Posts by AudeSapere

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while perusing you tube.. found this encounter with a mentally ill jw.

by candidlynuts in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ad9dttjjm.

its a movie a guy made about his purpose in life and how he found it.

the jw obviously isnt a real jw.. but it was an interesting little movie regardless.. i had to laugh at the jw going nuts.

AudeSapere

I can't read the final frame in the initial video.

It closes with Thanks and at the end something about Catholics and Witnesses of Jehovah.

Was it an apology? I cannot make out the words.

-Aude.

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How do I get out of this?

by mama1119 in

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i am having a baby here in a couple of weeks, and here is the problem:.

i have a friend, we grew up together as close as sisters, and she lives about 6 hours away from me.

she has been there through everything with me and i love her dearly.

AudeSapere

Often there is much excitement and assistance for the first week or two and then not much after that.

Could you ask her to postpone her visit until 2 or 3 weeks after the birth. Your husband will be back to work by then and you might actually need some help.

-Aude.

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My Trip to the Dentist's Torture Chamber

by Alpheta in

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hola all.

well, i won't go into all the gory details, suffice to say it was absolute .

fricking torture for four hours.

AudeSapere

They should be able to do something about the sound of the drill. Isn't it possible to make one that is silent?

Headphones and nitrous oxide.

-Aude.

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The Emperors new clothes!

by stevenyc in

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hurray for me !!.

steve (of the shameful request of acknolegment class).

AudeSapere

Congrats on your new status!!!

I'm honored to have been in your presence...!

-Aude.

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What do you make of this?

by slimboyfat in

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to attend a funeral, copy the material and distribute it for a profit seems a bit tasteless.

http://cgi.ebay.com/watchtower-collector-daniel-sydlik-a-tribute_w0qqitemz190040601308qqihz009qqcategoryz109012qqrdz1qqcmdzviewitem?hash=item190040601308.

since it is unclear whether this has been produced by an overzealous witness or a crafty apostate out for a quick buck i was unsure which headline to choose between two:.

So ashamed this morning........

by Frannie Banannie in

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i was at the grocery store, wheeling a cart about 1/4 full.

the desire to have some cigarettes was so overwhelming that i avoided my family members with me at the store, grabbed two packs of my favorite brand of cigarettes and hid them under the growing pile of items in my cart.. it was about that time that i woke up.

and very briefly, until i came to my senses, i felt that it was no use to even try if i was going to be so weak as to sabotage my own efforts to be strong..

AudeSapere

It's not unusual ...

A Tom Jones parody in the making???

-Aude

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Just received to 9-15-06 wt today

by hambeak in

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i have been away for awhile and a customer brought me the latest magazines he had and i saw that albert g schroeder died last march.. the article also said he had a son in 1958 and was appointed to the governing body in 1974 that means his son was only 16. so my question.

did the family all live at bethel?

if not who paid their rent, and living expenses.

AudeSapere

Hi S4 -

Yes, there have been families that have lived at Bethel, though it is rare. I know of two doctors who lived at Brooklyn Bethel with young kids. One had one child, the other had four!

I seem to remember someone pointing out apartments in Brooklyn Heights that were provided for the doctors and their families. These apartments were not within the main Bethel homes but very nearby. They had several rooms (not the standard studios that we've all seen for decades.)

-Aude.

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Just received to 9-15-06 wt today

by hambeak in

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i have been away for awhile and a customer brought me the latest magazines he had and i saw that albert g schroeder died last march.. the article also said he had a son in 1958 and was appointed to the governing body in 1974 that means his son was only 16. so my question.

did the family all live at bethel?

if not who paid their rent, and living expenses.

AudeSapere

Isn't his son Judah Benjamin Schroeder? An attorney.

There were a few threads on him about 2-3 months ago.

-Aude.

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Putting my cat to sleep tomorrow

by nsrn in

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i've posted before about spunky, my old cat.. www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/113071/1.ash.

tomorrow at 2 p.m. central daylight time (same as eastern) i have the appointment to put her down.

i would appreciate prayers and good thoughts.

AudeSapere

Awww So sorry to hear this. I still miss my Sylvester. (It's been about 5 months since I had him put to sleep.)

Pets become so much a part of the family and it's tough to say good-bye to them.

she had a bad episode Sunday.

Sounds like it's time. My heart is with you.

-Denise.

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Did u want to leave the org bcause u were doing something immoral?

by Will2Power in

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..and then sought to justify your leaving the organisation/religion by researching websites like this (to salve your conscience, justify continuing in your pleasurable but unscriptural lifestyle), or did you sincerely leave purely because you discovered certain false teachings, scandals, etc, while still living a moral, christian lifestyle?

be honest now, i mean really honest.

(this is not meant to offend anyone but viewed like a survey).

AudeSapere

I left because I could not, in good conscience before God, sit in the Kingdom Hall anymore. To do so would mean that I agreed with what was being said from the platform and condoned the un-loving behavior that I witnessed there.

I got up, said a short and silent prayer to Jehovah, and walked out. I thought I would go back after a few years when the congregation/organization got itself back on track. For a very short while I was someone's sproadic return visit. One day she brought the Circuit Overseer's wife. I woman I had never met before. That woman sat in my living room and fairly swiftly insulted me.

I not-so-swiftly invited them to leave. They have not been back to visit me since then.

And now I have moved. They won't find me anytime soon.

-AudeSapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Think for Yourself.)