AudeSapere

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  Anyone Live in or around Los Angeles?

  by cantleave in

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  i have a free day sunday and would love to meet up with a mentally diseased apostate.

  i am staying in the lax marriott..

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  AudeSapere

  @awaken2004 -

  According to Dagney's facebook post, the exact time is not yet set but probably will be something 'lunch-ish'. She says she will talk to Randy/Dogpatch later today and will advise.

  I hope you can join us.

  -Aude.
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  Anyone Live in or around Los Angeles?

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a free day sunday and would love to meet up with a mentally diseased apostate.

  i am staying in the lax marriott..

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  AudeSapere

  bttt

  Yay! Wha's joining the group, too.
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  Anyone Live in or around Los Angeles?

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a free day sunday and would love to meet up with a mentally diseased apostate.

  i am staying in the lax marriott..

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  AudeSapere

  bttt
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  Anyone Live in or around Los Angeles?

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a free day sunday and would love to meet up with a mentally diseased apostate.

  i am staying in the lax marriott..

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  AudeSapere

  Hey!! Count me in~!

  Been too long since I've seen you guys. And never met cantleave - yet.

  Dagney, can you please text or fb me the details. Thanks!

  -Aude.
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  What if a brother ask you if the big A comes, would YOU repent?

  by Iamallcool in

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  how would you answer him?

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  AudeSapere

  Repent of what? - was my first thought, too.

  I agree with OTWO.

  -Aude.
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  Can't be myself

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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  [endif]i had a diner with the neighbors... they don't know i'm a jw cause i don't tell people anymore about it.

  somehow, the topic of cults came up and one of my neighbors said that the jw require 10% of their income to go to the church.

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  AudeSapere

  Choose your battles. Your neighbor has the facts wrong. I think it's the Mormons who give 10%.

  Just state the facts as you know them and let it go. I also used to use the phrase: "I [used to] have friends who were JWs" when the subject came up. Eventually, with some people, I tell them that I used to be a JW. For most people I talk to, though, it is none of their business.

  You did good. Pick your battles and let it be.

  Good luck with your fade.

  -Aude.
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  Was Kate Bush thinking of the JWs or did she just want her teeth checked by her dentist

  by barry in

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  www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfntpbhkp0u.

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  SBF wrote: You know her friend died at a consert she did in the late seventies... after which she hardly ever played live again.

  Wow. I did not know this - only that she rarely even attends industry events.

  -Aude.
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  Should all elders be painted with the same brush?

  by Socrateswannabe in

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  2. friends

  an hour or two ago, i was reading a topic on this forum that welcomed new elders to jwn.

  there was some criticism aimed at the op and i understand that elders shouldn't be singled out as special.

  one poster said he/she hates all elders.

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  AudeSapere

  (Marking for later)
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  New Rooming Arrangement for some district conventions in the UK - what are they up to?

  by 88JM in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i missed this letter below being read out last week - i got a look at it from the notice board this week.. from what i heard, this announcement was not received entirely positively as such, but there were apparently one or two for who this is a bit annoying.. staying at hotels for the district convention is nothing new here - many are used to staying at the same hotel/b&b/campsite every year, and get quite friendly with the owners.

  but this year, it looks like not only do we have a new location for our district assembly (glasgow - the s.e.c.c.?

  ) but we are being told what hotel to stay at, supposedly to make things cheaper.. what i can't understand is, if this is really for the benefit of people, why didn't they do this years ago?

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  Ecan6's link above was very interesting and insightful into the workings of DC's as regards to a subsidy that WTS receives from a local community.

  It's a short read but enlightening for me. [Also, the PDF of the minutes of the City Council meeting which highlight the revenue to the local businesses and the city. ($300,000 estimated return to the city - not counting the boon to the businesses at a time of year that is usually 'dead'.) - Read the PDF that is shown at the bottom of the article. You will likely be surprised as well. "Follow the money" comes to mind.]

  This paragraph made me laugh, though:

  But this year City Councilors say they want to see more outreach into the community.

  Baldwin explained that in the past the City Council would encourage and suggest that the group to partner with other organizations in the community, but wouldn’t require it. The Jehovah’s Witnesses would instead perform some other kind of service work.

  This year, she said they decided to tie the funding directly to the completion of a community service.

  Councilors gave the group three options including providing support or volunteers for a local Habitat for Humanity project, Helping Hands Mission relocation or a food or clothing drive for one of the city’s food banks or shelters. The group could suggest its own partnership, but it must be approved by the City Council.

  hehe While in the past they were happy with free labor for arena cleaning and for free landscaping services, they are now wanting JWs to be move involved in community outreach - and not the bogus door-to-door 'Life-Saving' proselytising that they may claim as charitable activity. The city wants actual, bonafid, charitable activity in exchange for the subsidy. Would really like to see an update on this...

  -Aude.
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  Stephen Lett's combover is famous

  by zound in

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  found stephen lett on the first page of google images when i googled "famous combovers' (don't ask!).

  http://memegenerator.net/instance/34747377.

  got me thinking.

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  AudeSapere

  Can someone please make the links clickable?

  Aude.