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Sharing Your new light with your Parents
by pratt1 inevery so often i get to share some of my thooughts about the borg and my new found beliefs with my mom , who is a die hard pioneer for over 20 years.. we actually have had decent conversations about doctrines and interpertations of the scriptures, and she has admitted that at times the borg may have misapplied certain scriptures over the years.. her excuse is that imperfect men sometimes make mistakes and jehovah makes allowances for this.. but what really gets her upset is when i bring up certain aspects of my childhood, that because of her belief in the borg, she made some unwise decisions for not only me be her family.. me getting baptized at 13, her not being fully supportive of higher education, cutting off family members, pushing me into an early marriage when i was clearly not ready, teaching me that all "worldly people', including my father woiuld die at armageddon, these are just a few examples that when we discuss them, she becomes extremely angry and then accuses me of making her out to be a bad mother.. i got me thinking, do you think that many dubs refuse to acknowledge the problems with their religion because it would mean that they made some really bad decsions in their and their families lives.. are they afraid to accept the responsiblity for this because of the guilt they would suffer?.
what are your thoughts?
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Would you risk your life?
by pratt1 ininnyc yesterday a man saved a strangers lfe by jumping on the train tracks and rolling both himself and the injured man under a small crawl space in the tracks.
fortunately both escaped harm but at least 2 train cars had rolled over them.. the man had fell on to the tracks after suffering a seizure.. what a heroic act of kindness.. would you have risked your life to save a stranger?.
is your answer the same answer you would have given if you were still in the borg?.
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Movie - The Good Shepard
by pratt1 ini just saw the good shepard and i am still trying to decide if i liked the movie or not.
it basically tells the story (i am sure somewhat fictionalized) the start of cia.. matt damon is really good in it, and so is alec baldwin.. i guess the main thing that i am struggling with is that the film makes it seems that to protect a society, you have to think like the enemy, commit heinous crimes like the enemy, to defeat the enemy.. i know its probably reality, but knowing this does not make you feel very good.. .
has anyone else seen this movie.. what are your thoughts?.
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Family Guy mention of Jehovah's Witnesses
by pratt1 indid anyone see the family guy episode this week that had peter singing the praises of being rich.. .
one line in the song was you can stop the "jehoovahs at the gate" , they showed a witness being stopped at the gate while getting smacked in the head with a watchtower.. .
i love this show, especially stewie..
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Music group called Nemesis realty show
by pratt1 ini didn't catch the begining of this commercial, but i believe there is a new realty show this fall that follows twin young men who are launching their first cd.
the show will depict their climb to fame.. the twist is that they are both coming out of the closet about being gay and their parents who are jehovahs witnesses are unaware of their sexuality.. has anyone heard about this show?.
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Has the rules changed?
by pratt1 ina relative of my wife, just got engaged to a "worldly guy".. the young lady is a baptized publisher, and i am shocked to hear that no one has made a negative comment about her future husband not being an dub.. even her mother who is a pioneer has not made an issue of the engagement.. has things changed?.
are the elders easing up a little on the rank and file?.
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City Confidental episode
by pratt1 in.
did anyone see the city confidential episode where a dub woman from (i think) boise, idaho was killed by her russian born ballet star husband?.
i seems pretty clear the he killed her, but he is now saying that she was killed by the watchtower, bible and tract society, because she married him - an unbeliever.. does any one have any personal knowledge about this case?
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Brother Littlejohn Died
by pratt1 in.
i don't know if any of you knew brother littlejohn of nyc, but i just heard that he just died.. if the name sounds familiar it may be because he had many parts on the assembly programs, usually the dramas.. he was a overall nice guy, but i am sure neither he nor his family expected him to die in this"system of things".
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Father's Day
by pratt1 infirst, i hope all of you fathers out there had a great day yesterday with your families.. i had a great day with my wife and daughter, but i would like to share my experience with my dub mother and unbelieving dad yesterday.. i met my mom and dad at my cousin's home whose wife recently had surgery.
my mom and dad spent the day with them preparing sunday's meal and meals for the next few days.
as a side note my cousin was a dub in his teens but he left the borg at 16, because he wanted a normal life.. .
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My Friend died
by pratt1 ina few weeks ago i posted that a very good friend of mine from childhood was diagnoised with terminal colon cancer.. we were very close growing up in the dubdum, and we were in each others wedding party.
our kids reffered to each of us as uncle and his kids look towards my parents as their grandparents.. we drifted apart after i left the lie, but we managed to stay in touch infrequently even if only to keep updated on the kids or other family members.. fortunately for me, i was able to spent a lot of time with him while he was in the hospital and hospice, and we reconnected as friends almost like the old days.
on may 19th, although it was the day before my family vacation and i had a lot of running around to do, me and my wife went to see him.