Mackin
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Stupid Americans
by Mackin inwatch this and weep.. .
edit: for the benefit of americans, the interviewer is not john howard, the austrailan prime minister.
:-) .
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I got an e-mail for a long-lost dub friend
by Mackin inthere is this woman i used to correspond with back in my dub days but lost contact with several years ago.
anyway just the other day she sent me an e-mail out of the blue.. she wanted to know if i was "in" or "out" as she was planning a trip to australia and if i was still "in" possibly we could meet (obviously i would have to travel to oz).
she had heard i wasn't going to the meetings any more.. i replied that i was definitely not "in" any longer but that i wasn't da'd or df'd and if she wanted to read my story i provided her a link to my story on this site.
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Hey Aussies, Is Peter Brock a Dub?
by Mackin ini just saw on the 6.00 o'clock news that peter brock is racing in bathurst this weekend.
i had heard ages ago that he had become a dub.
surely the wts would 'tut 'tut at him engaging in such a "dangerous worldly activity" as motor racing?
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
by Mackin inok, it's 20 min's past midnight here and i've just arrived home from watching the fireworks off the top of the skytower....so..... .
happy new year to you all.. .
mackin.
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My Story
by Mackin ini guess it's time for me to tell my story on this forum.
my parents came into contact with the "truth" during their engagement and so i was born into a borg family and quickly "assimilated.
" the congregation i grew up in however had very liberal views on many subjects, such as higher education, secular careers, and the like.
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What is Faith?
by Mackin inwhen i was a 'dub, i beleived that faith was the hebrews 11 thing, but since i have put aside that way of thinking and no longer believe god or believe the bible to be anything more than a collection of human history and philosophy, i tend to think in terms of faith being no more than the dictionary definition: .
1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions.
2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to god (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust.
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I voted for the first time
by Mackin inwell actually it was about two weeks ago now, but i was just talking with another x-jw friend yesterday who commented how significant it was for her.
i'm not particularly political, i don't have strong opinions on politics, but it was pretty cool being free to do something that i had always been taught to believe was a terrible sin.. you see here in new zealand there was a general election held on july 27. all my life i have been in the borg and subsequently never voted, it wasn't allowed.
voting would have made me "part of satan's system of things" and all that.. so for the month or so leading up to the election i paid extra attention to the political situation in the country and made a decision and when the day came, i made my way to the polling place (the local high school hall) and voted.. just thought i'd share that with you all.
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Amazing Vegemite Facts
by Mackin in.
for the benefit and edification of all the non-australasian readers of this board i submit the following: .
edited by - mackin on 1 november 2002 15:48:10.
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I put up my first ever Christmas Tree
by Mackin inwooo hooo.
it's got lights, tinsel, and a big pagan star on the top.
this is cool fun.