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  Hi to Everyone

  by DawnLS620 in

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  my name is dawn and i'm a ex-jw, who has been out since l976.

  i live in michigan, was born and raised here but also spent about 3 years in austin, texas (1 of them as a witness - the other two running amouk having fun).

  i just spent the last 2 1/2 hours on the phone with my dear old buddy, dave, (seven006) whom i've heard some of you know.

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  betterdaze

  Hi DawnLS620, welcome!
  
  I remember seven006 from my lurking days before I got out of *the* daze. Nice to meet you, and hope he's faring well.
  
  ~Sue
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  "I"

  by nvrgnbk in

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  if this means anything to you, please share your thoughts.. .

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  betterdaze

  Learning to Fly
  
  Into the distance, a ribbon of black
  Stretched to the point of no turning back
  A flight of fancy on a windswept field
  Standing alone my senses reeled
  A fatal attraction is holding me fast
  How can I escape this irresistible grasp?
  
  Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky
  Tongue-tied and twisted just an earthbound misfit, I
  
  Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
  Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
  No navigator to guide my way home
  Unladened, empty and turned to stone
  
  A soul in tension that's learning to fly
  Condition grounded but determined to try
  Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky
  Tongue-tied and twisted just an earthbound misfit, I
  
  Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
  My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air
  Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
  Out of the corner of my watering eye
  A dream unthreatened by the morning light
  Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
  
  There's no sensation to compare with this
  Suspended animation, a state of bliss
  Can't keep my mind from the circling sky
  Tongue-tied and twisted just an earthbound misfit, I
  
  Pink Floyd
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  NEW policy! NO LIT for EX-JWs!

  by MinisterAmos in

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  it's official; they read the letter tonight that puts forth the new procedure.

  if you find an expelled person in the field or are studying with one, you are no longer permitted to give them lit.

  presumably the elders make a decision if an expelled one is regularly attending meetings, but only they can give them lit.

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  betterdaze

  This is exactly what I was talking about Mr. A... thanks for keeping us in the loop!
  
  
  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/135237/2411046/post.ashx#2411046
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ~Sue
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  If someone told you they would give you $10 M,,,,,, if you,,,,,,

  by AK - Jeff in

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  just closed your eyes, threw a dart at the world map, and would have to take the 10 million, get on a plane within the hour, move to that location, and never look back, contact your friends or relatives again.

  no rule changes.

  you can take your mate and/or minor children, but can tell no one else.

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  betterdaze

  Nah. For one thing, the cat would sure miss me. Who else would sing him the Kookaburra song off-key?
  
  ~Sue
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  What kind of changes would you make if you were the President of the WTS.

  by Brain Dead in

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  i'm just curious, if you could imagine taking control over the jws.

  as an acting president, what specific changes would you make to .

  the organization to make it more approachable, livable and attainable for the general population ?.

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  betterdaze

  President Homer, would you consider opening bier gardens at this summer's District Conventions?
  
  It would make the spiritual "food" go down a little easier. And the proceeds could be used to fund real charities, like soup kitchens and homeless shelters.
  
  ~Sue
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  Martain, I would like a Bible Study

  by mavie in

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  please?

  i propose an online bible study.

  no reporting time.

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  betterdaze

  ***Not sure of his history, ?***
  
  Mad:
  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/134112/2387520/post.ashx#2387520
  
  Simon's response:
  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/134112/2387527/post.ashx#2387527
  
  
  ***Should make for an interesting Bible Study.***
  
  Yes indeed.
  
  ~Sue
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  Martain, I would like a Bible Study

  by mavie in

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  please?

  i propose an online bible study.

  no reporting time.

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  betterdaze

  AlphaOmega, if it's who it appears to be (and I cannot be certain, just pointing out the IP similarity), Simon suspended him.
  
  Maybe the suspension has ended. Maybe Mad/Martian has so much *agape* for us that he just had to start a new account?
  
