Posted by Farkel [Keflar] on November 01, 1999 at 18:38:25 {2gTL9dbN6kjc7.1TE24IvhKqcjatLo}:
In Reply to: ****Apostates violate rules posted by Cheeky on November 01, 1999 at 12:46:16:
Cheeky,
:You are making a statement here that we are all not educated,
Yes, and I will go so far as to say that a few dub posters in here don't have the God-given common sense that God gave gravel. Is my opinion clear here?
:and I should remind you of the door to door work,
Which teaches people WHAT? How to sell magazines and books? You call THAT an education? How silly!
:and people who have not been raised up as one of Jehovah's Witnessess. Not to mention the fact of all the reading and writing that goes on being a Witness.
Reading monotonous and boring re-hashing of the same braindead nonsense over-and-over-and-over again is not akin to getting any sort of education, unless the class happens to be "Zombie 101."
:If anything long term witnessess probably spell and speak better than most.
Really? Read ABK and Fred Hall's posts again. I can tell you a MILLION annecdotes about how uneducated many dubs are. And then, we have our own beloved "1" in here who barely comes off as literate with spelling and grammer, albeit his posts still evoke the thoughts of an amazing mind and amazing perceptions about dub-land. And he got his "college" doing (probably) back-breaking work at the Bethel "university". Now, he's forwarding himself by actually going to a REAL college. I congradulate him and his wife. I give you "poo-poos" for being unable to recognize that any "education" from your Brooklyn masters = NO EDUCATION!
>"Does crime or violence escalate around Halloween?"
:This one isn't to hard to figure out Fark, if you were a criminal, what better circumstance is there than to fit in with a mask? It isn't everyday that Dracula can roam un-noticed.
Totally stupid answer. Your analogy was so stupid that I can't even muster up the energy to answer it. It is just DUMB! Number one, you never answered my question, and number two you made some sort of fuzzy assertion for which you have not produced any evidence. Dumb answer. REALLY dumb answer. Produce some evidence, or keep your yapper shut. Evidence = Facts. Capiche?
:"Do ritualistic human sacrifices increase around Halloween?"
::I don't know about human, but in Victoria, BC that seems to be the captial of cults.....has rituals that evening....yes. This has been confirmed by many people I have known in that area that have no ties to JW's. I was aware of this long before becoming a witness. So the answer to your question is....Yes.
So, what kind of demonic HORRORs has it produced in Victoria, BC? Any increase in crime? Any more dog-bites? And increase in rape, robberies, of even flea bites? Do mosquistos do more damage on Halloween? Where's your dang evidence, Cheeky?
Produce evidence then, to my assertion: what kind of extra-normal verifiable human problems happen at Halloween that otherwise don't happen on say, Abe Lincolns' birthday, or at the hallowed WTS Memorial for that matter? And how many of them happen around Halloween that privides serious evidence that Halloween is so evil? You'll look even more foolish than you've looked before if you cannot come up with facts to support your allegation.
"Or is it about just a bunch of gleeful little children putting on scary and/or funny costumes and getting bags of candy once a year?"
:No, it isn't. It has meaning behind it just like everything else does.
Yes, it is: it is about a bunch of little children having fun, and rarely does one get hurt over it, and rarely one gets weird over it, except for your Brooklyn Masters who have decided to make their dupes totally superstitious over nothing.
IT'S ABOUT SUPERSTITION THAT YOUR BROOKLYN MASTERS HAVE FORCED YOU PEOPLE TO ACCEPT, CHEEKY! Nothing more. Nothing less.
:First you guys get all upity about the past, and the watchtower, and yet, you don't acknowledge history. You just want to rip apart jw history, and it is all so important then. What about other things and their history?
Red herring, and a really dumb one, at that.
:Very selective in your history lessons.
Very selective in that you didn't address the real issues, and came out of your post looking like a total helpless dork.
Farkel, who is sorry about being so harsh with a helpless dork, but can't figure any other way to do it...