No, because they were never "real" friends.
El Kabong
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Did You Have A Lot of "Friends" In The Organization?
by minimus inwere you associated with regularly?
did you have many friends?
were you the life of the party?
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The day of death is better than the day of one being born...
by El Kabong in"a good name is better than oil, and the day of death is better than the day of one being born.." .
i remember that scripture from the book of ecclesiasties (sp?...it's been a long time).
i attended the funeral of my friend today, and that scripture came to mind.
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El Kabong
"A good name is better than oil, and the day of death is better than the day of one being born.."
I remember that scripture from the book of Ecclesiasties (sp?...it's been a long time).
I attended the funeral of my friend today, and that scripture came to mind. I've been dealing with several people in my life dying in the past year. First it was my Daughers friend's Mother (who was a beautiful person), then, my own dear Mother had a stroke early last year and passed away last August. Then, my Uncle last December, My "Godfather" this past February, and now, my friend and co-worker who passed last week.
As I stated above, the funeral for my friend was today. It was hard to attend. He was a young man of 57 and Cancer took him.
Even though, the Priest did not quote that scripture, the words from that scripture came to me. I think I had this passage as a Talk #2 Bible reading a long time ago. I haven't thought of this scripture in a long time, but the words came flooding back to me. From Memory, I believe it went something like this...
A Good Name is better than Oil, and the day of Death is better than the day of one being born. Better is it to go to the house of Mourning, than the house of feasting.......That's all I remember.
My question is....Why? Is it because the house of mourning is a reminder of our own mortality?
Can anybody help explain this to me? I'm just so tired of hearing about people dying. I know you cannot escape it, but...I'm just tired of it. It is so emotionally draining. -
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WHAT WOULD YOU WANT YOUR GRAVE STONE TO SAY?
by new boy ini always liked what richard dryfress said in the movie "alaways", when he found out he was dead---"wow!!
!-----what a jerk i turned out to be"!!!!.
my mother's head stone says---------"i told you i was sick"!!
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El Kabong
The Journey Continues.....
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Attendant ever treat you like a child at convention?
by avishai inthe last straw for me was when an attendant grabbed 22 yr. old me at a cnvention and told me to come inside it was time for it to start.
i said no, and he got in my face.
anyone else get told what to do as an adult?
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El Kabong
The last District Assembly I attended was at the Vet in Philadelphia, which was the worse place to hold anything.
This is when there was still food service at the assemblies. Well, lo and behold, they ran out of food. I went to stand after stand to try to get something to eat for me and my wife, but there was just nothing available. Not even a bag of fruit.
So, as a last resort, I went outside the stadium to one of the hot dog vendors. As soon as I got there, I was approaced by one of those little ass kissing attendants saying that I shouldn't purchase food outside of the stadium because Jehovah had provided so much food inside the stadium. I told him that all stands I went to were out of food, and if he was inside the stadium, he would know that. Of course, he didn't believe me and ORDERED me not to buy a hot dog from the vendor. I just looked at him and turned to the vendor and said, 2 dogs please, mustard and onions. The vendor was like, you got it sir. Funny, because a line started to form behind me of people wanting to purchase hot dogs from this guy. The little ass kisser was pissed, to say the least.
Not only that, but my daughter was about 6 months old at the time, and the stadium was so HOT. (anybody who ever attended an assembly at the Vet KNOWS what I mean). So, I took my daughter inside so she wouldn't have to sit in the broiling sun. Place after place, some shmoe attendant would come up and say that I couldn't sit here, or I couldn't stand here, or whatever. I finally got so fed up that I told the last guy to basically F**k off. I was pretty much fed up with the religion at that time anyway, but that day, I vowed NEVER to attend an assembly ANYWHERE ever again. And I've kept my word. And, I'm much happier about it.
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Co Worker just Died.
by El Kabong ini just got a message that my friend and co-worker just passed away.
he had been diagnosed with cancer and ms within the past year.
he was undergoing chemo treatments but contracted double pnemonia and had been in icu for the past couple of weeks.
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El Kabong
Thank you all for your kind words.