  ~Sue
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  Martain, I would like a Bible Study

  by mavie in

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  please?

  i propose an online bible study.

  no reporting time.

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  betterdaze

  jaguarbass asks: OK, I give. Whos Martain, Is he from Mars?
  
  
  theMartian: IP: UJn0Dxxutxjke4lX
  
  
  Mad: IP: UJn0Dxxutxjke4lX
  
  
  ~Sue
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  Waistband of pants down to mid thighs

  by Fatfreek in

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  i had a sandwich at subway today and my seat was near the door.

  one of the patrons left with his buddy and i could hardly believe my eyes.

  i'm no prude but it turned me off to see the belt line of his jean shorts down to the middle of his thighs.

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  betterdaze

  I read somewhere that the "fashion" originated in the prison system, where inmates' belts were taken away to prevent them from hanging themselves.
  
  Not only does it look stupid, it emulates convicted criminals?
  
  They're announcing to the opposite sex: "WARNING: Do not breed with me, I'm so stupid/lazy I can't even get dressed."
  
  ~Sue
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  Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch

  by pennycandy in

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  in discussing with witnesses the need to belong to an organization, they will often point to acts 8:26-31, emphasizing the need to be taught by someone what the bible means.. short summary: philip heard a man reading aloud scripture in his chariot, asked him if he understood it, the man said how can i unless someone teaches me, so philip taught him.. sounds like a good point, huh?

  not when you give it a little thought.. what was the man reading from?

  the book of isaiah, a prophecy about the lamb.

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  betterdaze

  There were isolated communities of Jews in Ethiopia at that time. Today's Ethiopian Jews (most of whom have resettled in the modern State of Israel) claim to trace their lineage back to Solomon or even Moses.
  
  http://www.answers.com/topic/beta-israel
  
  "Judaism in Ethiopia undoubtedly goes back into very ancient times. In an Ethiopian book titled "Kebra Nagast", or "Book of the Glory of Kings," there are several references to Biblical verses about Solomon and Sheba. The Hebrew Bible also has various references. (Tanakh [1 Kings 10:1-13 and 2 Chronicles 9:1-12]). Precisely what its early history was, however, remains obscure. The now dominant Coptic Ethiopian Church claims it originated from the visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon back in the Tenth Century B.C.E. This visit is mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures (I Kings 10:1). Moreover, the details of the queen's visit, including the alleged theft of the Holy Ark as well as Solomon getting her pregnant with a child who established the "Solomonic" lineage in Ethiopia, as given in Christian Ethiopian tradition, are not in the Bible. They instead developed in the Middle Ages, first written down in full in the 13th century Kebra Nagast, inspired partly to legitimize the Solomonic dynasty as compared to the previous Zagwe dynasty of Agaw descent (Cushitic, not Semitic-speaking, though passionately Christian).
  
  The chief Semitic languages of Ethiopia also suggest an antiquity of Judaism in Ethiopia. "There still remains the curious circumstance that a number of Abyssinian words connected with religion -- Hell, idol, Easter, purification, alms -- are of Hebrew origin. These words must have been derived directly from a Jewish source, for the Abyssinian Church knows the scriptures only in a Ge'ez version made from the Septuagint."
  
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  Acts 8:27, 28 — So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet.
  
  The eunuch was there to "worship," he was not a gentile, he was Jewish as well as an Ethiopian court official. (BTW, "Ethiopian" simply means black here, but that's a different geography discussion.)
  
  So... one take on this account is that Queen Candace sent the (Jewish Ethiopian) eunuch to Jerusalem as her representative to investigate reports that the Messiah had arrived. The book of Isaiah was not some souvenir novelty; as a worshiper in the far-flung Jewish world he would be familiar with some Hebrew scripture and he would have a vested interest both personally and professionally to confirm rumors of Hebrew prophecy being fulfilled.
  
  Hence the quickie baptism.
  
  ~Sue