Topics Started by Quendi
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Midsummer's Day
by Quendi intomorrow, 24 june, is midsummer's day.
i wish i had something planned to mark it, but that won't happen this year.
next year, i hopefully will be able to do something appropriate to celebrate the occasion.
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The WTS and Same-Sex Marriage
by Quendi inwe all know the wts position on same-sex marriage, but i thought it was interesting to see this piece on its website.
i think what intrigues me the most is that the wts approach is, as i once told the elders on my judicial committee, "inadequate, incomplete and insufficient".
the peice then goes on to give the typical fairy-tale solution to what it perceives as a problem with the experience of someone they call "nathan" and how he was able to completely change thanks to god's holy spirit working on him.
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The WTS War Against Games and Sports
by Quendi inwe've discussed this before, but i wanted to collate comments under this one heading.
we all know how the wts has spoken against gambling.
that is something i can understand because for some, gambling can lead to serious addiction problems.
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A Breakthrough?
by Quendi ini'd like others' thoughts on this development for me.. i was disfellowshipped seven years ago and made up my mind never to return some two years ago.
most witnesses have shunned me, of course, but there are some still in the organization who associate with me.
one of them lives in southern california and has never ceased supporting me in various ways.
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An Update
by Quendi ini've been away from the board for a while but thought i'd put my head in the doorway to say hello to all and give an update on what's going on with me.. i have been unemployed for nearly three years and finally had got to the end of my tether.
so, at the end of march, i left colorado, my home for the last thirty-one years, and returned to my family in alabama to regroup and recharge my batteries.
leaving colorado and the rockies was heartbreaking but i am grateful that i had a home to return to and didn't wind up on the streets.
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Memorial 2012 Date
by Quendi innot that i have any intention of attending, but would somebody be so good as to post the date for the memorial "celebration" this year?
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quendi.
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Taking Back the Holidays
by Quendi inwith canada having observed its own thanksgiving day, i am reminded that the holidays are approaching beginning with halloween and terminating with twelfth night on 5 january.
this will be an interesting holiday season for me.
when i became one of jehovah's witnesses, i gave them all up of course.
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C.T. Russell and 1914
by Quendi ini'm sure there are those on this board who can help me with some research questions.
they concern charles taze russell and his infatuation with 1914 and were posed to me by a member of my own small group.
we call ourselves jwa for jehovah's witnesses anonymous.
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Reached Out Only To Be Rejected
by Quendi inlast month i got word that a witness i had known had died suddenly.
i hadn't spoken to her since my disfellowshipping six years ago, but we had been good friends.
upon learning of her death, i wrote a letter of sympathy to her fleshly brother, also a witness, who had been a good friend of mine as well.
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Seeking Reinstatement
by Quendi inno, i'm not seeking to be reinstated so don't worry.
but i did want to raise a point in relation to this.
i know this was true in my case and i've seen it in others i have talked to about this.