LennyinBluemont

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  How About a Meet Up in the Delaware area??? DC??? Philly??? South Jersey???

  by White Dove in

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  how about it?

  i want to meet you guys.

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  Hey, we're up for D.C. or Philly. Restaurants work out good for meetups.
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  Get Your "Knocking" Postcards Here, Folks!

  by LennyinBluemont in

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  2. friends

  i just got an email about two hours ago, apparently based on the fact that i ordered the "knocking" video via the internet.

  about your postcard.

  you will soon receive a large postcard that says tell a friend about knocking.

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  I just got an email about two hours ago, apparently based on the fact that I ordered the "Knocking" video via the internet. Here is what the email says:

  ABOUT YOUR POSTCARD

  You will soon receive a large postcard that says “Tell a friend” about KNOCKING. We hope you do.
  
  These special postcards were mailed to everyone who ordered a DVD. Many of you told us that you wanted something to help show others what KNOCKING really was: an informative, compelling, balanced and accurate program on the history and current activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses. There are also a large number of Jehovah's Witnesses who do not yet know about KNOCKING, but when brought to their attention, they express interest in obtaining the DVD. For this reason, p lease share your postcard with family and friends.
  
  If you would like more postcards, we will send you a pack of 10 or 20 at no charge.

  Email your request to: [email protected]
  Or call 1-800-343-5540

  Please write “Knocking postcard request” in the subject heading of your email

  Be sure to include your:
  Name
  Full postal mailing address
  And note whether you want 10 or 20 additional postcards (if you want a larger quantity, please explain the circumstances)

  This appears to be a marketing effort to move them DVDs out. Since the target market is active JWs, this continues to confirm my feelings that this was basically intended as a "feel good" piece for active JWs, in order to sell a few hundred thousand DVDs. Notice it's encouraging contacting "other" JWs, not your neighbors and workmates. Oh well, here we go again. Using the congregation as a ripe field for marketing products and exploitation. In this case, the WT was very cooperative in the production. I wonder if they get a kick-back, or just a good feeling that the mind control can now extend from sources not "officially" part of the org, thereby giving the impression to JWs that they are not really in a "closed" environment. "See, even worldly people admire us!" Have you gotten yours yet? Maybe we should create a postcard for CoC!
  
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  ... it's been a Beatles night! What's your favorite?

  by dawg in

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  2. friends

  some fine ladies next door came and hung out tonight, i have to work tomorrow, so i couldn't go with them to the brazilian night "carnival" planed for later this evening.... bit i managed to let them hear the beatles "abby road" album with a few glasses of wine before they left.

  they had never heard it, mostly because they're in their 20's, but not one lady left before they wanted to buy their own copy... 'something" was their favorite... they said it was one of the most sexy songs they ever heard... old george wrote my most favorite songs by the beatles... "here comes the sun" is my favorite george song... what's yours?

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  There is more to life than...

  by sweetface2233 in

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  being really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking.

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  worrying about what other people THINK!!!!
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  Jimi Hendrix - Your Favorite Songs and Albums from Him ?

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  music fans , here we go again !

  lay it on me !

  this guy , absolutely one of the greatest if not the greatest guitarists in rock history , what were your favorite songs and albums from him ?

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  Pre-JW I was a Hendrix afficianado. I had all albums, US and UK. I have listened to all of his albums, so many times. Yeah, Red House is a great. But if I had to choose an all-time example of his guitar prowess and genius, it would have to be Voodoo Chile - Slight Return, from Electric Ladyland. Tied for favorite album is Band of Gypsys. Stevie Ray Vaughn was so taken with Voodoo Chile - Slight Return, that he actually learned it and performed it, which is amazing in itself, if not totally blasphemous. But I grant Stevie total absolution as he was practically in Hendrix's class. As far as I'm concerned, nobody, including Clapton, touches Hendrix. Clapton himself was totally freaked out when he saw Hendrix perform the first time. He kept saying, "How the F*** is he doin' that?????"
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  A thank you to my friends

  by Bumble Bee in

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  i have some very good, close friends that i've made here.

  we trust one another, laughed together, cried together, supported one another through good and bad times.

  i just wanted to say how much i love and appreciate you all!.

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  You and Roy will always have a place in our hearts and our home. (You too, sweetface.)

  Thanks for sharing your love.

  Lenny & Karen
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  What is the HIDDEN purpose of the Watchtower corporation?

  by Terry in

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  why does the average man or woman on the street only have a vague awareness of who jehovah's witnesses are and what they stand for?

  isn't it weird they know next to nothing after over a hundred years of door to door work???.

  ask yourself why this has been such an ineffective ministry.. one actor, tom cruise, has raised more awareness about his own religion (scientology) than all the watchtower magazines placed at a million households.

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  Sub-question in this thread: WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING?

  I've commented here before, and I'll say it again: These guys are not stupid. They are in the process of "conveying their assets". They got burned in California and don't intend to let "Jehovah's riches" ($13 million) be given to apostates again. That's the reason why Brooklyn is for sale. The assets are being moved offshore to a safe haven outside the jurisdiction of the U.S. No federal judge can touch your assets if they're outside the U.S. That's why OJ hasn't had to pay a penny of the multi-million dollar judgment against him by the Goldmans in all these years. He's surely worth millions, but no judge can touch it. He just draws off "pocket cash" through a third party to keep him going month to month. No bank accounts that could be attached. Lease your car and live in a home in Florida where homes are immune from judgments. It works. With what you know about the WT, if you were in the liability insurance business, would you want them as a client? Very high risk. Believe me, they know this better than we do.
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  Are JWs allowed to go to wedding of disfellowshiped child?

  by freetosee in

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  2. beliefs

  since i've been out for so long i would like to ask if there has been any change regarding the association with disfellowshiped.

  can active jws go to the wedding of their df'd sons or daughters?

  any policy change?.

