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  My 14-year-old niece is being disfellowshipped

  by keyser soze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was contacted by my ex sister-in-law yesterday.

  she asked me if i wanted to spend some time with my niece, while she went to her sister's baby shower.

  it turns out my niece can't go because she's about to be disfellowshipped at the ripe old age of 14. .

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  Nathan Natas

  Excellent, congratulations! The first step in becoming an XJW (and getting your life back) is baptism.

  Let's hope her future is one of self-realization, fulfillment, achievement & joy.
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  Tiger numbers in the wild have risen slightly

  by Xanthippe in

  1. social
  2. current

  in 1900 there were 100,000 tigers in the wild.

  a hundred or so years later there were only 3,200 due to habitat destruction and poaching for traditional medicine.

  for the first time in a hundred years the numbers have risen.. .

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  Nathan Natas

  This is EXCELLENT news; I just had a tiger for breakfast!

  I had an omelette, he had rare steak and eggs.

  What? I'll be here invisibly to times indefinite. Please remember to tip you waitress!
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  Could we ever see a GB member disassociate?

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we saw it with raymond franz.

  but do you think we could ever see one of the current gb members or future ones, make the same choice?.

  to leave, and expose it..

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  Nathan Natas

  NO.

  It will NEVER happen.

  It is impossible!

  [THIS is my 10,000th post!]
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  Would/Do you wear a Cross around your neck ??

  by Prisca in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after all that we had drummed into us about not the cross, and particularly about not venerating the symbol itself, i have been wondering about this issue.. so, what are your views about wearing a cross around your neck ?

  is it just a fashion accessory, or does it mean something to you ?.

  inquiring minds would like to know

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  Nathan Natas

  Q.: Would/Do you wear a Cross around your neck ??

  A.: No, because it BURNS. Oh, how it BURNS! :P
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  William Ellison, Slave owner

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i be damn, the guy an ex slave.

  south carolina, a free black man and former slave.

  he owned.

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  WHO was William Ellison? (from wikipedia)

  William Ellison Jr, born April Ellison, (c. April, 1790 – 5 December 1861) was a cotton gin maker and blacksmith in South Carolina, a free negro and former slave who achieved considerable success in business before the American Civil War. He eventually became a major planter and one of the medium property owners, and certainly the wealthiest "black" property owner, in the state. He held 40 slaves at his death and more than 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land. From 1830-1865 he and his sons were the only free blacks in Sumter County, South Carolina to own slaves. The county was largely devoted to cotton plantations and the majority population were slaves.

  Ellison and his sons were among a number of successful free people of color in the antebellum years, but Ellison was particularly outstanding. His master (and likely father) had passed on social capital by apprenticing him to learn a valuable artisan trade as a cotton gin maker, at which Ellison made a success. He took a wife at the age of 21. After buying his own freedom when he was 26, a few years later Ellison purchased his wife and their children, to protect them from sales as slaves.
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  William Ellison, Slave owner

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i be damn, the guy an ex slave.

  south carolina, a free black man and former slave.

  he owned.

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  Nathan Natas

  Cool your jets, Jim and others who have knee-jerk reactions.

  For the record, I'm white. It is possible that some of my Scots-Irish or Polish progenitors were slaves. It is not an exclusively Black experience. By the way, I have not the foggiest idea WHO William Ellison is/was, but I will correct that soon.

  ONE reason Blacks kept slaves was because that was one way to KEEP THEIR FAMILIES TOGETHER.

  I don't know where you are, Jim, but you should see if you can stream episodes of two US TV shows that I highly recommend.

  The first is Finding Your Roots, which is hosted by Educator Henry Louis Gates Jr.

  The second is Who Do You Think You Are? an American genealogy documentary series that is an adaptation of the British BBC series of the same name.

  It was episodes of these shows that opened my eyes to why owning a slave can, in some circumstances, be an ACT OF LOVE.

  Good luck in your continuing search for answers.
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  A Teenager Ran Away From Home to Get Away From the Witnesses ... in 1909

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay .... i guess technically they weren't witnesses yet; they were just russellites.

  but i still think it is funny that teenagers were heading for the hills to run away from their nonsense ... even back then!.

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  Nathan Natas

  Is this from every issue of The Brooklyn Eagle or from a particular DATE?
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  Dog expert needed

  by glenster in

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  2. entertainment

  this dog looks almost exactly like the dog daisy i used to have about a gener-ation ago.

  you'd think the coloring would be random but it's exactly the sameyet it's from california on the other side of the country.

  i think you mix twohybrids that each typically have a look and that's what you get.

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  Nathan Natas

  Maybe you could talk with your Vet about IF DNA testing might clarify this.
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  The inner workings at Bethel in the 70's

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  while doing some research, i stumbled upon a blog written by a former bethelite.

  his name is john bechtel.

  the blog is several years old.

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  Nathan Natas

  His name is familiar, but that might be because there is a very prominent Engineering, Construction, and Project Management named Bechtel.

  I was in NYC during my yoot and I *might* have heard his name; I'm pretty sure I never met him.

  Is this John Bechtel related to the Engineering firm?
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  I chuckle whenever I think of this

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. social
  2. humour

  about a month ago magnum posted an incident he recalled from his time in the borg... i've copied and pasted it below:.

  magnum .

  that was one of the most frustrating, irritating things to me in jwdom over my several decades in.

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  Nathan Natas

  Probably First (in the tribe of) Dan.