Posts by COMF

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How many elders...

by starfish422 in

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just a quick question...how many elders normally on a jc?

i thought three; but when i met with the elders there were two.. thanks,

COMF

I saw the thread title and thought, "...does it take to screw in a lightbulb?"

Of course this quickly morphed into "...does it take to screw up a life?"

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ATTENTION APOSTATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by GING in

jw
friends

u apostates.... fallen ones..... spiritually weak ones.....whatever u want to call u r selfs make me sick... all u display is hate.

quit u r pathetic crusade to destroy the wts.

u r childish " if i cant have it... no one can" attitude.. apostate 1) " once at a meeting a talk was given and the elder said we should pray for the spiritually weak ones in the cong!!!!!!..

COMF

Children, let's put on our thinking caps now, shall we?

IAM OFF TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO TAKE MY BOOKS BACK

Hot, sensitive topic, not currently being discussed but popular about a year or so ago. He knows not only the issue, but also the 'tower's lame excuse for its membership, "to get access to the UN library".

Study on it a bit, folks. It'll come to ya.

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ATTENTION APOSTATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by GING in

jw
friends

u apostates.... fallen ones..... spiritually weak ones.....whatever u want to call u r selfs make me sick... all u display is hate.

quit u r pathetic crusade to destroy the wts.

u r childish " if i cant have it... no one can" attitude.. apostate 1) " once at a meeting a talk was given and the elder said we should pray for the spiritually weak ones in the cong!!!!!!..

COMF

ALL U DISPLAY IS HATE

Ah, not so, my friend, not so! Behold:

IAM OFF TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO TAKE MY BOOKS BACK

Yes, and while you're at it, take your tongue back out of your cheek.

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Talking Dog

by teejay in

" he rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the back yard.

the guy goes into the back yard and sees a mutt sitting there.

"you talk?

COMF

Man to talent scout: "My dog talks. Watch this: Spot, what's on top of a house?"

Spot: "Roof!"

Man: "What's on the outside of a tree?"

Spot: "Bark!"

Scout: "Get lost, ya bum."

Spot to man, back out on the sidewalk: "What, was it something I said?"

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Do you get mad when you post on this site and...

by gilwarrior in

jw
friends

very few people, if any, respond to it.

i remember when i first wrote my life story on this website and only one person responded to it.

i remember getting really pissed off.

COMF

I don't get mad. disappointed, sometimes, but that's the nature of forums. As Scully pointed out, often the most meaningful posts leave nothing more to be said. And because of the "bubble" nature of the forum (a post with a response bubbles to the top, where it begins to sink again unless saved by another response) the thoughtful, deep and meaningful posts often sink like a stone into the abyss below the depths of the fourth page.

For this reason, when a post is particularly noteworthy or moving, I will post something like "Amen, brotha" just to bring it back to the top, where hopefully some who missed it the first time will see it now. Also, because I know the sting of posting and getting few responses, sometimes I give a high-five just to let the poster know it was appreciated.

But high-fives are most effective when kept to a reasonable limit. Fill a thread with them, and you doom it to the fires of mediocrity.

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How to get around "prophet" issue...?

by Happy in

i was wondering if anyone has a soloution to this little problem: as we all know, the wt claims to be the faithful and discreet slave, jehovah's spirit directed channel, blah blah blah, but i don't think they ever actually said the word prophet in relation to themselves.

if they have, i've yet to find the quote.

does anyone know how to get around this problem when a thoroughly brainwashed sheep uses the defense that "the wt never said they were a prophet so that argument is not valid"?

COMF

The book is available on the Watchtower CD. However, I've seen loyal witnesses, when trying to rationalize away the ugly truth, state that the fact that the word is bracketed by quotes ("prophet") shows that they didn't mean it in a literal sense.

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Taming of a Beast (Long post)

by animal in

taming of a beast.

it was back in 1993, the last day of work before christmas.

70 of us were laid off that day (after 6 months notice), and left at lunch, never to go back.

COMF

Thanks, animal! Your story makes me want to go do a follow-up.

Spent six months in a court-ordered residential treatment center with classes similar to what you describe, though not exactly that. There were ten of us grouped together for the entire time we were there. They told us that one in ten comes out of there and makes it without relapsing.

I was very tight with my buds, but if only one of us was going to make it, I wanted it to be me. Eight years later, I don't know where any of them are, but I'm still sober, and life is wonderful.

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