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  How many remember the 1969 8 day convention?

  by seek2find in

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  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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  bernadette

  8 days finishing at 9pm???????
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  My Story (in detail)

  by KW13 in

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  its sometimes hard for us ex-dubs to share our stories and even harder for those who can't leave the organization and need to vent.

  i would encourage all those with a story to tell to do so, i'd really enjoy reading it as i do already read the stories you all shared.. i grew up without my dad and almost without my mum since she was always out drinking or doing something else.

  we've been homeless and without money, for years no one in the family had a telephone and my dad offered the sum total of 1.50 a week in child support before running away to american for a few years, abandoning his responsibilities (which he successfully evaded right up to me being too old to need or want his help).

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  bernadette

  Hi KW

  You have had a tough time but I am so glad that you have found meaning and purpose in your life

  love

  bernadette
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  Picture of Mouthy Granny Grace

  by mouthys_gdaughter in

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  i'm mouthy's grand daughter... she emailed me and said y'all wanna see a picture of what she looks like.

  in order to do that i had to sign up.

  i hope she doesn't mind ;)

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  bernadette

  You have a lovely family mouthy and your story is inspiring too - thanks for sharing it with us.
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  Sincere Question to Anyone who Believes in God

  by Big Tex in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lately it's occurred to me that one day i will die.

  being raised in a cult that teaches you, you will live forever without dying will warp perspectives.

  and i've been working hard on coming to terms with that realization, and it's becoming more and more okay.

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  bernadette

  jst2laws gave me a reading assignment last night, so come paycheck next week I'm off to the bookstore! I've been in the mood for something new reading wise anyway.

  bigtex, I'm curious - which book on buddhism did jst2laws reccommend. I've browsed through books on buddhism in bookstores - but it seems such a big subject I've ended up not buying anythin.
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  Concerned.

  by SPAZnik in

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  today someone i love like a son is meeting with the elders.

  he seems to need closure.

  he thinks there's a possibility they may charge him with apostasy for his questioning attitude.

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  bernadette

  (((Spaznik)))

  Glad he's got you and his wife supporting him and looking out for him.
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  Welcome to the board Skycaptain!

  by fullofdoubtnow in

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  2. friends

  i see we have another new member, and a fellow brit as well!.

  hi skycaptain, and welcome to jwd, it's great to have you here.. linda.

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  bernadette

  always nice to meet an east ender - hope you are teaching those scots a thing or two about life
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  Sincere Question to Anyone who Believes in God

  by Big Tex in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lately it's occurred to me that one day i will die.

  being raised in a cult that teaches you, you will live forever without dying will warp perspectives.

  and i've been working hard on coming to terms with that realization, and it's becoming more and more okay.

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  bernadette

  Satanus recommended silence as well. Thanks for reinforcing the idea. The nice thing is I go in with no expectations so there will be no disappointment, you know?

  going in with no expectations - thats the beauty of it imo. As humans we want to quantify and measure. Its more liberating to stay in a non-expectational state
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  Sincere Question to Anyone who Believes in God

  by Big Tex in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lately it's occurred to me that one day i will die.

  being raised in a cult that teaches you, you will live forever without dying will warp perspectives.

  and i've been working hard on coming to terms with that realization, and it's becoming more and more okay.

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  bernadette

  when I was a witness I'd imagine I'd died already and was starting a new day - that used to trick my brain into new ways of seeing things. But I'd soon fall back into the old disabling pattern.

  Nowadays I find that listening out for silence helps me - it really does - at the very least it stops me thinking.
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  My Mom died yesterday

  by skeptic1914 in

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  my mom passed away yesterday.

  she was a die-hard jw.

  i tried to explain why i couldn't accept certain teachings but rather than rationally consider what i had to say she chose to believe i was just "confused".

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  bernadette

  sorry for your loss
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  AFTER WILLIAM MILLER......the saga continues.....

  by Terry in

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  this continues as pt.2 of: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/132920/2365238/post.ashx#2365238.

  william miller began his preaching reluctantly.

  he had no formal training and he was self-educated.

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  bernadette

  am enjoying the saga Terry

  I wonder what Miller would have acheived in a different setting - political or scientific. Mind you he would have been under more contraints and his thinking and behaviour would have been more regulated and moderated by his peers. just thinking.