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  Just how hyped was 1975?

  by MuadDib in

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  aight.

  i was raised in the jws, but i'm still young (22) and all my life what i've been told is that the society never really promoted 1975 as the definitive year for the coming of armageddon.

  what i was always told is that some overzealous witnesses took certain things out of context and developed a very extreme reaction - ie selling their houses, quitting their jobs, dropping out of school, etc.

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  Gretchen956

  I too remember it well. Whats the difference, I hear thats their next big campaign right now, how imminent the end is. How many more times?

  Sherry
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  Oscars - did your favorite win?

  by pratt1 in

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  i agreed with all of the winners at last night's oscar's except for the best actor award.. i would have given it to joquin phoenix.

  i thought his performance as johnny cash was great.. i also thought that jon stewart did a great job.

  i particularily liked the opening skits.

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  The best part of the whole night was the Pimp Song. First of all, I don't listen to rap that much but I do like some of it. That song rocks! And it was soooo funny when they won.

  Sherry
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  What are the shunning policies regarding children?

  by hubert in

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  i guess "twinkletoes" and i are on the same wave length.

  i just came up with these thoughts...... if a baptized mother or father d'a themselves, what effect does that have on their unbaptized children?

  are they automatically shunned?

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  Gretchen956

  I didn't DF or DA, but after I stopped going they dropped my son like a hot potatoe. He was shunned so quick it made his head spin. He hates the witnesses.

  Sherry
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  Pinch me! Is it a dream or what?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. experiences

  some here may recall my relating of loosing my cousin due to shunning.

  he and i were 'best friends' for 35 years or so, and in the past year he has not spoken or contacted me, though i have made several attempts at this.

  this week, a common friend of ours, a witness brother in my former hall died.

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  Gretchen956

  Very cool that you are meeting up with your friend, surreal that you have to sneak out of town to do it. Will the hold over us never end?? Yikes.

  Sherry
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  Oscars - did your favorite win?

  by pratt1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i agreed with all of the winners at last night's oscar's except for the best actor award.. i would have given it to joquin phoenix.

  i thought his performance as johnny cash was great.. i also thought that jon stewart did a great job.

  i particularily liked the opening skits.

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  Gretchen956

  Not all of them, no. I think Brokeback was best picture. I unfortunately missed the opening (ratz) but I did hear that Jon Stewart did not go over well with the audience, that he connected with the TV viewing audience but not those seated there and that they don't expect to ask him back.

  This is weird, with John Stewart you know what you're getting. Surely they would know the type of comedy he would do. Come on!

  Sherry
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  ORANGEFATCAT HAS A BRAIN TUMOR

  by orangefatcat in

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  2. friends

  yes, it is so, that i have a brain tumor and i will be going to the hospital in about two hours.

  i will ask my son richard to keep all of you posted.

  i have all of you in my heart.

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  Gretchen956

  OFC sending love and healing energy your way. All the best hopes for a speedy recovery.

  Blessings!

  Sherry
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  Did the elders contact you 1 year after being DF'd?

  by JH in

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  elders are supposed to meet everyone once a year, either df'd ones or inactive, just to try to bring them back.. in my case, they usually try right before the memorial.

  how about you?.

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  Gretchen956

  Well they have to know where you are, first. Don't know why they SHOULD know where I am. Thats just crazy!

  Sherry
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  April KM - Handbill Distribution

  by stillajwexelder in

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  well it is official - the april km has the details of the handbill campaign.

  we are to be given 50 handbills each and start a distribution for 3 weeks before the district convention.

  we are supposed to cover our entire territory.

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  Gretchen956

  ***Yawn***

  Sherry
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  What on earth was he talking about?

  by SickofLies in

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  and adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

  notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing.--1 tim.2:14-15 .

  any idea's what this was suppose to mean?

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  Gretchen956

  Just more Paulian BS.

  Sherry
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  My dog ate rat poison today

  by Purza in

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  yes, it has been one of those days.

  not only did i see a car full of jws at home depot running out and targeting unsuspecting victims before they walked in the store, but when i reached my destination (our rental property) there were two jws at the door.

  the two at the door only said hello to me and my husband and it probably had something to do with our dog growling at them.

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  Gretchen956

  Thank goodness you acted quickly and your dog will be okay. He's the same color as my Molly! Beautiful dog. I bet your heart was racing there for awhile.

  Sherry