Posts by shamus

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A JWs thought on volunteering

by kls in

i was reading our local paper and there was a article that a hospice has opened in our area and volunteers are needed to help take care of those who's time is very short.

i thought about it ,if i could handle seeing these people die in-front of me and seeing the sorrow on their loved one's face's , so i mentioned my thought's to my jw husband how i would like to volunteer at the hospice and help them with the caring they need before they die.

who did i think i was telling this to, his answer to me was ,,,,what ?

shamus

To this day, that story, that bizarre sister, still makes my head shake. There were many more... one man who was 45 lived with his parents.... they were not witnesses. He told us out in service that he couldn't watch Star Trek anymore, because Deanna Troy excited him.

One strange fellow was an out of work proof reader. He was about 35. He made a comment one time at a meeting that he found mastrubation could be controlled by sleeping on his side. AT A MEETING. Then he went up to a 'sister' after the meeting and said "I wish that you'wouldn't wear that dress... it excites me..."

One very kind sister made a comment about the 'young people ask!' book, and how the chapters on mastrubation have really helped they're family.

There are far too many cooks to continue writing on this thread. I swear on my mothers life that these stories are not stretching the truth by one bit.

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Let's share the good memories from the org.

by anew in

jw
friends

i got this idea from the thread about fun.

you know, today is different, i have some good memories from years ago, cake after bookstudys, kiddie parties, intermissions, mcdonalds for break at field service.

happy elders who would tease me as a little girl and carry me from door to door.

shamus

Going out to clubs with fellow 'witnesses', who said to hell with what the borg says we should do. We used to have a blast!

That's about it.

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A JWs thought on volunteering

by kls in

i was reading our local paper and there was a article that a hospice has opened in our area and volunteers are needed to help take care of those who's time is very short.

i thought about it ,if i could handle seeing these people die in-front of me and seeing the sorrow on their loved one's face's , so i mentioned my thought's to my jw husband how i would like to volunteer at the hospice and help them with the caring they need before they die.

who did i think i was telling this to, his answer to me was ,,,,what ?

shamus

I don't know what you mean, KLS.

JW's do not at all endorse 'volunteering', PERIOD. One bizarro lady in our 'congregation' got convicted of some type of domestic violence thing (her husband was a pagan, like all of us). Her punishment? 100 hours of community service. How did she do her 100 hours of community service???? HOW????

By being a Jehoba Witness, going door to door. Apperantly, that was 'community service'. She even had the audasity (sp) to 'auxillary pioneer'!!! The elders didn't approve it. She did her 100 hours of community service, and went back to auxillary pioneering.

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A JWs thought on volunteering

by kls in

i was reading our local paper and there was a article that a hospice has opened in our area and volunteers are needed to help take care of those who's time is very short.

i thought about it ,if i could handle seeing these people die in-front of me and seeing the sorrow on their loved one's face's , so i mentioned my thought's to my jw husband how i would like to volunteer at the hospice and help them with the caring they need before they die.

who did i think i was telling this to, his answer to me was ,,,,what ?

shamus

Hey! I am a JW and I occasionally do volunteer work, so it is unfair to lump all JWs together as to attitude

Now that is a good person! Fairmind, you're one in tens of thousands. If anyone hasn't said it already, THANKS!

Now, KLS, if a dub was to volunteer, they would have to keep it very quiet. Seriously, there is nothing written about it that I'm aware of, but it is so heavily frowned upon, it's laughable. IN fact, it is nothing more than shocking to actually see ONE jw say that they volunteer! Because, I tell you, in all my time in the borg, it was non-existent. You should be out in field service, knocking on doors of terriroty that gets covered every 6 months as it is rather than help someone in need.

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Elders Manual "Shepherd the Flock of God" - Is it new?

by Bonnie_Clyde in

i've been around for a long time and have seen just about every wt publication--even the hard bound "paying attention to the flock.

" but today someone showed me a manual i've never seen, "shepherd the flock of god.

" it is 8-1/2" by 11", has a spiral binding, and a plastic cover.

shamus

Well KISS MY GRITS!

The governing blody brought out a new one! I wonder what garbabe is in there!

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Red Bull And Getting On With It . . .

by Corvin in

jw
friends

when i first wandered into this den of liars, deceivers and half-truthers, i did not know what to expect.

my experience is that you are all the most excellent folks i have ever cyber-met.

i have learned so much from being a member of this forum, from all of you, and i wish you a lot of success and happiness.

shamus

See you in a week.

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Dont walk on the grass.New system rules.

by sleepy in

jw
friends

what rules do you think we would have had in a watchtower run new system?

when my local assembly hall was built it had grounds around it , which had a very large amount of money spent on them.brothers would come every week to look after them.you would think then that you could have a taste of the new system in these surroundings.the assembly hall with its large gardens could be a glimpse into the new system.the brothers and sisters just like the cover of the paradise tract sitting on the grass.but you havent bargined of the insanity of watchtower rules.we were told dont walk on the grass.

now why in gods name build an enormass garden around the assembly hall only to be told you carn't use it?all you could do was stand on the concrete pathway and look.

shamus

Whatcha doin' babay???? Ohhhh, I'm looking at a squirell! Whacha doing doll??? Oh, I'm fascinated by this orange. It looks so orangey!