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  My notes from one of my last C.O. visit meetings with the body of elders (Society's outline) states specifically that if an elder or MS attended a wedding, reception or other social event where a DF'd person was known to be present, it would call their qualifications into question. In other words, "Don't do it! Or else!" A lowly publisher might get a wrist slap, at worst. But if everyone else sees an elder doing something, in the minds of many, that makes it OK. It's interesting to see that as one "advances" in the organization, submission to the BORG becomes a much heavier requirement, since "the GB giveth, and the GB taketh away."
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  My eulogy for my father yesterday

  by LennyinBluemont in

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  my father died last monday, the 4th at the age of 82. he had suffered from severe alzheimers for the last few years.

  his funeral was yesterday.

  as my brother and i made the arrangements (my mother died in 2003) he suggested and i agreed that we would each give a eulogy.

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  Thanks everyone, for your kind thoughts. I appreciate the "cyber" family I have here. And I know more than a few of you beyond the internet, which is even nicer. I hoped that by sharing this, some may see that it is possible to "repair" your relationships with non-JW family in the aftermath of leaving. I do believe an apology is appropriate, at least for many of us, because it was a choice. I saw cousins I haven't seen in over 30 years that I used to be really close to as a child. Some are now in their sixties. Of course, I regret the lost years. Also, for those who "lurk" and are still in the organization, I wanted you to see what lay ahead of you down the road, if you continue to carry on as I foolishly did for so many years. Please don't waste another day! When they're gone, they're gone.
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  My eulogy for my father yesterday

  by LennyinBluemont in

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  2. friends

  my father died last monday, the 4th at the age of 82. he had suffered from severe alzheimers for the last few years.

  his funeral was yesterday.

  as my brother and i made the arrangements (my mother died in 2003) he suggested and i agreed that we would each give a eulogy.

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  My father died last Monday, the 4 th at the age of 82. He had suffered from severe Alzheimer’s for the last few years. His funeral was yesterday. As my brother and I made the arrangements (my mother died in 2003) he suggested and I agreed that we would each give a eulogy. I know that being a JW from 1973 till 2001 had damaged my relationships with my parents and many of my relatives. For instance, I didn’t attend the funerals of either of his parents, since they were in a church. I’m sure that must have hurt him a lot. Of course, there were 30 years of Christmas and other celebrations for which we were absent, as well as family reunions. I knew that I had hurt, not only my parents, but many of my relatives as well, by ostracizing them.

  After 5 or 10 minutes of relating anecdotes from the past, I’ll relate how I concluded, to an audience of about 60, mostly family, to the best of my recollection (and yes, I did get pretty choked up getting some of the words out):

  "Today is primarily about Pete. But it’s also about all of us. And I feel it’s an appropriate time to set something straight. I’ll address my concluding remarks, especially to members of our family. In 1973, at the age of 22, I made a mistake. A big, big mistake. I decided to join the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses. I had become fully convinced that I had found the "true path". For almost 30 years I totally devoted my life and energy to this religion. I now appreciate that it was a false path, and I was actually part of a cult. Like most cults, this one emphasized alienation from family who are not members. I know that this damaged my relationship with my father and mother and with many of you over the years. I first began to understand what had happened in 2003. By then it was too late to apologize to my mother, who died that year. But it was also too late to apologize to Pete, since he had entered the first stages of Alzheimers, and I didn’t want to cause further confusion and burden him with this. So today, I want to kind of vicariously apologize to them by apologizing to you, and I hope you will forgive me for having a self-righteous attitude and isolating myself from my family during all those years."

  Placing my hand on the coffin and looking at it, I continued, "Pete and I never talked about this. Life and death and the meaning of everything. For 30 years I thought I had it all figured out. Now I realize I don’t have it figured out at all. And sometimes, when I look around me, I wonder if there really is anything to figure out. Maybe it’s like the joke about the old, wise rabbi. As he lay on his deathbed, his students lined up, each one wanting to speak with him for a moment and glean some morsel of wisdom. The boy at the front of the line said, ‘Rabbi, teach me the secret of life. Give me the best of your wisdom.’ The old rabbi turned his head slowly toward the young student and gazed intently at his face. After a long moment he spoke, ‘Life. . . . . . . . . . . .is like a river.’ The boy stared at him in wonder. The boy behind him tapped him on the shoulder excitedly and asked, ‘What did he say? What did the rabbi tell you?’ The boy at the front of the line told him, ‘The rabbi said, Life is like a river.’ Then the boy behind the second boy tapped him on the shoulder and asked, ‘What did he say? What did he say?’ The second boy turned around and said, ‘Life is like a river’. And so the message was passed all the way back to the end of the line until the last boy was told, ‘Life is like a river.’ The last boy, puzzled, tapped the boy in front of him and asked, ‘Why is life like a river?’ The boy shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘I don’t know.’ So he then tapped the boy in front of him and asked, ‘Why is life like a river?’ And so the question passed it’s way back up to the front of the line. And as the boy at the front was asked the question, he turned to the rabbi and asked, ‘Rabbi, why is life like a river?’ The rabbi, pondering the question for a long moment, turned to the student and raising his hand said, in a frustrated tone, ‘So. . . . . . . . life is not like a river!’"

  The joke got a pretty good laugh. After my brother shared his remarks, his two daughters came up to speak, with many tears. Of course, they mainly commented on their grandfather. But the younger then said while crying, "And we’re so glad to have Uncle Lenny back in the family." At the reception afterwards, many came up to me and expressed their appreciation for what I had said. And I got some really long hugs.

  I just thought I’d share this.