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Do U Drive @ 55?
by prophecor inwho among us here, when on the freeway does the standard speed of 55mph.
i'd like to say that i'm a law abiding citizen, however......
it's a wonderful thing that many folks wish to follow the rules of the road but you people who don't keep it rolling with the rest of the crowd at 65-70mph are risking a catastrophe.
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El Kabong
Just a thought....
When my daughter got her drivers licence, I took an afternoon off and took her to our local traffic court just to sit and listen. She heard case after case of speeders giving every excuse in the book on why they were speeding. I told her I'll give her $10 for every case that wins.
I didn't have to pay her a dime. It didn't matter what the excuse was, every case lost.
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Co Worker just Died.
by El Kabong ini just got a message that my friend and co-worker just passed away.
he had been diagnosed with cancer and ms within the past year.
he was undergoing chemo treatments but contracted double pnemonia and had been in icu for the past couple of weeks.
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El Kabong
I just got a message that my friend and co-worker just passed away.
He had been diagnosed with Cancer and MS within the past year. He was undergoing Chemo treatments but contracted double pnemonia and had been in ICU for the past couple of weeks.
I went to go see him in the hospital last week and almost didn't recognise him. He lost all his hair and beard and lost so much weight. I actually had to wear a surgical gown, mask and gloves just to go in his room to see him. He was awake, so at least I got to "tease" him a little telling him I was his new Doctor, and held up two gloved fingers and told him to roll over. He got a laugh out of that, then I went into the "Dr Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard" routine. (From the Three Stooges). At least I made him laugh. That was the last time I saw him.
I was just thinking that less than a year ago, we went to a baseball game at Camden Yards to see the O's play and he was fine. We had a great time. Then, he just got sick and went downhill very fast, especially in the past couple of months.
It just makes me think of how precious life really is. I can no longer imagine going through life under the spell of a cult that monitors and dictates your every thought and move. Nobody ever knows when they will just get sick and die. Death does come so unexpectedly. I'm just so tired of hearing about death. -
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Would you share a winning lottery ticket???..help please
by morty inok, so here is the situation...... yesterday, i had bought a scratch ticket and i won 20.00 bucks on it...i was heading back to the store to cash it in but, not all of it...i wanted $17.00 in cash and in addition i wanted another ticket..as i was heading out the door, my brother asked to come with me to grab a few things at the store as well...this was not a problem....he got into the van and we headed off to the store...once we arrived to the store, i was still smoking my cigarette so i asked my brother to cash in my ticket for me and grab me another ticket and my $17.00 bucks while i wait in the car.
he said "sure, no problem"...at the same time, he asked me for a loan of $10.00 bucks.
i gave him the money with no questions asked.
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El Kabong
Half? No. Only half if he paid for half the ticket.
$50 bucks for just going inside to purchase the ticket with your money is MORE than fair. -
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As JWs, ever met any annointed ?
by greendawn inin your time as jws did you ever meet any of the annointed?
did they have good christian personalities and what did they think of the wts and its governing body ?
i met one and he was very unhappy with the way the gb treated him and generally the way they run this society, he told me he wrote them two letters containing a long list of complaints with full scriptural support but he was ignored, first letter got a reply amounting to "no need to write to us" the second one no reply at all.
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El Kabong
We had 2 in our congregation when I was growing up. An Elderly Brother who had a shnozzola just as big as Jimmy Durante, and his a personality was so meek and mild. I used to love hearing him talk about the early days. We also had an Elderly Sister who was of the Remnent. Again, her personality was meek and mild. Never an unkind word to anybody.
What a difference between those who were supposed to be God's Chosen, and the Elders, who are anything but meek and mild.
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Do U Drive @ 55?
by prophecor inwho among us here, when on the freeway does the standard speed of 55mph.
i'd like to say that i'm a law abiding citizen, however......
it's a wonderful thing that many folks wish to follow the rules of the road but you people who don't keep it rolling with the rest of the crowd at 65-70mph are risking a catastrophe.
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El Kabong
If you try and drive 55MPH on I95 between NYC and Washington, you get more fingers than in Wendy's Chili.