Topics Started by YoungAmerican

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How many remember the 1969 8 day convention?
by seek2find in
1. jw
2. experiences
anybody remember the 8 day 1969 international convention.

i was at the braves stadium in atlanta all 8 days with a sunburn and then wet clothes after the rain storms.

if you were there (not necessarily in atlanta) do you remember anything about it?
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Another one bites the dust
by YoungAmerican in
1. jw
2. experiences
received this email from a family member who still thinks i am a active jw.. good morning all,.

just a bit of sad news, in case you have not already heard.. beloved member of the governing body, brother carey barber finished his earthly course yesterday morning.

he would have been 102 years od this july.
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Angry, humiliated and in pain
by brunnhilde in
1. jw
2. experiences
dubs just stopped by.

saw my husband working outside and literally chased him around the back of the house and pounded and called through the sliding glass door.

when we ignored it, he went around to the front and pounded and called through that door.
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Who pays for the memorial wine ?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
i know who gets to drink it, but who pays for it?.
4
Need help, What is viewed as appropriate, I can't remember
by YoungAmerican in
1. jw
2. experiences
my grandmother just passed away this weekend and is a witness as is alot of my family.

i have been out for so long and haven't had to deal with death in my immediate family.

i need to know what is the jw view of sending flowers or arrangement to the memorial service they will be having at the kh.
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Your opinion on my really important question, please.
by jambon1 in
1. jw
2. friends
does a jw upbringing simply confuse a child or is it really damaging?.

i have no doubt that a jw child is, at least, confused with life.

in my own case my wife brings up my 2 children (aged 5 & 2) as jw`s.
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Things YOU eat, that other people think is weird.
by misanthropic in
1. jw
2. friends
this mornings events have got me thinking about things.

i love peanut butter, not the sweet kind but i like the old fashioned peanut butter, usually laura scudder's with no sugar or preservatives - it just tastes better imo.

i put it on everything including pancakes which are really good with peanut butter and maple syrup.
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Do You Still ............ ?
by Outaservice in
1. jw
2. experiences
since i left the jw's i never wear a neck tie!

i probably have 75 to a 100 of them, but they don't seem to wear them in any churches, do not wear them to weddings and funerals, or even to exclusive restaurants.

i'm certainly never going back to the kingdom hall!.
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Anyone hear of a person hanging himself in real life in the Wizard of Oz?
by AK - Jeff in
1. jw
2. friends
a lady i know told me today that in the original film, while dancing on the yellow brick road, someone on the set actually killed himself by hanging in the woods in the background and that it was visible if you had the tape.

anyone know if this is true?.

i asked why they did not just cut the scene - she thought it was because it occured in relative darkness in the rear of the set, and that in those days they didn't make as many retakes for a film.. anyone?.
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Has being a Jehova's witness totally shattered your faith?
by Silvia Plath in
1. jw
2. experiences
just because the watchtower society is wrong doesn't mean that there is no god, nor does it mean there is a god.

it would interesting to now how former members have adjusted thier cosmology, or whether they are now atheists and why.

i personally see religion as a more personal matter, rather than belonging to an organization.