Takes a lot of guts to mail something like that. I never wrote a letter but thanks to gossip and innuendo I ended up shunned. I hope your friend comes to a wise decision (and be of good cheer, many have written such letters and have found good success).
Posts by Cygnus
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by AK - Jeff insome time back i posted a first draft, and then a new draft of a letter to a friend that is still in the borg.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/94229/1.ashx .
i found the truth is not true, and that the organization is not what it seemed.
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The 12-Member Governing Body - Pics, info and analysis on the new additions
by Neo inguy pierce samuel herd gerrit losch david splane.
"no more additions!".
"no, no more additions!
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Cygnus
It's totally off-topic and many here have heard this, but I guess once some 25 years or so it was decided that everybody wear at the minimum a jacket and tie at morning worship or breakfast or whatever they did at Bethel and Fred Franz was against it so the next day he wore a ratty old t-shirt that said something like: "WHERE THE HELL IS [some town] NEBRASKA?" or the like.
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...I just don't like it when they act gay!
by Swan inwhat would you think if i told you i don't have a problem being around gay people, i just don't like it when they act gay?.
someone said this to me today, and i was a bit speechless.
i didn't realize they were acting!
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Cygnus
Leo, I think an interesting issue to consider while laying in bed at night finding it troublesome to sleep is coming to an understanding of how acting is different from behaving.
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Six Feet Under on HBO
by Cygnus inany thoughts on the finale?.
like many have said, it was a sad ending, the last 5 minutes they showed everybody grow old and die.
ruth of course went first and george was a mess.
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Any thoughts on the finale?
Like many have said, it was a sad ending, the last 5 minutes they showed everybody grow old and die. ruth of course went first and george was a mess. in fact the whole episode was people crying. keith was about 50 when he died, opening the back of a Brink's security truck and taking 4 bullets to the body. brenda's death was sad cause it seemed the most unexpected, she just dropped dead on a couch, her head falling back. david died at some party outside wher kids were throwing a football around and he saw keith catch the ball and turn and smile at him then he fell over backwards in his chair and died. claire died peacefully in her bed at 102, like the old woman in Titanic, which was a let-down, maybe Alan Ball could have done something different than copy that movie. rico and vanessa were so happy about their new business, next thing you see of rico he's an old man in a nursing home and falls on the floor dead. i thought it was unnecessary and the first 60 minutes were ok but i'd have rewritten the last 15 minutes and not shown everybody old and dying.
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...I just don't like it when they act gay!
by Swan inwhat would you think if i told you i don't have a problem being around gay people, i just don't like it when they act gay?.
someone said this to me today, and i was a bit speechless.
i didn't realize they were acting!
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Cygnus
My best friends hug me and tell me they love me on a one-on-one basis, and we're not gay, but I wouldn't get offended if somebody mentioned it looked "gay" unless they were trying to be assholes.
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Album covers
by Cygnus ingoing along with the theme of music that's kinda been here and there, what're your favorite record covers?
here's a couple of mine, with some inside photos too.. rush - hemispheres.
jethro tull - war child (front).
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Cygnus
Going along with the theme of music that's kinda been here and there, what're your favorite record covers? Here's a couple of mine, with some inside photos too.
RUSH - Hemispheres
Jethro Tull - War Child (front)
Tull - War Child (back)
Ian Anderson pictured in the liner notes (remember this was 1974)
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friends, crushes, relationships, one night stands, what should i do?
by tsunami_rid3r inyou know what tsunami... you can't predict these things.. whatever happens, will happen.. my advice to you is don't force anything.
try not to over analyse.
when something feels right act upon it.
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Cygnus
I guess my advice would be, if you feel apprehensive it ain't right. And it definitely ain't right if she says No. But if she says Yes you don't necessarily have to make a committment. You'll get something out of it and so will she. That oughta be good enough.
But what do i know? I'm a woman beating manipulative lying jerk.
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Films/movies that resonate with Apostates
by Black Man inthere are a few films that i really connect with that sum up my j-dub experiences........ .
shawshank redemption: if you've ever "served time" at bethel, you can't help but connect with this film.
institutionalization, mental persecution and "andy dufrene crossing through 500 yards of shit, came out clean on the other side.
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A Clockwork Orange, because IMO the prison chaplin was the only moral character. How ironic.
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What's the hardest thing you ever had to do?
by Country Girl ini think the hardest thing i ever went through was my divorce.
it was something i knew i needed to go through, and get over, but it was the hardest thing of my life.
i wanted the divorce, but it was so very painful.... what's the hardest thing you've ever gone through?
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Cygnus
The most difficult of all will be dealing with the death of my father.
The hardest thing I did in the past was realizing caty was gone, how I completely lost control, our family business was moving on without me, and I wanted to kill myself. So I guess the hardest thing was humbling myself and spending 3 days in a hospital psyche ward and all the horrific events I witnessed therein. I'd never go back to a place like that. What keeps me going now is hoping for a better future, living and marrying caty, getting my arms and hands back, and managing the business. But right now, the hardest thing is keeping that positive mental attitude, and I credit caty first and foremost, my parents, certain people here like AlanF and Eduardo, and my good friend chris, who always greets me and leaves me with a hug and a "I love you."
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Top Breakup Albums/Songs
by sixsixsixtynine ina recent thread where people were recommending music for someone going through a breakup, reminded me of the movie high fidelity.. the main charatcer, rob lists his top 5 breakup albums (and songs too i think, does anyone know what they were?).
what are the albums/songs that make you feel better, by making you feel worse?
here's a few of mine:.
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Cygnus
Leo, not only are you incredibly smart, you have great taste too!
John Cusack should be posting on this thread.