I am enjoying seeing everyone so happy and excited about either the wedding or the footy. The weather is gorgeous too, been enjoying it since six thirty in my garden. Hope they'll be happy, it's hard for a kid losing a parent, she will be good for him I think.
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Meghan Markle Will Omit 'Obey' from Her Wedding Vows to Prince Harry
by AFRIKANMAN inwhen meghan markle says her royal wedding vows to prince harry on saturday, she’ll be following in the footsteps of princess diana and kate middleton by choosing to omit the traditional promise to “obey” her husband, the palace confirms.. during the ceremony, officiated by archbishop of canterbury justin welby, meghan will tell her royal groom: “i meghan, take you, harry, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part; according to god’s holy law.
in the presence of god i make this vow.”.
the decision doesn’t come as a surprise: meghan has long been a vocal feminist, working with organizations like one world vision to learn about the challenges facing women and girls living in dubai and mumbai.
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Nice thought for the day ...
by neat blue dog injust thought i'd share what i found in my fortune cookie.
(i know, fortune cookies are inviting demons, just like lucky charms cereal 😜) well actually it's more of a proverb, like most of them are nowadays:.
"as one grows to understand life less and less, one learns to live it more and more.".
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Xanthippe
Great quotes. It's such a breath of fresh air to be away from that suffocating belief system where everything unexplained was Satan and everything beautiful and amazing in the natural world, God did it.
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Unbelievable!
by The Fall Guy inwitness: yes.
attorney: and what were you doing at that time?
witness: yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and
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Xanthippe
😂😂😂 Oh god I laughed till I cried.
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I Went To My Brother’s Memorial Service at the Kingdom Hall
by minimus ini have to say that the talk was very good.
instead of just repeating a jw manual , the speaker actually spoke about my brother!
there were a few scriptures with the jw hope but 80 % of the talk was actually about the life of my brother.
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Xanthippe
I'm so sorry you lost your brother before you lost him Minimus. What a lot this cult has to answer for. I'm glad the memorial was mostly about your brother and that the JWs were generally kind to you. Take care of yourself now as you grieve.
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Evening gala/ball
by Researchedandenlightened incan anyone tell me when, and why jehovahs witnesses hold evening gala,s / ball with full tuxedo,s and evening gowns ?
is it uk only as i have heard family throughout the uk attend these events (jw only) of course !.
what is the purpose of these events and how long have the dubs being doing so ?
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Xanthippe
I never heard of a black tie event when I was a JW but then I'm in the midlands so they were probably in London. I remember going to a D'oyly Carte performance of Gilbert and Sullivan at Sadler's Wells with a load of bethel staff and a bethel boy came in dinner jacket, frilly shirt and jeans.
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Paranormal stuff: is it a cultural thing? Rant ahead
by Whynot inparanormal stuff is common where my family is from it's almost expected.
native american background, my great grandmother was a witch doctor a damn good one too, my non witness relatives dabble in it.
so i have seen stuff and experienced stuff.
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Flipper I agree with everything you posted and I have had those same experiences too. Thanks for your thoughts, you have an open mind and a lack of fear.
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Posters You Miss
by minimus inanyone that you miss from this site, dead or alive??.
i miss farkel, blondie and a host of others!.
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Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
by Earnest intonight (sunday, 13th may) at 20:00 on bbc 2 ... for neanderthal believers, agnostics and deniers.. this first programme in a two-part series investigates what neanderthals looked like and and how they lived in their ice age world.
it turns out that almost everything we thought we knew about them is wrong.
they weren't hunched, grunting, knuckle-dragging ape-men at all.
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Xanthippe
Thanks for the heads up it was really interesting. They could possibly speak like us. Interesting that even with those huge brow ridges they don't look that different once the flesh clothes the bones. I remember finding a book with those Neanderthal skulls in just after we left the cult. Instead of just bits of teeth as the WTS lied to us, there are almost complete skulls. It was an amazing moment for us.
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Interview with an Apostate - Scratchme1010
by scratchme1010 infor what it's worth:.
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. i am one of 7 children in my family, three boys, three girls and me.
yes, i'm right in the middle, and i'm the pink sheep of the family (or at least the official one).
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Xanthippe
Do you have any regrets about life since you left?
No. Everything I did at the time made perfect sense and had a reason to be. I always do my best with the information I have.I agree with this so much, you just get on with it, no belly aching. Good read thanks.
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Quick hello and recent baby pic.
by Darkknight757 injust wanted to say a quick hello.
this was a pic yesterday on nurses week at henry ford with one of izabella’s primaries.
the first pic was at her nicu graduation.
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Xanthippe
You and your wife have been through so much! I'm so pleased for you now with your healthy daughter 🎈🎉👍🌺