Virgochik

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  How to Get Free Books, CDs and Movies from Focus on the Family(anti-gay)...

  by Princess in

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  ...thereby taking money out of the pockets of anti-gay bigots - in 12 easy steps: .

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  Focus is a huge presence in Colorado Springs. People either love them or hate them. A popular bumper sticker locally says "Focus on your OWN damn family!" Presently, they are engaged in a pissing contest with local gay groups over whether people are born gay, or "choose perversion." There are banners downtown on Tejon Street with a puppy who says "Moo" and was born different. Focus countered by running their own newspaper ads with Norman, a puppy who is born "normal." The city is really burned out on Focus and the whole thing is really back firing. Letters to the newspaper pretty much say, who cares, leave people alone to live their lives if they're not bothering anybody.

  I think their harping is turning people off, and they come off looking really mean. Maybe they'll be broke soon, they're always in a financial crisis and did some major cutbacks recently for cash crunch reasons.

  Believe it or not, tourists actually come to Colorado to visit the Focus headquarters.....hmmm, compare to BethHell?
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  How do you deal with telemarketers?

  by Outaservice in

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  It got so bad for us, that we finally cancelled the land line. Now we only use our cell phones. Only friends, family and work have the numbers. This solved our problem.
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  Remember those toolbox-like briefcases some of the brothers had?

  by WingCommander in

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  i bet some still carry them.

  you all know what i'm talking about; there were at least 3 brothers in the congregation that had one.

  thank god my father wasn't one of them.

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  Yep. I remember. My Dad would come home from his greasy, grimy factory job, shower, and put on a suit and tie. He shined his new Florsheim shoes with the tassles, and proudly carried his official elder brief case into the Hall, setting it down by his seat. This let everybody know, someone important was sitting there. Suddenly he was transformed from a lowly factory worker, into someone important! To all outward appearances, he was a well to do businessman, maybe an attorney with files to take to a meeting.

  I remember Dad clicking open the important briefcase during the meeting, to take out important books, such as the Aid book, or his Kingdom Ministry. This was accompanied by putting on his scholarly looking reading glasses, and rummaging thru the accordian folders in the top of the briefcase. Sometimes, he would warn me never to look inside because very secret folders were in it, about comittee meetings.

  This pomp was very impressive to me, as a child, and to the little old ladies, who could see how sharp the elders were, in their suits and spectacles and smart brief cases.
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  Disco Banned?

  by Wordly Andre in

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  i am a bit too young to remember this but, was disco really banned by the jw's??

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  I remember it mostly being forbidden because supposedly those dreadful perverted homosexuals invented it to draw nice people into their depraved dance clubs to become mesmerized and have sex. Going to discos made people become gay. Hahaha! I wasn't old enough to go dancing, but I loved the music and I still do. It's fun, happy music, upbeat and you can really dance to it! It's got a good beat, and it's cheerful. It was just a fun era.

  I don't have any statistics on how many people decided to become gay from listening or standing under a strobe. Isn't that ridiculous, just another example of how anything fun must be squashed.
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  I can see clearly now...my contacts are new!

  by Virgochik in

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  i had an eye exam today and am really impressed with my new contact lenses!

  ok, so ahem, it was time to get progressive glasses...or was it?

  vanity indicated i try a pair of "multi-vision" contacts, and they are fantastic!

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  I had an eye exam today and am really impressed with my new contact lenses! OK, so ahem, it was time to get progressive glasses...or was it? Vanity indicated I try a pair of "multi-vision" contacts, and they are fantastic! No adjustment period, and I have gathered up my reading glasses to give away. It's all clear, near and far!

  Anybody else try these yet? Best thing is, nobody can tell I'm a bi-focal wearing chik, because I'm still wearing nice blue lenses! (Old Bat Virgochik)
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  Here is my story

  by Annie Over in

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  i think i was about 3 yrs when my mom started studying.

  raised in a protestant religion.

  she had said several times that all she learned in that religion was hell fire and damnation.

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  A warm welcome to Annie and to Lady C!
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  Have you heard, "There are people worse off than you, stop complaining!"

  by WingCommander in

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  this was a typical response to any kind of complaint or sharing of a personal situation with anyone in the congregation.

  instead of offering up some kind of physical or emotional support, almost 100% of the time me and my family would get the old:.

  "don't you know that there are brothers worse off than you in the world, whom are truly hurting?

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  The Dubs seem to have the mindset, that if you are complaining about a problem, you need to be given advice. The fact is, many people are just venting, and a little sympathy is all they're looking for, like Anewme said. Just compassion, and someone to care, not to tell you to go look up a scripture, and have a nice day.
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  I have trust issues , but what do you think about this ....

  by troubled mind in

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  the reverend down the street has made friends with my son ...... yesterday we came down hard on our 18 yr old son because he has not gotten a job since graduation , and can not pay for his share of the cell phone or car insurance .

  so we took these privileges away until he can pay .

  well he must of went over to the rev's last night and the guy offered to give him $100.

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  I think it's fishy; the rev seems eager to get your son hanging around. Of course, an eighteen year old will know if the jobs become too "physical..." Can you see if he's made similar offers to neighbor kids, and how it turned out?
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  How Many Here Have Ever Been Before A Judicial Committee???

  by minimus in

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  i've been on plenty of jcs but i never was the target of the elders, judicially.....although i would be now.

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  OpenFireGlass, those must have been some raunchy little letters you wrote those innocent sisters, haha!

  Done4good, please keep us posted on how it turns out!
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  Were you a bathroom breaker?

  by Mysterious in

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  i swear my mother used to keep better track of my bladder than i did.

  she'd sit me down occasionally for talks such as "i noticed you've been going to the bathroom a lot during the meetings lately maybe we need to cut down on what you drink on meeting nights" etc.

  others would go 2 or 3 times a meeting and if i went twice a week i'd get a talk about it!

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  At our Hall, it seemed like the sisters looked forward to the song, to run to the ladies room and stand around chatting. Many times, the song was over and the blablabla of the talk had been droning on for awhile before all the sisters returned to their seats, I went every song, whether I had to, or not. After awhile, my mom talked to me about how, it seemed like I missed all the songs. Of course I did, lol!