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  A Challenge for the upcoming Memorial

  by joe_from_kokomo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  help prove that the wts prophecies are balderdash, hogwash and poppycock... become a partarker in your own congregation.

  you deserve the notoriety.

  have a sip, take a bite and become a partaker.

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  starfish422

  I haven't been at a KH since I walked out of my JC, nine+ years ago; except in nightmares. I have no desire to go back. But good luck with that.
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  attention lost sheep.

  by MOLHIE-NIGG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  oh dear you people are really filled with hate, the jws are "evil" are they?.

  i think evil is a bit over the top dont you, jahs people may be many things but noy quite that i am afraid, how about loving, compasionate, caring and steadfast in their belief of the truth?..

  is it any wonder jws are warned and understandably cautious of you when statements like these abound, lets expose them you cry and then wonder why they view sites like this as part of satans body.

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  starfish422

  "I'm the grumpy old troll, who lives under the bridge,

  Oh, I'm the grumpy old troll, who lives under the bridge."

  Anyone else's kids watch Dora the Explorer? LOL

  Now, troll, begone before someone drops a house on YOU.
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  I lost my sister today

  by teejay in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother has six children, all of whom she raised in the truth.

  over the years, all of us (with the exception of my older brother) have either left the org behind or got df'd and never bothered to return.

  today, out of the blue, my baby sister emailed me to say that she's back to attending all the meetings and even when out in service last saturday.

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  Wow, you can hear in her comments about 'not yet being a "good" Christian' that the guilt of the Dubs still lives strong inside her.

  That was something that was difficult for me in the first years after I left the Borg. I remember being in a department store a year and a bit after I had written my letter; it was at Christmastime and I was in the area with all the Christmas ornament displays, adding to my then-small collection of ornaments. A JW family I knew very well walked by and I ducked behind one of the trees as I didn't want them to see me in the xmas area. My mother-in-law (rest her) was with me, and took me to task on this, telling me that I didn't need to be ashamed of the decision I had made, and all the things that came along with it, like celebrating xmas.

  It took a while but I eventually was able to rid myself of the years and years of accumulated guilt.

  Teejay, my baby sister also is in the Dubs, along with the rest of my family (parents, two older married brothers and their wives & children), but my baby sis is the one I really, really miss.

  So here's hoping our baby sisters can rid themselves of that old Dub guilt, and we will have them back one day. (((((HUGS))))) to you Teejay.
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  I'm hosting a Memorial for a friend

  by RAYZORBLADE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks, in a little over a week, i am hosting a memorial.

  it is for a friend of mine that passed away suddenly just a couple of days before new years 2003. he suffered a brain aneurysm.

  we were to celebrate his 38th birthday, just a week later.

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  starfish422

  Hi Ray,

  First, I am very, very sorry for your friend's passing. What a shock it must have been for his family and friends; anneurism can take a life so quickly, eh?

  The ideas you have sound great; something very relaxed and a celebration of his life. Of course since a bit of time has passed since his passing the wound isn't quite as a fresh so it can be less of a mournful thing, though still sad.

  I went to a memorial a few years ago that was quite formal; but afterward during the reception, a swing band, in which the honouree had been a member, played WWII-time tunes and the mood was quite jovial. In that case as well, the memorial was held a few months after his passing.

  Was your friend into music, cars, etc or something in particular? Perhaps he had a collection of swag regarding a particular event or something that could be displayed, to stimulate conversation among the attendees.

  Good luck; my condolences again. :)
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  It's a sad day in the neighborhood...

  by Scully in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i just heard that fred rogers (aka mr. rogers) died today of complications related to stomach cancer.. my kids loved watching his show as much as they enjoyed watching mr. dressup.

  when ernie coombs (mr. dressup) passed away a week after 9/11, my kids were devastated, it was like one of their best friends had died.

  i was devastated too - for my kids and for the part of me that also enjoyed mr. dressup as a child.. give your kids a big hug today when you tell them the news about mr. rogers.

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  Mr. Rogers, Mr. Dressup, The Friendly Giant. They're all gone now, along with a piece of my childhood. :( Sad day.
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  Bethel Photos and more!!

  by teenyuck in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i stumbled upon this web site...it may bring back memories for those who spent time at bethel and it is very revealing to those of us who never visited or lived there.

  http://members.shaw.ca/theotrip/index.htm.

  the link above is the main site.. the link below is the bethel visit...lots of pics.

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  I have been to Georgetown (called the Halton Hilton by the Brooklyn Bethelites), Brooklyn and Wallkill; haven't been to Patterson. I was nine when I went to Brooklyn (1984) and I remember that huge globe in the lobby, soooooo vividly. It had a button you pushed and lights came on all over the globe showing....something. Congregations maybe? LOL I can't remember now. Lots of lights anyways; that's what was important to me when I was 9. :D
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  No more Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Blueblades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  soon when the unthinkable happens,that is,when there is no more faithful and discreet slave.

  (according to the society).it will leave them without anyone capable of receiving "new light".will the watchtower have to disband when this happens?.

  the answer is found in the feb,15.

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  Blueblades, for those of us who no longer have a subscription to the WT rag, can you tell us what the Feb 15 issue says? Or sum up at least? Thanks. :)
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  Can Good Exist Without Evil??

  by Sargon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some ponderings:.

  the laws of physics tell us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

  good and evil are equal and opposites of the same concept.

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  Can Good Exist Without Evil??

  What is good and what is evil? You speak as though the two are black and white, when in fact there no absolutes. All we have is shades of grey, and even those shades of grey are subjective. One's own experiences in the past tint one's perception of current matters, and since no two people share the exact same experiences in the same order, no one can view things exactly as another does.

  This is the type of logic that is lost on, say, George W(armonger) Bush, pounding away on his pulpit about the Axis of Evil.
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  For Those Still Attending Meetings

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those who still go to the mettings once in a while, did you notice if the elder visits to inactive ones is paying off?

  are some coming back to the hall?

  have they mentioned a couple of names of people who have decided to quit for good?

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  I haven't had a visit in about three years; and they had been at two-year intervals until that time. But I told the elder (whom I didn't even buzz into my apartment building, just spoke to him through the security intercom LOL) that I did not wish to be contacted again. I guess it took.
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  Dont you hate it when you bump into other JW's....

  by blackout in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and you dont know if they are still jw's and they aren't sure if you are and there is this awkward chat and then a quick seeya?

  or is it just me?

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  My oldest brother's wife ignores me with a vengeance (and not just me, also my never-been-a-JW husband, for whom she should ostensibly have no reason to shun); won't even make eye contact or say hello when circumstances put us in the same place at the same time. So when I went to my worldly uncle's wedding a few years ago and the whole fam was there, I did the same thing; put her on the spot and she HAD to respond or seem incredibly rude in front of everyone in the room (it was brilliantly timed to be during a lull in conversation so all could hear us). She mumbled a "hi" and walked away.

  Quotes refers to us as "social pariahs" and that's what we seem to be. If no one else is around, the Dubs might deign to say hi; but if others from the flock are watching, they will fall all over themselves to avoid eye contact or whatever.

  I've never before had the power to make someone else sooooo uncomfortable; I kinda enjoy it, in a wicked sort of way! LOL