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  My sister died in a head on collision last night

  by Bumble Bee in

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  i still can't believe it.

  she was here for the bbq, we had an awesome time, laughing, her telling stories from our childhoods.

  i gave her a hug and told her i loved her before she left.

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  I'm so very sorry Bumblebee. Losing a loved one so suddenly and in such a horrible way is a terrible blow.

  You and your family are in my prayers.

  Ruth
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  Food For Thinking Christians - 1881 - PDF

  by RR in

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  2. bible

  this is a collaborative effort.

  i scanned and pdf'd my copy of food for thinking christians.

  cabasilas then ocr'd and bookmarked it and uploaded the file.

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  Thanks to all of you!! This is the publication that caused my great-great grandfather to leave the Baptist Church and become a Bible Student. I daresay that great-great grandpa would hardly recognize the current JW beliefs as being the same as his beliefs.

  I had the text version, but this is a great addition to my library.

  You guys are the greatest

  Ruth
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  How Many Personally Heard F. W. Franz Speak?

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i believe i did in 1974, but i was just coming into the org and didn't realize the significance of the part he played.. it was a sunday at a stadium on the campus of the university of alabama in tuscaloosa.

  all the "friends" were almost beside themselves with excitement, so looking back, it must have been f. w. franz!.

  i'd worked until 6 pm that saturday night, had a one year old teething child, and had to arise at 3 am to get ready for the bus trip.. when we arrived, the weather had turned colder, the stadium was quite warm, and i fell asleep a few minutes into the talk.

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  I heard him quite a few times. The most memorable were Atlanta Georgia in 1969 when he released "Then is Finished the Mystery of God" and the Centennial Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh (1984?).

  Ruth
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  Older posters check in...just post your name...we need to hear from you!

  by restrangled in

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  2. beliefs

  i am not the oldest but have 3 years here!

  restrangled.. how about you?.

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  Ruth here -- 2 1/2 years

  My how the time flies!
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  Filthy Kingdon Hall at last nights Meeting! Swine Flu Shame!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. scandals

  cute little african kid greeted me at the door...nice.

  but, the hall has been skipped afew times by the hall cleaning brothers.

  see about 10 congregations meet there so i guess they think....the next guys will vaccum, dis-infect etc.

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  Well, at our Hall the cleaning schedule ran by bookstudy groups. Now there are no bookstudy groups.

  Unintended consequences maybe?

  Or maybe the window washer -- floor cleaner -- house cleaning elders/elders wives are just too tired after cleaning up after all those worldly folk to give any attention to Jehovah's house.

  Shows quite a bit of disrespect, and puts the lie to the claim that the Witnesses always leave everything cleaner than they found it.
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  Anyone else going to church this Easter Sunday?

  by passwordprotected in

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  2. friends

  i'm starting my day at 6.30am on top of the campsie hills for a brief dawn service with an ecumenical group of christians.

  then it's back to one of the lennoxtown church for a roll and sausage.

  our own church's service is at 12noon, so i may be able to go back to bed for an hour......hahahahahahaha i crack myself up.. what are you guys doing this easter sunday?.

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  9 am Mass this morning

  Christ is risen!!

  Happy Easter everyone.

  Ruth
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  whats the best memorial you DID NOT attend?

  by darth frosty in

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  2. friends

  every body has a thread about r u attending the memorial or whats gon happen who's gon partake...what i want to know whats the best memorial that you missed or skipped?.

  for me it was the first memorial i missed.

  i stopped going to the hal in 04 but, got conned into going to the memorial in 05. in 06 i wasn't having any of it.

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  Last year, because on that day I was baptized, confirmed, and received Holy Communion as a Roman Catholic.

  After all those years of watching the bread and wine pass by, it seemed very ironic that the JW Memorial fell on the exact same day that I received Holy Communion for the first time!!

  Ruth

  http://nanaruthann.blogspot.com
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  If I'm gonna read a book about the bible.....

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  2. bible

  i finished rereading bart ehrman's misquoting jesus and found that it is a pretty good book.. i just checked out another by him, lost christianities, and am just beginning to read that.. what other books might you suggest to someone interested in topics such as: the history of the bible, the history of religion and christianity and even further reading on textual criticism?.

  thanks.

  meagan.

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  Where We Got the Bible

  Hi Meagan!!

  Ruth
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  Favorite Martini?

  by Bubblie in

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  2. medical

  ever had a blue smoke martini?

  it is great not sure what it in it but really pretty and tasty.. kit.

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  NanaR

  mmmmmmmmm Bombay Sapphire is my favorite gin ;-)

  I put a little dry vermouth in the shaker with the ice and then pour the vermouth out (not in the glass, in the sink). Then I put olives (at least 3) in the glass, Bombay Sapphire in the shaker, strain the Bombay Sapphire into the glass over the olives.

  Makes me thirsty just thinking about it!

  No Vodka martinis for me -- gin only ;-)

  Ruth

  Who likes her Vodka mixed differently ;-)
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  Well...well...well. Look what you've done to this place!

  by journey-on in

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  2. friends

  been awhile since i participated.

  like what you've done to the place, simon.

  seems a bit tamer than the old board though.. need the board's input on a sociology question and wonder if some of you might respond.. i can't tell you how many conversations i have had with witnesses and ex-witnesses where the subject doesn't inevitably come up about who is still 'in' and who has 'fallen away'.

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  Hey there journey-on,

  I'm the firstborn of two children and I'm out (way out) while my younger sister is in.

  In the case of one family that I know that had four sons and a daughter, the first born (son) was the first to leave. And this was a family that had Dad, two sons, and son-in-law all as elders in the same congregation. I don't think any of them are still Witnesses now though...

  If the firstborn stays with the religion, it may be more loyalty to Mom and Dad than real faith. Firstborn children do have a tendency to take on a lot of responsibility.

  Anyway,

  Ruth