Posts by iiz2cool

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Assemblies are like Infomercials ???

by RubaDub in

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friends

does anyone else feel that those of us at an assembly are like the audience in an informercial ???

at the last circuit assembly, i noted the following:.

1. when a person gives an experience, we all ooohhh and ahhhhh, smile, nod our heads, turn and look at the person next to us, and then start to clap.. 2. when the speaker asks a question and modulates his voice at the end of the sentence, we clap.. 3. at the end of the public talk, we clap.

iiz2cool

All the clapping drove me nuts. I was particularly irritated whenever people clapped after the final prayer. I never did it. And you notice it always sounds like 'canned' applause. No one ever whistles or yells out "WHOOO HOOO!!!".

And we were also programmed to go on, and on, and on... about what a great talk it was, what a great watchtower it was, or what a great assembly it was..... even if we were bored to tears. Did you ever hear someone say "What a shitty talk!" or "What a boring assembly"?

The assemblies seemed like infomercials for pioneering. Interviews with pioneers, experiences of pioneers remaining steadfast in the face of just about anything, how we all could make room to pioneer, simplifying our lives so we could pioneer, feed your local pioneers....

I better stop before I go on a rant.

Walter

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How Does A Jehovah's Witness THINK???

by minimus in

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witnesses have been trained to think a certain way.

"conversation stoppers" was invented so that a witness could change the way an argument was heading.

when you are able to "pick the brain" of a jehovah's witness, you may tend to get easily irritated or astonished as to how they reason things out in their mind......so......how would you describe the brain of a typical jehovah's witness??

iiz2cool

When I was a JW I used to be very black and white in my thinking. That started to change as I read and studied the society's publications less and less. I started to read news magazines, technical publications, and - OMG!!! Apostate web sites!!! I always had a problem with JW's trying to tell me what I could read and what I couldn't. I felt that, if they had the "truth" it should be able to stand on it's own in the face of criticism. Ignoring alternative viewpoints is not the way to find "truth", if there is such a thing.

When JW's start thinking for themselves they often end up here.

Walter

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Do you eat out alot?

by iiz2cool in

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friends

i eat out a fair bit.

i used to eat out alot more - two or three times a day, but i've cut back to about three times a week.

restaurant food is starting to get to me.

iiz2cool

NWS: It could be about oral sex. Just think, eating as often as you want, inexpensive, and no adverse effects on the waistline! And if the service sucks, so much the better!

Walter

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Your REAL name???

by Odrade in

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have any "faders" ever accidentally "outed" themselves by signing their real name to a post?

i'm really paranoid about that, and often go back and recheck my posts to see if it says "odrade.".

odrade

iiz2cool

When I first became inactive I wanted to fade. I was fairly careful not to post my real name, but I slipped a few times. I eventually DA'd mtself because the elders were calling or knocking on my door every week and I was getting fed up with it. So now I post my name without worries.

Walter

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Do you eat out alot?

by iiz2cool in

jw
friends

i eat out a fair bit.

i used to eat out alot more - two or three times a day, but i've cut back to about three times a week.

restaurant food is starting to get to me.

iiz2cool

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! Bacon Egg McGriddles!!!!!

I had 'em every morning the last 3 days!

So far, no roaches!

Czar!!! Now there's good eatin'!!!

Walter

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Do you eat out alot?

by iiz2cool in

jw
friends

i eat out a fair bit.

i used to eat out alot more - two or three times a day, but i've cut back to about three times a week.

restaurant food is starting to get to me.

iiz2cool

I eat out a fair bit. I used to eat out alot more - two or three times a day, but I've cut back to about three times a week. Restaurant food is starting to get to me. It seems that I'm consistantly running for a bathroom within 15 minutes of eating restaurant food. And there are other bad experiences, like the time I found a dead cockroach wrapped up with my cutlery. Yes, the waitress removed the offending carcass for me, but didn't offer me clean cutlery. Then there was the raw "baked" potato I got once. Seems the microwave was on the fritz. And the dry pasta, the moldy cake, the tainted meat, the burnt ribs, the unscaled fish, the cooked "steak tartare", and the list goes on.

Do you eat out alot? What's your worst restaurant experience?

Walter

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Who are the A/As on the board?

by starfish422 in

not alcoholics anonymous, mind you.

:) atheists/agnostics.

i know there are some of us here; who's with me?

iiz2cool

I believe in me.

Walter

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Gimmie your best "VALIS" story

by Beans in

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friends

after meeting brother valis i instantly felt a connection and understanding of beer.

he truley is a great leader of the flock.. for those who have had the pleasure of meeting valis you must have a memorable moment or story that just cracks you up or many!

here's mine that has stuck in my head and a week does not go by when i think about it and crack up laughing!.

iiz2cool

I haven't had a chance to meet Brother Valis yet, but if he makes it up to Toronto I'll have some of these waiting for him. At 7.1 % alcohol and 1.18 litres, maybe 24 would last an evening.

Maybe.

Walter

Ontario District Overbeer

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