growing up i remember the only excitement for the public talk was if it was a slide show.
once the first one happened, i always looked at the windows of the hall to see if there was aluminum foil on them.
if it was, boy did i get excited.
And finally, here's a picture of Brother A in the hospital after some really awful cellmates physically and sexually abused him. Seeing as he screamed like a donkey during the abuse, he will not be disfellowshipped for fornication.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
GOOD ONE!!
Greven.
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do you think that you will see your dear loved ones come back to life in a ressurection of some sort or do you think there is no hope of such a thing?
Only if I dig them up ....not a pretty sight though....
im new here.
there is alot of stuff to read.
its gonna take forever to catch up.
Welcome aboard Stephanie!!!!
Greven.
i have been trying to think of a way for me to consistently receive copies of the watchtower and awake without having to give my money to the wts.
i'm stumped.
i can't go the kh to get them because they will not keep giving you stuff if you don't pay, errr, make donations.
you could also claim that you do not like to donate cash there, but that you transfer a big donation on the society's bankaccount once a year. nobody has to know that you only donate a dollar a year eh?
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to all:.
my hubby and i are getting ready to self publish his book was wondering if any avid readers would like an excerpt that would be willing to give us feedback on it.
count me in too!
Greven!
well, i suppose if you really want to get family members out of the borg you could always call this guy... .
sincerely,.
district overbeer
CZAR!!!!
Finally another Pratchett Quote!! I assume you liked Small Gods as much as I did? It's my favorite! The Truth contains some funny stuff too.
Greven.
be honest if you know it.
and yes, we are all aware of how insignificant this number can ultimately be.
but i'm still curious so please share.
Mine is 150. But I would never join MENSA!! Yuk!
Greven.
"all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built,and all the parliments that ever sat,all the kings that ever reigned,put together have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerlly.
" "the historical result of jesus' activities was more momentous,even from a strictly secular standpoint, than the deeds of any other character of history.
a new era, recognised by the chief civilisations of the world, dates from his birth.
I agree with CoolBreeze. I think that the Jezus Myth/legend like all legends has some truth in it but got inflated. maybe he was a rabbi that actually tried to change a cruel and rigid religion by aplying sense, reason and logic. He certainly was not the son of God or some other deity.
greven.
i used to get into trouble for making light of the these phrases that some elders have told me are to be used only gods people.
lol that you all may know maybe:.
"well, brother that is very "commendable," just before the meeting ends the po says to those in attendance "brothers the time left is reduced," i once heard a co say to those seated during one of his talks "well now, we don't want to die at armageddon now do we, well of course not.
THE WORST:
INDEPENDANT THINKING as something bad and harmful instead of the right way to think. independant of what? THE SOCIETY!
gawd!
greven.
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what event made you realize that you were serving a phony organization, and what was the turning point that made you see clear?.
Elswhere:
I always had nagging doubts about the whole concept of god in general... i just kept my mouth shut and pretended to believe. For a few years I even managed to "force" myself to believe in god... but the nagging doubts just would not go away.Eventually I could not stand to go in field service and teach people things I did not believe myself.
That is so like my situation! I felt 'evil' for not believing. My first step was to investicate some minor detail, Birthdays. I was 14 but it was clear the reasons given were conflicting and absurd at times, then I put my doubts to the background and got babtised at 18 years old. and what did I find when cleaning my room? my old notes on birthdays! I started to do what I wanted since long, to get to the bottom of things. I started to read the really old books in the cong's library (mostly rhutherford's) and saw that it was crap really, so many things were odd and plainly absurd that I took a final step: go out and meet ex-members, the dreaded apostates. O knew from the society that they used to lurk at the internet so that was were to look for them. So I wound up here and at other sites. this confirmed many of my doubts on the society. but I moved further and started to look at arguments for and against the biblie as written by God. Now I am atheist and completely content with it!!
Greven.
