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  35 Years Ago Today - John Lennon - Peace Advocate was Murdered

  by flipper in

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  in this age of violence with the san bernardino and france massacres sometimes it's good to reflect on the wise words of the peace advocates among us who proposed a better solution in bringing a more civil society to our universe.

  john lennon, martin luther king jr. - people who stood up for equal rights and world peace and denounced violence and war - no matter how that violence occurs.

  please feel free to comment on stories of john lennon on this thread and feel free to post any you tubes of his music that you may have enjoyed through the years.

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  IOWNMYLIFE- Thanks Marina for posting that interesting link about John and the Monday Night Football connection regarding the announcement of his death. That is how I found out about Lennon's death was by watching Howard Cosell announce it. I just sat there stunned in disbelief at age 21 back in 1980. I grew up with groups like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin as my heroes and since Zeppelin's drummer John Bonham had just died a couple months earlier at age 33 with Led Zeppelin disbanding - my winter of 1980 was incredibly morose. Tragedy to two of my favorite bands months apart. Reading your link brought tears to my eyes once again helping me appreciate how much the Beatles meant to me.

  LOVEUNIHATEXAMS- Beautiful Boy really was a very nice song Lennon wrote for his son. Lots of love in that song.

  WATSON- " These guys helped me keep my sanity ". You and me both my friend. If it wasn't for having The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues , and rock & roll music in general I may have gone crazy as a teenager and ran away from home from my domineering elder dad's tight fisted regime and rules . Music helped me to tune out all the idiotic controlling rhetoric spewing out of the WT Society's leaders mouths. Helped me to ground myself into reality of a freedom thinking mind. it's possibly one of the big reasons I have such a freedom thinking mind today- is from listening to music from groups like these over the years ! And that's a GOOD thing ! Thanks for the cool you tubes my friend ! Peace out, mr. Flipper
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  some elders are taught to punish not to Shepard .

  by poopie in

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  has that been your experience.

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  The title of this thread should be : " ALL elders are taught to punish not to shepherd "
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  JW Talk

  by Alive! in

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  was sipping my coffee, browsing here and there, and then focussed on reading here regarding arc, picked up some world news on same subject - and wondered if jw org would publish any information on their news site.. then, i flicked to jw talk - anything in their public news forum?

  a newish headline 'australia and jehovah's witnesses' or something like that - i entered link - web page error, not found.

  nope.

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  Holy sh*t. They actually used the "mentally diseased" propaganda on you. They have decided you are an apostate.

  Stupid robots.

  Mrs. Flipper
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  Good Afternoon All

  by Kick50r in

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  in the last 5/6 years, i've read many threads, some made me laugh , others sad such is life , but was a very pleasant experience.

  so i though it was time to introduce myself a bit.. im portuguese although living in the u.k. atm.

  im from a (now) jw family and i have 2 sisters.

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  KICK50R- Welcome to the board ! One of the best first posts and threads I've read in awhile ! Very well expressed.

  I was born in the Witnesses also and my elder dad said the same thing to me that your JW parents said to you, " As long as you are living under my roof- you'll do as I say. " My dad in a nutshell. I was independent thinking as you are so my dad's lingo went over like a lead balloon with me.

  Your statement, " I saw what they can do to an informed decision. NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. " Exactly, I totally agree. Our freedom of mind and awareness that the JW's are a mind control cult - is OUR salvation away from fear and guilt indoctrination from the WT Society. No need for fear anymore. The big bad dream isn't true, no destruction at a fantasy " Armageddon " - so we can go live our life !

  I too appreciate Simon's board here to help us fight off these " cancers " in our life seeking to take away our freedom of mind. To your statement, " To others in the same situation I was, hang in there, don't despair, let reason be your weapon, time is on our side. " So VERY true.

  You are a brave and courageous young man for pursuing your life in a free way and hopefully some in my JW family and some in your JW family will come to their senses some day and re-gain freedom of mind. A big welcome to you friend, take care, Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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  35 Years Ago Today - John Lennon - Peace Advocate was Murdered

  by flipper in

  1. jw
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  in this age of violence with the san bernardino and france massacres sometimes it's good to reflect on the wise words of the peace advocates among us who proposed a better solution in bringing a more civil society to our universe.

  john lennon, martin luther king jr. - people who stood up for equal rights and world peace and denounced violence and war - no matter how that violence occurs.

  please feel free to comment on stories of john lennon on this thread and feel free to post any you tubes of his music that you may have enjoyed through the years.

