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  Congradulations to DAD!!!!

  by VeniceIT in

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  well today june 6th marks my dad's one year anniversry from being df'd!!!

  whoohoooo!!.

  i can't belive it's been that long in some regards, but it seems like i've known you folks for years.

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  H'lo, Ven:
  I don't recognize photos very well, so excuse my asking:
  Are you (and your Dad) among those I met--along with Mulan--at a recent gathering at a certain small-town resort?

  Ros
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  The BRCI Conference

  by larc in

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  are any of you going to the brci conference in waterloo, canada?

  it should be coming up soon, in a matter of weeks.

  they are a really good group of x's.

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  Don't listen to Norm; he just doesn't like BRCI because he doesn't like me (mainly cuz I'm a "Xtian"!). He's never been to a BRCI, and he knows about as much about it as he does evolution and science. Atheists/agnostics would do better to listen to AlanF, who has a better perspective about it.

  To ZazuWitts:
  BRCI has had several gatherings in Orlando--at which one did we meet?
  Blessings,
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  The BRCI Conference

  by larc in

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  are any of you going to the brci conference in waterloo, canada?

  it should be coming up soon, in a matter of weeks.

  they are a really good group of x's.

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  Hi, Marilyn:
  That clip is from a snapshot taken not quite 2 years ago, appropriately at the BRCI conference in Waterloo. (This year will be the second time in Canada.) Tom Cabeen, Roger Karlsson and I drove down to Niagra Falls the afternoon before the conference where this pic was shot; thus, the windblown look.

  Post me at Beacon sometime: [email protected]
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  The BRCI Conference

  by larc in

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  are any of you going to the brci conference in waterloo, canada?

  it should be coming up soon, in a matter of weeks.

  they are a really good group of x's.

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  Hello, Tina, Larc and all:

  I host the BEACON website, and I also serve as a board member of BRCI. As such, perhaps I can clear up what seem to be some misperceptions.

  1. BRCI is not affiliated with my BEACON website, http://www.xjw.com , except for a link to it from BEACON. Because I am on the board is evidently why some people make the association. BRCI has its own website: http://www.brci.org

  2. Ray Franz in not affiliated with BRCI, however Peter Gregerson is a board member, as is Jon Mitchell and Tom Cabeen who are close to Ray. Ray attends a few of the sessions only if they happen to be held in the Atlanta area because of the opportunity to see quite a few friends who make the journey. In the early years of BRCI, Ray gave a couple or so talks, but not in recent years. When a conference was held in the Atlanta area, he and Cynthia have on occasion hosted an open-house smorgus after the conference closed on Sunday noon. Jim Penton sometimes attends BRCI, and when he does he usually gives a talk. He will be there this year. (I won't be.)

  3. Board members are of the Christian faith, some are non-trinitarian, some are trinitarian, and some are non-commital about it. The program does have a Christian theme, but the conferences are open to everyone without pressure to conform (that is, from BRCI--can't speak for some of the attendees). I don't happen to enjoy religious talks, especially those with an evangelical flavor, so I and others of like interest use that time to enjoy informal fellowship.

  I have no idea who Tina spoke with, but generally an experience like she had is from an attendee with their own agenda. The conferences always have numerous people of very diverse religious views who attend, mainly to meet other exWitnesses.

  I have heard it mentioned several times lately that it seems the BRCI site is not working. Could someone explain? I looked at it a few minutes ago, and the information about the Waterloo conference is there: June 27-July 1. Click on "Conferences" and scroll to the bottom.

  Hope this helps.
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  The Horse's Ass Award for May 2001

  by seven006 in

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  in every news group, discussion board and chat room there seems to be a few individuals that never seem to completely grasp the art of thinking.

  their need to disrupt and irritate reach superstar status in the realm of stupidity.

  the desire for attention and recognition though sophomoric post's and chat room spamming becomes as much a part of the entire internet experience as the valuable and useful contributions of others.

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  Brilliant, Seven006!
  I have only one objection: Horses don't deserve this award!
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  Question for JWs

  by ros in

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  i forgot one of the most important points i intended in my "can 'the truth' lie?

  " post down the line.

  although i did make mention of it in a follow-up reply, i thought it might also be worth a new topic.. now that the watchtower society is perpetuating shunning within[b/] their congregations, among active members who have neither been df'd nor da'd, how should we view jehovah's witnesses considering john 13:35:.

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  I forgot one of the most important points I intended in my "Can 'The Truth' Lie?" post down the line. Although I did make mention of it in a follow-up reply, I thought it might also be worth a new topic.

  Now that the Watchtower Society is perpetuating shunning within[b/] their congregations, among active members who have neither been DF'd nor DA'd, how should we view Jehovah's Witnesses considering John 13:35:

  [b] "By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves." (NWT)

  I'm curious how Witnesses justify this. (I can think of a couple of possibilities, given their rationale and word definitions, but I would like to hear it from them first. [8>]

  Ros
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  boob jobs and sisters

  by jurs in

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  warning: this is a very shallow post.

  now that i'm out, i'm trying to see the humor of my past life as a jw.

  when i was new in the truth , only baptized 4 months, i became good friends with this one sister.

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  I was going to ask if this was in Montana, although the people I know, my brother's married family, were all from Seattle. My Xsister-in-law and some of the others in her congregation had breast-jobs over 20 years ago--before it was a craze. (She doesn't know that I know.) My mother (not a JW) asked her if the Watchtower approved, and she replied something to the effect that it was "none of their business". My brother was an elder, too, and a PO.

  Breast jobs must be about as common in the Watchtower organization as child abuse.

  Ros
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  Can "The Truth" Lie?

  by ros in

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  perhaps it is a matter of how one defines the words "truth" and "lie".

  the watchtower society certainly permits their flock to hold some unique definitions of common words the rest of us take for granted.

  for example, consider what we know to be jehovah's witnesses' general understanding of a few terms which might be defined thus:.

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  Hi, All:
  In the initial post, I forgot to mention one of the most outstanding points I intended. This piece was inspired by the issue of shunning among members WITHIN the congregations, in which the shunned member has not been accused nor had any judicial action taken against them, as experienced by SilentLamb in his congregation, as well as others who become "marked". The Scripture speaks for itself:

  "By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves." NWT

  What does that tell us?

  Ros
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  Can "The Truth" Lie?

  by ros in

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  perhaps it is a matter of how one defines the words "truth" and "lie".

  the watchtower society certainly permits their flock to hold some unique definitions of common words the rest of us take for granted.

  for example, consider what we know to be jehovah's witnesses' general understanding of a few terms which might be defined thus:.

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  ros

  Hey, Mulan! Now I recognize you!
  Yeh, its me. The more I think about that little get-together, the more it was a good fun time. :-)
  Great to meet you folks.

  Blessings,
  Ros
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  Can "The Truth" Lie?

  by ros in

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  perhaps it is a matter of how one defines the words "truth" and "lie".

  the watchtower society certainly permits their flock to hold some unique definitions of common words the rest of us take for granted.

  for example, consider what we know to be jehovah's witnesses' general understanding of a few terms which might be defined thus:.

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  ros

  H'lo, COMF:
  Sorry about the fragrant typo--it was somewhere around 2 am, and the spell-checker didn't flag that one. :-)

  Ros