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  JW Family Tries Black-Mailing Me

  by Prisca in

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  i have spent the last week or so with my sister and bro-in-law and my 6year old niece, all jws.

  they live in a town not too far away from me, and i visit them every couple of months or so.

  my sister and i are close, not extremely so, but we appreciate each other as we have no other bros & sisters, our mother died 21yrs ago, and our father treats us as though we are dead too (due to non-jw issues).. last time i went to visit them, my bro-in-law asked my niece to ask me if i'd go to the meeting.

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  Prisca,

  Sorry to hear that. Like helping a six-year-old find an easy comment was suddenly going to open your eyes and make you want to return.

  This past weekend my mother had a "special request" for me. It was the weekend of the District Convention and I knew what it was: She wanted me to go to the Sunday session. When I hummed and hawed, she turned it into a "dare", and told me that there was "nothing to be afraid of." Then she tried to compromise by asking me to go to only the Public Discourse. I almost agreed, just to shut her up.

  But what did she expect to happen? She doesn't know how 'opposed' I am, but even if I were just 'weak' did she think I would hear one talk and come running back?

  Oh well,

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  My Mother Might Get Called B4 a JC!!!

  by teenyuck in

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  my mother just called me...she is really upset.

  her plumber, brother c. came by to fix a pipe today and told her that the elders are discussing my mother!!

  because she is going to have my dfd sister visit this week.

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  If your mother doesn't want to go through the confrontation, I think Siddhashunyata has a good idea. Make up some family business for your sister.

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  Help get this JW off my back!

  by mpatrick in

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  i was wondering if anyone wanted to come to my defense on this jw discussion board at http://www.beliefnet.org this jw that post as "rosemaybud" is driving me crazy and i am tired of trying to get her off my back.

  she never post about anything much, except to make hateful remarks to me or about me.

  i post as "loveofwaterlilies".

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  Obviously, the individuals who are appealing their judicial case are appealing because they KNOW we have they truth and they don't want to be kicked out of this organization--GET IT?

  The WT "judicial" system is designed to squelch any dissent by cutting people off from all family and friends. Perhaps the ones fighting not to be disfellowshipped are doing so because they don't want to submit to this emotional blackmale.

  Does this person deny that the Pandelos, Ms Anderson, and Mr Bowen are the victims of a Watchtower witch hunt, for them all to be called for judicial meetings for such obscure charges as "causing divisions" the week before Dateline airs?

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  Anti-Virus SoftWare Addresses

  by invisible in

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  2. friends

  http://housecall.antivirus.com/.

  http://www.ipw.internet.co/protection/security/982787395.html.

  http://www.eaglepro.net/antivirus/index.htm.

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  Invisible,

  Thanks for the links.

  For the more computer savvy people out there, Inzider in a pretty good program for seeing what applications are running (even ones that don't show up in Task Manager) and on what ports they're listening.

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  Ask a JW.com Poster Anything

  by Black Man in

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  i'll be back in a few......... .

  edited by - black man on 9 june 2002 18:33:33.

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  D8TA,

  I still have to wear a suit every now and then (mainly only when meeting with vendors or interviewing). But I used to be quite the clothes horse, so I might as well get some use out of the three or four suits that still fit me.

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  Has anyone recieved an email from this person?

  by TheStar in

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  2. friends

  i recieved 3 emails from this person named, tord unevik,

  all three emails say the same thing.

  i send you this file in order to have your advice see you later.

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  Hmmm

  That's a virus (specifically SirCam). Either that person or someone else with them in their address book has been infected. Just delete the emails.

  Hmmm

  Edited by - hmmm on 9 June 2002 17:37:9
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  Hi, I'm a newbie

  by creamypink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wanted to say hello and sort of introduce myself.

  i am usually on another jw posting board.

  i found wonderful friends there and i was hoping to find more here.. i've not been df nor have i da'd myself.

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  Welcome aboard Cream.... er, Pin.... um, CP!

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  Pending Tragedy for the WTS and JWs

  by Lee Elder in

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  pending tragedy for the wts and jws.

  the heavy-handed tactics of the leaders of the watchtower society have begun to bear rotten fruit.

  i suspect that it is just a matter of time before the need arises to coin some phrase to describe disfellowshipped or disassociated jehovah's witnesses who bomb conventions, shoot up kingdom halls or even attack bethel facilities.. leaders of the wts (and local elders) should stop and think about the lessons to be learned from columbine high school, the postal service (i.e.

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  Violence, or the hint of the "rightness" or inevitability of violence is NEVER excusable! Even by xJWs!

  IW,

  I respectfully disagree. You're inserting the "rightness" of violence to lend emotional support to your argument.

  Lee argued that violence was inevitable. He did NOT argue that it would ever be considered "right".

  The hint of the rightness of violence directed against innocents is, IMHO, inexcusable. The warning of the inevitability of violence is not only excusable, but laudable.

  Getting off the subject for a minute, I think Lee's warning will completely fall on deaf ears. These men are too used to a lifetime of playing fast and loose with the scriptures, the English language, and people's lives.

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  so whats wrong with fathers day?

  by annalice in

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  fathers day is coming up and this will be the first year that i will be getting my dad the card and a gift .

  i mentioned it to someone and they acted like i was commiting a sin.

  so what problem do the jw's have with this holiday ?

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  The society regularly admonishes the brother and sisters to be responsible with money. They caution followers not to be slaves to the latest fashions, but instead to purchase conservative clothing that will last more than a year or two.

  Because of this, they advise against celebrating Father's Day--it promotes the purchase of loud neckties.

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  Pending Tragedy for the WTS and JWs

  by Lee Elder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pending tragedy for the wts and jws.

  the heavy-handed tactics of the leaders of the watchtower society have begun to bear rotten fruit.

  i suspect that it is just a matter of time before the need arises to coin some phrase to describe disfellowshipped or disassociated jehovah's witnesses who bomb conventions, shoot up kingdom halls or even attack bethel facilities.. leaders of the wts (and local elders) should stop and think about the lessons to be learned from columbine high school, the postal service (i.e.

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  IW,

  If anyone sees Lee's post as a call to action, that's their fault, not his. His is a warning.

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