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  Here is another song of John Lennon's that I really like :

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-vSvZD3Spk
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  35 Years Ago Today - John Lennon - Peace Advocate was Murdered

  by flipper in

  1. jw
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  in this age of violence with the san bernardino and france massacres sometimes it's good to reflect on the wise words of the peace advocates among us who proposed a better solution in bringing a more civil society to our universe.

  john lennon, martin luther king jr. - people who stood up for equal rights and world peace and denounced violence and war - no matter how that violence occurs.

  please feel free to comment on stories of john lennon on this thread and feel free to post any you tubes of his music that you may have enjoyed through the years.

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  LOVEUNIHATEXAMS- You know, I really don't know WHO or WHAT the song " I Want You ( She's So Heavy ) was directed to or at or for ? I'm in the dark like you are. One hell of a song which has always been one of my favorites on Abbey Road though. Thanks for posting the song ! I appreciate it ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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  35 Years Ago Today - John Lennon - Peace Advocate was Murdered

  by flipper in

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  in this age of violence with the san bernardino and france massacres sometimes it's good to reflect on the wise words of the peace advocates among us who proposed a better solution in bringing a more civil society to our universe.

  john lennon, martin luther king jr. - people who stood up for equal rights and world peace and denounced violence and war - no matter how that violence occurs.

  please feel free to comment on stories of john lennon on this thread and feel free to post any you tubes of his music that you may have enjoyed through the years.

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  LITTLEROCKGUY- I appreciate what you are saying. If I came off as too angry to you- I apologize as well. It's just that being in the JW's until age 44 over 12 years ago- I've had enough of self righteousness type attitudes that the WT Society promoted of the WT seeming better than everyone else. So your initial post kind of brought " self righteousness " flashbacks to me. I realize that you are not truly that way. You've been on the board here for years and I know that you are a good guy. I appreciate that Lennon had lots of warts , but my point is that " don't we all " ? I don't look at anybody as a " God " - because in reality I don't believe in " God " or the concept of " God's " at all. And yeah, Jealous Guy was a cool song indeed. Take care, Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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  35 Years Ago Today - John Lennon - Peace Advocate was Murdered

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in this age of violence with the san bernardino and france massacres sometimes it's good to reflect on the wise words of the peace advocates among us who proposed a better solution in bringing a more civil society to our universe.

  john lennon, martin luther king jr. - people who stood up for equal rights and world peace and denounced violence and war - no matter how that violence occurs.

  please feel free to comment on stories of john lennon on this thread and feel free to post any you tubes of his music that you may have enjoyed through the years.

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  LOVEUNIHATEXAMS- Wow ! I've never seen that you tube of John playing with Clapton and Keith Richards ! Oh my god. Awesome ! Thanks for posting it.

  ORPHAN CROW- I think you have the right idea, I'm going to listen to this Lennon, Clapton, and Keith Richards you tube later as well and have a couple stout Sierra Nevada Torpedo beers man ! Does make a person wanna boogie ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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  35 Years Ago Today - John Lennon - Peace Advocate was Murdered

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in this age of violence with the san bernardino and france massacres sometimes it's good to reflect on the wise words of the peace advocates among us who proposed a better solution in bringing a more civil society to our universe.

  john lennon, martin luther king jr. - people who stood up for equal rights and world peace and denounced violence and war - no matter how that violence occurs.

  please feel free to comment on stories of john lennon on this thread and feel free to post any you tubes of his music that you may have enjoyed through the years.

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  Great. They took the video off of the you tube I was trying to post. Damn. Let me try again . This song is pretty cool :

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDDJeM5R4PM
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  35 Years Ago Today - John Lennon - Peace Advocate was Murdered

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in this age of violence with the san bernardino and france massacres sometimes it's good to reflect on the wise words of the peace advocates among us who proposed a better solution in bringing a more civil society to our universe.

  john lennon, martin luther king jr. - people who stood up for equal rights and world peace and denounced violence and war - no matter how that violence occurs.

  please feel free to comment on stories of john lennon on this thread and feel free to post any you tubes of his music that you may have enjoyed through the years.

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  flipper

  Here is another of Lennon's songs I really liked :

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlzrNKN3r2l .