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Eyebrow2
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Entire JW family going to college! (even the parents!)
by TresHappy ina family affair: parents, daughter seek college education together .
the atlanta journal-constitution .
shavonne richardson, 21, never thought she'd be starting her freshman year of college with her parents.. .
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Honest fading a myth?
by Fatfreek inis honest fading possible?.
i've thought several times that if i had it to do over again, living in this age of jwd with all its online support and encouragement -- along with the huge resource of the internet -- that i'd have faded slowly instead of allowed the disfellowshipping because of apostasy.. on the other hand i wonder if that's all stupid speculation, wishfully thinking it would have prevented the cutting off and the shunning of the remaining family members, especially the children.. i know you'll correct me if i'm wrong on the following premise but i suspect if a person is honest, he cannot prevent the disfellowshipping -- in a great many cases.
i believe that it all depends on the vigilance of the local elders and how penetrating they are in their questions, and how perceptive they are with your answers during sheparding calls.. "um ... brother, we've missed your presence at the meetings and in the field ministry and we're certainly here to help you, but wonder if you've actually lost your faith that jehovah's earthly organization is the correct one.
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I faded...but "I'm just a girl" and NOT a pioneer...just a single mom at the time...I treid to get my 10 hours in a month, but my best friend and her family had already moved out of the congregation about a year before, so only one other real friend I had there cared. And I told her after the Memorial 1998 that I just didn't believe it any more.
I just stopped going. It was tough at first, because my mother who is a witness owend and lived in the duplex I lived in. About 6 months later I moved away for about 7 months to be with my fiance, and then when we moved back, I was "unevenly yoked" to an unbeliever. I was never d'fd...and if I ran into a witness at the store I wasn't shunned. But my friend would tell me more than once that if I wanted to see her, to come to the KH. She literally lived around the corner from me.
Anyhoo..we moved 2 years ago 2100 miles away. My mother visited the KH when she came to visit, and stuck the local elders on me. (cruzan knows the hall)...I politely told them I knew where the hall was, thank you very much. No one has come since...I think if I walked into the KH in my hometown today people would talk to me.
I would like to DA myself actually. I never have out of respect for my mom, and at first, because I didn't want my "friends" at the hall to lose the option of speaking with me. But now, after being out and not talking with any of them for a few years, I am starting to really desire being more vocal about what I believe. I always said I would lay low until my mom dies..but besides that being a horrible though (my mom dying) I really am tired of hiding.
I think it is possible to fade away if you are not high profile in the KH. If you are, you may want to take baby steps...all of sudden stepping down from being an Elder maybe because you have to take care of your family needs....etc....I wish you the best...it isn't easy, but it can be done.
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Suggestions Please: Wrongful Termination
by Aude_Sapere inmy father (df/ex-elder) was recently terminated from his job of nearly 10 years.
i don't want to give too much info at this time but am looking for insight, suggestions, comments to help point him in the right direction.
he works (oops!
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Eyebrow2
I would suggest your father not only contact coporate HR, but also the other store that had said they had a position for him. That manager may not be aware of the full situation, and may be able to convice HR to give the go ahead to hire him at that store.
Let us know how he makes out.
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Watch Tower sues Quotes for $100,000 plus plus plus...
by Quotes incourt file no.
superior court of justice.
watchtower bible and tract society of .
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My advice to Quotes… if the WTS does not submit the entire contents of the CD-ROM as evidence, then YOU should. Time to warm up the ol' printer and put it to work!
Ahhhhhh...very clever.
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Why do the leave without telling us ..............?
by vitty indo you worry when posters go missing?.
on minute there posting everyday the next nothing.
i was thinking of jez, but there are many more.
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It is just another school yard with the popular kids getting all the attention, and rest of us just observe...................
exactly...you said it much better than I could.
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My new mashup album available for Download!
by Nosferatu inhey all!
i just recently released my canned peaches greatest hits album.
it's not me singing, it's all mashups.
