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  They have to step down

  by Gorbatchov in

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  with all the leaked information, it has to be a one way direction to the exit for the watchtower leadership and gb.. they can not stay.. it can take time, but this is the only scenario.. g..

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  "The overseer should therefore be irreprehensible, a husband of one wife, moderate in habits, sound in mind, . . ." -- 1 Timothy 3:2

  Irreprehensible : free from blame or reproach [in] conduct in all respects -- https://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/irreprehensible

  I recall, in situations I read about or observed personally, that an elder might've been guiltless in a particular controversial situation, but if he lost the confidence of the congregation, he could no longer serve effectively. I don't know if that automatically paints him "reprehensible," given the definition.

  Do I recollect correctly?
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  Help Finding a User's Avatar

  by LV101 in

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  i know how tech-savvy many of you on board are and i need help finding a poster's avatar -- she's not posted here in many moons but it was awesome poster of 1950s picture of brunette in a dress holding a gun with a cigarette hanging in her mouth -- not real lady like but she's pulls it off.

  it's called 'heater, cigarette' online but the poster (picture/whatever) she had was in color and with a quote.

  anyone recall - recollect out there?

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  Help Finding a User's Avatar

  by LV101 in

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  i know how tech-savvy many of you on board are and i need help finding a poster's avatar -- she's not posted here in many moons but it was awesome poster of 1950s picture of brunette in a dress holding a gun with a cigarette hanging in her mouth -- not real lady like but she's pulls it off.

  it's called 'heater, cigarette' online but the poster (picture/whatever) she had was in color and with a quote.

  anyone recall - recollect out there?

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  Me, again:

  I've gotten to members eleven years in -- must be further back.

  Taking a break.
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  Help Finding a User's Avatar

  by LV101 in

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  2. friends

  i know how tech-savvy many of you on board are and i need help finding a poster's avatar -- she's not posted here in many moons but it was awesome poster of 1950s picture of brunette in a dress holding a gun with a cigarette hanging in her mouth -- not real lady like but she's pulls it off.

  it's called 'heater, cigarette' online but the poster (picture/whatever) she had was in color and with a quote.

  anyone recall - recollect out there?

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  Hi, LV101:

  I'm looking for you. I found a smoking blonde, i.e., a blonde who is smoking -- Harvard Illiterate 411.

  Amazing, as I go through 20 at a time, how many non-posting members there are. I don't recognize most of them.
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  Are You An Angry Exjw At This Point In Your Life?

  by minimus in

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  i’ve been here for many years.

  the tone seems to be different in this place.

  not so many pissed off exjws .

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  No I'm not. If you keep moving forward in your waking up process rage is only a temporary part of it, kind of like the stages of grief. It's not healthy to maintain anger. -- sparrowdown

  The stages of grief apply to awakening from the grips of a cult.

  There is the Denial, the Anger, the Bargaining, the Depression, and the Acceptance. -- stuckinarut2

  No. I am amazed at how well-adjusted I have become in my new life, given how mentally and emotionally messed up I had been during my entire pitiful existence.

  Learning about the specific stages of grief and understanding my step-by-step movements through each of the five provided tangible proof that I was healing, calming down, accepting who I am and no longer wanting to kill myself.
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  Were visits to the library an important part of your childhood?

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, fellow bibliophiles:.

  i remember how sad i was, as a little child, when our beloved carnegie library was razed (unsafe, structurally).

  the same tragedy occurred when we moved to a new town and that similar architectural treasure was demolished to put up a new and gleaming building of steel and glass.

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  I am truly whelmed over!

  Thank you, SBF, Bill C, jp, Xanthippe, Jeff, fast J, LUHE, just fine,Juan V, LHG, and Wasa. And any others whom I might have missed (sorry).

  I am a very slow and unskilled typist, making detailed replies to all of you nearly impossible. Weird -- a pianist who cannot type. Yet, I relate to so much of what you have written, my having been a child of the '50s.

  I devoured everything as a child and took notes on what I read, dictionary at the ready. That has led me, in my dotage, to much satisfying work as an editor (aka Grammar Nazi).

  Blessings and Peace.
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  Mr. Dropoff goes to Warwick!

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  made a visit to warwick recently.

  i’ll try to get some pics posted..

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  "Oh, I don't know. A little paint, a few flowers, a couple of throw pillows . . ." -- Igor
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  Do you have JW-related dreams (nightmares)?

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, dreamers:.

  i guess it's never going away: daytime carryovers of jw-related stuff seeping into my dreams.. the majority of these dreams take place at conventions but with really weird trappings.

  last night i dreamed i arrived at the site with no books, no lunch, nothing but my car keys.

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  Thank you, Half banana and gma-tired2.

  Where our minds take us when asleep is unbelievable. Will you have your man baked, broiled, or roasted?

  WOW!
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  Were visits to the library an important part of your childhood?

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, fellow bibliophiles:.

  i remember how sad i was, as a little child, when our beloved carnegie library was razed (unsafe, structurally).

  the same tragedy occurred when we moved to a new town and that similar architectural treasure was demolished to put up a new and gleaming building of steel and glass.

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  Thanks, scratchme, for that insight.

  I can see, through your comment, that having been a born-in (am I correct?), your influences would have been vastly different. Funny how on my mom's bed -- our at-home library -- were scattered Bibles, movie rags, Astrology Today, The Good Earth, The Egg and I, The Watchtower, Awake!, etc.

  Obviously, we were not JWs then!
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  Were visits to the library an important part of your childhood?

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  greetings, fellow bibliophiles:.

  i remember how sad i was, as a little child, when our beloved carnegie library was razed (unsafe, structurally).

  the same tragedy occurred when we moved to a new town and that similar architectural treasure was demolished to put up a new and gleaming building of steel and glass.

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  Thank you, Carla, for a wonderful account!

  My dearly departed mom introduced me to literature and the library. Her surviving brother, my uncle, continues to send me books, having taken her place. At Friends of the Library I bought one of Mom's favorites, that originally cost $5.00, way back in 1954. I got it for one dollar.

  That book has taken me back home.