Posts by Mr Ben

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What's the craziest thing you ever heard at the Kingdom Hall or Assembly?

by Mr Ben in

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what's the craziest thing you ever heard at the kingdom hall or assembly hall?

there were lots of crazy ideas coming from elders, co's & do's in my neck of the woods, but one in particular sticks in my mind.

it was the very last circuit assembly at hellerby in yorkshire (hell!

Mr Ben

Hahaha! This is great!

Simplesally, speaking of genuflecting, you reminded me of something:

More mad stuff from Hellerby Assembly Hall:

The guy in charge of food (when they made meals) actually made any sister who wanted to work in the canteen kneel down before him. Seriously! If her skirt did not touch the floor he would not let her work at the canteen desk! (Which was waist high anyway!) Madness! But the poor single sisters suffered this humiliation just so all the single brothers could file past them and get a look at them.

Oh, and the elder who gave the talk on dating and courtship, based no doubt on a 50 year old Watchtower magazine, at the crowning moment of his talk he puffed out his chest and proudly announced: ?When I was courting my wife we never even held hands until we were married!?

WatchtowerWorld is one fucked up place!

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What's the craziest thing you ever heard at the Kingdom Hall or Assembly?

by Mr Ben in

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friends

what's the craziest thing you ever heard at the kingdom hall or assembly hall?

there were lots of crazy ideas coming from elders, co's & do's in my neck of the woods, but one in particular sticks in my mind.

it was the very last circuit assembly at hellerby in yorkshire (hell!

Mr Ben

What's the craziest thing you ever heard at the Kingdom Hall or Assembly Hall?

There were lots of crazy ideas coming from elders, CO's & DO's in my neck of the woods, but one in particular sticks in my mind.

It was the very last Circuit Assembly at Hellerby in Yorkshire (HELL! er... BYe!) I attended and it was a talk by the new CO. (I cannot remember his name now.)

It was about the evil Internet! Basically he ranted on and on and to be fair he was so animated that it was a masterly comic performance. At one point he was in a bent over position typing on a pretend keyboard when he dispensed his divine wisdom:

CO - "Look at the position the worshipers of the internet are in when they are at the keyboard. Haven't you noticed it's like bowing down? That's exactly what it is! Bowing down before Satan! Communication with and worshiping the Devil!"

I couldn't believe it! I almost laughed out loud it was such an utterly imbecilic trail of thought! I managed to bite my tongue though, as I was an attendant at the time. Afterwards everyone was equally raving and ranting and saying how grateful they were to find out logging on was in fact the latest form of Devil worship! Totally mental!

What was the wackiest thing you ever heard?

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Jws seen to be anti-social

by badboy in

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i understand that jws are often seen as anti-social, as said by avenger,i think in one of his posts.. i also read in an article on the jwic site, that jws have acquired a reputation for being anti-social.

in what way are jws seen to be anti-social?

Mr Ben

What are the dubs praying for when they think of the Lord's prayer (They would never actually use the Lord's prayer word for word in the Kingdom Hall by the way)? They are praying that everyone except dubs will be mercilessly slaughtered by Jesus and the angels - I mean everyone! men, women and children!

Anti-social? You bet!!!

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Why do they still have an effect on me???????

by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

i was at work today and i noticed a tradesman walking through the building wearing a t-shirt with a company name on it.

i knew it was a dub's trade name and felt sick in the stomach.

i didn't recognize the man wearing the shirt and thought maybe the business had been sold to someone else.. at lunch time i sat near a door and saw the boss of the company.............yes, it was the dub!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Mr Ben

Why not invite them around to your house to discuss it but secretly record the conversation? Over here you do not have inform anyone that you are recording them so long as it is your own home. This may well be enough to provide police with sufficient grounds to begin investigations, perhaps even lead to prosecutions. I would not see this as revenge but as justice. Of course, this may not be the best thing for your child. I f****ng hate those b*****ds.

I?m very sorry for your child and your family.

Hugs

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US & UK anti-democracy acts

by Mr Ben in

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ok, i know it's rather fashionable to go us bashing at the moment, and oftentimes with sound reason.

but all countries have their darker side.

here in the uk a worrying development is the keeping of suspects without trial, without prospect of release in belmarsh prison.

Mr Ben

Ok, I know it's rather fashionable to go US bashing at the moment, and oftentimes with sound reason. But all countries have their darker side. Here in the UK a worrying development is the keeping of suspects without trial, without prospect of release in Belmarsh prison. Whilst we are justified in demanding that the US desists in detention without trial at Guantanamo and other secret "gulags" we need to be conscious that our own supposedly democratic govt. has undermined civil liberty here as much as the US administration has.

Democracy is not well served by this. Shame on both our nations.

http://www.fairtrials.org.uk/

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What Would a JW Discussion Forum Accepted By The Society Really Be Like?

by minimus in

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suppose for a minute that the society allowed certain pro-jw sites to exist as long as they were heavily moderated by "mature ones".

what would the site be like?

what types of dialogue would exist?

