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  New Forum Member-exJW in South Africa

  by Cathiew in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  my name is catherine and i live in south africa.

  i am not too sure how this forum works but i hope to find it a pleasant and supportive network.. if you have any tips on how to use this, i would be grateful.. just some background:.

  my mother was pregnant with me when she started studying with the jws 48 years ago and her sisters, my cousins, nieces, nephews, sister, brother, brother-in-law are all jws.

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  TheListener

  Welcome to the forum Catherine. It seems that you will do just fine here. I look forward to hearing your opinion on various subjects.
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  My "Unexpected Lunch Date Surprise" --or, Blow me down!

  by LDH in

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  2. friends

  ok, the homemade chicken noodle soup is cooking so i have about ten minutes to share something with you.. ****fake name/family relationships alert*** critical info has been changed to protect the innocent.

  i called a business contact that i've gotten to know over the past year today.

  i said, "rico, let's go to lunch.".

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  TheListener

  Since they had to make the announcement requesting delegates for these conventions 3 or 4 times and lowered the requirements of attendance each time I'm surprised that anyone is actually going.

  Years ago as soon as an international convention was announced all the cool popular witnesses signed up and went over. It seems the sheep aren't so loose with their time and money.
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  My "Unexpected Lunch Date Surprise" --or, Blow me down!

  by LDH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, the homemade chicken noodle soup is cooking so i have about ten minutes to share something with you.. ****fake name/family relationships alert*** critical info has been changed to protect the innocent.

  i called a business contact that i've gotten to know over the past year today.

  i said, "rico, let's go to lunch.".

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  He sounds like a great guy. But, is it possible that the gf thought he was being taken advantage of by his family? Maybe that's why she wasn't all that interested in them.
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  Baby Murdered -- JW literature found at scene.....

  by Alana in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i didn't know if this had been posted yet.

  another death with a loose jw connection.....it doesn't say they were jw's, but that they had a jw materials......but, no matter what, it's a sad, sad situation.

  posted: 4:47 pm edt april 28, 2006. a 9-month-old boy who was found dead in a neighborhood on detroit's eastside friday morning, may have been killed as a form of religious sacrifice.

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  Oh this sickens me. I wouldn't blame the witness literature or anything. Just a sick sick person.

  I know this is really disgusting but as I read the article I really didn't know what this meant:

  Police said the baby had been mutilated from the inside out.
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  Can someone post the May KM?

  by TheListener in

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  2. friends

  anyone with the may 2006 us km, can you please post scans of it or get it to reexamine.org?

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  BTT
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  Why does "god" permit evil, wickedness and tragic misfortune??

  by Shining One in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know of anyone who can answer this question totally but i do like this man's response!

  i've posted the link to this before.

  rex .

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  TheListener

  La La La La La Love is All there is

  Beatles right?

  Anyway, I agree with LT once the dogmatism is stripped from both sides Love is all there is.

  Regardless of your opinions, beliefs and viewpoints - Love.
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  I've committed my first real df'ing offense

  by LeftBehind in

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  2. friends

  well with the exception of posting on this board hanging with you cool apostates.

  i registered to vote and went gambling.

  never ever would i have done this a few months ago.

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  Heathen!
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  UPDATE: Semi-Back-in-Business

  by RichieRich in

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  2. friends

  over the past couple of weeks, i've learned a lot about myself and those around me.

  life might suck, but life moves on.. mom's grip is weakening, prob.

  because she's getting tired, or because she's beginning to realize how things are.. not everything i have done is admirable, but its done.

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  TheListener

  I'm sending a letter out. I hope it find you doing well.
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  Can someone post the May KM?

  by TheListener in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone with the may 2006 us km, can you please post scans of it or get it to reexamine.org?

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  BTT
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  Why do the British dubs have such an animosity to Harry Potter?!

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  2. friends

  if i have ever mentioned that i've seen the movies or read the books to a witness in gb, i get the kind of reaction that used to be reserved for smurfs here in america.. i am not naive enough to not understand any discomfort with a school for witches, but this stuff is about as threatening as casper the friendly ghost.

  i find the books charming, if a little long winded and formulaic.

  the movies, especially the later two, tighten up the plots and jettison a lot of excess baggage.

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  I don't think most dubs would watch Casper cartoons or read the Caspar comic books.

  Some dubs don't watch Disney movies with magic in them either. For example, bedknobs and broomsticks, Aladin.