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  OMG She's Ba'ack! Run for the hills.

  by BrendaCloutier in

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  yup.

  i'm home.

  i miss hilo but coming home is always good no matter where home is.

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  Preston

  We like Brenda (and Kev) in these here parts... Welcome back

  - Preston
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  Furries, Who Else Hates Them?

  by ColdRedRain in

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  personally, i think they're perverts.

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  Preston

  Is this kinda like Bugs Bunny when he dresses up in high heels and a skirt?

  - Preston
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  What music are you listening to this Friday night?

  by Thegoodgirl in

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  okay "nine inch nails" is one vote.

  i'm listening to alabama (i know, they're old, but just classic country music...) "down home".

  (supposed to be studying for finals, i am studying, i really am.

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  Preston

  The Killer's "All the things that I've done"

  - Preston
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  Are you Sharing?

  by prophecor in

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  i was one, when in, that believed it was the best thing to share your talents with those of the bretheren.

  where you a plumber, a carpenter, an auto mechanic?

  then it would behoove you to take those skills and give them to the community of your brothers and sisters.

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  Preston

  Rocky always liked helping the widowed sisters when their washers or dryers broke, they were always so grateful for any kind of help. And we always helped folks move since we have the big 2-ton truck. Some were grateful, some not.

  (Preston doing his best Marlene Dietrich with a cigarette holder in hand looking gorgeously out into space)

  "Zat Rocky iz a helluva man..waznt he..."

  - Preston
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  Death, DFing, Sadness, People, Rambling

  by joelbear in

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  my mother called last night to tell me that the oldest daughter of one of my best childhood friends had died of a brain tumor.

  i remember when robin was pregnant with stephanie 25 years ago.

  i grew up with robin and her 2 sisters lisa and julie.

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  Preston

  Disfellowshipped people have hearts. Shocking as that may seem.

  I think you have a bigger heart than all of them put together Joel

  - Preston
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  Who is directing them?

  by barbar in

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  2. beliefs

  jws claim to be led by god.

  he is directing their organisation by his spirit.. they believe that smoking is wrong, in fact a disfellowshipping offense.

  so why did god not tell them that smoking was wrong?.

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  Preston

  Who is directing them?

  Well......I've narrowed it down to the spirits of Vlad the Impaler, Genghis Kahn, and Cthullu the Destroyer.

  - Preston
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  The Loving Provision Of Disfellowshipping.

  by Englishman in

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  watchtower, july 15, 1995:.

  disfellowshippinga loving provision?.

  "holy, holy, holy is jehovah god, the almighty.

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  Preston

  The Bible clearly commands: "In accord with the Holy One who called you, do you also become holy yourselves in all your conduct, because it is written: ‘You must be holy, because I am holy.’" (1 Peter 1:15, 16) Ever since the Christian congregation came into existence 19 centuries ago, true Christians have put up a hard fight to protect it from spiritual and moral uncleanness.—Jude 3.

  The "Loving" provision of DF'ing is equal to that of an elder coming to your house, taking a GIANT poo right in front of you on your carpet, and accusing you of being "unspiritual" if you get angry thus negating any implication that it keeps the congregation "clean".

  - Preston
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  Inappropriate "shepherding" calls.

  by avishai in

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  2. friends

  how many have recieved calls by the elders that were under the guise of "shepherding", but somehow inappropriate, i.e, you were a woman alone with only one elder showing up, or you felt physically intimidated by both.

  or say they show up at like, 10:30 at night for a shepherding call.

  and you say "hey, i appreciate the visit but please call first!

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  Preston

  The elders that inquired about my sex life felt it "appropriate" to ask me questions about being gay in a Coffee Shop, in public, in front of a bunch of families and their kids...... After that I never made the mistake of agreeing to meeting them on their terms again.

  - Preston
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  Are you Sharing?

  by prophecor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was one, when in, that believed it was the best thing to share your talents with those of the bretheren.

  where you a plumber, a carpenter, an auto mechanic?

  then it would behoove you to take those skills and give them to the community of your brothers and sisters.

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  Preston

  I was a giver, I will say the majority of people I did things for were very appreciative despite having nothing to give in return, we had a lot of poor couples in our congregation. I fixed a lot of people's computers when I was a JW, I did my hall's accounting, I helped a lot of people move....

  Despite the nature of being a JW, I really did think the whole JW experience had instances of people just being nice, wanting to help other people out, there were a lot of dubs with good intentions. Interestingly a non JW family called our hall asking for people to help them move....and believe it or not, our congregation did help, never saw them again.

  Unfortunately, I do regret sharing, I......never knew my experience would result in so many of these people turning their backs on me.

  Deep down inside, most of them really love an invisible man in the sky more than you. The invisible replaces the real, The presumed replaces the reality, it hurts a person being so oblivious when people are being nice to them.

  - Preston
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  Would you go to a funeral at the Kingdom Hall?

  by Dustin in

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  so my brother and i have been having talks about what will happen when our dad passes away eventually.

  most of his brothers and sisters have died in their 50's or early 60's.

  i flat out refuse to attend any part of the service that would be done at the kingdom hall.

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  Preston

  If someone in my JW family requested their funeral be done at the kingdom hall then I'd have no choice, I'd want to see the way they would want to be remembered regardless of how pathetic the setting is but I would want a separate service done proper non-KH.

  - Preston