brother booze,
So, we are in the last hour. Before closing? Better order another round of drinks then.
I see your name is bob - Are you sure it's not Bob downandsuckit?
cheeses. feeling charitable.
Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
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The New System...Waiting on Jehovah.... and Acceptance
by ScoobySnax ini was sitting in the garden having a beer with my dad this afternoon, it was a beautiful warm spring day, and we chatted away .......it's a good thing, my dad and me haven't always got on.
i think he thinks i'm not the son he held a 3 day party for when i was born, at least i didn't turn out like he'd hoped.
you see he's a mans man.
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I would be more likely to go to the memorial if............................
by ButtLight in.
(fill in the blank).
if they served butt budlight instead of wine!
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Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
....... random members from the audience were selected to engage in gladiatorial type fighting.
The winner gets to partake of some refreshments i.e. the bread and wine and, the loser.....well, they get to go to hell.
cheeses. feeling most evil on this significant (to some) religious occasion.
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JWD Sign in. Were You a Dub When You First Came Here?
by xjw_b12 in.
seeing this is the 5th anniversary of jwd, i was curious as to how many who still post here, were dyed in the wool jws, but later sucumbed to "the truth about the truth" .
were an active/semi-active jw, and this site and others were enough to convince you that your doubts had substance.
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Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
No. Proudly disassociated and vehemently opposed. The only thing that has changed since becoming aware of the likes of JWD and Freeminds is that I am more conscious of how really evil and disgusting jehovahs witnesses happen to be (and yes, I was once one of them). Without exception. To quote some words I once read on this site - "They are the nicest group of most evil people." Unquote.
cheeses. remember me on this day.
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Point system for witnessing?
by 1Peter318 inan associate told me that jws track the amount of time spent witnessing, the time is recorded at their kingdom hall, and they get points recorded for the amount of time spent?
please let me know if you have first hand knowledge of this.
if this is true then please post what is the result of these points (like, do they have a quota to meet like some people who work in sales?).
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Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
True, true, true.
They're termed Frequent Preaching Points, and when enough have been accumulated, certain privileges in the congregation can be acquired. Wonderful jobs such hall attendant, sound, microphone, or parking attendant.
Bible studies allow for the greatest build up of points and open up such amazing oportunities as pioneer service, bethel service, and, wait for it, a chance to serve where the need is great.
Unfortunately, strict rules apply, such as the FPP's being non-transferable and not refundable. But oh, praise the lord, what rich rewards are offered!
cheeses. chalking up some more FPP's.
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Hippikon responds favourably to the kingdom message.
by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. init's all kon the greek hippie's fault.
he did give me his 'phone number....and i did say i would call him.. so i did, this morning.
introduced myself (real name) and proceeded to enquire whether he would like a hope for the future ( the usual crap - life on paradise earth, freedom from sickness and death, wonderful loving neighbours etc, etc,).
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Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
under74,
Oooohhhh, I get the message now. Sorry, but we can't leave this alone now. You have broached the subject with some potentially scandalous insinuation.
To put you at ease. The picture is one taken of me in a bathroom at a party where everyone was expected to do some extraordinary 'trick'. I was 'sprung' in the bathroom practising.
Fortunately I am of small stature, but very supple and nimble. I have also been blessed with a small head with a pointed forehead and an oily complexion. The first surprise to anyone watching is where I strip off (sometimes with an ooh and an ahhh). Then I bend over and grasp my ankles and proceed to place my head between my legs and more or less fold in half. Then comes the messy part. A deep breath is required and a fair bit of encouragement from the audience. But, it always brings the house down. Unfortunately it doesn't earn me any money. I have auditioned for several circuses without any success, and television shows say there is no audience rating suitable for such a performance.
So, for the time being I have taken the picture and used it to symbolise your typical jehovahs witness who gets around in life with their head firmly entrenched up their arse.
cheeses. who says if you believe that, you're likely to believe anything the jws will tell you.
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Hippikon responds favourably to the kingdom message.
by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. init's all kon the greek hippie's fault.
he did give me his 'phone number....and i did say i would call him.. so i did, this morning.
introduced myself (real name) and proceeded to enquire whether he would like a hope for the future ( the usual crap - life on paradise earth, freedom from sickness and death, wonderful loving neighbours etc, etc,).
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Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
under74,
Nothing wrong with the avatar. Showing up perfectly clear at this end.
cheeses. muttering to himself - "what problem? what problem?"
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Hippikon responds favourably to the kingdom message.
by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. init's all kon the greek hippie's fault.
he did give me his 'phone number....and i did say i would call him.. so i did, this morning.
introduced myself (real name) and proceeded to enquire whether he would like a hope for the future ( the usual crap - life on paradise earth, freedom from sickness and death, wonderful loving neighbours etc, etc,).
