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  With Burning Anger - Nazi Era Catholic History

  by lepermessiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently read a fascinating series on the history of the third reich.. one incident discussed in the book was the large group of catholics who stood against the nazi regime.. the reason i found it so interesting is that the wt continues to make it sound like the catholic church and all of its members were practically card-carrying nazi's, and that jw's were the only religious group who stood against the regime.

  i was interested to read statistics of the many catholics, protestants, and others who were tortured and sent to concentration camps for their faith and opposition.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mit_brennender_sorge.

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  Interesting Conversation

  by lepermessiah in

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  i had a conversation with a friend who has been inactive for over many years.

  he has really been there for me since i need an outlet to talk about my situation.. i finally found out one of the reasons he went inactive - he said he had read an article in one of the wt's, and then a few weeks later, he read an article that seemed to contradict the previous article.

  when he questioned this to an elder, the guy basically chastised him for questioning it and would not contact brooklyn for clarification.

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  The Early Fade Sheparding Calls.....

  by lepermessiah in

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  2. friends

  i went through some earlier topics, but wanted a little more input.. i wanted to get some ideas on how some of you handled the sheparding visit requests as you faded.. we had one about a month ago, and fortunately the elders did most of the talking.

  everytime i was about to comment on something, the other one would chime in so i didnt have to go off on any tangents.

  i was told last night by my wife that they would like to come by again.

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  Picked up REVOLVER remastered.....

  by lepermessiah in

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  2. entertainment

  just to continue on the beatles thread...... i finally got around to picking up revolver remastered and all i can say is wow......and that is impressive for an album that i have listened to countless times over the years.. i have never tried acid, but the remaster of tomorrow never knows at extremely loud volumes certainly was a "trip".....the horns on got to get you into my life were incredible!!

  i could go down the track list and pick out things that really blew me away.. they did a wonderful job of cleaning up the tape noise and really enhancing the sound of the cd's as well as the packaging and liner notes.

  the first cd releases were disappointing to say the least when it came to the transfer and the liner notes.

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  Question for Faders.....

  by lepermessiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did you all start getting the "full court press" from "friends" to start doing more things socially as you began your fade?.

  i havent been invited to do a whole lot the last few months, but now all of a sudden i am getting phone calls and invites to do things.

  fortunately, it hasnt been - "hey lets go out in field service" or anything like that since i would tell them to take a hike (which at this point means make myself busy at work or otherwise) .

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  Does Anyone remember "Nemesis" by Shriekback?

  by lepermessiah in

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  2. entertainment

  time for an obscure 80's classic..... i heard nemesis on sirius the other day and had to run out and get the album (oil and gold) again.. i think it came out around 1985, and it has some incredibly bizzare (and cool) lyrics.. all i know is that any song which contains the word "parthenogenesis" in the chorus and manages to rhyme it is quite an achievement!!.

  it also features the singer claire torry (who sang on the dark side of the moon album) singing at frequencies that could break glass .

  the video is pretty wild too!.

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  The Beatles - Remastered

  by lepermessiah in

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  has anyone picked those up?

  i am really curious to hear the discs.

  the reviews have been excellent!.

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  Football is the Devil!

  by lepermessiah in

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  2. friends

  (i had to quote the waterboy!).

  with the start of (american) football upon us, i was laughing this past weekend when a friend and i were remembering a km school we attended.. the visiting "brother" (losch) basically went on a tirade against sports, but specifically football.

  you would have thought that watching an nfl game was akin to sitting in ancient rome cheering on the lions in the colliseum eating christians.

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  I need some assistance!

  by lepermessiah in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been posting on here this week, and all i can say is this has been the best form of therapy!

  there are some amazing people on here, many who have been through the same thing, if not much worse.

  there are so many of you that i would love to converse with, but understand why this format is for the best at this time.. i am in the early stages of breaking the chains that bind, and i need some suggestions on reasoning on these 2 points.

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  Lack of Love - Your Experiences?

  by lepermessiah in

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  i wanted to start a thread on this subject because i am so curious to get other observations on this.. .

  the one thing that started me on the journey of questioning my involvement in the organization was the blatant lack of love that i had seen in so many instances.

  did i have doctrinal questions - yes!

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