Posts by SadElder

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Were You Ever Persecuted While Knocking on Doors?

by Funchback in

i recently posted a news article about how a jw said they get dogs sicced on them or they get urine thrown on them.

the worst thing that ever happened to me was when a chubby man with long blonde hair and glasses opened the door and said, "no!

there is no f--king god!

SadElder

Had a jerk sick his dog on me once. I carried a 1" steel bar in the bottom of my briefcase for just such events. I licked that mutt up-side the head a good one. He yelped and ran off to the woods. I walked back up to the door and told the jerk that if I ever heard of that happening again I would sick my attorney on him big time,and that for sure I had more money in my pocket than his red-necked ass earned in a year. Just for good measure I had my attorney write a nice letter informing him that I had elected not to sue him at this time but reserved the right to do so at any time during the period allowed by law.

Heard he hid evertime the dubs came to the door after that. Of course the other elders in the hall sure looked at me funny after that since dubs aren't supposed to act like that. To bad for them, it was fun.

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What kind of fairy are you? * Fluff Alert *

by Elsewhere in

jw
friends

what kind of male faerie are you?

take the male faerie quiz.

what kind of female faerie are you?

SadElder

I ain't no fairy I'm a redneck. We shoot fairies where I cum frum

Just kidding boys.

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Question about Governing Body

by figureheaduk in

i remember flicking through my ex girlfriends copy of the "proclaimers" book back last year, and there was a page with the pictures of the gb at the time (roundabout 1992 with henschel, jaracz et al).

apart from noticing that the gb was totally comprised of males (well, with the wt's almost neanderthalitic view of women, you wouldnt expect a female contingent within the gb would you?

), i noticed that they all seemed to be white, and, judging by some of the names, probably american.

SadElder

I heard of a rumor Gerrit Loesch wants to go back to Austria.

Instead of him, Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to take his place in the governing body

Does thus mean he can Terminator Jarascz????

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Too Sikh-sy for their shirt, too Sikh-sy

by SixofNine in

jw
friends

sikh men hit the catwalk .

by jonathan beale .

bbc correspondent in delhi

SadElder

They need ro Sikh another line of work

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Watchtower Lawyers -- How many?

by VM44 in

jw
friends

this has been brought up before, but i am going to ask it again....just how many lawyers does the watchtower have?

how many have they sent to law school?

and, why do they need so many lawyers?

SadElder

Heard it said that Legal is bigger than the Bethel CIA oops I mean Service Department now.

10

Can a J-Dub conduct a Bible study without a WTS publication?

by Latin assassin from Manhattan in

if j-dubs claim to be the authority on bible literacy and teaching, then why can't they conduct a bible study or preach without a wts publication?

if i claimed to be an authority on shakespeare during a conversation with a friend, would i pull out a book written by someone else that explained it?

how does that prove that i understand shakespeares work?

SadElder

Had a few studies in the Bible only, but CO's always pushed to get into the publications as soon as possible. Never had much success.

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Is James Pellechia G-Jobbing at Bethel?

by Dogpatch in

a friend just sent me this note, do you think it's him?.

i dug this up while investigating.

how can james pellechia (board director of the watchtower) hold fast to an oath of poverty, if he is owner of this company?

SadElder

If it is him then more power to him, he is actually one of the nicer 'biggies'. Anybody know why he got shoved out of the Public Affairs Office?

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Watchtower Society files for FCC Frequency

by Amazing in

jw
friends

in january of 2002, the watchtower bible and tract society of new york filed for fcc frequency along with a large group of telecommunicatons businesses.

the purpose is to allow for emergency communications when the postal systems is shut down in emergency situations.

when you go to the site, you can see the watchtower listed on the adobe acrobat reader, page 25 of 49 pages.. .

SadElder

When I was at the house in the 80's we discussed many uses for microwave links for televising Bethel events to each facility. At the time the idea of using "television" to any great extent other than 'morning worship' was ghastly to them. We of course were just lowly techies who really didn't have a clue about such things. But now millions have been spent on that super fancy audio/video facility at Patterson and more coming.

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Do Jehovah's Witnesses have love amongst themselves..

by Brummie in

jw
friends

they certainly do, and this is forever being thrown in my face.

however, when jesus said his desciples would have love amongst themselves, surely he didnt mean it would just be amongst themselves?

surely it would expand further than that?

SadElder

Times have changed among the dubs for the worse. Elders are supposed to be a hiding place frome the wind, yet most elders lack the social skills to encourage a flee much less a real live human. "The society" complains about social gatherings at the drop of a hat yet there is supposed to be a world wide brotherhood.

I was one of those elders that made time to be available for whatever nedd arose, yet found out that when I needed a boost no one had time for me. So I gave it the heave ho. Now I lurk around and that's about it. Fading, fading, fadin, fadi, fad, fa, f ......

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skirts

by Nic in

what a load of rubbish.

what's with the rule that says that ladies have to wear a skirt/dress to all meetings/service etc.?

jesus wore a dress, does that mean that the men have to as well?

SadElder

... and now at Brooklyn and we assume at all Bethel complexes ruled by Ted Jarascz aka "The Boss":

All sisters who work in public areas and on tour routes must wear dresses not pants. This includes houseleepers and janitorial staff.

What a crock.