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  So who here has seen Russels grave? Weird huh?

  by oompa in

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  i just found out my 67 year old elder/dad has been there too, with his sister who used to live up that way.

  it is freaky-deaky weird/scary.

  why the hey would jesus pick a weirdo group that thinks pagan egyptian pyramids (who used to enslave and torture gods people) could give the answer to his second coming....pathetic...................oompa

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  I visited the Pyramid in 1991 and brought a piece of it back to England

  Eddie
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  If you want to see

  by mouthy in

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  andy .the guy you all sent cards to & some gifts to at my request..if you go to the granny grace1000.00 post by sademo ....andy has his and my picture as his aviator..... and if any of you single girls is looking for a nice guy!!!!

  he is one... i can vouch for....

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  Grace, i have sent you a pm.

  Eddie
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  If you want to see

  by mouthy in

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  andy .the guy you all sent cards to & some gifts to at my request..if you go to the granny grace1000.00 post by sademo ....andy has his and my picture as his aviator..... and if any of you single girls is looking for a nice guy!!!!

  he is one... i can vouch for....

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  Ive met sad emo.....she is cute.

  Eddie
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  I'm a Pioneer Married To a Wonderful Brother Reaching Out to be an MS...

  by cognac in

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  and petrified... i just recently became a pioneer and always had nagging questions in the back of my mind.

  so, i decided that when i have get a study i would research all the questions as i go along so as to prove everything in the truth... i got 4 studies in about 2 months.

  all was fine, until i reached i think chapter 6 in the bible teach book about the resurrection.

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  Hi Cognac,

  I have just read through all of this thread and cant add to the good advice that has been given. My wife and i left the Watchtower over 25 years ago. I remember an occasion when we were sat by the fire and coming to terms with the fact that we did not have more than a few friends in the whole world. This was the price of leaving the Watchtower.

  At the time it was a lonely place to be and we had no idea of what lay ahead,we felt like aliens and the world seemed a fearful place. As time passed by we slowly got to meet a few people who had walked where we were now going, and they were a great help to us. We found that there is life after the Watchtower and in our case we have also found faith in Jesus.

  Back then there was no Inter-Net. Now i look at a thread like this and marvel at the help that is available. You have started a new journey and i wish you all the best as you travel along. It may at times be a bumpy ride but i think you will find it worthwhile and you will not be alone.

  Eddie

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  Went to AA meeting last night

  by digderidoo in

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  about twelve months ago i came to the realisation that i am an alcoholic.. for the past year i have been having breaks from the drink of about a week at a time but as i cannot deal with stress well i always seem to turn to alcohol as an escape.. i have realised the last few weeks that i need help to stop drinking but do not want that stigma of attending aa meetings or getting counselling for my addiction.. yesterday i decided to phone the aa and so attended a meeting last night where i found to my surprise many people who were going through the same process as me but had decided not to carry on turning to drink.. i dont know if many in the us understand the culture of drinking and pubs in britain?

  but it is an integral part of uk society, friday and saturday nights are all about going out and having a good time drinking as much as we can.

  so for an alcoholic it can be a nightmare.. i just wanted to share this with and would like to continue to post in the future about it.. yours paul.

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  Hi Paul,

  My sons mother-in-law,who is also a close friend has just gone back home to Ireland after a three week visit. Some twelve years ago when she was in the depths of despair due to her drinking,she went to AA. Since that day she has never had a drink and now enjoys a full and active life. Her husband is also an alcoholic and i attened a few meeting with him. He was also given much help and encouragement. I also went to an Al-anon meeting with my daughter-in-law. I believe these meetings can be of great help. Its important to know why we drink,why we rely on drink,then perhaps we can deal with the deepseated reasons why we do so.

  You are right about the drink culture in The UK, and in Ireland its much the same,and is a major problem.

  Give it a go mate,you have nothing to lose and much to gain.

  Eddie
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  Something new on LULU.com

  by Nathan Natas in

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  please note that at this time it is possible to post a review without buying a copy of the book.

  how long will it be before this is turned off?.

  note, for example that the "happy child" is outside the kingdom hall.... go here: http://www.lulu.com/content/1752441.

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  They missed this also...

  A vital key in helping your children choose Jehovah is to start early.....It is heartwarming to see preschool children at christian meetings struggle to take simple notes and to look up texts in thier own Bibles or go with their parents to the bathroom to wash thier faces with cold water when they get drowsy. These are simple things,but how vital they are in impressing on the young mind that respect and obedience should be shown to Jehovah.

