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  Serena makes a "boo boo"

  by smiddy in

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  serena utters the 'f' word for all to hear at the aus.open..

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  Serena utters the 'F' word for all to hear at the Aus.open.
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  To SO CAL: What CO's and DO's do we all know?

  by IreallydidwalkoutofaKH in

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  okay, in order it goes like this for me............brother peace 1980-83, brother rose 1984-86, brother yasko 1986-88, brother sekella 1988-91, brother billy ford 1992-95, brother davis 1996-99, brother irskin 2000-03 and then it gets kinda blurry....brother burge and another, brother hairston.

  okay, that just about does it.

  i have this topic becauce i tried reading the favorite co and do thread, but did not recognize any names......

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  Cheeses

  Thank`s for that,brought back memories

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  Williams girls pick and choose what they like about the watchtower

  by sspo in

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  the 'unworldly' williams, hewitt's competitiveness and cramping upstory highlightsvenus has this incredible global platform to influence thought and opinionrealistically lleyton hewitt's days of winning grand slams are overtennis players shouldn't get a break any more than tired marathonersstartclickprintexcludeendclickprintexcludestartclickprintexcludethe williams sisters chose to duck questions about barack obama's inauguration.apendclickprintexcludestartclickprintexclude start 'inlinead' file: /.element/ssi/story/4.0/writers/jon_wertheim/.branding/default/inlinead.html /01/2342009" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt; finish 'inlinead' start 'sponsorlinksinline : default' file: /.element/ssi/story/4.0/writers/jon_wertheim/.branding/default/sponsorlinksinline.html </form></form> finish 'sponsorlinksinline' endclickprintexcludei know you'll never touch this question but here's nothing.

  serena said: being a jehovah's witness kept her from voting in the election, but didn't prevent her from watching barack obama's campaign and victory.

  "i try to stay politically neutral, don't get involved in worldly matters," she said.

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  When I was a witness my kids and others in the congregation were discouraged from playing sports or joining teams because it was competetive,a no no. Gal.5:26 was used to support this veiw.

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  To SO CAL: What CO's and DO's do we all know?

  by IreallydidwalkoutofaKH in

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  okay, in order it goes like this for me............brother peace 1980-83, brother rose 1984-86, brother yasko 1986-88, brother sekella 1988-91, brother billy ford 1992-95, brother davis 1996-99, brother irskin 2000-03 and then it gets kinda blurry....brother burge and another, brother hairston.

  okay, that just about does it.

  i have this topic becauce i tried reading the favorite co and do thread, but did not recognize any names......

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  Here`s one for those down under

  David Madzay,who the rumour went was nurturing a sister with problems,then was picked up for being over the (alchoholic) limit while driving home.Reproved by the australian branch ,losing his privelidges,and subsequently succumbed to alchoholism.(He used to give talks on many national assemblys in OZ during the 1960`s and 70`s? He had an american accent. Anybody recall him ?

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  What would be the iceburg to the WT's Titanic?

  by wobble in

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  the illustration in my question was inspired by the great mr flipper who likened going back to the borg as "swimming back to the titanic".

  it seems to me that the many and various things that woke us all up are like iceflows to the wtbs,little bumps that they shrug off and ignore,it dosn't seem to matter that these things are huge to us,and shattered our faith that the wt had any connection with truth.. so as the u.n debacle,peadophile scandals,lies exposed etc etc are all ignored by the passengers on the wt titanic,the band is still playing and the ship is unsinkable from their point of view.. what would be the iceburg that would rip a hole in the side of this floating ship of lies?.

  i cannot think of anything bigger than the things it now shrugs off,any ideas?.

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  The countries in which they operate need to see it for what it actually is .( not a non profit religous institution ) but an organization who makes $ millions in real estate sales,and profits from publishing sales at the expense of volunteer workers.

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  I wanted to scream at the Elder Sunday morning "you are a lying !!!!!!"

  by TooBad TooSad in

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  my wife wanted to go visit some friends at another kingdom hall so i tagged along.

  to keep her happy.

  the elder giving the "public" talk brought up the 1975 myth.. he said, as he looked around the audience, "it looks like there are not a lot of brothers.

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  Good post homerovah

  I was in during the 1975 era,which started about 1968 with the release of the book"Life everlasting "book if I remember correctly,and yes those pictures speak volumes.The WTB&TS DO TELL LIES.

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  Lurkers and newbies please read

  by smiddy in

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  this is for the lurker or the newbie who might be overwhelmed by information he/she will find on this site for the first time.

  how do you know that this information is true and correct?

  the organization will label these sites as apostates or liars in what they say , how do you distinguish the truth ?

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  Thank`s Farkel

  I`ll have to be more carefull how I phrase my wording,you are quite right.

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  Lurkers and newbies please read

  by smiddy in

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  this is for the lurker or the newbie who might be overwhelmed by information he/she will find on this site for the first time.

  how do you know that this information is true and correct?

  the organization will label these sites as apostates or liars in what they say , how do you distinguish the truth ?

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  This is for the lurker or the newbie who might be overwhelmed by information he/she will find on this site for the first time. How do you know that this information is true and correct? The organization will label these sites as apostates or liars in what they say , how do you distinguish the truth ? Hopefully I can offer some suggestions that will help you. How many years were you active ? What dates were they between ? Their are a number of links here and elsewhere you can get WT quotes of all the societys literature to check what was printed by the organization.,throughout their history , So the place to start is the period when you were involved with the witnesses.eg. I became a witness in 1960 then left in 1993 , during those years I know what I was led to beleive,so I examined from these "quotes"whether or not they were accurate or not,and in every case I found them to be spot on in accuracy.Just a few examples: early 1960`s convention and wt articles revealing "new"light on the superior authorities of romans 13:1,2 ( unbeknown to me then was really old light re-visited ) { the light was on then went out then was turned on again }When organ donours were first introduced I specifically recall them being likened to cannibalism in wt literature,something that puzzeled me at the time ,but I still thought this was God`s organization. Then of course the 1975 debacle and the many ambiguous ,contradictory,unethecical,excuses that emanated from that era.This is just a few of the things I have verified since joining sites like this one,their are dozens more examples I could relate during the time I was a witness,so I ask you check for yourself when you were active and see if the WT quotes don`t collaberate what you were taught when you were in and if they do /you can be assured that whatever else you read ( eg before your time) will also be true,early history etc.etc.

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  UK Kingdom halls situated in terrible areas

  by excito-are in

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  as some one who who has travelled britian well, i must make known an observation.

  almost all kingdom halls are in really bad areas.

  fron travelling around scotland i see in edinburgh, glasgow, kilbrinie, bellshill , hamilton, kirkcaldy, glenrothes, methil, dundee, aberdeen, inverness, the halls are in a terrible place where unemployment is rife, drug taking common place and just downright poverty and crime is seen.

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  CHEAP is the operative word.Thats why you see them on the outskirts of towns when travelling through the countryside.

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  Who here likes this site better than the old one....a poll ?

  by Homerovah the Almighty in

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  i just thought i'd make up a poll on people's viewpoints of who likes this site better or worse than the .

  older one ?.

  as for myself, i kind of liked the older one better, its just seems that the usability was better,.

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  I`m with you mouthy,but it maybe my problem rather than the site,which I think it probably is.

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