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  New Name, Old poster

  by betweenworlds in

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  hey everyone.

  posted here before, just have a new name to protect the innocent <loooong story>

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  Prisca

  Are we meant to play "guess the poster"??

  J/K...
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  The Sydney BBQ on really soon

  by OlderTom in

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  we are having our second bbq in sydney soon.

  all who are close to sydney are invited byo everything.. phone or e-mail me or ozziepost for details if you would like to come.

  don't wory about getting caught by the evil elder class, we have a very elaborate security system in place but you need to e-mail us to find out how it works.. hope to see you there, oldertom

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  Prisca

  Hhmmm....

  I guess the bbq's "just around the corner, any day soon"?
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  What is the role of the Annointed NOT on the GB?

  by LDH in

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  does anyone have an answer to this question?

  other than 'partaking', what exactly is it that 8,000 old boogers do the rest of the year?.

  doesn't anyone else find it odd that out of these 8,000+ old boogers, only like 9 of them are on the gb?

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  Lisa,

  Although we don't know who exactly they are accusing of being fake in Africa, I suspect it is those who come straight from a tribal religion that survives mostly on superstition and voo-doo, to becoming a JW (no change really, LOL). They then might inadvertently mix the two religions, and think they are of the "annointed". The WTS would not count these guys as "annointed" if they were still clinging to previous beliefs.

  It's not a colour issue re "fake" annointed bros in Africa, it's more of a cultural issue. There is a HUGE difference between race and culture.
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  Kingdom SMELLodies

  by reagan_oconnor in

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  which "kingdom melodies" did you most despise?.

  mine had to be #125... the one that talked about "bees that were molested.

  " [8>]

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  Prisca

  personally, I used to feel sorry for the poor bees!
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  Face/Pyramids on Mars! What do you think?

  by qwerty in

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  the things you look into without the wt cynical mind behind every thought.. [ http://www.geocities.com/area51/6683/cydonia-face.html].

  qwerty .

  justa surfin!

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  Prisca

  and the London Underground...???

  Now I've heard everything, LOL!!!
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  Need to vent... advice is welcome

  by SlayerLayer in

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  when i was 13, all of the other kids in my congregation were taking home school, getting them out of the "bad association" in public school.

  they talked me into it too.. of course, at 13 trying to get me to actually do the schooling was a feat that no one could master.. i worked for a brother in the cong.

  full time, and never finished the schooling.. so...flash forward.

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  Prisca

  Whoo hoo!

  Congrats on your new job!
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  just needed to share

  by jurs in

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  i cant the events of the past few weeks.

  a brief summary for those who don't know.

  i've been a jw 7 years .

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  Prisca

  {{{hugs}}}

  thanks for sharing.

  regarding your friend's drinking problem, is there any way you could have a heart-to-heart with her and help her to find help, at least go to AA meetings with her?
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  Open letter to my family

  by DannyBear in

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  dear family,.

  well i suppose a better salutation would be, dear former family,.

  since i have only briefly seen sister bp on two or three occasions in the last 20 years.

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  Prisca

  {{{hugs}}} to DannyBear

  I can imagine getting that off your chest was a HUGE relief. I know the act of shunning is painful and downright unloving. I hope you are able to find a way of moving on.
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  Ten Good Reasons to Attend the Sydney BBQ

  by ozziepost in

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  reason # 10: you might meet the three toms !.

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  details of time and place, etc from [email protected]

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  # 9

  It's a good excuse for missing a Sunday meeting
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  A bad case of the clap

  by expatbrit in

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  back in the uk, i remember that at the baptisms, the audience were told not to applaud until the last candidate had been dunked.

  this, we were informed, gave the occassion a proper sense of dignity and decorum.

  in general, clapping was restrained at assemblies.

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  relief it was over, anglise?

  I noticed the clapping increased dramatically after the Moscow International Convention of '93. Several of the GB as well as DOs and Bethel members from around the world were there, so it made a HUGE impact believe me!

  The Russian bros clapped after everything! - After the initial song and prayer; when each speaker was announced to the platform, when he finished his talk; at the end of the first session's song; and so on, until the end of the session, when they gave the final applause!

  They also clapped for the entire length of the baptism, while the bros and the bikini-clad sisters were baptised.

  The reason they did this, I believe, is simply because the Russians had more appreciation for "spiritual" things than we in the Western world do. They live on $50 per month, decent toilet paper and soap are luxuries, as are fresh fruit and veges, particularly the variety of food we are used to.

  So, all you good Capitalists, blame it on the Russians!