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  wow that just hit me like a ton of bricks

  by cptkirk in

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  it just hit me why none of you have a clue as to who i am or what to make of me.

  you are all completely foreigners lol...wow that is like crazy as shit.

  most of you have not even a clue as to east coast hardcore new york philly personality types, esp of xy generation.

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  jgnat ....

  Thanks for quoting wisdom ,as you always do,..certainly the highlight of this thread! It,s obvious why you admire Schweitzer so much.

  My mom thought and spoke of him often when I was young. I will look for that book this summer. GfG
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  Introduction - longtime visitor

  by momentofsurrender in

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  just a (slightly) quick introduction for now.

  i am a 4th generation born in.

  father an elder since i was an infant.

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  Momentos...... Welcome to some great new friendships on here!

  Your story rings so true, you could be family. You have made me very happy today, to see that you

  have found your way to freedom...and it just gets better and better everyday! GfG
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  Cold Fusion Update: NASA

  by metatron in

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  http://climate.nasa.gov/news/864?goback=.gmp_4132340.gde_4132340_member_214671553.

  yup, nasa.

  talking about cold fusion.

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  Metatron-

  What are your thoughts on the Liquid Flouride Thorium Nuclear Reactor? I watched a TED talk about this technology.

  Sounds intriguing - had prototypes in the fifty or sixties - scalable construction etc ... GfG
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  Scriptures the JW's "believe" but don't follow....

  by Muddy Waters in

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  "knowledge puffs up, but love builds up" (sorry, not sure where this one is in bible).

  "do not put your trust in nobles, nor in the son of earthing man, to whom no salvation belongs.

  (psalms 146:4-6 or something like that).

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  Love never fails
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  Fading with children in tow

  by brainmelt in

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  Hello brainmelt - and welcome to you and your family.

  I remember, so many years ago, that same feeling of 'brain melt'. So much pain, but it lessens with each assurance and success.

  I'm glad you came here - there is so much wise and compassionate friendship to help you all live joyful free lives.

  And great timing too -with the young ones about to start school unfettered - the world is their oyster..

  It will all take shape as fast the kids outgrow their old shoes - so keep us well posted.
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  Should i go?

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  so, a good friend of mine, a pentecostal christian, invited me to go to a retreat with her church.

  we're the same age-19 years.

  we were friends before i became a witness and she was always patient and caring with me especially throughout my arrogant spell as a witness.

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  Go... the world is full of wonders... so experience some already . 19, music, a good friend ? Go, and let the scaredy-cats here know what you learn.
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  My Fathers Memorial Service

  by William Penwell in

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  A young Anglican minister conducted my Moms funeral service. She was shy and wasn't one of his regulars, so he had my sister tell him about her - her life and history, the family she raised, and her little antiques business she loved so much.....he wove together and delivered , the most gracious, dignified and utterly appropriate, funeral I had ever attended.

  He understood, and took the time to make it apparent, that my Moms quite life of hard work, was a blessing to many people in many ways.

  His wonderful delivery was truly a gift to a family in grief.
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  As a JW, how did you feel about shunning?

  by jwfacts in

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  i am interested in the answers for a new poll.

  also, feel free to suggest other options, wording etc.agreed in full with the watchtower guidelinesagreed with shunning in general, but not for familywas stumbled by this practice but shunned as instructeddid not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people .

  for me personally, i did not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people, even whilst at bethel.

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  Rubadubdub -

  Welcome to the big roudy family! Lots of us new ones here, enjoying how to live and learn.

  Looking forward to your posts - GfG
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  My apologies to everyone on this board (please read).

  by Joliette in

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  about a month ago, i wrote a post about a sister that keeps coming to my apartment giving me watchtowers.

  i called her an older sister.

  she is in her late 50's.

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  Jeliette - i I have sad7funny story about this very phenomenon.

  In 1964, a fellow died in a single car crash, at tremendous speed, late one summer night. Our parents watched from their bedroom as the car missed the curve and the headliights flipped over and over, into the valley beside the curve.

  Two days later, the mans sister showed up at our farm, as my parents had actually witnessed the crash. The car was a 1956 Chrysler with a huge hemi engine, it literaly screamed past our farm, at full throttle. The mans sister was inconsolable, surely there must have been another car to force her brother off a good paved road, were they sure he wasn't being pursued to be diving so fast, could there have been livestock on the road, a blown tire maybe, the weather?

  Mom and dad could only explain what she just could not accept - there were no brake lights her dear brother had either fallen asleep, or was looking at the radio as he rocketed into the first curve in nine miles of straight road.

  That evening as my brother and I rounded up the cows for milking, we were discussing the sisters visit.

  At the wise old age of 11 and 12 years , we concluded the sister was way too concerned and emotional as her brother was already old enough to have 'one foot already in the grave' anyway. The man ,as it turned out, was the ripe old age of 36 years .

  I thought about that man all my life, as I reached his age and well beyond. When my son dies in his 30s and I at 55 cried every day for 9 months.

  Perspectives change.
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  As a JW, how did you feel about shunning?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am interested in the answers for a new poll.

  also, feel free to suggest other options, wording etc.agreed in full with the watchtower guidelinesagreed with shunning in general, but not for familywas stumbled by this practice but shunned as instructeddid not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people .

  for me personally, i did not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people, even whilst at bethel.

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  Ashamed to say that as a young elder, I sat on 2 committees, that (I can't even type the word) 'ejected' a very old man and then later, his son (father of a large family) both for drunkenness.

  A few years later, I resigned, fast-faded and was booted myself. Only then did I realize the hateful suffering that had been inflicted on a family that could have been spared it.

  When one employs a term such as 'young elder', one should recognize a likely disconnect with good judgement.