.

I didn't expect that at all and it ripped my good little witness life apart. If I'd kept on my good witness course I most likely would be a ministerial servant and not as happy as I am now. I wouldn't be married to my current loving, understanding wife. I'd be married to a pioneer that would most likely turn on me the second I had a doubt.

I didn't expect the disfellowshipping, which was the hardest thing. If I had expected it, I might have been more prepared. It was the elders fault though that I'm not a witness anymore. The unfair way that I was disfellowshipped started me and a few other people in the congregation on the downward spiral of independant thinking, freedom, and happiness.

28

The Hulk

by sandy in

jw
friends

how many on this board are planning to see the hulk this weekend?.

do you think the movie will make $100,000 in its opening weekend?.

i want to place a bet on line that it will.

Descender

The thing that I've seen some people say that they are dissapointed about is that it's not more like the television show. But this movie is supposed to be based on how the hulk really is in the comic book.

The real comic book hulk, which was around long before the Lou Ferigno TV hulk would have accidentally mashed the TV hulk without a second thought. The real comic book hulk was almost 10 feet tall, weighed a ton, could jump a mile into the air in a single bound and could lift over 100 tons. Without digital CGI animations, how could they really do justice to the original comic book hulk.

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Have you or have you known someone disfellowshipped more than once??

by anakinsrise in

jw
friends

i cam close to being disfellowshipped once,i was a servant so they only took awy all of my duties,and priv's.but i know a sister even dated her for 10 months who has been disfellowshipped 3 times.it was kind of funny because her 2 fleshly sisters got disfellow'ed around the same time and they all didnt seem to care and went to jamaica for 3 weeks.1 of them even came back pregnant.

Descender

I was disfellowshipped twice by the age of 21. To go along with that, I've also been reinstated twice as well, although the second reinstatement took a looooong time. At the moment though, I'm just faded. Been that way for a year now with no meeting attendance at all and no elders have made any calls at my door doing a witch hunt or anything, so the fade seems to be successfull.

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Drugs?

by be wise in

jw
friends

i think this is my first debatable topic.

for anyone who has experimented with recreational drugs or who knows about someone who has how do you think they can change you for the better as well as for the worse?

i know a few ways in which they really changed me, i was very shy and never felt compfortable around people until i had my first experience and felt totally unhibited around a room full of people (talking in retrospect) and i never forgot what that felt like - it opened my mind and i learned to become much more confident.

Descender

I've done Mary J and shrooms, strangely enough when I was still a witness. I think I have a natural immunity from the effects of MJ because my dad used to do it, along with all the rest of the drugs in the world before I was born. I just couldn't understand what everyone saw in it, it didn't make me feel any different.

I don't do any dugs anymore, but during my last pot smoke blow out I bought $70 worth of it, which was a good amount of the stuff. I shared it with my girlfriend at the time ( also a witness ) who proceeded to get high about 15 minutes into the smoke, then she got really dizzy and fell asleep. I proceeded to stay up another 3 hours smoking. I smoked it all and barely felt anything, and I haven't done it again since.

As far as shrooms, they made me feel jittery and paranoid the first few times. After that I felt nothing from them at all. Other than those two, the only drug I think I've done is alcohol. When I was still a witness, my friends and I would go to the local mexican returaunt in town. We were all underage at the time, but they didn't seem to mind serving us drinks. So we went there almost every single night honing our alcohol tolerance skills, sometimes drinking two 44 ounce fishbowl margaritas with a shot of tequilla afterward to get us through the night so we could wake up the next morning to do some pioneering.

26

What is wrong with America?

by Tyler in

now i am in england, so first ill explain why i am criticising america and not my own country.

america is taking over the world.

this is a fact.

Descender

We don't like America ... blah blah blah...... We're obviously free thinkers cause we don't like American policies........blah blah blah ........ you're obviously a Bush loving ultra-conservative with your head in the sand cause you're an American.......blah blah blah........... By the way, the whole make up of your American society is wrong ...... blah blah blah ......... oh yeah, we don't like you ........blah blah blah ....... we don't like your kids either ..... blah blah blah ...... America is going to end up being the next Nazis and try to take over the whole world soon ...... blah blah blah .... stupid attractive Americans ..... generic "we hate America" post # 986.

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Why do most brothers work in the cleaning business?

by JH in

jw
friends

when i joined the jw's many years ago, i couldn't get over how many were working in the cleaning business.

i know this permitted them to go to the meetings, out in the field service, and work without any conflict.. where did this trend start?

is it like this world wide?

Descender

Cleaning and landscaping are the big JW businesses where I live. I went to college and got a bachelor degree and work at a desk job and I still don't even make close to the $90k a year my 19 year old JW friend was making with his own landscaping business and he got off 4 months out of the year to boot. Not a real job, my a**. =)