The Nugget is really a nice Casino. They have a lot of conventions there. I usually stay at the Atlantis.
Are you going to fly directly into Reno. If so how?
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Reno - 1/25-1/28
by Dagney ini'll be in reno for the above dates.
i am actually meeting my first bible student/friend, (she doesn't attend and has moved on), for a few days at her work function, i think at the golden nugget.
if there are is anybody in the area who would like to meetup for a cuppa or drink, let me know, pm me.
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Anglo-Catholic
by Band on the Run ini hope this is n ot a repeat thread.
new year's day i attended services at a first rate anglo-catholic church.
despite being episcopal since about the age of 20, this service was so different.
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When I first started attending an Episcopal church a year or so after leaving the WT I assumed the term Anglo-Catholic was just another term for the Angican church in England or Episcopal church here in the US. I think I got this from reading biographies and other information on C.S. Lewis where they referred to his belief as Anglo-catholic. So I was familar with the term but didn't realize that it referred to more specifically the High Church Anglicans and their practices.
I've also heard Episcopalians say that Anglican/Episcopalians are not protestants because the break from the Catholic church for Anglicans came in 1534 before protestantism even came into existance. Yet I've also heard them referred to as protestants.
The church I go to is very liberal. We have a woman priest for one thing. There is another Episcopal church a few miles away. I went there once but nearly choked during the service because of all the incense they burned during the service. They are also part of the Diocese of LA but are quite different in views and worship than us.
I like a lot of the high church stuff but can do without the incense.
One more thing. Did you see Sting's "A Winter's Night" recorded in Durham Cathederal (I believe) the North of England? It has a lovely ancient feel to it.
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Hi - I'm new here!
by Flicka ini have been lurking on this site for the past 2 months.
for the past few years i have been going to the meetings and doing fieldservice out of guilt.. my husband (twisty) told me regularly i only do it out of guilt but i denied it and said it i want to do these things because i love jehovah and it is the right thing to do, but how can it be the right thing if you don't feel welcome and it feels like everyone is judging you the moment you walk into the kingdom hall.. it has taken a few years and a lot of tears to open my eyes.. over the past few years twisty spoke to me about the various things he didn't agree with but it just went over my head.
a few months ago we were lying in bed and he brought up his concerns again, and i'm not sure what was different this time but i understood and agreed with the points he was making.
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Welcome Flicka and Twisty. Good luck with your family. There's no easy way to tell them and they may react pretty badly but at least you and Twisty have each other if they do the full blown dub shunning thing.
And welcome finally awake. Nice to see you here also.
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Reno - 1/25-1/28
by Dagney ini'll be in reno for the above dates.
i am actually meeting my first bible student/friend, (she doesn't attend and has moved on), for a few days at her work function, i think at the golden nugget.
if there are is anybody in the area who would like to meetup for a cuppa or drink, let me know, pm me.
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Hey Dagney. I wish I could be there. I get up there a couple of times a year but won't be going again till probably March or April.
I don't think there is a Golden Nugget in Reno. I think you may mean the Nugget hotel casino in Sparks. We like to have dinner at Trader Dick's in the Nugget. Great Decor and lots of tacky drinks.
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yoga...who benefits from it here...and how bout you guys?
by oompa ini really love it....seems like i am way in the minority as far as guys go though ...plus the guy girl ratio is sure not a negative for me!...but no that is not why i am there...i mean it kicks your butt physically...but i am hoping for this more inner peace thingy too......oompa.
interesting thing...i read on an inflight mag this week that yoga came from india ages ago and was only created by men for men!....women were verboden..... and what is the best way to find really good instructors?...my local ymca has classes as does a gym or two near me...and i have no idea how much certification these instructors must have.
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I've always liked yoga. Even did it as a JW. I do a little yoga almost every day but seem to get more interested in it in the spring for some reason. It is helpful for keeping you in shape for other sports.
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simple yet very visible observation about cults and other more mainstream religions too...
by oompa ini now wear a sexy goatee and stach for cosmetic reasons actually...and of course this is not really allowed without penalty in usa jw world....they control so much of your life by endless pharisaical rules...and esp those about dress and grooming....they only allow hair a certain way on the male face...over the lip only....they do not control hair on the face of women interestingly...but funny thing...the amish require a beard...but the reason it looks weird is they forbid hair over the male lip...lmao!!!
!....and another cult....the hasidic jews require full beards and looooong burns....plus the funny hats and garb....hardcore muslim is full beard....mennonite wimmin no makeup and old timey full garb and some do have beards lol.
i researched it but still do not understand why so many religions try to dictate how god wants us to groom our beards......oompa.
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I've wondered about this myself. Isn't it odd how people subject themselves to these crazy restrictions like there really is some divine point to it all. Then there are all the food and beverage restriction that people turn into special instructions from God.
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Superiority of Divine Education
by 2tone ini have to give this talk in a few weeks.
any ideas.
im the most educated person in the hall.
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I'd incorporate Terry and Designs comments and Sabastious's picture into the talk. That would be a good start. You could also ask for a show of hands. "How many doctors in the audience? How many Scientist?...............
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Chemicals buried at WT Farms (WT ruining the earth)
by doinmypart init seems that the wt is guilty of illegally dumping printing chemicals (or as they like to say "ruining the earth") in upstate new york.
read the full articles from the news sites below.. "state officials are investigating chemical pollution found buried at an upstate new york property owned by the jehovah's witnesses organization.
" http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8e675d204fbf4352ab2cf65086b4b411/ny--buried-chemicals/.
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New slogan for the Watchtower Society "Polluting minds and the environment for over 100 years" I hope they really get nailed over this one.
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Nook (B&W) vs. Nook Color
by Band on the Run inmy sister gave me a nook black and white for xmas.
i can't decide whether to upgrade to the color version.
she says that color has glare.
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I have a Nook Color and love it. I think the color version is better if you want to play games or read magazines. I subscribe to the Food network magazine on my Nook and it looks good and is easy to read. The new version comes with Netflix so you can watch movies on it. The last time I was in BN I had them update mine so I now have Netflix on mine but I haven't watched any movies on it yet. I was reading on it quite a often till I down loaded Angry Birds and got sidetracked.
The B&W version looks pretty cool also if you are just going read books. It's light and smaller.
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A heartfelt "Thank You" to Simon, his family and to the all the mods
by Dagney inthe past few days i've been thinking about how life has changed since leaving the witnesses.
except for just a few, my former friends have been completely replaced by apostates.
who would have ever thought...i sure didn't.
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All is well Dagney. Glad you had a good time at the Unitarian Church. And the nice thing is that they will never try to get you to go door to door peddling anything or even try to force you to believe something.
I'm heading out to my sisters in Riverside for Christmas Dinner right now. Might stop by the Mission Inn first if I have time.
I'm looking forward to getting together as soon as we can. Hopefully we can get the same group together and maybe a few more.
By the way I received one of the fruit gift packs from the Watchtower for Christmas. It was unmarked but I knew it came from them. When I tried to eat the dates they were made of wax and the fruit was rotten. So I figured with false date and rotten fruit it had to be from them.