Spring 1983 @ the assembly hall in Dorking, Surrey, UK - baptised with my (then) wife and we were dunked at the same time - the assembly hall was an old converted cinema - was also the last assembly there as it was knocked down to build a car park ... now now - no nasty comments about how much more useful plz ...
alliwannadoislive
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When and where baptized
by drahcir yarrum ini thought it might be interesting to see how many here remember where and when they were baptised into the borg.
for some the memory may be too painful, but i'm curious.. me.
it was 1966 in vancouver, bc.
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Please help me with the forum
by Simon inkeeping a balance in what is allowed and what is not is very difficult and is more difficult if i have to take action against one person when i have let other things go by others.. it would help a lot if we could stop the personal attacks and some of the name calling & insults that are thrown about.
i know personalities do and will clash but please disagree about the subjects being discussed and not get personal!.
if you think someone is deliberately trying to cause arguments please do not respond to them as this is giving in to what they want.
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alliwannadoislive
loud, ugly and vile threats ... i wonder if brooklyn would approve of such a lack of self-control as well as outrageous and un-christian conduct - glad i now associate with people who wear their hearts on their sleeves ...
plus ... perhaps my thinking is mixed up here - but in shakespeare's words "methinks the lady doth protest too much" ... like ex-smokers who condemn smokers the most virulently, does the massive rant suggest latent gay tendencies ?
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Crazy cult on TV last night
by bboyneko ini was watching tv last night and on tvland (a cable channel that shows older tv shows from the 50's onward) they had some drama about this little boy who gets edison's disease.. his mom is in a cult called satan fighters.
now here's an interesting beleif system, is it based on a real cult?.
they beleive when someone gets deathly ill, they are 'angel possesed' and that the angel is possessing the poor person to take him to heaven.
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alliwannadoislive
so let me get this right - wet tight tina believes in angels ? ... or doesn't she ? ... um ... ? ...
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Organized religion- Good or bad?
by Vitameatavegamin inhello again friends,.
i have recently been pondering some over some thoughts on organized religion.
the jws always refer to other religions as part of babylon the great, in which we should flee from.
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alliwannadoislive
hmm ... working my way through 'Crisis of Conscience' - this very day i am on page 310 and in the middle of the 1980 purging of innocent and honest brothers and sisters at Brooklyn ...
without doubt the WT is a man-made, man-controlled organisation that is devoid of Jehovah's blessing - i feel outraged about the way people have been so heartlessly treated and I so wish I had seen this book before commiting so much of my life to this unloving and calculating group of men who base their control over the worldwide brotherhood on petty internal politics and traditions ...
sorry - rant over - I believe the WatchTower undoubtedly to be part of Babylon the Great ... um ... assuming I have Jehovah's intended understanding of what the harlot is ...
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The branch coordinator wept during his convention
by Liquidizer inthe local branch office coordinator, mr. kankaanpaa, delivered the final speech in the summer convention held in tampere, the third largest city here in finland, and demanded all the ex-jw's to return back to the org.
suddenly he began to weep.
when he got his emotions under control, he instantly returned to the tradiotional wt phraseology: threats, intimitation and almost name calling (you know, that apostate stuff).
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alliwannadoislive
hey liq ... good to meet you ... was wondering - why was he talking to us if we weren't there ... ? ...
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My Aunt Passed Away & I'd like to talk
by Bendrr inon tuesday, my mom called me at work to tell me my aunt linda passed away.
she'd had diabetes and kidney problems for years.
tuesday, she was on dialysis and her blood pressure bottomed out and she just went to sleep and never woke up.
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alliwannadoislive
shunning is so irrational and yet the doublethink is that it helps those shunned - is a loving, caring way of bringing them back to the 'truth' ... sigh ... my family was near destroyed by the WTS rules ... but like all the associates we have here, i have seen and felt so much more natural affection than ever i met in a kingdom hall ... stick with us friend ...
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Is this a rip off or what?!!!
by sleepy ini've been meaning to write this for a while but haven't had time .anyway about a week ago i returned from my holidays which included a trip to fance were i have relatives .during this breack my wife and i decided it might be intresting to vist the international convention staged in paris .. my wife had previously booked accommodation through the society via her mothers congregation in france.. the cost for 3 nights in 2 star accommodation was 15 pounds ($20) each a night.
which was less the the usuall price in this hotel.. i belive through making bulk booking the society gets discount.. imagine my supprise when i found out that poeple who had booked from britian through the society had paid over 600 pounds ($900) for 6 nights in 2 star accommodation not including flighs or meals.. where did all this money go ?.
i dont know how much poeple paid from other countries but i estimate that there were a least 10,000 brothers from foriegn lands.. if the true cost of accommodation was closer to 100 pounds a head they made 500 pounds profit on each pearson thats 5,000,000 pounds.
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alliwannadoislive
hey sleepy ... TWO lousy stars ! ! ! .. that gives you what ? use of a toilet maybe ?
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Your alternative choice of music at the KH is ????
by alliwannadoislive inoh ... sitting there ... waiting for the interminable end of the dreary and elongated rambling of someone with no public speaking skills at all ... please end ... anything to break this monotony is welcome ... even singing about 'christian youths' would be more welcome ... music pllllllease ... ahah 'now brothers, we will move into the service meeting with song number 47' ... and out blares ... guns'n'roses 'black leather' .... what cd would you like to sneak in there huh ?
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alliwannadoislive
Tatiana - thank you for posting for the first time ever - i took the plunge only two weeks ago - v v good to have your association - hope you too will only find good things here ... alli
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any GOBSMACKING meetings ???????
by alliwannadoislive inwas thinking about poor old brother who just stopped talking whilst giving a public talk ... went all quiet, then just keeled over ... gobsmacking moment it was - flurry of activity, fire doors flung wide open to get air to him - tie loosened - ambulance called - rushed to hospital - was okay - watchtower study brought forward - over-ran would you believe (was hoping to get away earlier) - excitement enough for one day though .... c'mon - lets hear about your audacious, breathtaking, heart-stopping, gobsmacking moments ??????????????????
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alliwannadoislive
eman - you push me too far - i couldn't possibly say ... you are asking me to be indiscreet ... i have a bible trained conscience ... southsea of course ...
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Your alternative choice of music at the KH is ????
by alliwannadoislive inoh ... sitting there ... waiting for the interminable end of the dreary and elongated rambling of someone with no public speaking skills at all ... please end ... anything to break this monotony is welcome ... even singing about 'christian youths' would be more welcome ... music pllllllease ... ahah 'now brothers, we will move into the service meeting with song number 47' ... and out blares ... guns'n'roses 'black leather' .... what cd would you like to sneak in there huh ?
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alliwannadoislive
ok available ...
try korn ...