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Fallen TV show preview, main character is refered to as a Nephilim.
by Wasanelder Once in
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2. entertainment
anyone see the preview for the new show fallen?

tom skerrit calls the kid a nephilim.

kid asks, "why did you call me that?
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Anyone here trying Byetta? New Diabetic Medicine from GIla monster spit.
by Wasanelder Once in
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2. experiences
i'm going to ask my doctor for byetta on monday.

my sugar has been running in the high 300's and i fear i am crashing.

the oral meds don't do it anymore and i need to lose weight.
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Did you ridicule apostates for attacking the Org. and not Bible doctrine?.
by Wasanelder Once in
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2. beliefs
when i was a busy little pie-in-ear we had a local apostate who would come and pretend to be interested.

he always attacked russell and rutherford and the early organization.

(this was in the late 80's early 90's) after he left, the young brother with me said, "these apostates always attack the imperfect organization but never can show anything from the bible.
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My DC invitation is delivered today
by Wasanelder Once in
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a car full of sisters whom i've known for years showed up today.

one got out of the car and asked if i got my "invitation".

she let me know that they were supposed to give one to everybody.
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Do you know any JW's convinced the Gov is listening?
by Wasanelder Once in
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an elderly sister in the local congregation says that she was on the phone with friends in romania.

when she mentioned the word "kingdom" the call was cut off.

she is telling everyone that homeland security cut off the call because she was talking about god's kingdom.. did/do you know wacko's like this in your area?.
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Present Truth, when was term discarded?
by Wasanelder Once in
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2. beliefs
i know there was a question from readers in the 80's i think that asked if we believe in "present truth".

the answer was given that there is no "present truth", only the truth.

oh, great.
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How many remember the 15 min break Between the Public Tlk and WT Study?
by Wasanelder Once in
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as kid i remember a break of 15 minutes between the public talk and the wt study.

all the new ones and "weak" ones ran out to smoke.

loved to see the attendant round them up to come back in when the droning began again.
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Did Elders fail to meet requirements they made of you?
by Wasanelder Once in
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2. friends
our po and his wife were both pioneers.

he is young and a sarcastic bastard.

one time he stood in the back of the hall while the meeting was going and said to me "this headship business is a bunch of crap!
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Adam and Eve Found!!
by Wasanelder Once in
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2. scandals
do ya believe now?.

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=77sraarcclg4t?method=4&dsname=wikipedia+images&dekey=weekly+world+news.jpg&gwp=8&sbid=lc01b&linktext=%3cimg%20height%3d301%20alt%3d%22example%20cover%20of%20the%20weekly%20world%20news%22%20src%3d%22http%3a%2f%2fcontent.answers.com%2fmain%2fcontent%2fwp%2fen%2fthumb%2f3%2f34%2f250px-weekly_world_news.jpg%22%20width%3d250%3e.

its amazing, just might run back to the borg!.
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What did you do as a child (or adult) to survive boredom during meetings?
by Wasanelder Once in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
what did you do as a child (or adult) to survive boredom during meetings?.

as a child i remember sitting behind a sister with a pink angora sweater.

i would pull of a bit of the lint from it and tilt my head back and place it above my lips a bit.