I watched that movie when it first premiered on HBO, and you're right, it is heartbreaking. As a jw I watched the news about hospital and funeral workers refusing to be around AIDS patients. Although I believed homosexuality to be a sin at the time, I couldn't believe that there wasn't some other way to handle working around these dying people. How sad we are as a society!
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The Normal Heart (movie)
by rebel8 infinally got the guts to watch it last night.
it was so heartbreaking.. i was a partially brainwashed teenager when the story depicted in the movie happened, a few hundred miles away.
i remember the advocates' angry outbursts on tv and the dying men in hospital beds, holding hands.. being a sheltered jw, i had no exposure to homosexuality and only the twisted teachings of the wts to taint my views.
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Does No Solicitation equal Put on "Do not Call List"?
by ABibleStudent ini live in a townhome complex.
a few days ago i asked the property manager to ask the local kingdom hall to no longer place wtbts literature (propaganda) at the complex because the area is posted as no solicitation and because the literature is sometimes blown away from doors becoming litter.. today i received a response that the kingdom hall agreed to no longer place literature at the complex and to let him know if wtbts literature is placed at the complex.
i was shocked how easy it was for the kh representative to agree to no longer place literature at the complex.
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jamiebowers
They may stilll go door to door but not leave lit at not at homes.
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The Beast-Tower #11: God's View of Trolling
by sd-7 in"did god really say that you must not eat from every tree of the garden?
" with those words, satan the devil became the first troll.
(gen. 3:1) what is trolling?
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jamiebowers
You have a brilliant mind!!!!!!!!
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Is Tracy Morgan's Mom a JW?
by jamiebowers inafter reading this in an article i wonder if mogan's mom is a jw:.
tracy morgan's estranged mother has taken aim at the comedian's fiancee megan wollover after she was banned from visiting her famous son in hospital following his horrific car crash on saturday.. the "30 rock" star, who claimed in 2012 that he had not seen his mum alicia warden in 11 years.... warden returned on sunday and was granted five minutes by morgan's bedside, but she was not allowed to be alone with the comedian and now she has hit out at wollover.. .
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=872460.
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jamiebowers
After reading this in an article I wonder if Mogan's mom is a jw:
Tracy Morgan 's estranged mother has taken aim at the comedian's fiancee Megan Wollover after she was banned from visiting her famous son in hospital following his horrific car crash on Saturday.
The " 30 Rock " star, who claimed in 2012 that he had not seen his mum Alicia Warden in 11 years...
Warden returned on Sunday and was granted five minutes by Morgan 's bedside, but she was not allowed to be alone with the comedian and now she has hit out at Wollover.
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=872460
I then Googled, "Is Tracy Morgan's mom a Jehovah's Witness?" and found this:
My mother's parents were Dave and Alice Warden, and my mother was the second-oldest in her family, after her sister Patricia, my aunt Pat. She was followed by my uncle Dave, my aunt Brenda, my aunt Robin, my uncle Michael, then my aunt Michelle, who died when she was still a baby, and finally my aunt Kim—a family of eight. Their family was quite different from my dad's because they were Jehovah's Witnesses. Not my mother's father—he never went to meetings or church—but my grandmother and a few of my mom's sisters were very into it. Her family was kind and loving, but strict and very, very straightlaced.
http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Book-Excerpt-I-Am-the-New-Black-by-Tracy-Morgan
Is anyone on JWN from the Bronx and know whether or not his mom is a jw?
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My mother is in the hospital again
by JeffT inshe fell again and had to have surgery on her other hip.
this is the fourth trip to the er since last fall.
needless to say, i'm not having a good week.
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jamiebowers
I don't know if the rules are the same now, but before my mother in law died 10 years ago, Medicare informed me that an elderly person having several falls is what qualifies them for one of those mobility scooters for little to no out of pocket expense. You may want to call Medicare, or better yet, one of the companies that sells them to see if your mom can get one. That way she can be mobile without injury and worry.
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How old were you when you left the Watchtower - SURVEY
by usualusername ini believe that the older you are the harder it is to leave the watchtower.. .
i am attempting to get a list of ages people learnt the "truth" and what age they left.. .
uun.
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jamiebowers
12 when my mom started studying, baptized a 17, left at 24
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Get well Grace (Mouthy)
by label licker ina loud get well grace from all of us to you.
everyone, grace has been in and out of the hospital and i'm sure she would love to read your get wells.
we miss you grace:) wish i could post pictures.
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jamiebowers
Get well Granny!
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Scared I'll Never be Happy Again
by Stumbeline inso it's' been 8 months since i was disfellowshiped.
i moved out of my mothers house accross the country to room with a friend.
things have been going ok, it's just strange to be so far away from everything that felt familiar, even the meetings.
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jamiebowers
Try meetup.com for your area. If you're near NE Ohio, let me know
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Grandma called the other day, and chose to tell my kids about the tornadoes
by Faithful Witness ini know this might be overreacting, and i have not said a peep about it to my kids or anyone else... .
last week, my kids wanted to call my mom during the day.
on her last visit, they had talked about calling her on her day off at home.
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jamiebowers
It doesn't matter whether or not Grandma was planting seeds about the end. She was in the wrong...period...if she knew your daughter is/was afraid of thunderstorms. If so, what an awful thing to do to a young child!
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Hi Guys, I'm new here...
by Mikado inbeen lurking for years, but couldn't log on.
for some reason, my email spam filter is inaccessable, and ended up having to open another account, simply to become a member... wonder how many others have had a similar problem.. its been an eye opener reading everyones life experiences, often so similar.. i was almost a born in, with a hardcore family.
abusive stepfather who was one of the original jws in the area, so much so, that it was called the xxxxx family religion.... been out for 25 years, am glad every day for that!!.
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jamiebowers
Welcome to the mix! You and I have some similarities....abusive stepfather and being out for 25 years. Hope to hear more from you soon!