Posts by atypical

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beards not a rule but!!!

by frogit in

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4666132.stm .

this caught my eyes and reminded me when as a ministerial servant that we had to go into the back room for instructions from the po (not very clever man), he tried his best to explain to us ms and elders about the wearing of beards in the congregation.

he must have gone on and on for 30 minutes about not having beards, but kept impressing that this was not a rule, but beards should not be worn, but its not a rule, just dont expect to have any privileges if you grow one on your face and wear it (sounds like you wear it like a tie he he) but we are not making it a rule, just dont wear a beard.

atypical

LOL @ Undercover. One of the best movies ever. That flair conversation really is a good example of witness reasoning.

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beards not a rule but!!!

by frogit in

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4666132.stm .

this caught my eyes and reminded me when as a ministerial servant that we had to go into the back room for instructions from the po (not very clever man), he tried his best to explain to us ms and elders about the wearing of beards in the congregation.

he must have gone on and on for 30 minutes about not having beards, but kept impressing that this was not a rule, but beards should not be worn, but its not a rule, just dont expect to have any privileges if you grow one on your face and wear it (sounds like you wear it like a tie he he) but we are not making it a rule, just dont wear a beard.

atypical

That is one of the most frustrating subjects in jw land. There is no official rule, but there is an unspoken, unwritten rule that is strictly enforced. I even know of ones who have written letters to the society about it, and the society wrote them back that there is no rule. And yet, it seems to be universal in every congregation: try coming to the hall with a beard or a goatee and see how you get treated. It's like tatooing 666 on your forehead.

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WHAT'S THE WORST JOB YOU EVER HAD?

by Mary in

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the worst one i ever had was working in a frozen chicken factory.

there were about 30 of us in a freezing cold room and my shit job was to feel the half-frozen chicken breasts up, to see if there were any little bones in them.

well after the first 5 minutes my frigging fingers were frozen stiff, so i couldn't tell if there were any bones in there or not........after 20 minutes it felt like my hands were having an out of body experience and if they weren't in front of my frozen face, i would've thought they had dropped off.

atypical

Pioneering for four years instead of going to college.

29

What's your expierence at a DUB wedding/reception?

by stillAwitness in

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i'm invited to wedding/reception tomorrow (on christmas-naturally) only reason i'm going is because its my one chance to get new shoes, dress, the whole bit at my mother's expense (since she seems to think i will find my future middle-aged elder husband at one of these functions)

i definetly plan to buy one of those mini-bottles of seagrams and get buzzed of course.

who wants to listen to 10 different speeches from family and friends about "how wonderful this spiritual union is of so and so) yawn!

atypical

My experience: Well, here's one. At my mother-in-laws wedding reception - At this point I was an active jw, but with a severe attitude. All of my wife's relatives were there. None of them were witnesses. One had dreadlocks halfway down his back; several of them were covered in tattoos, most of them were smoking. All of them were nice people to hang out with. The wedding was dry, so we bought a bottle of rum and kept it in my truck. We would get a glass of coke and then take it to the car to spike. I made a point to stand with this group and hand out with them. Nobody from our congregation came over to introduce themselves, but I got plenty of nasty looks. One elder followed us when we went to the car to spike our drinks.

Two elders together made sarcastic comments about my dress (I had stripped my dress shirt and tie down to my t-shirt) and about our "drinks" to me for everyone to hear, including all of my wife's relatives that I was hanging out with. There was only three people who came over and acted like the entire group deserved to be treated with some respect, and I am still friends with all three of them. That wedding was the beginning of my fade, and it was also the beginning of my bad name with the elders in my old hall.

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Did Jesus Already Come in 1918?????

by RevFrank in

i had to ponder on this for a while .

according to the watchtower jesus came invisiblly back in 1918..i think.

i mean is shouldn't we be taken up to heaven in 1918?

atypical

I think they use that date because Rutherford was in control by then. He took over by 1917, which caused a lot of scandal. The Bible Students still exist to this day and still hold to Russell's teachings. I think the WTS uses that date to differentiate themselves from the Russellites. Everything they do is based on their claim that they are God's channel. They can't let that claim be confused by a large group who still teaches what Russell taught.

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Songs

by lola28 in

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to make you try to feel ok. and nothing you could do.

to stop me feeling the way i do.

and if the chance should happen.

atypical

Time it was

and what a

Time it was

I have a photograph

Preserve your memories

They're all that's left you.

17

I Found Jesus Today

by atypical in

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he was standing on the corner of 27th avenue and northern.. he was wearing a sandwich board that said "salvation for the jews".

he had a name tag, which is how i know that i really found him.. i liked his beard, and the tape on his shoes.. i honked, so that he would know that i accept him.. he waved and smiled.

now i know that he accepts me, too..

atypical

He was standing on the corner of 27th Avenue and Northern.

He was wearing a sandwich board that said "Salvation For the Jews"

He had a name tag, which is how I know that I really found Him.

I liked his beard, and the tape on his shoes.

I honked, so that he would know that I accept him.

He waved and smiled. Now I know that he accepts me, too.

27

Coffee House

by I-CH-TH-U-S in

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i need a name for a coffee house.. target group -> under 30. requirements - .

appealing name with some type of biblical founding preferably.

we have some names such as: fusion and axis (or x-is).

atypical

How about:

Scriptural Grounds

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What does the word "Apostate" mean to you now?

by JH in

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how would you define the word apostate, now that you aren't in sync with the watchtower anymore?

atypical

1. Apostate = a trigger word used to inspire hate and fear in the minds of active witnesses. Someone who knows the "truth" and deliberately leaves and tries to take others with him/her. A person who most deserves to die at Armageddon.

2. Apostate = me, a name, I call myself............

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Jesus......was He Born on Earth or in Heaven?

by gumby in

revelation is an odd book even to believing christians.

nowhere in the book is jesus earthly life discussed.

not the sacraments, miracles, his earthly existance, his birth.......nothing.. this book is an obvious hatred for the roman dictators written by a disgruntled jew/jews that wrote in a fantasy world concerning roman destruction by the hand of a fictitious jewish messiah who never showed.. the christ of revelation is actually born in heaven, and under pretty extraordinary circumstances (his mother is clothed in the sun, with the moon at her feet, wearing twelve stars as a crown a reasonable description of isis).

atypical

Hold on......did I miss Y2K? What time is it?

Gumby, very interesting stuff. I am amazed at how the shell of everything I always took for granted continues to fall down around me.