i got a phone call from a person that i gave my phone # to.
and this person said that gays are not welcome here and this is not what this board was really about.
i told them that this is only one part of the crap that the wts did to people and that we are people too.
Hmm interesting to see everyone falling over themselves to condemn an alleged fellow poster who is alleged to have made homophobic remarks on the Phone.(why oh why do People give their numbers to complete strangers?)
I trust you have informed Simon, hambeak?
In my experience he is very quick to deal with problem posters.Maybe that would be better than starting threads with inflammatory headlines.
well, let's all pick out our favorite 'best of the worst'.
teaching found in the publications that just are on the total brink of absurdity.
my vote is in for this 'striking parallel' between the time peroid of jesus life and the 1914-1918 time peroid.
havent got the Revelation book to hand..but what was that one about the dead bodies stinking on the highway ...and it was offensive to false religion or some such nonsense?It was supposed to represent a .....actually i dont even remember the rest..it was so whacky!
This is fun.JWism truly is nutty as a fruit cake.
despite the fact that 2 da'd people live here, we have requested notto be called on except by prior arrangement, ie a phone call, and i put a sign up recently that says "religious groups welcome except for jehovahs witnesses", they still rang ourdoorbell this morning.. when i saw who it was, i went to the security door and asked them why they were ringing a da'd persons bell.
this guy said "well.
we wouldn't have knocked your door", then tried to get in past me.
dedpoet
Im glad you didnt let them in!The arrogance of these people is bloody astounding ,thinking they could push past you and disturb other residents.If he rang YOUR bell and wasnt allowed in by you...he would have been clearly trespassing!
Good work fella!
just want to chill out.
sleep in.
get up at 11 and make some spam 'n eggs.
You poor chap.
Ive just got up (tad hungover mind you,cheering the England rugby boys yesterday)the bacon and eggs are on the go.Goals on sunday on in the background..lazy day ahead with my Girlfriend.....lovely!
Seriously though,many of us have been there.Constantly finding excuses not to go listen to all that bollocks.Trust me,when you do decide to stop going,as im confident you will,there will be no going back!You wont even be able to imagine sitting in that Damn Hall ever again,much less actually go!
i was wondering this, as i remember that leo greenlees was just moved to another congregation and that was all.. so why keep records if they weren't going to use them?.
I dont know why they would keep records of "accused"paeodophiles.I would understand why they would have records of the convicted though.
Buit ive never bought into this accusation that the JW,s are a paeodophile paradise either.The list 0f 23,000 abusers kept on file at bethel hq or whatever the number was that was mentioned on panorama/dateline, i also find to be ridiculous.I sincerely think some People are just self publicists who enjoyed some fame on tv.
This is NOT to say though that cases of abuse dont exist in the Congregation.Clearly they do.I knew of at least 2 in my area.
link and clip:.
http://www.doug-long.com/hiroshim.htm.
hiroshima:was it necessary?part 1 of 2. by doug long.
We was lucky Hitler never understood the power of the atom, or he would have had the Bomb first.
In many respects he did.His heavy water capapility,, based (i think)in Norway was only thwarted thanks to Ingenuity of British Commando,s and Norwegian resistance.Hitlers capapilities would have been awesome if his Nuclear know-how was coupled with ,say,the V2 rocket.
link and clip:.
http://www.doug-long.com/hiroshim.htm.
hiroshima:was it necessary?part 1 of 2. by doug long.
imo the Bombing Of Japan was primarily a warning to Uncle Joe and the rest of the politburo."Lookey what we got".
The Soviets had overrun All of Europe East of Germany and who knew their future intentions with regards to the West.
Im not certain the use was justified.I guess all the what ifs in saving American lives if an invasion was necassary,is just that..a huge what if?
It certainly made the next 45 years rather scary.
!gag alert!!!.
subject: fwd: heartwarming experience from china.
an experience given by a brother in a congregation up north.
just read some of the tiny details to realise its crap.
Waving the Brother off on a Plane when its time to go?Ive never been to an Airport where you can wave to anyone when you/they jet off!
unfortunately i can only review the first 5 or 10 minutes of the show as a result of the fact that i got seriously nauseous twice in that time period resulting in my having to walk out.
simply put, that show is seriously f. i've never been a big fan of horror movies because the plot lines and acting have traditionally been of extraordinary poor quality.
the main characters always make some seriously stupid decision and end up being killed by... whatever.
It's no damn different than the crowds that used to cheer when Christians were fed to the lions.
except that REALLY happened.
for those who have seen both shows, what is the better of the two in terms of humor?
i know that the original uk office was revolutionary but the us version seems to hit my funny bone a little harder.
your thoughts?.
I loved the Ricky Gervais BBC original and was highly sceptical about the U.S version...however i thought it was excellently done and very funny.Steve Carrell was sometimes even more cringey than Gervais..and thats no mean feat!!
I also thought the American "Dawn"was gorgeous!
