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  JW-lite on Facebook

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  greetings, fellow posters and friends:.

  i have noticed that jws on fb post a great deal from their website.

  it's ready-made witnessing material, namely, videos, links to reading materials, comments on the tv show, etc.

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  jwleaks, the comet, sparrowdown, and Louise:

  Your comments are very much appreciated. Thanks, jwleaks, for that helpful link.

  Maybe a few seeds, sparrowdown, particularly amongst friends and family on FB. I feel a responsibility toward those who followed my lead when I was an active, zealous evangelizer and teacher. Others, too, who have been dear friends for so many years. Those under 30 don't appear to be inclined nor educated sufficiently to talk their faith, the comet; you're correct. Half hearted is spot on, Louise.

  Gratefully,

  CC

  Interesting what I found on JW NEWS (what a site!):

  brothers and sisters. this page is actually a ex jehovah's witness page even though it seems like jw page.

  
  
  
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  JW-lite on Facebook

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  greetings, fellow posters and friends:.

  i have noticed that jws on fb post a great deal from their website.

  it's ready-made witnessing material, namely, videos, links to reading materials, comments on the tv show, etc.

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  Greetings, fellow posters and friends:

  I have noticed that JWs on FB post a great deal from their website. It's ready-made witnessing material, namely, videos, links to reading materials, comments on the TV show, etc. When comments are made by Witnesses, it generally involves superficial and black-and-white reasoning. Blanket generalizations are common; praise of the GB is, well . . . you know. As to declaring the most important issue in the universe, it's simply this: "Jehovah is good, Satan is bad." There might be a bit more to it than that, but I'll need to do further research. . . .

  On occasion, I have responded with a comment based on my research in the publications and Bible. Also, I have related experiences from past times to show attitudes and actions of the old-school JWs. My goal has been to remain entirely within the parameters of the JW comfort zone in order to get a seasoned reply.

  I have gotten many "likes" but rarely a response. My question is this: do JWs simply not discuss doctrine and such on FB or JW-friendly sites? Have you any thoughts or experiences in this regard?

  Thanks.

  CC

  
  
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  This Year's Memorial

  by TD in

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  perhaps i'm just getting older and crankier, but it really seems to me that the jw faith is deteriorating at an accelerated rate.. case in point: this year's memorial talk.

  it was one of the most incoherent messes i've ever heard.

  (and i've heard a lot of memorial talks over the last 50 years....).

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  Hi DT:

  When I passed the glass back to the MS serving us, the stem stuck to my fingers. My greatest fear has always been spilling the wine . . .

  Regards.

  CC
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  walking out and about.

  by zeb in

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  just starting back slow and steady at my walking after a ride in an ambulance recently.

  heart is fine im glad to say.

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  Hi Zeb:

  Glad you're better. I had 2 rides recently and they didn't even turn on the siren!

  Best wishes.

  CoCo
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  The Last Cup [please add an ending]

  by compound complex in

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  good morning, fellow posters and friends:.

  please use your imagination to complete this little tale.

  several endings came to me while drinking my morning cup of coffee on the patio.. thanks.. cc.

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  Thanks, my friends, for words worthy of a screenplay!

  Lots of imagination and talent here.

  Love and blessings,

  CoCo Caffe
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  The Last Cup [please add an ending]

  by compound complex in

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  good morning, fellow posters and friends:.

  please use your imagination to complete this little tale.

  several endings came to me while drinking my morning cup of coffee on the patio.. thanks.. cc.

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  Youse guys is good! WOW!

  Muddy Waters: no conversion here, just a reason why it's my last cup.

  Best regards and thanks.

  CC
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  The Last Cup [please add an ending]

  by compound complex in

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  good morning, fellow posters and friends:.

  please use your imagination to complete this little tale.

  several endings came to me while drinking my morning cup of coffee on the patio.. thanks.. cc.

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  Thanks, nicolaou, 3rdgen, OUTLAW, and PeteZ:

  Imaginative and thought-provoking!

  My thought was I'm converting to Mormonism.

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  The Last Cup [please add an ending]

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  good morning, fellow posters and friends:.

  please use your imagination to complete this little tale.

  several endings came to me while drinking my morning cup of coffee on the patio.. thanks.. cc.

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  Good morning, fellow posters and friends:

  Please use your imagination to complete this little tale. Several endings came to me while drinking my morning cup of coffee on the patio.

  Thanks.

  CC

  The early morning breeze gently rumpled the glistening crowns of new spring growth on the stately black oaks in my forested glen. Hands wrapped tightly around my chipped but still serviceable old coffee mug, I tried to gather a little warmth for my bare hands and arms. While savoring the last mouthful of robust French roast, I sat shivering on a rusty patio glider and watched the remnants of tattered shreds of cloud scud away. Another aborted rain storm; nothing short of a miracle will end this four-year California drought. No March miracle in the works . . .

  This state of meteorological affairs only heightened my personal sense of sadness -- despair? -- that this oh so "good-to-the-last-drop" cuppa would be my last.

  You, dear reader, may wonder why . . .
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  At Peace, at Last

  by compound complex in

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  a cool sense of tranquility overtakes my troubled spirit.. i emerge slowly from a deeply entrenched, lifelong nightmare and proceed into gentle reverie, into quiet wakefulness.

  youthful ideals, embodied in vaporous form before me, are a black reminiscence, threatening to return as an untold want having neither name nor substance, only a niggling dig that skewers my soul.

  i shut it out, shut out all the noise in the head: irrational thought, excessive thinking that leads to depression, to insanity.

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  A very dear and precious, butterfly, Miss Drew!

  Thank you so much!

  CoCo
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  At Peace, at Last

  by compound complex in

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  a cool sense of tranquility overtakes my troubled spirit.. i emerge slowly from a deeply entrenched, lifelong nightmare and proceed into gentle reverie, into quiet wakefulness.

  youthful ideals, embodied in vaporous form before me, are a black reminiscence, threatening to return as an untold want having neither name nor substance, only a niggling dig that skewers my soul.

  i shut it out, shut out all the noise in the head: irrational thought, excessive thinking that leads to depression, to insanity.

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  compound complex

  Thank you, rip, floriferous, and zeb, for your welcome replies!

  Those words to "Stardust" are very meaningful, rip, because I recently learned and performed that song at a dinner/dance/play. A dear friend is related to Hoagy.

  Yes, flori, anxious thoughts -- I get them all the time myself. I'm glad those words helped!

  I appreciate the thought, zeb. I've been writing online for quite a while. If you search "DARK MOON," on this site, you'll see similar stuff: prose poetry.

  With gratitude,

  CoCo