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Getting On : Pop Culture
More From Our Peers Still Swimming About In Cult Sewage. | from Anthony - Thursday, April 24, 2003 accessed 1942 times Here's a little something I found in my email account today. The "bolding" was my doing. Now that it's TRF time, I thought I would get on her good side and bring this up again freshly for all to See and Remember ;) Let's all reach deeeeep into our pockets, people :D --- In FamilyYouth@yahoogroups.com, "emailaddress@" Dear everyone, We have a dream! We hope to thank you for making it possible. The dream is: WWW.IMATOILET.COM (name still open to suggestions) We're sure there are lots of you out there who have lives and don't need the Internet for entertainment, but since that's not our case we've hatched an idea of a web page solely for our Family contemporaries to hang out and fellowship online. It's going to be a place of mirth and love, laughter and Faith -a little society where you can block out the dark, scary things of this world and delve into the companionship of each other. In case you haven't already guessed it, yes, we need money. Now before you close the window, let us stress that this isn't a ploy to separate you from your hard-earned cash and give you nothing in return. We at imatoilet.com are totally non-profit and determinedly dedicated to giving you a good time. Imatoilet.com will offer: -Chat room -Message boards -Photo page -Passwords and members-only login -Profiles -Polls -*** -Anything you want it to have, providing our Webmaster and almighty genius is able to create it The content of this page will be 100% Family stuff, and if you have a problem with that, don't bother becoming a member. This is not a WS sponsored endeavor, so we have no obligation to be "open-minded" or even nice. The site will be moderated by yours truly and any posts that we feel are out of line will be deleted. The reasons we'll be moderating this site are: 1- we have a power trip. 2-we'd like to ensure that the site will always carry the freedom-loving spirit of the Word and The Family. We need your help to finance the hosting and domain name of the site. It's about $100 US dollars per year, which is expensive but at the same time will offer a sturdy long-lasting service. If 10 people send 10 dollars, we'll be all set. Any contribution, no matter how small, will be greatly appreciated. And upon the eventuality that we receive more than enough to cover the web costs, (*pinch me, I'm dreaming*) anything extra we receive will go immediately to the t-shirt fund. Yes, we plan on having the KEEWWLEST revolutionary t-shirts ever, which we will be offering at the lowest price possible. We're already looking into producing them in Mexico and Brazil, and will have them AS SOON as the Lord provides the funding. So please feel free to share this little letter with your homes, friends and anyone who might be interested our project. Donations can be sent via TRF to CH013, SACRO with a specification that it's for the IMATOILET fund. Any questions or comments will be gladly received at emailaddress@... Sincerely, The (hopeful) imatoilet.com team. |
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Reader's comments on this article Add a new comment on this article | from Capt_Morgan Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 06:46 (Agree/Disagree?) Anthony, Whats up dude? Shoot me a message some time. I logged on to this site cuz someone tolled me there was news about he whole "family" in Brazil being excomunicated....it sounded to good to be true,,,,if it really is so...please let me know!! -J (reply to this comment)
| | | from Joe H Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 20:27 (Agree/Disagree?)
They are not our "peers" as the title of this article suggests. "Peer" is defined as "a person who is of equal standing with another in a group." They are by no means equal to us, and we are certainly not in their group. PS More than quibble about vocabulary, I like to think this comment made a meaningful statement. (reply to this comment)
| | | from frmrjoyish Monday, May 05, 2003 - 20:44 (Agree/Disagree?) They sure seem to be obsessed with excrement! Does anyone remember having to write on your OHR if you s''t that day or not, or the color and consistency of it??? We also had to read about the head whakos bowel movements and toilet habits (written in Mo letters- the "new" word of God)!! Enough alreaady!!! (reply to this comment)
| from Anthony Friday, April 25, 2003 - 14:26 (Agree/Disagree?)
More than anything, I really feel sorry for them, as I remember being under the same mental disposition; sad, isn't it? On the other hand, it's not like they don't have options. When I first thought of leaving, the "backsliders' network" of our peers wasn't as accessible as it is today, if it had been, chances are I would've left much sooner. I certainly don't like to think of myself, and those of us who have left, as being any "better" than our sisters and brothers still in, I think some of us simply grow at different rates or pace. However, with all the evidence and truth about the cult's malicious existence, it's becoming increasingly difficult for me to buy into the "dumb sheep" argument. Some of us really were the cult's toilet, evidenced by all the crap they dumped on us for their personal relief and regularity. But once you realize what the deal is, I really wonder about the sanity of those who choose to remain in and even brag about being excrement enclaves and the recipients of fecal facials. I sincerely hope they all wake up soon, like we have, and all leave Berg's doodoo bowl. (reply to this comment)
| from PompousJohn Friday, April 25, 2003 - 08:26 (Agree/Disagree?)