Whoops! The squirrell crapped on me.

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Dont walk on the grass.New system rules.

by sleepy in

jw
friends

what rules do you think we would have had in a watchtower run new system?

when my local assembly hall was built it had grounds around it , which had a very large amount of money spent on them.brothers would come every week to look after them.you would think then that you could have a taste of the new system in these surroundings.the assembly hall with its large gardens could be a glimpse into the new system.the brothers and sisters just like the cover of the paradise tract sitting on the grass.but you havent bargined of the insanity of watchtower rules.we were told dont walk on the grass.

now why in gods name build an enormass garden around the assembly hall only to be told you carn't use it?all you could do was stand on the concrete pathway and look.

shamus

Looks at the picture above... NOW THAT'S LIVIN! PRAISE JEHOBAH!

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Dont walk on the grass.New system rules.

by sleepy in

jw
friends

what rules do you think we would have had in a watchtower run new system?

when my local assembly hall was built it had grounds around it , which had a very large amount of money spent on them.brothers would come every week to look after them.you would think then that you could have a taste of the new system in these surroundings.the assembly hall with its large gardens could be a glimpse into the new system.the brothers and sisters just like the cover of the paradise tract sitting on the grass.but you havent bargined of the insanity of watchtower rules.we were told dont walk on the grass.

now why in gods name build an enormass garden around the assembly hall only to be told you carn't use it?all you could do was stand on the concrete pathway and look.

shamus

Jehovah shmehovah.

"Please, wearing clothing is optional." I sure wouldn't want to see some of those uglies nekid, myself included!

Now, pray tell, I am going to hijack this thread. Just what the hell were you supposed to do all day? Eat fruit, play with tigers, garden, WHAT WHAT WHAT?

Study insects? Clean up bird shit? Worry about what your neighbours thought about you, lest you be stoned to death?

Be married and never have sex, because the erf would be full. "Honey, I sure wish that I could jump your bones, but, you know, I don't want any more kids, and if we do, then we'll be killed."

Let's sit about and have some more fruit. Oh, brother and sister nosey are coming over. And they're the nekid type, so don't look at her boobs too much. Boy, brother XXX sure has a small penis, eh? Oh, honey, do you have any watermelon? How about some cabbage? Yes, I think carrots would be lovely, thanks. Do you enjoy brussell sprouts? I think that they would love some brussell sprouts. What will we speak of? Oh, let's talk of lovely things, like how big my cantalopes are. My, they sure grew big in the garden this year! (of course you dont' mean anything sexual, because you'd be killed instantly). After we're done, we can go visit the cheezy waterfall just down the path from us. It's such a garden! Oooh, look, someone planted a new papaya tree. Look, the tigers are eating straw again. Isn't that lovely. I sure miss my computer. I sure miss my car. But this is so much better; living like a freakin' hippie. I don't miss sex at all! My wee wee doesn't even seem to work now. It may as well fall off. PRAISE JAH!

Well, that was a nice visit. I guess tomorrow I'll go do some more dammed gardening again. Jeez, I hate gardening. I hate it so much... that's all I do! I garden and garden AND GARDEN AND GARDEN! Working with wood sucks, too. I chopped my finger off, and bingo! It grew back! Whoopity freakin' doo! I built this house, it's all done, there's nothing to do. Ther'es no news, there's nothing to do. Just garden, garden, garden, play with the stinky tigers and snakes and garden stupid canataloupe. Eat it, go back out gardening. Look at insects, look at that stupid waterfall again for the thousandth time! Oh, there's that weirdo naked couple again... wow! What's new? Oh, nothing. Just gardening. My, my rhutabaga's are sure doing well this year, as is everything else. Oh, did you hear? My husband's weiner fell off. Lack of use. He's out playing with the hippo's, again. Or the snakes. Or he's at that stupid waterfall again. It hasn't changed in years./... yet there's nothing else to do. I baked some bread, do you want some?

I just can't fathom it. I don't want to live in that stupid, idiodic world.

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C.T. Russell Claimed Modern Inventions Were Harbingers of the Millennium

by Kenneson in

the april 15, 1915 zion's watch tower, page 126 has an interesting brief article entitled "the typewriter and progress" that is certainly worth perusing.. "amongst the great inventions of our day is the typewriter.

it came upon the market just forty years ago, in 1874, as a merchantable and usable convenience, after having been seven years in process of development.

the bible, we believe, marks the same year, 1874, as the beginning of the harvest of this age.

shamus

He sounds like Mr. Burns off the Simpsons.