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  Just had to share this!...

  by Golden Girl in

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  as many here know..my hubby has terminal cancer.

  well hospice came today and we discussed many things.

  one of them was a 'pastor of your choice".

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  starfish422

  Golden girl, (((HUGS))) I am very sorry for your husband's illness. It is great that you are still able to find some humour in a difficult situation.

  Take care.
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  Who here is shunned by family?

  by Brummie in

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  remember the watchtower that asked "are jws a cult?

  " and then listed things that cleared it of the accusations of being such?

  cant remember the date.. anyway one of the things it said was that "cults" usually have a lot of ex members testifying against it and the damage it has caused to their family lives.

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  starfish422

  Forgot to mention that I, too, have the "Say NO to Disfellowshipping: www.freeminds.org" bumper sticker on my van.
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  How would you react if you found out....

  by Makena1 in

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  a jw who formerly treated you badly when you were a dub, shunned and treated you even worse when you left - leaves the borg and is now a fellow ex-jw?.

  has anyone ever had this happen to them?.

  would you try to work out your differences?

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  There are certain people in the Borg who did absolutely unforgivable things to me while I was in the Borg. After I left, all bets were off, as far as I'm concerned. With those people, if they were to leave and if they approached me somewhere, I would relish the opportunity to flip 'em the bird and walk away.

  There are others, though, that I would still have contact now if they would allow it. If they were to leave and then contact me I would definitely be open to at least getting to know them again. And there are a very few whom I would accept, no questions asked. :)

  Edited by - starfish422 on 16 January 2003 14:20:51
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  Worldly Music to Avoid

  by Nosferatu in

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  i remember, one of the songs i was told was a bad song, was bridge over troubled water.

  apparently, it's about drug use.

  what are some of the "worldly" songs you were advised to quit listening to that seemed harmless?edited by - nosferatu on 16 january 2003 13:39:50.

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  Gosh, I wish I was still talking to my mother; I would LOVE to ruin Bridge over Troubled Water for her...she loves Simon & Garfunkel!! :D

  I remember Ozzy Osbourne being mentioned specifically in the WT or Awake in the early 80s, after that stupid kid killed himself and his even more stupid father tried to blame poor Ozzy for it. The WTBTS just about peed their pants over that one.

  In the mid 80s there was a sitcom on; don't remember now what it was called but it took place in a grocery store and the guy from Get Smart was in it. Anyways, after I had been enjoying it for a few months, I was informed by my mom that I could no longer watch it because one of the people was gay; not the character, mind you, the actor!! *roll eyes*

  Edited by - starfish422 on 16 January 2003 14:3:38
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  How the Watchtower Manufactures Losers

  by metatron in

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  the term loser is, admittedly, insulting.

  ways because of years of damage done to my family that likely will never be reversible.. nevertheless, like a growing number of others, i have managed to repair some of the injury.

  - unlike these sad cases:.

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  starfish422

  Um....yeah.

  So getting back to the original topic:

  This is my greatest frustration with my dad's involvement in the Borg; I know in my heart that he is an intelligent person. Jeez, he's the one who taught me so many of the things that still make up who I am today; how you always have a choice, so many things. And yet he continually buys into this crap; and not only does he buy it, he sells it too!!

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  Nicest in congregation

  by starfish422 in

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  okay, we've talked to death about the crazies in our congregations, and i'm sure we've discussed the grouches (read: boe) but was there anyone in your congregation who was super-nice to you?.

  in my congregation (i was in the same one from birth to age 18 when i left) there was an older german couple who had a worldly daughter (grown up, moved out & married) and had a son with down's syndrome.

  they lived on a beautiful lake and always had the congregation picnic at their house.

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  Scully, email me! :) Been a while since we've [email protected]
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  Canada: New Brunswick/Ontario

  by RAYZORBLADE in

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  it has been a long while since i partook of any xjw site, but this one seems pretty interesting, with loads of topics and interesting posts.

  anyways, i was a teenager in eastern canada, new brunswick to be specific.

  it was late 1976/77 that i attended meetings.

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  Hi Ray; my mom is from Chatham and I used to go visit my grandmother there at her congregation in Newcastle. Not really close to the areas you mentioned; but I used to love visiting NB every summer. :) I am from southeastern Ontario.

  Good luck finding some friends. :)
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  Disfellowshipped? I got a question

  by sableindian in

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  2. bible

  if a person is disfellowshipped, can they talk to anyone in the congregation?

  and if not, what scripture says they (the disfellowshipped person) can not.

  and, has anyone ever heard that an elder or someone else suggest a disfellowshipped person wear a letter "d" (the scarlett letter) when they go to public functions like an assembly?

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  starfish422

  Elsewhere, you go to the KH??
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  Nicest in congregation

  by starfish422 in

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  okay, we've talked to death about the crazies in our congregations, and i'm sure we've discussed the grouches (read: boe) but was there anyone in your congregation who was super-nice to you?.

  in my congregation (i was in the same one from birth to age 18 when i left) there was an older german couple who had a worldly daughter (grown up, moved out & married) and had a son with down's syndrome.

  they lived on a beautiful lake and always had the congregation picnic at their house.

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  starfish422

  Okay, we've talked to death about the crazies in our congregations, and I'm sure we've discussed the grouches (read: BOE) but was there anyone in your congregation who was super-nice to you?

  In my congregation (I was in the same one from birth to age 18 when I left) there was an older German couple who had a worldly daughter (grown up, moved out & married) and had a son with Down's Syndrome. They lived on a beautiful lake and always had the congregation picnic at their house. They were always so generous and friendly. Of course, they would have been that way even if they hadn't been JWs; some people are just nice while others are born grouches.

  Anyone stand out in your mind?
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  What's the Most Boring Thing?

  by Satanus in

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  for me the most boring activity is filling out income tax forms.

  i find the most boring person is the dali lama.

  just looking at him makes me feel bored.

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  starfish422

  Chachasmom, I think you misunderstood the title of the post; it's "most boring thing", not "brainpower most matching that of a pile of gravel".