Posts by Bonnie

I'm almost in tears. Just saw in the paper that my opthamologist is dying of cancer. He was one of the nicest men I've ever met. Very well traveled, intelligent, caring, giving and just plain nice.

Well there was a ceremony last Saturday at a local funeral home in his honor. 130 family members and close freinds from all over the country came to participate in this "Celebration of Love and Life." But this is unique...the doctor is still alive. The purpose of the afternoon was to celebrate his life while still living. I wish I could post the whole article, but here are a few excerpts:

"The invitation to the celebration held a written statement from the doctor that said, 'This isn't just about me. It's about all of us. The stories and details might be different but the intentions and love they express would be the same for any one of us.' Accolades, memories, and testimonials flowed freely from both speakers and guests, along with laughter and tears. 'We had scheduled the celebration to go from 1 until 4 p.m., but we had to shorten it by about an hour because he was so tired.'"

The newspaper stated this was the first service of its kind in our area, and the funeral home director isn't even sure that a service like this has ever been done anywhere.

Bonnie

Anyone here ever heard of this?

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Local Needs Parts.....

by AK - Jeff in

i have not set foot inside a kh for over 5 years now.

i suspect that i have been the 'subject' of the lnp's more than once.

i suppose every time someone gets a face to face with me in the local shops, and the elders hear of it, i get another dishonorable mention on thursday night.

Bonnie_Clyde

A few years ago I remember a sister who took a college class which was free because her husband was an employee of the college. It wasn't even on a meeting night. There was a local needs talk about higher education. It was just a Spanish class.

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How many of you id oor-to-oor in the snow?

by badboy in

any takers?.

Bonnie_Clyde

Lots of door to door in the snow with three kids. Often we had rural territory, but one trip to the door and I would come back freezing no matter how warm I was dressed. I was always pushing for the coffee shop.

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Who was the first person to become a Jehovah's Witness in your family?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my mom,dad,uncles,aunts,and grandparents were all raised catholic.

they were all baptised and married in the catholic church.. one day in the early 1960's,a witness preached to my uncle.

he started a bible study and later had his immediate family join in.

Bonnie_Clyde

Well I had two great aunts who were contacted by John Bohnet in the early 1900's. One of the aunts died in 1910 and I don't know how long she was associated before she died. Of course, they were Bible students back then.

My grandmother started associating, probably around the World War I era, then two uncles in 1940, my immediate family wasn't until the mid 1950's.

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So Far, How Do You Think President Obama's Doing?

by minimus in

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friends

excellent.

very good.

good.

Bonnie_Clyde

He said a lot about WHAT he is going to do, but not that much on HOW. Well he did say that "Stimulis is Spending," so he will have to hit the American taxpayer pretty hard.

Clyde says we need to change our terminology. Instead of "bail out" we need to say, "Looting of the national treasury."

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Trust in Jehovah in these hard economic times--but send us money

by Bonnie_Clyde in

clyde has heard from two sources that a letter was read at the meeting last week.

after encouragement to trust in jehovah, they suggested that each publisher send about $5.70 to the society each month to help support the organization.

that's the way he heard it.

Bonnie_Clyde

Clyde has heard from two sources that a letter was read at the meeting last week. After encouragement to trust in Jehovah, they suggested that each publisher send about $5.70 to the Society each month to help support the organization. That's the way he heard it. Well, with a million publishers in the United States alone, that would be an $5,700,000 per month in revenue--in one year, $68,400,000. Pretty good income for a company that wants their adherants to "keep it simple."

Has anyone else seen or heard this letter read at their meeting?

Bonnie

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Were all the GB raised as JW's

by jwfacts in

i do not believe the gb members are purposefully deceiptful, but rather that they too are believers due to a lifetime of indoctrination.

does anyone know if all of them were born jehovah's witnesses, or if some came in later in life?.

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Bonnie_Clyde

Albert Schroeder was first contacted while attending the University of Michigan. I don't think he finished.

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Who wants to send me a message before the forum closes?

by badboy in

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friends

?

Bonnie_Clyde

Won't we be able to send messages on the new forum?

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How many remember the LOOONG Circuit A$$emblies?

by hamsterbait in

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friends

when we first were sucked into the cult the circuit a$$emblies were:.

friday evening, saturday morning afternoon evening, sunday morning afternoon.. all i can remember is falling asleep during sessions and being slapped.

running around exploring the building.

Bonnie_Clyde

Usually in a High School... folding chairs in a gymnasium. We used a the little theater in a few high schools.
The high schools we seemed to use were pretty art -deco WPA era places... usually cold in the winter or no airconditioning if you did a late spring dat

We were so proud that we were following the example of the early Christians. Acts 19:9 speaks of Paul "daily giving talks in the school auditorium of Tyrannus."

Bonnie_Clyde

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