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ack! its mocking me as well......
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Brooke...oh my husband sent me that this morning...I was just about to post it heare.
you are one quick chick hahah
Who ever put that together did a great job. I wonder if they used photoshop?
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Why do the leave without telling us ..............?
by vitty indo you worry when posters go missing?.
on minute there posting everyday the next nothing.
i was thinking of jez, but there are many more.
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Eyebrow2
Billy I would miss your posts.
I find the "I am taking a break" posts a bit attention seeking too...but I think it really depends on the reason. If someone is off to some adventure, or thing they have to take care of (say vacation, operation, whatever) then it doesn't bug me. But the ones that just "need a break from the board" (substituted for rolling eyeball emoticon) oh brother....I dunno...sort of drama queen.
Here is my take on it...if you need a break, why don't you just pm a few people on the board that your normally keep in touch with. That way if someone asks about you, someone can say hey...so and so is okay, just taking a break or is busy or whatever. Really, if this board is so important to someone that they MUST put up a new thread just to say they won't be on the board for a while, you probably should have a few email addresses of people here anyway, don't you think?
There are other reasons people may stop posting here as well, that are not generally known. That's why it is always a good idea to get emails from the posters you normally PM, so you can let them know if you want. I wouldn't say anything else about that.
Just me 2 cents.
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Watch Tower sues Quotes for $100,000 plus plus plus...
by Quotes incourt file no.
superior court of justice.
watchtower bible and tract society of .
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wow what weenies...sheesh
Interesting how they say you use selective quotes...that is what they have been doing for years with other religions...I guess you just cannot follow their good example. At least you are using sources to inform the public of their dastardly deeds.
Good luck to you...have you found a lawyer that can take your case on? Maybe some free speach rights group up there in canada will take the case on for you? Does cananda have a pro bono site or something where you can find a lawyer that would love to take this up? This is a great opportunity for a lawyer to make their mark fighting a corrupt institution.
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little known ending to a star wars scene
by Eyebrow2 ini just got this in email...very funny.
now that we know the real story here is the complete scene from empire strikes back.
a furious lightsaber duel is underway.
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Eyebrow2
I just got this in email...very funny
Now that we know the real story here is the complete scene from Empire strikes back
A furious lightsaber duel is underway. DARTH VADER is backing LUKE
SKYWALKER towards the end of the gantry. A quick move by Vader, chops off
Luke's hand! It goes spinning off into the ventilation shaft. Luke backs
away. He looks around, but realizes there's nowhere to go but straight
down.
Darth Vader: Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!
Darth Vader: No... I am your father!
Luke: No, it's not true! It's impossible.
Darth Vader: Search your feelings... you know it to be true...
Luke: NO!
Darth Vader: Yes, it is true... and you know what else? You know that
brass droid of yours?
Luke: Threepio?
Darth Vader: Yes... Threepio... I built him... when I was 7 years old...
Luke: No...
Darth Vader: Seven years old! And what have you done? Look at yourself, no
hand, no job, and couldn't even levitate your own ship out of the swamp...
Luke: I destroyed your precious Death Star!
Darth Vader: When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-handedly destroyed
a Trade Federation Droid Control ship!
Luke: Well, it's not my fault...
Darth Vader: Oh, here we go... "Poor me... my father never gave me what I
wanted for my birthday... boo hoo, my daddy's the Dark Lord of the
Sith...waahhh wahhh!"
Luke: Shut up...
Darth Vader: You're a slacker! By the time I was your age, I had
exterminated the Jedi knights!
Luke: I used to race my T-16 through Beggar's Canyon
Darth Vader: Oh, for the love of the Emperor... 10 years old, winner of
the Boonta Eve Open... Only human to ever fly a Pod Racer... right here
baby!
Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step towards it.
Darth Vader: I was wrong... You're not my kid... I don't know whose you
are, but you sure ain't mine...
Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates, then plunges down the
shaft.
Darth Vader looks after him.
Darth Vader: Get a haircut!