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  Michael Jackson shocks crowd in Berlin

  by Brymichmom in

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  click on where it says, "more on this story:" pictures.

  it's just shocking!

  what is wrong with this man dangling a small child out of the hotel balcony????.

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  Click on where it says, "More on this story:" Pictures. It's just shocking! What is wrong with this man dangling a small child out of the hotel balcony????

  Cynthia
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  As a JW Did you want Christmas?

  by LovesDubs in

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  did you guys suffer the way i did every xmas?

  did you want it as much as i did??

  what things went through your mind and soul?

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  My mother started studying to be a JW when I was around 13 years old. After that, I didn't remember Christmas being celebrated. I recall that the first Christmas we skipped, my father put up an artificial Christmas tree anyway, just to protest my mother's actions. My aunt was studying at the same time and my uncle did the same thing.

  I come from a Mexican-American family and what I really missed were all the Christmas foods that go along with it. For example, I remember when all my aunts would get together and make tamales. That was always part of the Christmas gift exchange when people would visit each other--you would get to taste someone else's tamales! Also my mother would always bake special breads and cinnamon rolls complete with colored frostings to celebrate the holidays. It was such a disappointment for all of that to stop---not to mention not having any of the relatives over for family gatherings. I missed my non JW Catholic relatives and missed the warmth that went along with the holidays. The hugs, the laughter, the happiness....it was all gone.

  I am thankful that my non JW relatives were still there for me after I left the JW's 20 years ago. When I left, they began to invite me to their Christmas dinners and festivities and were so happy that I could join them. Now they were the real Christians. They just accepted me back with open arms and just glad that I could be with them again during the holidays.

  Cynthia
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  WHAT DO YOU DO FOR WORK?

  by hamptonite21 in

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  i work in the lending industry, im an account rep for a wholesale mortgage bank.

  royal bank of canada in newyork.

  edited by - hamptonite21 on 12 november 2002 22:40:6.

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  I work for a county government agency (education) and my job title is Senior Systems Specialist.

  Cynthia
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  Geraldo Rivera Reporting from Dallas

  by xenawarrior in

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  it's early but it appears there is some action here on the front.

  will report more as time allows.. we are at valis' right now before dinner: eyegirl, heaven, shuttebug and his son, elsewhere and xw.

  noone is dead yet.. film at 11. geraldo out

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  Hey Dutchie, Geraldo Rivera isn't on CNN anymore. He's on Fox News, so you would have had the wrong station anyway.

  I wish I were at the Dallas apostafest!

  Cynthia
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  Star Trek "Nemesis" (Fluff)

  by Robdar in

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  the new star trek movie, "nemesis" is premiering on december 13, 2002. i am really looking forward to it.

  although i grew up with the original, i must admit to a certain fondness for the next generation and to captain picard.

  the original or the next generation?

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  I love all the Star Treks. I was at Madame Tussaud's Museum in NYC after the Silent Lambs march and got this photo of myself with two of my favorite Star Trek Characters:
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  UN Vote Unanimous for USA-UK

  by Amazing in

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  even syria voted against iraq by voting for the un resolution.

  wow!

  and china did not abstain as they have in the past ... the full 15 member sercurity council gave the usa/uk what they want ... while there are no automatic military triggers, the resolution does allow for unilateral action by member states if iraq continues "material breach" which is significant language in un speak.

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  Hi Amazing,

  You and I are on the same page. I've been saying this for months and months. Something needs to be done about Iraq and it's time to get rid of Saddam Hussein now.

  Have you read Let Freedom Ring, by Sean Hannity?

  Cynthia
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  Why I VOTED REPUBLICAN on Nov 5th

  by cellomould in

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  i voted for only one republican in this mid-term election.

  i do think that governmental positions should be filled by a diverse group of well-qualified people.. .

  but it is very dangerous to allow one party (republican in particular) to have a majority, as has happened in the senate.

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  Well Cello, I voted against our Gray Davis. I think he is a terrible governor and I didn't like Bill Simon much either. So I think we had the choice between dumb and dumber over here in CA. I just want someone to explain to me why if California has the 7th largest economy in the world, WHY did we have rolling blackouts? (That only happens in 3rd world countries, right?) Seems to me that good ol' Gray Davis should have had some kind of control over that. State income tax was raised and I don't see anything more for my money.

  The other thing that made me upset was that Davis cut 15% from the Education budget. Now I work in a school district and it just upset me to see how anyone could take anything away from our school children.
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  JW Voters: Post Election-Day Fallout?

  by Room 215 in

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  if i recall, a wt question from readers a year or two ago suggested that voting was a ``matter of consicience.

  " i have also heard that this was pubished only ``for public consumption,"" and that the verbal ``network'' emanating from the governing body and proceeding down the pipeline via the district and circuit overseers to the locals was that they should get the word out that nothing had really changed and that voting was actionable by a judicial committee.

  so... my questions are: is this all accurate?

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  Ok here is a scanned copy from another site:

  http://www.jwfiles.com/vote.htm

  Cynthia
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  JW Voters: Post Election-Day Fallout?

  by Room 215 in

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  if i recall, a wt question from readers a year or two ago suggested that voting was a ``matter of consicience.

  " i have also heard that this was pubished only ``for public consumption,"" and that the verbal ``network'' emanating from the governing body and proceeding down the pipeline via the district and circuit overseers to the locals was that they should get the word out that nothing had really changed and that voting was actionable by a judicial committee.

  so... my questions are: is this all accurate?

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  Here's an article on the Free Minds website:

  http://www.watchtowernews.org/voting.htm

  Apparently it was the Nov. 1, 1999 Watchtower.

  Cynthia
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  What Was The 1st Thing That Made You Question?

  by minimus in

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  as a youngster raised in the "truth", i had my questions.

  but anytime you ask a question that is unanswerable, you are told to just wait on jehovah.

  as time passes, i believe that we store up a number of unanswerable questions that forces one to eventually think about everything.

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  It was when my JW husband was DF'd for smoking and the elders refused to do anything about his beating the crap out of me.

  Cynthia