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  Update on AlanF's Daughter

  by AlanF in

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  now that dad has recovered his equilibrium, i just wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who expressed concern about my daughter the last couple of weeks.

  in the great scheme of things this is a minor matter but it sure affected me!

  i guess my family has been pretty lucky compared to others.. anyway, julie (that's the daughter one, not the wifely one) recovered so fast that she returned to school this past monday.

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  Thanks for the update, Alan. I'm very pleased she is doing well, and on the road to full recovery. Of course it took 10 years off your life!
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  Kent's Breakaways.

  by Englishman in

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  are all the people who post on kents site anti-us now?.

  it seems a shame if that is definitely the case, i enjoyed the posts from those barmy norwegians.. englishman..

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  I've met Norm, he's been to my home, and he's a neat person. I look forward to seeing him here and in person again. Jan is smart, but uses it to cut more than necessary, in my opion. I've known Jan from the Internet for many years, and he has presented many interesting thoughts but much of it is lost when he goes for the jugular. Kent is a one of a kind guy I would love to meet and share a few beers. I'm sure they'll post on the forum again when it warms up in Norway.
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  advatage of being JW,to JT

  by happy man in

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  i send this in yesterday as an answer to jt, cant find it now so i put it inn again,i see also no real answer to my messege,only this crap that i am blind,i am not blind my eys are wide open,i think hate make some of you blind sometime, who comes that nobody take my topic and give me answers,i am waiting,and no blind talk peopel,evrything is not white and blake,and you have a point ther jt when you say i am inn here,i enen suggeston onother bord tha broklyn must have internet our on moday for exampel.i think this cuold bee very usefull,if there are problem you have a fantastic chans to see what it is about here.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

  this post is a very good exampel on desinformation,and putt a messege.

  you want to the reader widh taking forward only negative things,you can do this widh evrything, take only negative things never say anything good,but as human beeing we now that ther is a frontside and a backside, and this who only take one side and show this side as a fackt is a lier.. i have been jw fore many years,and i now that we have some things who not is so good,likte this dfd thing, this system´in cong who very easly hurt peopel, even if it is not the purpus.. then we have some good things, 6 millons who are brothers and sisters from all over the word, nationalism no politics, make us unik,.

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  Being a JW means you never have to question anything in the Watchtower, you never have to read anything beyond the Watchtower, you know what you're required to do on the weekends and a few other evenings a week, and you'll never have to tell a loved one you are sorry for not speaking to them if they question the Watchtower. When the Watchtower flip-flops on "the Truth," you never have to worry about receiving an apology--that would be so disagreeable for "Mother." Yeah, I see the advantages now....
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  Could humans live forever on Earth?

  by sleepy in

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  could humans live forever on earth?.

  since i was born i believed it was my destiny to live forever in a paradise on earth.. now that dream has been put aside, i question the whole concept of an everlasting earth.. of course scientists have long pointed out that the earth does not have an infinite life span.

  and even if it did there are other factors to consider.

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  As a JW, I really did believe in the life everlasting carrot held before the flock. I didn't worry about the various issues arguing against the fairy tale, thinking "Jehovah can do anything." Religion offers "faith" not "facts." Groups like the Watchtower go beyond the norm by using fear to control, so members will turn off critical thinking. Indeed--life everlasting on earth; how crazy, but I believed it! Watchtower fairy dust works when the brain doesn't.
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  I didn't go!

  by artful in

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  well, for the first time in 30 years i didn't go to the memorial.. it's actually a given me a great sense of relief!.

  i hope that this is beginning of a long and happy relationship with god!

  up until this past year i wasn't even sure if he existed.

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  artful - someone started another thread about Memorial no-shows. Like you, many didn't make it to the wine and bread show. I would rather take the garbage out than attend a KH service. It's been over 15 years since my last visit, and still remember it as a total waste of time.
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  How to really ruin a Memorial...

  by Abaddon in

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  ... me and my gf came up with a few ways to spoil the wine and busicuits ceremony last night, feel free to join in;.

  taking a jar of marmite, and spreading it on the bread before taking a bite.. asking if there's any dips when they pass the bread.. asking the attendant who passes you the wine if there's any cheese.. faking an entire choking episode; taking the bread, gagging, choking, heinlich (sp?

  ) manuever, the lot.. take a good swig of wine, swill it like a wine taster, spit it out over the attendant's shoes, pass it back to him and say "it's corked".. start speaking in tongues after taking the emblems.. kneel when the speaker prays over the emblems, and then troop down to the front like a good little rc.. stick a condom packet on the tray of bread.. a few of those are a bit weak, and i honestly couldn't be arsed actually doing any, but it's fun to think of the faces... anyone else got ideas?

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  Abaddon - Thanks for the laughs. I thought the "condom packet" suggestion was excellent. Memorial protection is important!
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  Memorial No Shows...Please Check in....

  by ISP in

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  well, i was tempted but i decided not to go to the most bizarre religious ritual of modern times....how about you?.

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  Sorry you lost you grandmother, rolling rock. I'm also sorry you'll hear a Watchtower Info-mercial instead of honoring and remembering her life.
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  Memorial No Shows...Please Check in....

  by ISP in

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  well, i was tempted but i decided not to go to the most bizarre religious ritual of modern times....how about you?.

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  It's been over 15 years since being in a KH. At this point it's embarrassing to think I gave a few of the Memorial talks to a congregation watching the wine and bread go by. Were we really that dumb?
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  New State Mottos

  by closer2fine in

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  alabama: hell yes, we have electricity.

  alaska: 11,623 eskimos can't be wrong!.

  arizona: but it's a dry heat.

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  LOL, closer2fine -- most really hit the nail on the head!
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  what color are you?

  by peaceloveharmony in

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  hey all, i'm not sure if this has been posted before, so i apoligize in advance if you all have seen it.

  what's your color?.

  if your birthday is on....... december 23 ~ january 1...............red.

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  Color me Purple! I guess that's why I feel blue sometimes.