however you define the geographic midwest.
the only do of consequence i had was illingworth.
also f bartell.
Cole was DF'd??? Wow.
Yeah Bland was kind of a character, but seemed quite popular.
Lot of names I recognize from this list. Don Friend, Doug Hunter... Then there was Gary(?) Wells. Bobby Christian. Bennett, short little DO tyrant. ANd of course Chuck Velours. Ray Harriman was also a very popular CO back in the 70s.
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from the fabulous joni mitchell who sings and looks like an angel.
i am sure for many of us who placed our dreams with the watchtower's empty promises, it is the perfect anthem.. .
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Eyeslice that is a good song for xJW.
My other favorite xJW anthem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g50vzZzAja0
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just came across this on digg, its hilarious!.
scientologists, jehovah's witnesses and our neighbor jerry.
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Just came across this on Digg, its hilarious!
Scientologists, Jehovah's Witnesses and our neighbor Jerry
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my daughter was here last night, she asked if i knew about john travoltas son dying.
i said yes, her reply was... scientology wouldn't let him take medicine and thats what killed him.
i said, well actually, the news said he was taking meds but they no longer were working for him.
They get all into Sarah Palin's personal life but regarding the Travolta's they don't mention what effects their religion played in their son's treatments.
Uh, Sarah Palin was running for the second highest office in the land, with a guy in his 70s and history of health problems. Travolta is just an actor.
Besides which, even most of the media have enough decency not to start ripping a family who has just lost a son.
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has anyone on this board attended college or knows anyone who attends as an active jw?
how many remain in the organization after graduation?
i was baptized in 1988 and was encouraged to stop college after 2 years.
I went to college about ten years after I graduated high school, should have done it sooner. It helped that this was after they loosened up on higher education, but I would have done it anyway. I didn't really get any flack over it, but at that point I was already starting to slide, went from a pioneering MS to irregular meeting attender.
It was a couple more years before I got out completely.
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i've been watching the sky show tonite as the velvet curtain of night slowly fell...........there is a beautiful crescent moon, with venus at right angles to her..........i also saw the three planets about two/three months ago...........i am loving the huge windows in my fourth floor apartment........i see sooo much up here!.
terri.
Hey thanks for posting this thread! I noticed the moon and Venus as I drove home tonite, but I didn't know exactly which planet it was. But it was very impressive. No Apologies
beginnings are always difficult.
wherever one starts, there is always the question: what was before that?
this question comes from our sense of objective causality - that everything must be preceded by its cause.. must everything have a cause?
Life here... began out there...
So say we all!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywqnv3g6cpi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdh_h_pko8m.
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My invisible friend can beat up your invisible friend!
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i was curious about the worldwide scientology protests today, so i attended the one in minneapolis.
it was interesting.
it was bitterly cold with subzero temperatures and high winds.
I'm no fan of Scientology, but I think this whole "Anonymous" thing is kinda stupid. Like people don't already know what a wacked out cult Scientology is? The whole mysterious "messages" on youtube, with the digitized voice... very juvenile.
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i am new to this site and would be classified as a fader, i just go to maybe one meeting a week and am nearing the end of my fading process.. what bothered me first was the pedophile problem then just reflecting on how crazy jw's act, i think they are too obsessed with worshiping men, especially the gb, elders, co's, do's, its just too crazy.
i've personally seen elders do some very wrong things and they don't get in trouble at all.
then i realized that these men are so corrupt because they don't believe what the wt teaches.
Keep in mind that the real issue is not whether the WTBTS is an NGO or not. By definition, it is an NGO, a Non-governmental Organization, just like many other churches and groups.
The real issue is that back in 1991 they registered with a branch of the UN, the DPI, and in doing so agreed to support the goals of the United Nations.
And as this thread indicates, they continue to get involved -as an NGO- with various events and organizations, many of which are clearly of a political or interfaith nature. Such "worldly" involvement would probably be very surprising to the average dub, who is repeatedly told that as a JW, they must be no part of the world and be politically neutral.
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