  Watchtower Oct 1,1994

  I well remember making my sons sit perfectly still through two hours of boring adult material...and taking them for a "visit" to the back room when they found this impossible. If the meetings are so wonderful why the need to forcibly keep children awake?. Much of what i saw amongst the witnesses bordered on child abuse.

  Eddie
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  "Wake Up" tract from 1975

  by cabasilas in

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  i'm doing "winter cleaning" today and came across an old tract that was distributed at a phoenix assembly back in 1975. i was an ardent jw (then at watchtower farms) and was attending this assembly.

  i remember leaving out the north side of the convention complex and seeing the people outside with their tracts.

  this was one called "wake up!

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  Hi R Crusoe,

  I think i might be the man you met in Manchester,although i make no claim to be `pleasant` I led a team of "Apostates" at the Manchester Convention thro-out the eighties and into the early ninties. In fact i have some great video footage of those times. We met many people such as you and it was amazing how "security" would sheperd people away from us. Over the years i have heard from quite a few who would give the impression that they were ignoring us but they were reading our placards and taking down phone numbers. I remember one particular security guard. We called him "Blondie" and over the years we had to laugh at the methods he would use to try and stop people speaking to us. We had discovered the truth about the Watchtower and felt that we should share it.

  Happy and interesting days.

  Eddie
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  Beards and dress clothes...

  by B_Deserter in

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  i often wonder about the unwritten rule in kingdom halls that a witness should be in dress clothes and brothers cannot have beards (the beard rule i think is pretty much us-only though).

  sure, they won't stop you from coming to a meeting in your work clothes and they might even treat you fine.

  but, if you want to go anywhere in the congregation (i.e.

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  When i was a Ministerial Servant i grew a beard and i was told that i would never make Elder if i kept it. That pleased my wife because she did not want me to make elder....she was slowly on the way out. We are now long out of the Watchtower and at the moment she is giving me some grief because i have grown a beard....mind you it is grey and ginger.

  Was it not Judge Rutherford who brought in the rule about beards in order to move away from Pastor Russell who had a cracker.

  Eddie
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  The Snow Day

  by WTWizard in

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  in many parts of the country, it is here again.

  there has been a snowstorm in the midwest and northeast, and some parts got more than a foot.

  of course, other parts got only rain or a measly dusting to an inch.. what this means is that field circus is going to be harder.

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  Hi Ian,

  You must have been softies in your Hall. I used to lead a group of sisters in the `work`(yes we used to call it that) midweek on the Moors above Oldham. Hail-Rain or Snow we would be out there. I mean it really was `brass monkeys`. It was ridiculous.If someone came to the door and tried to chat they would have died within a minute from the cold. My wife once had the audacity to wear a pair of trousers in order to stay alive..You would think she had turned up naked.it caused such a fuss. I was counseled that i should keep my wife in subjection.

  I remember once trudging through a foot of snow pushing a pram and dragging my little son along. We knocked on this mans door.i remember him well,he was Nigerian and a lovely guy. He took one look at us and invited us in. We sat in his living room dripping water everywhere. He made us hot drinks and was really nice. He must have thought we were crazy...and he would be right.

  Then there was the Christmas day morning,a cold bitter day. i knocked on this guys door at 9:30 in the morning. I could see that all the family were opening presents. This man looked at me and in a pleading voice said "surely not today mate?". I left and weny home.

  What were we doing?.

  Eddie
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  Funeral I went to Saturday, has made me think a lot about. . .

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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  this fabulous 42 yr old, fun, smart, dear wife and mother of 2 teenage boys.

  she was incredibly close to her older sister, they were best friends, and naturally the whole large family is devastated.

  even her sons' basketball coach stood up to speak of her and sobbed uncontrollably about how dear a person she was, especially dying so young.

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  I remember when my father was seriously ill and it was not thought that he would survive. My mother asked me if i would come to his funeral should he pass away. Being a good fanatical witness i told her i would not enter a Roman Catholic Church.All my family are Catholic and i had become a witness.

  My mother wept.

  As it turned out my father recovered. Years later me and my wife left the Watchtower and rebuilt our relationships with our families. Some years later my Dad died and i was priviliged to speak at his funeral. Same for my Mother. I was fortunate in that i had a chance to put right that which the Watchtower had damaged. I still shudder when i think what a cold hard hearted person i had become as a witness and am grateful i got a second chance.

  I feel for those who are seperated from thier loved ones.

  Eddie