Thank you, cedars. That is beautiful. ( although I thought I was done shedding tears, but apparently not!)
May we never forget Eric Reeders.
peace,
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Video tribute to Oompa (Eric Reeder)
by cedars ini didn't know eric particularly well, and i feel terrible that i didn't reach out to him more or try to help him while i still had the opportunity.. i feel extremely helpless, but the least i can do is help others remember him who knew him better.. here is a video i've uploaded to youtube in his honor.... .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67a0imd6dng.
i hope it helps us as we mourn a much-loved member of this forum.. .
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Half a hundred! How did THAT happen?!
by Aussie Oz inwell, the big five o today.. how did that happen?
i can't be half a hundred for fucks sake, i only just got born again (and not in the christian sense)!.
can i get seniors discounts and insurance i wonder?
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HAPPY 50th to you Aussie!!!!
One week before I turned 50, I started getting e-mails from "senior" dating services! And I also got papers to fill out, via snail mail, to become a member of AARP. Ouch!!
peace to you,
somebody/gwen
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SAD news about OOMPA......
by redredrose inour friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
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Finkelstein, I thank you for the song too!
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Shunning - Irony, Hypocrisy and Tragedy - Watchtower jw.org
by wannabefree in***g7/09p.29 is it wrong to change your religion?***.
"no one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family.".
ironically, the religion and publisher of this statement is one of the biggest offenders with their shunning policy of its members who come to the conclusion that their form of worship is unacceptable.. for some, this severe shunning is too much to bear.. ...help me through this my old friends...i really did not want to be dfd!...i am fourth generation....i had already been shunned by my lifelong friends due to my outspoken words regarding my discovering we had changed the bible to make it say what jw's want it to...but now i have lost my family....oomps.
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On top of my tears, I'm speechless, wannabefree.
peace to you,
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Are JW's REALLY the cause of people committing suicide?
by scotoma inblame the cult.
blame the cult.
blame the cult.. suicide is a very complicated behavior.. mental health professionals caution against assigning blame when people kill themselves.. being disfellowshipped is a life stress and some people are not equipped mentally to handle it.
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((((((((((((Grace)))))))))))) We are SO HAPPY that you are here. And SO HAPPY that you are "mouthy" too! :-) Love you!
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Are JW's REALLY the cause of people committing suicide?
by scotoma inblame the cult.
blame the cult.
blame the cult.. suicide is a very complicated behavior.. mental health professionals caution against assigning blame when people kill themselves.. being disfellowshipped is a life stress and some people are not equipped mentally to handle it.
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((((blondie)))) Thank you!
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SAD news about OOMPA......
by redredrose inour friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
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This has been the saddest news. There are SO many of us crying real tears too !!! As tornapart has said, "All JWs can see are angry negative apostates... these are real people, with real pain, real despair.... some like oompa are just hurting too bad to be able to cope with it." . Those words SCREAM the truth!
My heart goes out to his family, and to all of us here who are feeling the intense pain of Eric's passing.
R I P Eric
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do you remember the Last assembly you attended?
by crystlew123 ini dont remember the date.
or the year or if it was a district or circuit.
what i do remember is that we rode up with a car full of other female witnesses.
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1978 at the Natick Assembly Hall in Natick MA.
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Lost my best friend (man's best friend)
by Coffee House Girl injust wanted to write a tribute to my best friend whom i lost last week, it was one of the most painful experiences i have ever been through.
i have no children, my puppy was my child.
i got him from a golden retriever rescue organization when he was 2. he was recovering from a car accident, still a bit skiddish, but he chose me to take him home (the foster mom said that he never responded to anyone like he did me).. he was always happy to see me, greet me with a toy in his mouth, he never judged me, never cared whether i was "bad association", he was always there when i needed to smile and remembe that i was not alone in the world.
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((((((((((CoffeeHouseGirl))))))))
Many of us know and have experienced your pain. Our dogs who have passed on will forever remain in our hearts.
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The Watchtower Society Tells Us To Not Look At Older Publications
by God_Delusion inunless i was having one of my pipe dreams, the borg has said that we should only research new publications and articles published by them.. if there's a reference in a watchtower/awake!
article to the tune of this, please can someone post it as well as the reference source?.
cheers,.
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I don't think the WTS INC. has said not to read older publications. I think it's odd that it has ENCOURAGED JWs to read older publications but if anyone does read old publications and brings up old teachings from older publications in conversations with their fellow JWs, then they automatically get accused of reading "apostate material" and/ or accused of becoming an apostate. It's happened over and over again to many JWs who brought up old teachings of the WBTS INC. that they've read in older publications. Go figure.
peace,
somebody