AudeSapere

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  Strong, odd and weird opinions on my brothers anniversary

  by usualusername in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today my brother a non witness gave me a phone call.. .

  he spoke about this, that and the other.

  he then said that my oldest brother (an elder) was having his 25th wedding anniversary.

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  Giordano wrote: ... his son was told by an Elder that he'd have to ask his father to leave...his son refused so the Elder told his Dad he could not eat with them.

  Such arrogance on the part of the elder. If said elder was offended, said elder should have left the event himself.

  Sheesh~!

  Tough call on this one. I tend to agree with Ouiblette's first suggestion to be the most gracious one. But... Other people make a good point. A second- or third-hand invite, is not an invite.

  Maybe do something fun to celebrate your own life. Something fun and out-of-the-ordinary with your girlfriend.

  -Aude.
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  Told my JW friend it's a cult

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i said i would write about the 2014 convention program that you guys kindly posted here, to the jw friend who contacted me out of the blue after over 20 years since we d'ad.

  sorry if you find this repetitive if you have already read my story.

  this friend does not know anything about how my family shun me and i thought it is relevant in the light of the convention symposium talk about putting family in second place.

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  xanthippe wrote: Well, my friend, I expect I shall not hear from you again now that you know I am never coming back. I have to say I was surprised when you started writing after such a long time. Be sure I know your motives are good and you want to save me from this wicked world to live in the New System. I worry about you in the same way, getting worn out and poorly working hard for something that isn’t true.

  Simple. Respectful. Honest. Direct.

  Perfect. I love it.

  Thank you for sharing this.

  -Aude.
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  2 J dubs at my door this morning .

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife and i are presently interstate house sitting for a freind , and this morning 2 jw`s called unexpectedly of course .

  after their introducing themselves.

  they offered the invitation to the memmorial which i rejected , then let him present his spiel , nothing has changed by the way .. i had them their for about an hour , i`m on holidays nothing better to do this morning except keep them away from other doors .and of course they were prepared to stay.

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  smiddy wrote: Probably neither of us will do either. LOL

  LOL! This made me laugh~! Nice work with the visiting JWs. Maybe something you said will trigger a thought. Maybe not. But you never know.

  Thanks for sharing.

  -Aude.
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  My dear old Dad's (RIP) observation

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my dear old dad was the po of a congregation.

  he had been in the british marines during ww2.. one jolly day we were in the coach park at twickenham convention.. dad was watching the brothers and sisters getting off the coaches.. he looked at me and said quite pained: 'they all look like loonies.'.

  i kid you not..

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  That's funny. Funny because it's true.

  I hope that is a good memory for you.

  -Aude.
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  Today i miss my friends and feel negative. How did you overcome?

  by Jon Preston in

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  2. friends

  today nothing feels right.

  i feel like a bystander to all things.

  as if im nowhere and have no forward progression.

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  Music and taking classes helped me alot during my transition.

  This was before JWN and way before my first meet-up with XJW's. At the time I did not consider myself an 'X'; merely inactive due to conscience matters. So I kept my distance from non-JW's and JW's alike. All for far too long.

  I don't remember your situation so will leave further comments for others.

  All the best on your personal journey.

  -Aude.
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  Is there a thread here on JWN about Guy Pierce's death?

  by Iamallcool in

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  2. friends

  i have not been keeping up with jwn lately since i was out of town helping my mom.

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  AudeSapere

  I just did my own search here and it worked very well.

  In the search box, type in these words an be sure to also include the quotation marks: "Guy Pierce"

  The press the enter/search button. Some good, pertinent threads are displayed.

  Hope this helps.

  -Aude.
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  Is there a thread here on JWN about Guy Pierce's death?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
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  i have not been keeping up with jwn lately since i was out of town helping my mom.

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  AudeSapere

  To find them you can do a search.

  or... It might just be easier to glance back thru the past 20 pages of Active Topics.
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  Is there a thread here on JWN about Guy Pierce's death?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
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  i have not been keeping up with jwn lately since i was out of town helping my mom.

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  Yes. There were a few.

  Welcome back.

  -Aude.
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  Another death in the family

  by Decided in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my brother's wife just died.

  it seems someone in my family is dying every month lately.

  i guess when you get my age everyone you are friends with will be gone soon, including myself.. ken p..

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  Sorry for your loss. Nice that you are able to be pall bearer and that you were able to share some fun conversation with the rest of the family.

  -Aude.
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  Interesting Choice of Words

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i get into words, and why certain words are used, and the meaning of certain words as they are used, especially by the wt&t$.

  i noticed the way this statement about relief work in the phillipines news article on j.worg was written:.

  "an estimated 15 to 20 percent of those seeking refuge at the site are non-witnesses.".

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  AudeSapere

  Interesting observation.

  Also, the other non-JW's (aside from kids) might be UnBelieving Mates...?

  -Aude.