Topics Started by reagan_oconnor

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Hall Closing in Cleveland, OH, USA Area?
by reagan_oconnor in
1. jw
2. experiences
my husband called me this afternoon to tell me that he drove by the lakewood congregation (on madison ave.) and it is closed, boarded up!

hurrah!.

i only hope this means that there is waning interest in this area and they don't have a large enough congregation, and not that they're building a larger place elsewhere..
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"This Generation" change -- fallout evidence?
by reagan_oconnor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was reading the recent posts on 2034 and was wondering... .

the 1975 debacle left the fds scrambling for explanations for the mass exodus of r&f who were disillusioned by their bs.

the pat answer has always been, "those people didn't keep pace with god's chariot" and they weren't "strong in the truth" and allowed something so "minor" to "stumble" them.
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Here I am! (Send Me)
by reagan_oconnor in
1. jw
2. friends
sorry i haven't been around lately, it's been months since i've visited the site, i've been a bit of a 'drive-by-poster,' if you will.

i'm alive and well, the best i've ever been, in fact.

6 months pregnant, due mid-january 2004.
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"Updating" of JW Books
by reagan_oconnor in
1. jw
2. friends
::i'm not 100% sure which forum to post this in, so if it needs to be moved, please feel free::

one thing i always questioned was why the jw literature was ever updated.

if the organization is 'directed by the holy spirit' then why did they need a new version of the 'scripture inspired' book?
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I'm back! Got a letter from my mother...
by reagan_oconnor in
1. jw
2. friends
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haven't posted in a while... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=38164&site=3
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I'm being DA by my family
by reagan_oconnor in
1. jw
2. experiences
wow... it's been awhile since i've posted, there are a lot of new names here.

i just had to post on this.... i received a letter from my mother friday telling me that she and my father no longer wish to associate with my husband or me.

they will contact me in case of emergency but thats it.
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to Utopian Reformist re: the Black Panther Party
by reagan_oconnor in
1. jw
2. friends
<i posted this on the "two down and counting" thread, but figured it would be seen here.. for those of you who did not see the thread, utopian reformist said:.

earlier reagan o'connor stated that internal and external terrorist groups should be examined equally and treated in the same manner.. while i agree with the statement, i disagree with the sampling of internal terrorist she included in her statement.. the kkk and aryan nation can and should be considered terrorists.

burning crosses, public lynchings and hate mobs should be obvious to all.
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(US) Gary Condit is giving thanks...
by reagan_oconnor in
1. jw
2. friends
...that he's finally out of the limelight.. before it struck home how actually horrific this whole thing was, i cracked a joke about how much gary condit paid to have those two planes rammed into the wtc, just to get himself out of the top news story spot.... i apologized to the person i made the comment to, and still feel guilty.

reagan.

i am the master of my fate/i am the captain of my soul.
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Missed you guys, had "The Talk" with ...
by reagan_oconnor in
1. jw
2. friends
it's been about a month since i posted... sorry to stay away so long.. many of you are aware that my parents stopped speaking to me last year, and the only time i've seen them in a year is when my dad had a heart attack.

i got an e-mail from my mom that asked how i "felt about their religion" since i'm celebrating holidays.. i sat down with mom on saturday and told her that regardless of our differences in beliefs, that we're still family, and that will never change.

i told her that i understand that she's conflicted because of her beliefs, and that it's been difficult for her.
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pick your religion here!
by reagan_oconnor in
1. jw
2. friends
i saw this, and it made me think of drahcir yarrum's post about ex-jws and morality.

http://www.selectsmart.com.

choose your religion based on personal beliefs.