LeslieV

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  Monty Python video- Don't say "Jehovah"

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  i don't know if it's been posted before.

  it gets hysterically funny toward the end.. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7241030510383279767&q=jehovah&hl=en.

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  LeslieV

  That was really funny!!!!!

  Leslie
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  couldn't find a man in the org.....too educated

  by lostyettobefound in

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  i wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience.

  i am one of the fortunate ones whose father was an elder ...note was....but defied all odds and sent me to university.

  by the way i must just point out that i am in africa and i am an african.

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  Give your dad a kiss and hug from me. I left the JW religion because I have three daughters and wanted them educated. Their elder father forbade me to do the paperwork for admittance in the University's of their choice...so I packed and left. Thank God there are still men in this world like your dad.

  Leslie
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  My gran died/first meeting with my whole family since father's admission

  by Wolfgirl in

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  i got a call tuesday afternoon that my gran (in the us) had a massive stroke and was in a coma.

  they already knew that they were going to have to transfer to hospice.. i flew out wednesday, and the horrendous trip began.

  we were a bit delayed coming in to washington because there was a plane sitting on the runway.

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  I cried when I read your story. I also just lost my grandmother a few months back. I loved her and my grandad very, very much. Since all my family are JW's not one of them talked to me, or even had a decent word to my children. Yet I was my grandparents favorite grandchild. I really detest this religion.

  Also, I really give you credit for not decking your father. I don't know if I could have been so civil to a criminal. Your mother is delusional. Pretending none of this happened is the only way she can deal. No excuse, just the way it is in the JW world. My heart goes out to you in your loss, I am very glad you were there for your grandfather.

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  OTHERS WITH YOUR SAME NAME. CHECK IT OUT.

  by Outaservice in

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  do you think your name is unique?

  you might be surprised!.

  put in your first and last name and see how many people in the united states have your same name.. http://ww2.howmanyofme.com/.

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  LeslieV

  No one with my name. Guess I have a weird one. Lots with my first name 0 with last name.

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  My little brother

  by PaulJ in

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  woo!

  anyway, a crazy thing happened yesterday.

  my little brother came online and we chatted.

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  LeslieV

  Well that is exciting news for you. How old is your brother? I guess that would tell how you would handle this situation. I agree with you in the beginning let him lead. Since you haven't talked in two years, you kind of need to begin a relationship again. You can always say a few things at a time, not all at once or he will stop talking, and you wouldn't accomplish a thing. Good luck..keep us informed how it is going.

  Leslie
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  My son is thinking of joining the Coast Guard , any information.....

  by troubled mind in

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  my youngest is 19 and really confused about what he wants to do with his life .

  he goes from being a roadie for a rock band to wanting to be a herpetologist (reptile specialist ).

  he toured this summer with a band doing tech work ,which paid nothing ,but was great fun.. in january he moved to indiana, rented an apartment with a friend on the naive idea that jobs are a dime a dozen .now he has bills and no real job.

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  My Uncle was in the Coast Guard and he loved every minute of it. If you have to join the military I would say it is the best branch for your son's safety. As was already mentioned their job is to guard US, and US territories water ways. They do great stuff in boat safety, drug busts, disaster preparedness etc. I hope he does what he wants to do, and enjoys the decision that he makes. Good Luck

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  DON'T YOU LIKE THEM ?

  by RAF in

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  who likes (so called) perfect people?

  anyway i don't think i've met any unless on a short time enough for those to fake it.. ok we have or had got a mom, a dad, sisters and brothesr, friends, collegues even some people that we are not even really connected to ... but we dont care their defects?

  not that we accepte them and do not react to them but we still love those people.. for instance : my favorite sister (if i can say something like that) is the one which is the most terrible !!!

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  I have a co-worker that everyone hates. He is loud, obnoxious, egotistical etc. But all I see is a lost little boy with a really big heart. He would do anything for anyone. You know he is the kind of guy that if you got into trouble at 2 in the morning he would come help you. Really he has low self-esteem so he covers it over with this loud obnoxious behavior. I stick up for him all the time to everyone. Everybody thinks I am crazy for sticking up for him, but I know if someone said anything about me he would stick up for me too.

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  16 children!!! I'm fascinated!

  by winnie in

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  i have been following the story on the duggar family ever since i saw it when they were having their 15th child.

  we get it on pay tv here.

  anyone else as interested as i am?.

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  geee I don't know about the rest of you, but I have three girls and I can't keep their names straight. Can you imagine trying to remember 16 kids names. By the time I got down to the correct kids name, they would be long gone.

  I really think in this day and age, having that many children is no longer about having kids, but it is about the parents. It is their need to be needed. Years ago large family's were the norm because many young children died in infancy. This is no longer the case, besides the point contraception is widely available now. God I would bet any insurance company that they belong to would pay them to use it.

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  WINNIE, if you're out there?

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  please don't leave.

  we do care about you and want to offer our support of you and your family in what must be very difficult circumstances.. the reason i called for assistance from a forum moderator was because i was afraid my alligator mouth would overload my hippopotamus behind where you were concerned.

  it does that sometimes.. frannie.

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  Glad you are still here Winnie...everyone has valid points to express..I know for myself it is always good to hear all sides. Personally I like your fiesty side...shows the JW cult does not control you any longer. Just remember anger is just the outward manifestaion of pain. Hope to hear more of what you are thinking and feeling.

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  Active JW's on this forum

  by winnie in

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  having read posts over the last few months, i have come to the conclusion that there must be alot of 'active' jw's who still regularly attend meetings/field service etc.. don't you feel that by posting your many and varied topics, usually complaining/disagreeing with the wbts, that you are being hypocritical?

  when you post your information, obtained sometimes in an questionable manner, doesn't it make you question your own underhanded actions?.

  you converse with many on this forum who are disfellowshipped/dissasociated, yet if you knew who these ones were, face to face, you would not give them the time of day!

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  LeslieV

  Winnie, I am sorry that you have personally experienced such pain from your family and others that said they were your friends. It is the ultimate betrayal to help others, and then they turn on you. Again, it is the control of this cult on its members, that causes people to act in such a painful way. Many of us here have experienced similiar painful acts from those that said they loved us. It is different in how it is meted out, but the pain is all the same.

  Everyone deals differently with experiences in life, for you to walk away was the best for you. For others it might be they needed to fade away. And then for others they feel they need to stay, but only in a physical way. I know you have lost much in making a stand, so it might feel to you that they are cowards, but for them they are just not willing to lose everything. Everyone has a valid point in how they want to handle it, because only they live their lives.

  I hope you keep coming back and voicing your feelings...it is what makes this board great.

  Leslie