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  Wife willing to leave the DC early on Sunday.

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  you all know i post every jw thing that happens to me.

  so here it is.. we had booked an airline to go to the 3-day convention this summer.. dc's for many foreign languages are held in jersey city, nj.

  the return.

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  mjarka911

  Hello OTWO
  
  
  
  
  
  Come to think of it - I beleive you've mentioned before how educated she is. Maybe you can plan a visit to a natural history museum with a focus on the absurdist biblical dates.
  
  
  Matt
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  GOVERNING BODY member Carey Barber dies.

  by yesidid in

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  and that's all i know.. he was 101 and appointed as a governing body member in 1977.. .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/97874/1.ashx.

  yesidid.

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  I think your admiration is misplaced. Russell didn't "walk out" of his prosperous life to lead people to moral beleifs. Mother Theresa doesn't predicate absolute obedience in order to receive her generosity. Russell wanted a group who thought like he did. Whether or not he beleived he was right doesn't earn him my admiration. Leave your business and join doctors without borders, amnesty international, or any other non-demoninational help group - then you've earned my respect. Help people make this a better world without a quid pro quo of religious belief.
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  GOVERNING BODY member Carey Barber dies.

  by yesidid in

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  and that's all i know.. he was 101 and appointed as a governing body member in 1977.. .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/97874/1.ashx.

  yesidid.

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  If you claim your decisions are guided by holy spirit, but feel nothing, barely study, and most times see your past decisions were wrong - don't you know in your heart that 'god' is not using you? Aren't you the most reprehensible for continuing to convince people that you are special and being used by god? Does anyone grieve for Jim Jones and claim he was just misled?
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  Cargo cult celebrates 50th anniversary

  by Nathan Natas in

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  cargo cult celebrates 50th anniversary residents of the south pacific island of tanna worship an american "messiah" named john frum who first appeared to them in the 1930s.

  according to a village elder quoted in a recent smithsonian article, john promised to someday return and "hell bring planeloads and shiploads of cargo to us from america if we pray to him.

  radios, tvs, trucks, boats, watches, iceboxes, medicine, coca-cola and many other wonderful things.

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  This was the subject of a portion of Dawkins' The God Delusion. Interestingly, even though this whole religion appeared and evolved in one generation, there is still confusion as to whether someone named John Frum ever really existed. Also he remarked that another 'Cargo' religion appeared somewhere else in the world around this time, supposedly with no connection to Frum.
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  Grand Canyon / Sedona

  by sandy in

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  my fiance and i visited the grand canyon and sedona last weekend and i was deeply impressed.

  i'd never been to either place before then.. the grand canyon was so unreal!

  it was snowing there which was just beautiful!

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  I read about a new glass walkway that will jut out over a portion of the canyon so you can see straight down! My son's middle name is Canyon because he was conceived during that trip - so when he's old enough I'd like to go back and and check it out.
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  Grand Canyon / Sedona

  by sandy in

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  my fiance and i visited the grand canyon and sedona last weekend and i was deeply impressed.

  i'd never been to either place before then.. the grand canyon was so unreal!

  it was snowing there which was just beautiful!

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  My wife & I took this trip pre-children. We flew into Vegas for the cheap airfare, stayed at Treasure Island and took in the Cirque de Solei show as well as the Sigfried & Roy show. Then we rented a Jeep and drove to the Grand Canyon. We had booked a rim side canyon a year in advance. Then we drove back to Vegas via Sedona and stayed in a nice resort. It was a great little art-new age community similar to Aspen or Taos. One of our nicest memories was taking the "hard hat tour" of Hoover Dam while we were in the Vegas area. It is an impressive achievement and worthy of the 1 1/2 hour drive from Vegas.
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  Roll call time - What KH's have you attended.............

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  naperville, dekalb, joliet......... il.

  i tried to bump an old thread on this topic, but i couldn't find it.. anyone?

  beuller?.

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  Mostly in Illinois:
  
  
  Riverview
  
  Norwood Park
  
  Chicago Lawn
  
  Buffalo Grove
  
  Bolingbrook
  
  
  With a stint as a kid in Mexia, Tx.
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  Contact after 3+ years

  by mjarka911 in

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  well, never say never i guess.

  after 3 years of shunning from my hard core jw family - my sister shows up unannounced at my firehouse yesterday to say hello.

  although a brief visit - she said she had been driving by my firehouse for 2 years while going to her job and she finally got up the nerve to drop by and say hello.

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  Well, never say never I guess. After 3 years of shunning from my hard core JW family - my sister shows up unannounced at my firehouse yesterday to say hello. Although a brief visit - she said she had been driving by my firehouse for 2 years while going to her job and she finally got up the nerve to drop by and say hello. She said she believes "family is family" and she needed to reconnect with me. I don't know where this will lead, but she even said she would like to have lunch soon. It looks like the Borg is losing its grip on her at least. Will wonders never cease? Matt
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  Big Screen TV`s

  by OUTLAW in

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  i`ve looked at them all,plasma,rear projection lcd,dlp..the nicest picture i`ve seen to date,is the 62"hitachi rear projection lcd..unfriggin believable!

  !..it was beautiful..cost:$2999.99..any suggestions on big screen tv`s with a remarkable picture?...outlaw

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  anyone have an opinion on the Mitsubishi brand rear projection LCD. I saw a 62" 720P at Fry's in Chicago for $1,699. Also if space is not an issue, is there any real difference in rear projection LCD and the flat screen LCD? From the "hopelessly over his head class" Matt
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  I just had a very interesting phone call from the JC

  by hambeak in

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  i got a call today from a member of the judicial committee asking if i would meet with them.

  i asked them what for?

  i was told it was about my asking questions about wts involvement with the un and bethel layoffs and my getting information from an apostate website.. i told them i have never attended their kh and had been inactive for more than 20 years and no longer accepted their authority and they no longer had a control over my mind or what i read or say or do.

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  Do all states require that someone tell you if a phone conversation is being taped or listened to by another party, especially if it's going to be used against you?