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Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
It's all Kon the Greek hippie's fault. He did give me his 'phone number....and I did say I would call him.
So I did, this morning. Introduced myself (real name) and proceeded to enquire whether he would like a hope for the future ( the usual crap - life on paradise earth, freedom from sickness and death, wonderful loving neighbours etc, etc,). I was expecting at anytime to receive a blast, but as he was at work, and I did call at a rather inconvenient time (is there really any convenient time to listen to a witness [even a make believe one at the time]?) so he handled my call very politely. I then blew my cover and confessed to being cheeses (there must be some irony in that comment) and we both had a good old laugh.
GOT HIM!
cheeses. who doesn't like to rub it in......much.
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The Young Witness Exodus Continues
by metatron ini just found out that , on my wife's side of the family, the last witness kid has given up!.
he was the very last one in that half of our extended witness family.
ten years ago, i never would have.
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Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
Aahhh, a topic that gives me joy in a particularly 'wicked' way.
There are no witnesses on my side of the family. My wife's mother and father had six children, only my wife and her sister were ever baptised. Both no longer in the 'truth'. The other four children have nothing to do with it. My wife's siblings presently have twelve (including our two) children (grandchildren to my wife's parents). Not an ounce of interest between the lot of them. There are also three great grand children who are too young at the moment.
One reason I derive great joy from this information is because my wife's father is an elder and a diehard jw - raised in the org, knows no other life. Devoted all of his life to the 'truth' and, oh shit, none of the family have taken to it. Oh boy, do I love that!
The other reason I find it enjoyable is the fact that all of his family live in fairly close proximity, and yet he will never have the satisfaction of seeing them all assembled at the one time, as the majority cannot stand a bar of him. But that is another story.
cheeses. oh you gotta love the way the family is honoured by the jws.
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It is obvious that jehovahs witnesses are not proud of their religion.
by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. inone could rightly expect, considering the urgency of the times, and the need 'to preach the good news of the kingdomtm' before the end arrives, that jws would be doing all they could to encourage 'like-heartedtm' ones along to their place of worship/study/meeting (or whatever they wish to call their kingdom hallstm).
instead, from my observations, they are doing their best to make the halls as uninviting as possible.. the case in point.
several days ago i drove past the front entrance to the fairly new kingdom hall in ballina where i spent my formative years in 'the truthtm'.
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Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
Will,
Either way, it doesn't present a good image for a place of 'true worshipTM'. A place, you would expect, the brothers would be proud and pleased to proclaim as 'the centre of true worshipTM' in this locality. Instead, no identification.
cheeses
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It is obvious that jehovahs witnesses are not proud of their religion.
by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. inone could rightly expect, considering the urgency of the times, and the need 'to preach the good news of the kingdomtm' before the end arrives, that jws would be doing all they could to encourage 'like-heartedtm' ones along to their place of worship/study/meeting (or whatever they wish to call their kingdom hallstm).
instead, from my observations, they are doing their best to make the halls as uninviting as possible.. the case in point.
several days ago i drove past the front entrance to the fairly new kingdom hall in ballina where i spent my formative years in 'the truthtm'.
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Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.
One could rightly expect, considering the urgency of the times, and the need 'to preach the good news of the kingdomTM' before the end arrives, that jws would be doing all they could to encourage 'like-heartedTM' ones along to their place of worship/study/meeting (or whatever they wish to call their kingdom hallsTM). Instead, from my observations, they are doing their best to make the halls as uninviting as possible.
The case in point. Several days ago I drove past the front entrance to the fairly new kingdom hall in Ballina where I spent my formative years in 'the truthTM'. The congregation that is, as the hall then was the one that had been used before the building of a newer one.
The neat new hall is on a large expanse of well maintained land with exposure to the main east coast north/south highway (The Pacific), but with the entrance off a small arterial road in an old industrial estate, fronting a large creek. The property is enclosed with a chain-mesh fence topped with barbed wire and with a steel barred gate. There are no means from the highway, when passing, to be able to identify that this building is a kingdom hall. No letterbox.
And it doesn't improve when you go to the entrance. No welcome sign. No sign to state that this is a 'kingdom hall of jehovahs witnessesTM'. Just a small sign that says -
Ballina congregation
Meeting times
public talk etc, etc,
Perhaps the dear brothers believe that the jws are so well known that the average joe blow will know to associate public talk, watchtower, theocratic ministry school, service meeting, book study with these widely self acknowledged evangelists.
It would make you feel as about as welcome as a pork chop in a synagogue.
cheeses. it looked like a prison farm