Wow, how our values change. I feel offended by two things: 1) The idea that blocking out the darkness of the world rather than facing it is a good thing, and 2) The idea that 100 bucks a year is expensive, and requires shameless begging. As Bono said in the live version of "Bullet the Bue Sky" "The God I believe in isn't short of cash, mister." (reply to this comment)
| | | From pharmaboy.. Friday, April 25, 2003, 08:50 (Agree/Disagree?)
right on, I was also disgusted by the 'blocking out the evil world and getting wrapped up in each others company'. At least I'm living REAL life, and as time goes by I'm actually starting to love life, it's exhilarating!! I refer to TF now as 'the incubator'. It can also be compared to an opiate buzz: warm, fuzzy, and away from the pain. (reply to this comment) |
| | from katrim4 Friday, April 25, 2003 - 01:51 (Agree/Disagree?)
Once when I was a kid living at the Guadalajara combo, we were having our school time. I had finally been graduated to the "older kids" class where we had to write reactions to one of the TK's. The very first morning I was there some kid had gotten in trouble for being proud or something ridiculous like that. He got up to read the first reaction of the day and since it was all being done to teach us scholastics as well as "immerse us in the word" we had to read the title of the letter and then our reaction. So the first thing out of his mouth is "I am a toilet" spoken in a very loud, trying to be authorative sort of voice. Poor guy, the whole class laughed and laughed. Luckilly for us our teacher was pretty cool and laughed along with us. (Which is to say that he was cool enough to not giveus all a similar punishment. The poor guy turned bright red though, and I'm sure that at that precise moment it didn't seem nearly as funny to him. I'm so glad my daughter will never have to stand up in front of her peers and proclaim with all of the guts she can muster "I am a toilet". (reply to this comment)
| from LastLaugh Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 22:54 (Agree/Disagree?)
I'm sure whoever is going to be on this "I am a toilet" team won't be too happy to find out that the domain name is already reserved by .... get this .... www.clubscat.com (Check TARGET="_new">http://www.clubscat.com">www.clubscat.com (Check out the homepage if you like, but don't say I didn't warn you.) Here is what whois.com pulled up: Registrant: LA Media (omitted) 7095 Hollywood Blvd, #743 LOS ANGELES, CA 90028 US
Domain Name: IAMATOILET.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: LA Media (omitted) webmaster@clubscat.com LA Media 7095 Hollywood Blvd, #743 LOS ANGELES, CA 90028 US 323 468 8600 (reply to this comment)
| From LastLaugh Thursday, April 24, 2003, 23:27 (Agree/Disagree?)
OK, so the FamilyYouthGroup guys aren't spelling it the same as the reserved name, but hey, at least they'll get plenty of freaks who mispelled the domain name visiting their site and hitting on them. If anyone here would like to spend a bit of pocket money, for a small price (under $10), any domain name can be parked for a year and apparently the "imatoilet.com team" hasn't thought of that yet. (reply to this comment) |
| | from snowhite Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 18:35 (Agree/Disagree?) are they really serious? what a joke! i wonder who was the brains (if any) behind it. :) what a laugh. (reply to this comment)
| from katrim4 Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 17:20 (Agree/Disagree?) $100 dollars is so much money? Gosh, I can't remember the last time I spent less than that on a grocery bill. Maybe they should consider getting a job that enables them to spend money on their hobbies instead of expecting the hard working citizens of the world to contribute, however indirectly, to their "missionary work" of fellowshiping online. You'd do better if you flushed ten dollars down a toilet of the non imaginary kind. (reply to this comment)
| from Most Certainly not A Ceramic Fixture Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 17:18 (Agree/Disagree?)
Um, are you sure this is not a spoof? I mean "I'm a TOILET"??? I thought they were cleaning up their act. Well, now I know where to go when I want to pick up such lovely mirthful things as dysentery and other potty sicknesses. Who's the webmaster, "Beelzebub Lord of the Flies?" (reply to this comment)
| from Jules Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 16:21 (Agree/Disagree?) Oh for goodness sake. It costs next to nothing to create a web site if you use a cheap host. I think they should call their site www.notmovingon.orghttp://www.notmovingon.org">www.notmovingon.org> :) (reply to this comment)
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