the other thread on the judge rutherfords death lead me to google beth sarim at 4440 braeburn rd., in san diego ca.
nice digs on google earth.
the home next door is over $800,000 on zillow and trulia.
Right near the front door there's a big, dark, metal oval-shaped placque that says "Beth-Sarim, Home of the Princes". It's a registered Historic Landmark in San Diego County.
I'm pretty sure you can see the placque on Google street view.
When my son and I visited a couple years ago and took a few disrespectful photos, there were people home and they didn't have the JW "vibe" at all. But you never know.
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it was only low 20s (c) here in southern australia.
after weeks of long hot days, it looks like the cold is on the way.
in an unrelated matter - it's only 11 days till game of thrones season 3 begins.
Started using the car's air conditioning last week here in Northern California. Dining on the patio and time to get the big umbrella up for the season.
the age newspaper | fairfax media | saturday, march 16, 2013. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/slamming-the-door-on-jehovah-20130315-2g6fo.html.
slamming the door on jehovah's witnesses.
she is an apostate, which sounds like a strange disease, and in many ways it is.
marked
"that which can be asserted without evidence, can.
be dismissed without evidence.
" - christopher hitchens.
Excellent post Surely.
"And this is the way the current generation stays, eventually dying of old age, and a new generation gets suckered in: cognitive dissonance and a brain that has been in suspended animation due to an official ban on critical thinking."
So very sad yet true.
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i happened to be on facebook today, when in the message section, i see on the left a column of the latest private correspondences with various folks.
one is from bex, a former jw in my area who passed away on 12/31.
dated from 8/10, her last words to me were, fade well.. .
Wikiquotes says it's probably apocryphal, but I've always enjoyed these "last words" erroneously attributed to Pancho Villa:
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
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so my husband (who was never a jw) saw a christian bumper sticker today and asked me if the witnesses have any.
i said no (not that i know of anyway) so here are a few he came up with.. 'honk if you're a zombie'.
'my other car is noah's ark'.
A Circuit Overseer we had about 10 years ago had a license plate frame that said:
Happiness Is Being A Pioneer
Sorry for killing the mood in here.
Excellent thread until now.
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unless they get another extension, or armageddon comes first..
Getting my popcorn ready.
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what is considered as a requirement for them now-a-days to turn in their time as a "publisher?
" among born-in, how young were you?
my parents became jws when i was 9 yrs old.
5. Had to keep up with my older siblings.
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i have not been going to the meetings for just over nine months and was wondering what to say when an elder asked am i coming back.
if i say no will i get df'd?
we have not gotton any phonecalls or visits but a text message asking if we are coming back.
Text him this reply: "brb"
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dear friends:.
forty-five years ago i was out in service with an elder, and we came upon a house where the owners kindly received us.
this was not so unusual as the family was jehovah's witnesses.
Wishing you strength on the road ahead Mike.
Open Mind
