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  The History of Everything and Stuff

  by Big Jim in

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  the history of everything and stuff.

  (contrary to jw opinion, jehovah doth have a great sense of humor.

  after all, he made us, didn't he?

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  Roamingfeline

  Hmmmm.. Big Jim, How low can ya go? When you post something good written by someone else, it's common courtesy to give them the credit. Anyone who's been around Farkel for any length of time recognizes his writings, just as I have a lot of writings from days gone by which belong to LovesDubs and Seven006. I would never take credit for work that they produced. IMO, you have some hefty apologizing to do, and you just lost a whole lot of credibility with your cries of Wolf on the other thread.

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  I HAVE BEEN FRAMED !

  by Big Jim in

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  this is the story.

  i have been operating a pay-day loan business for almost 2 years now.

  i started out in business with a brother who passed away almost a year ago.

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  Don't y'all just love it when sleazy people who take advantage of the poor and downtrodden start hollering when THEY get the shaft? Those are the "Do unto others before they do it to you" type of people. Poetic justice, imo.

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  final thoughts for tonight

  by Bendrr in

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  well, it's late sunday night and fixing to be bedtime for me.

  just had to type some more.. first and foremost:.

  troubled.

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  Roamingfeline

  Hey Mike,

  Down here in Oz we can grill a mean Crayfish on the barbie. They're great cooked over Karri or Jarrah wood, with melted butter and fresh sliced lemon juice from the lemon tree in the backyard. Wonderful stuff!

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  Meet Silentlambs In Person!

  by silentlambs in

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  i am going to be at a trial in ritzville, washington.

  the town is about an hour southwest from spokane, wa.

  i will be there on august 14th, which will be on a tuesday.

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  Roamingfeline

  I would be more than happy to show up there, except my plane doesn't leave Australia for the USA until Aug 15. And then I will be in Missouri, a long way from Washington. But I hope that some will be able to be there to support this poor girl.

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  Isn't it great having grandchildren?..............

  by ozziepost in

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  ......knowing you can give them back!.

  and leave them in the capable hands of loving parents, leave the big smoke behind to arrive in your peaceful highlands home.

  ah bliss!.

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  Grandchildren ARE truly a joy! I can hardly wait to see mine again in two weeks. I haven't seen my granddaughter since she was 17 mos old. She's now 3 years plus 2 mos old. I've never seen my grandson at all 'cept in photos, and he's now almost 10 mos old. So I'm really looking forward to spoiling them rotten in a few weeks!

  One of my other daughters is having a baby near the end of Sept, and it's a girl, so I'm truly blessed in the Grandchildren dept!

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  RE: BILL BOWEN

  by MadApostate in

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  in reading posts here for the past couple days, i obviously am only slightly familiar with bill bowen and his crusade.. is bb still regularly attending meetings, and being treated like a proverbial "leper"?.

  if so, i say that about 100 of us drive to his congregation for a sunday meeting, attend respectfully, but talk to and treat bb inside the kh like the "hero" that he deserves!

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  Roamingfeline

  I'll be in the USA after Aug 15. You tell me when and where and I'll do my level darndest to be there, as long as it's not on the day my daughter's baby is due to be born! Just email me with the details.

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  Special Judicial Committees

  by JEMIMAH in

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  you will have to understand that i have to change a few details here and there so that i can't be identified.. as many of you are aware i serve as an elder, and from time to time i have been asked by the service desk to handle matters for them by means of "the special committee arrangement".

  (a phrase you will not find in any wt letter or elders textbook.

  ) just to explain.. "a special committee is often set up when, an original committee (ojc)decides to disfellowship an individual, who then appeals against the judgement.

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  I'm sure you've heard the old saw, "They need to be taught a lesson, and this is the only thing that will wake them up." Hogwash! Cutting someone off from their family and support structure really teaches them a lesson all right. In almost every case of DF'g in my 22 yrs in the JW's, it did more harm than good. The DF'd individual never recovered from the humiliation it caused. And let me tell you, it is the most humiliating thing to have to come into the KH and sit in the back and ignore people you thought were your closest friends, ["Closer even than a brother."] And have them ignore you like you were an invisible ghost. To get reinstated, you have to grovel and whine like a baby to even to get a hearing.

  That is the BEST description of the disfellowshipping experience I have read. Thanks for the great post.

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  RE: BILL BOWEN

  by MadApostate in

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  in reading posts here for the past couple days, i obviously am only slightly familiar with bill bowen and his crusade.. is bb still regularly attending meetings, and being treated like a proverbial "leper"?.

  if so, i say that about 100 of us drive to his congregation for a sunday meeting, attend respectfully, but talk to and treat bb inside the kh like the "hero" that he deserves!

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  Roamingfeline

  Now THAT is one grand idea! If I were in the US right now, I'd quickly take you up on it.

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  To Active COs/DOs

  by Maximus in

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  a major news organization is in final process of preparing a tv program addressing the issues raised by silentlambs.

  its producers and investigator reporters wish to be fair and unbiased, and are seeking broad input and insight.. another such organization has been attracted to the child abuse issue but does not wish to duplicate what's covered.

  they are in the initial stages of examining the blood issue and that of enforced shunning and its consequences, in the light of human rights issues globally.

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  Roamingfeline

  Bless you both, William Bowen and Maximus, for your tireless work on this project. I hope it succeeds!

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  Disfellowshipping on Trial

  by joelbear in

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  the issue of the responsibility of elders in jehovah's witness congregations is under discussion on several threads currently.. what i really believe should be on trial here is the whole idea of a group of men being set up to make such extremely serious decisions regarding the lives of others.. by discouraging the use of professionals to assist in psychological matters, family matters, and most seriously matters of abuse, the watchtower society brings much responsibility for its actions and their affects onto itself.. tattoogirl addresses this on another thread.

  can men judge men?

  can janitors and laborers and accountants help an abused woman or child by reading them a few scriptures?.

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  Roamingfeline

  Good post, Joel, and so very true. Thanks.

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