Sail Away,
Thanks for telling us your heartbreaking story. You made some very good points ("Jehovah would have to wipe out my memory of them. If god did that, just who would that be in paradise—").
So glad for you that you are finally free.
BizzyBee
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What Made You Finally Wake Up?
by Tenacious inhello to all.
i've been on this site for a couple of weeks now posting here and there but have not had the opportunity to read about many of the regular members and what led up to their leaving the wt.. i understand that some of you (i'm part of this club) may not be able to disclose many details and i can appreciate that.. i'd love to hear what was it that finally made you renounce what is and hopefully soon to be "was" the wt.. i truly look forward to having good discussions.. thank you to all for your kind participation.. .
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A Genuine Venetian Singing Gondolier- But where is he Singing?
by fulltimestudent inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wwgxzrw3s.
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BizzyBee
Macau, China.
I was at the other (real) Venice last month. It was incredibly beautiful and the gondoliers do dress that way, but I didn't hear any of them singing.
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Family Gathering ( or the day also known as Thanksgiving)
by Theredeemer inevery year on a certain thursday in november my family and close witness friends would get together, eat menudo ( hispanic stew) and other foods, watch football and then get dressed to go to the meeting.. sister so and so would bring her famous pie, bro and sister so and so would bring their gross punch and bro and sis so and so would bring mexican sweet bread.
sometimes we would go to "worldy" aunt's and pick up plates of turkey and fixins.. this was every year on a certain date, on a certain thursday in november.. this continued until my mom got alzheimers.
by that time i was married and had my own house.
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BizzyBee
Yup. We had turkey dinner with all the traditional trimmings on Thanksgiving every year because, "turkeys are on sale and everyone is off work."
My JW aunt started having a "toy party" every year when her kids were young (but old enough to feel the sting of being left out of Christmas). I believe she had it in summer. Not sure the kids were mollified, but I'm sure they were confused.
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If You Don't Believe In God Anymore, Do You Still Say God Bless You or Thank God, etc.?
by minimus inhonestly, do you??
and if you do, isn't that hypocritical!.
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BizzyBee
It would be like any expression that is not meant to be taken as literal.
"Jesus H. Christ!" (Whereas his actual middle initial is K. For Kevin.)
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One of the great love stories of our time
by keyser soze ini have to admit, i teared up a little when i read this.
but then, i'm a sucker for romance:.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ap-exclusive-charles-manson-gets-marriage-license/ar-bbeksfn.
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BizzyBee
If those two kids can't make it, what hope is there for any of us? What could possibly go wrong?
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Suggestion: Don't Accept Everyone's Opinion Here
by minimus ineveryone has an opinion on things.
oftentimes, we ask for help or want the view of the board in a matter.
but just remember, the comments are simply personal views.
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BizzyBee
And if you get hungry, eat something.
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Look who's having a heart to heart chat!
by fulltimestudent inrussian president vladimir putin , left , and former us president george w .
bush , right , wearing traditionalchinese silk coats , huddle in.
conversation at the apec leaders ' meeting in shanghai in this oct .
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BizzyBee
My personal favorite:
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Does The State Have The Right To Quarantine Someone Because They Might Have Ebola?
by minimus inno doubt you have heard about the nurse that thumbed her nose to the state and went out of the house in spite of being ordered to stay at home.
what is your opinion on this?.
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BizzyBee
She is a well planned plant by the CDC.
I was not aware that we were at war with the CDC.
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Does The State Have The Right To Quarantine Someone Because They Might Have Ebola?
by minimus inno doubt you have heard about the nurse that thumbed her nose to the state and went out of the house in spite of being ordered to stay at home.
what is your opinion on this?.
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However many try to politicize this fresh disaster
This thread is whiplashing into politics at warp speed.
And then this:
As if the Obamazombies don't already have enough to deal with! Bless their faithful little brains.
Back to topic.............
As I recall there was a similar trajectory with AIDS - ignorance about transmission, fear of contagion, a high mortality rate, etc., and now AIDS patients freely walk among us.
President Reagan, representing the US gubmint at the time, dropped the ball big time:
"President Ronald Reagan’s record is forever tarnished by his lack of leadership on HIV/AIDS; he infamously refused to address it until 1987. By that time, the CDC reported that more than 40,000 Americans had contracted the disease and more than 23,000 of them had died. When the president did speak about AIDS prevention, he recused the government and alarmingly mingled science with ethics: “The federal role must be to give educators accurate information about the disease. How that information is used must be up to schools and parents, not government. But let’s be honest with ourselves — AIDS information cannot be what some call ‘value neutral.’ After all, when it comes to preventing AIDS, don’t medicine and morality teach the same lessons?”
"To his credit, Obama is displaying none of Reagan’s head-in-the-sand syndrome. As soon as it became clear that a second Dallas nurse had been infected with Ebola, Obama canceled campaign swings and hosted a high-level meeting at the White House to discuss the outbreak. On Friday, the president went a step further, tapping Ron Klain as his Ebola czar."
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Does The State Have The Right To Quarantine Someone Because They Might Have Ebola?
by minimus inno doubt you have heard about the nurse that thumbed her nose to the state and went out of the house in spite of being ordered to stay at home.
what is your opinion on this?.
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