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  SHOCK! As A Family Of 5 Is DF'd On The Same Night!!!

  by african GB Member in

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  the whole congregation came to a complete and utter shock as a family of 5 was df'd on the same night.... apparently the father was to be df'd for apostacy.

  he was given a chance to appeal.

  went home to discuss it with family.

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  ataloa

  I've always thought the name was just a play on words: A Freakin' GB member.
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  The Natural Beauty of Your Neighborhood

  by compound complex in

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  dear friends,.

  one of my greatest enjoyments is a daily walk.

  i see things in far greater detail than when i am driving by.

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  This was taken from the back porch this morning; you have to imagine the rustling of the wind and the cooing of the doves. I love the colors of the sky.
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  How Far Back Does Your Memory Go?

  by snowbird in

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  mine goes back to may of 1955.. i was 17 months old.. my mother went into labor with the last of her 13 children, and i remember pitching a fit because the midwife wouldn't let me into her room.. how about you?.

  sylvia.

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  ataloa

  Aw, StAnn, that makes me want to pat your little head myself.

  I remember being fascinated with my hula hoop at about age 3. I don't remember news stories, but one of my earliest memories of tv was that old Jax beer commercial, with that huzzy blowing bubbles with her gum.
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  Are the Witnesses witnessing where you are?

  by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

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  it occurred to me the other day that it's been forever since we've had a jw knock on our door, leave a tract or magazine, etc.

  we live in a suburb of a major u.s. city.. what about you?

  when is the last time the witnesses visited?

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  ataloa

  They usually come by every Spring. Two years ago, they left a tract in my gate. I decided to leave it there, so they could see the next time they came around that no one was interested. Finally, after a year, I removed it - it was barely faded. Good Lord, those things are indestructible!
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  Why did you leave and did you still hold on to some beliefs for a while?

  by happpyexjw in

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  when you left the wts did you leave over something specific?

  did you, or do you, still believe in some of the jw ideas?.

  in my own case i left over a family issue i have mentioned elsewhere.

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  ataloa

  I left because of an ongoing situation in our hall, that had to be investigated over a period of years by the c.o, and finally wound up going all the way to bethel for the resolution. I knew, with what they decided, they were not interested in the Bible and doing things God's way. It is my belief they even went against their own publications to serve their own purposes. I knew people were not cared about. I was devastated to find I had been hoodwinked all those years.

  The beliefs I still hold are the ones I went in with: Jehovah is God; Jesus is his son (if the Bible is true). When you die, you're really dead, not being kept alive forever in torment. I'm a little more agnostic than I used to be.

  I also believe that mankind will always live on the earth. I suppose that's the one belief I learned from the witnesses and still retain.
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  In a Jam and Without One Friend

  by cameo-d in

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  has that ever happened to you?.

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  ataloa

  You will boldly go where you never thought you could go before.
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  Do you like bubbly personalities?

  by rebel8 in

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  when people are super bubbly/friendly/cheery, or constantly smiling ear-to-ear when the situation doesn't call for it, i immediately suspect they are either phonies, trying to sell me something, or suffering from bipolar mania.

  that is not really very fair of me, but that's what springs to mind.. i hate nervous giggling too.

  it completely grates on my nerves.

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  ataloa

  I actually do like some naturally bubbly personalities, but

  I just avoid them before 10 in the morning.

  Becky

  I am one of those nervous gigglers. I think I have finally figured out why. I have a naturally deadpan sense of humor, and in high school my friends could never tell if I was joking. So I began to laugh a little after I said something, so they could know. Because I would never want to hurt anyone's feelings.

  I imagine it is very irritating for those close to me, though they've never said anything. I have been working on it for a couple of years, but I'm afraid I'm not making very much progress. There's some nerves and insecurity thrown in there as well. I suspect that's why some of us feel we have to use smilies or hee-hee's on here so much. Some would be offended if they didn't know us well enough to know we were kidding.
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  Should Pot Be Legalized?

  by minimus in

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  i don't smoke anything but i know many that do--- some frequently, most infrequently.. personally, i don't see much difference between drinking alcohol and pot use.. should pot be legalized?.

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  ataloa

  It won't bother me.
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  Vote: is it Gibbering Buddy, Gibbering Bottie, Governing Bottom.

  by hamsterbait in

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  ataloa

  lol at watson! Made me spit my water out.

  I like the Covering Booty, but I can't make it start with a G, dernit.
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  I Have A New Car!!!

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, it's new to me, anyway.. it's an '01 saturn l200.. i bought it off my nephew for $1,285.50.. as some of you may remember, my little '92 grand am was totalled back in november '08.. the good hands insurance company grudgingly paid $1,100 for my baby.. any takers?.

  sylvia.

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  ataloa

  Did nephew really make you shell out that 50 cents?