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  A couple I know were accepted to Gilead

  by BonaFide in

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  128th class.

  starts this fall.

  so the celebratory and going-away gatherings have started.

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  we should serve and it was never meant to be less than a full personal commitment.

  So Renaia........what are you doing? Why aren't you doing anything close to your comment?

  HappyDad
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  e-mail news media-expose Michael Jackson's Jehovah's Witness connection

  by koolaid-man in

  1. jw
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  the news media seems to be reluctant in bringing up the fact of michael jackson's involvement with jehovah's witnesses.

  the public deserves to know the adverse influence the witness belief system imposes on people.

  the watchtower organization seemed to instill much fear into michael jackson as you can read in the following e-mail being sent to news agencies.

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  Get over it already! He WAS a JW at one time in his life. Like him......everyone who can should just disconnect from their past and start enjoying life.

  Some can't because of family. I understand that! For those who can.....JUST get a life without thinking you have been chosen to expose everything about the JW's.

  You can't even make a nick in the JW infrastructure. There's more happiness in having a good life without everyday of YOUR life trying to expose what you think might be a tidbit of scandal or discretion.

  Get happy dude!

  HappyDad
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  Ambition in older age - watch out you thirty somethings

  by eyeslice in

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  a couple of topics recently have made me think.

  first, there was snowbird's "i think i am getting old" and the news that farrah fawcett has died at the relatively young age of 62.. also, the economic down turn has started older people wondering if retirement as we used to know it will be a thing of the past.

  i am 56 years old but somehow never see myself retiring in the traditional sense of the word.. i am beginning to think that we are beginning to the time when older people will become more and more ambitious.

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  People ask me if I'm enjoying my retirement. I tell them that I am on pension but not retired. There is always plenty to do and one of these days I just might take on another part time job.

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  Farrah, Ed, Michael, now Jeff Goldblum???? WTF?

  by daniel-p in

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  still "unconfirmed", but what the hell is going on?.

  http://search.twitter.com/search?q=jeff+goldblum.

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  Jeff Goldblum was my family Doctors son. Jeff was a year or two behind me in high school here in Western PA.

  His dad was a great Dr. and treated all my family and did my blood test when getting married.

  HappyDad
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  Protesting and Demonstrating at District Convention

  by jabberwock in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  has anyone who has attended a district convention this year seen any protestors or demonstrators?.

  have you ever protested or demonstrated or maybe even handed out literature at a convention or assembly?

  what happened?

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  designs,

  For someone who just signed on in the past week, you sure have a lot to say. Why....you haven't even introduced yourself and told us anything. All you have done is bitch and moan.

  Do you live under a bridge? (I didn't call you a troll)

  HappyDad
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  Calling Young Brothers to Bethel while Kicking Out the Loyal Ones

  by Ultimate Reality in

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  this week marks the news of two "young" brothers i know being accepted to brooklyn bethel.. this pattern continues to demonstrate the current "human resources" policy of the current gb.

  while telling those that have spent the best years of their life, "we need you in the field", they continue to bring in the healthy, unsuspecting young brothers so they can be used up with nothing to show for it late in life.. at last year's d.c. there was an interview with a brother that had been "sent back to the field" some 4 months prior to the convention.

  what was so sad, is that the brother was clearly alone, and perhaps scared, in his new assignment in a remote rural area with a congregation of 40. he had been accepted to bethel after high school, never pioneered, and had been at bethel for 30 years!

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  We can only hope that some of those who have..... and will be kicked out after spending the best years of their lives........will find their way here on JWN.

  There has to be some very angry ex bethelites who are now trying to eke out a subsistance living.

  Let's just hope their eyes are opened and can see how they have been duped.

  HappyDad
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  Anyone Going to Church Yet?

  by prophecor in

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  i've started attending church, recently.

  it feels great to be able to worship with vigor and feeling.

  still have the occasional trappings of having been a witness and guilt about goung to satan's house.

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  prophecor,

  Good to see you post again! I've been attending church for 6 years now and love it. My relationship with God has grown multitudes and I'm truly happy in my life. Not to mention all the wonderful and loving friends I now have. Their love is unconditional. I don't have to march to any drum to be approved and loved by them.

  My mind might still be a little clouded by the WT doctrine that was "washed" into my brain for over 30 years but I'm learning what true Christianity is all about and doing my part to share my love with others.

  HappyDad
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  My son attacked by militant Vegans

  by beksbks in

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  lol, well, not exactly.

  he's a butcher at an organic grocery store.

  he was at a party the other night and a group of vegans told him to f*&k off!

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  I've been a life long member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) and I have no plans to stop doing so.

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  Be prepared for a Good cry...

  by ohiocowboy in

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  watch the video.

  my eyes are still watery.

  happy tears.

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  Thanks for this post Ohiocowboy,

  This is the kind of stuff that shows just how sentimental I am and not an ogre! Family, relationships, and friendships are what makes life livable and enjoyable for me.

  HappyDad
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  call me lucky...everyone i have met here was real.....but one...

  by oompa in

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  so be careful.......there may be one out of ten.....or a hundred or a thousand......... and even the unreal one was pretty real....but had major issues..............oomps.

  we are a very small club......compared to udders..........

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  PS.......

  I would love to attend an apostafest if they weren't 1000 miles away for me.