Mr Ben

WEEK 1: Welcome to FriendsofJehovah.com! This forum is like a grand tent of Jehovah spreading out to reach all of those who love him. The faithful and very discreet slave have embraced this loving provision to further advance the worldwide work and encourage all to humbly follow the lead of the Great Shepherd. In times past God?s people have made use of the latest technology, including talking movies and the radio! Yes it is God?s provision!

WEEK 2: Some have asked if time spent on this forum can be entered as time on the monthly field service report. Yes and no. Time spent typing and posting to unbaptised interested ones may be counted, but discussions with our fellow brothers and sisters should not be included in the report. We should not get overly pedantic about it, but it is noteworthy that crashes, downtime and network delays should be deducted form the total.

WEEK 3: Some have reported that time spent speaking to unbaptised persons on internet forums has led to communications with ones that we would not normally associate with. Bad association spoil useful habits. We are monitoring this closely.

WEEK 4: It has been reliably reported to us that some who are weaker in the faith are making use of a certain internet chat forum. Would we allow apostates into our homes? No! We do not wish to feed at the same table as demons!

WEEK 5: Jehovah says cast out the unclean thing! Internet forums are the spidery traps of the Devil. We did not tell you to do it, but some have run ahead of the organisation and took it upon themselves to misinterpret earlier comments by the brothers. Thankfully Jehovah?s people have the admonition of the faithful slave to guide them in these perilous times just before the end. FriendsofJehovah.com is not a place the faithful wish to enter! Yes it is Satan?s provision!

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Do you still get embarrassed by it?

by Mr Ben in

the other night in the pub a guy pipes up, "hey, how you doing mate?

then proceeds to inform everyone that i used to try and convert him to jwism about 8 years ago.

i say, "how you doing dave?"...

Mr Ben

Oh no it's not bullying, I'm quite sure. Actually, I think that most people don't give a bollocks about someones freaky cult history, except for a bit of a pub natter. No, it's really about me still being embarrassed that I fell for such a scam, and that I'd prefer to forget it all.

How do you feel when ur "cover" is blown?

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The Answer to high Gas Prices.....

by ThiChi in

any thoughts on mr. taylor?s claims?.

u.s. demands greater oil output, lower prices.

"finance ministers from the united states and other major industrialized countries, hoping to affect the outcome of a battle within the organization for the petroleum exporting countries, formally demanded yesterday that oil-exporting nations raise production and lower prices to a level 'that is consistent with lasting economic prosperity,'" the new york times reports.

Mr Ben

Old Dr. Diesel?s Invention was originally designed to run on various fuels inc. vegetable oil so farmers could grow their own fuel. Under the European CAP we pay some farmers not to grow anything! Obcene really.

Extract from: http://www.veggievan.org/

Dr. Diesel?s Invention

Dr. Rudolf Diesel actually invented the diesel engine to run on a myriad of fuels including coal dust suspended in water, heavy mineral oil, and, you guessed it, vegetable oil. Dr. Diesel?s first engine experiments were catastrophic failures. But by the time he showed his engine at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, his engine was running on 100% peanut oil. Dr. Diesel was visionary.

In 1911 he stated ?The diesel engine can be fed with vegetable oils and would help considerably in the development of agriculture of the countries which use it.? In 1912, Diesel said, ?The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become in course of time as important as petroleum and the coal tar products of the present time.? Since Dr. Diesel?s untimely death in 1913, his engine has been modified to run on the polluting petroleum fuel we now know as ?diesel.? Nevertheless, his ideas on agriculture and his invention provide the foundation for a society fueled with clean, renewable, locally grown fuel.

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Do you still get embarrassed by it?

by Mr Ben in

the other night in the pub a guy pipes up, "hey, how you doing mate?

then proceeds to inform everyone that i used to try and convert him to jwism about 8 years ago.

i say, "how you doing dave?"...

Mr Ben

Blondie,

As always, Oh supreme blond one, you are a deep well of compassion & wisdom.

Isn't it strange that if someone was say, suckered by a financial scam then people would likely be more compassionate, but if someone is suckered by a cult then they are just a sucker!

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Do you still get embarrassed by it?

by Mr Ben in

the other night in the pub a guy pipes up, "hey, how you doing mate?

then proceeds to inform everyone that i used to try and convert him to jwism about 8 years ago.

i say, "how you doing dave?"...

Mr Ben

The other night in the pub a guy pipes up, "Hey, how you doing mate?"

Then proceeds to inform everyone that I used to try and convert him to JWism about 8 years ago.

I say, "How you doing Dave?"...[change subject, quick quick] "Still play snooker?"

[No luck!] "Hey, I can't believe you were one of those Witnesses..." [Oh balls! Here we go...]

And so there goes my whole aura of newly re-acquired coolness starting to vanish into the extractor fans like so much cigarette smoke! I concede, "Yeah, I was a real arsehole!"

Now, I know the cult victim should't berate themselves etc, but do you still get embarrassed about your former cult membership?