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  August KM Fall Out

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  i'm curious to know if anyone has noticed different behavior from their dub family and friends since the aug. km about disfellowshipped ones.

  i've noticed that my mother is no longer emailing me, nor is she responding to my emails.

  i really wish that she would just come out directly and state that she will no longer talk to me instead of just ignoring everything, thinking i will go away.

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  Mulan, I think the change most likely lies in private instructions given to elders. I read somewhere that years after the WT article that you are referring to, the society sent private information to elders stating that ones could in fact have dealings with disfellowshipped family without being punished. However, from what I read, they were instructed to keep this new information confidential, however if they heard of family having contact with df family members, not to pursue the issue judicially as they had been instructed earlier. Therefore, with this reiteration in the KM, I would bet my ass that they have also sent private info to the elders stating that now they should judicially pursue those who do associate with df family.

  Anyone have further info on this or a correction to my understanding?
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  August KM Fall Out

  by writerpen in

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  i'm curious to know if anyone has noticed different behavior from their dub family and friends since the aug. km about disfellowshipped ones.

  i've noticed that my mother is no longer emailing me, nor is she responding to my emails.

  i really wish that she would just come out directly and state that she will no longer talk to me instead of just ignoring everything, thinking i will go away.

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  Sorry to hear about your daughter witchywoman.

  I've decided that I'm no longer going to let my parents control our relationship, which ultimately means the the WTBS has control. Therefore, I'm no longer going to allow them to try and develop a relationship with me until they have left that damn organization. Here I had put a lot of hope into a possible relationship with them, since they were talking to me and even allowing me to come to their home. But since this KM, all hope has been lost until the asses in Brooklyn change their mind again, and open of the family lines of communication. Therefore, as stated before, until they leave that organization, never again will I allow a relationship to bud with them.
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  August KM Fall Out

  by writerpen in

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  i'm curious to know if anyone has noticed different behavior from their dub family and friends since the aug. km about disfellowshipped ones.

  i've noticed that my mother is no longer emailing me, nor is she responding to my emails.

  i really wish that she would just come out directly and state that she will no longer talk to me instead of just ignoring everything, thinking i will go away.

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  Thanks for your replies thus far. Interesting viewpoint proplog2. I've always believed that elders neglected their own children, thus the reason so many leave the organization. It will be interesting to see how everything turns out. I really think that some will wise up someday - like my parents who have had their heart strings yanked back and forth because of the asses in Brooklyn deciding one minute that it's okay to talk to df family and then reversing that decision later and so on. My parents have enjoyed the past few years of associating with my brother especially since he had their first grandbaby. I'm wondering what they think about having a much more difficult time avoiding him, but trying to see the baby.
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  Connie Chung Tonight: Bill Bowen or not?

  by writerpen in

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  on cnn tv

  cnn program schedule

  connie chung tonight:

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  ON CNN TV	CNN Program Schedule
  Connie Chung Tonight: Missing kids: Is this a national crisis? Connie examines how one child makes headlines while others are never seen. (8 p.m. ET)

  
  This is the advertisement for tonights program with Connie Chung. Bill, are you getting mentioned tonight in addition to this story, or has your segment been rescheduled?
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  August KM Fall Out

  by writerpen in

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  i'm curious to know if anyone has noticed different behavior from their dub family and friends since the aug. km about disfellowshipped ones.

  i've noticed that my mother is no longer emailing me, nor is she responding to my emails.

  i really wish that she would just come out directly and state that she will no longer talk to me instead of just ignoring everything, thinking i will go away.

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  I'm curious to know if anyone has noticed different behavior from their dub family and friends since the Aug. KM about disfellowshipped ones. I've noticed that my mother is no longer emailing me, nor is she responding to my emails. I really wish that she would just come out directly and state that she will no longer talk to me instead of just ignoring everything, thinking I will go away.
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  Next year's intl conventions - for PR?

  by Aaac in

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  next year, jw's have international conventions at least in switzerland, spain, s africa, japan and australia.

  they usually have their big conventions in countries where they desperately need some positive pr, so what is going on in these countries?.

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  Seems to me that if PR determined location, then U.S. and United Kingdom would make top of the list.
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  Should I pay for lunch?

  by writerpen in

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  there is this gay man in my church that i've asked to meet me for lunch in about a week.

  he responded through email saying that he would enjoy that and asked "what arrangements do you suggest," thus wanting time, location, etc.

  anyway, this is my thing.

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  This is not a date. I really want to inquire about his experience with the Episcopal Church since I'm new to the faith. I sit on some committees with him and assist him on projects for the church. He is gay and has a partner that lives with him. So my having lunch with him has nothing to do with a romantic theme. Actually, I'm wanting to pick his brain about his experience as a gay man in the Episcopal Church.
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  Should I pay for lunch?

  by writerpen in

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  there is this gay man in my church that i've asked to meet me for lunch in about a week.

  he responded through email saying that he would enjoy that and asked "what arrangements do you suggest," thus wanting time, location, etc.

  anyway, this is my thing.

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  I need help. There is this gay man in my church that I've asked to meet me for lunch in about a week. He responded through email saying that he would enjoy that and asked "what arrangements do you suggest," thus wanting time, location, etc. Anyway, this is my thing. If you ask a person to meet you for lunch does that necessarily mean that you are paying for their lunch too? Or would it be inappropriate to ask if we can have separate checks? I need advice before I respond to him with my "suggested arrangements." Or should I just recommend time and location and deal with the check issue at the restaurant. I'm really poor and just can't afford his lunch too, but I really want to talk to him.
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  MikeMusto, where are you?

  by writerpen in

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  i started a thread last thursday or friday (i always sign off from everything on the weekends, so i'm just now revisiting all the comments).

  i asked if anyone knows ed vosh and you stated that you do.. i grew up with ed in the small town of luray, virginia.

  he was always the "spiritual" kid that all the other kids wanted to be like.

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  I started a thread last Thursday or Friday (I always sign off from everything on the weekends, so I'm just now revisiting all the comments). I asked if anyone knows Ed Vosh and you stated that you do.

  I grew up with Ed in the small town of Luray, Virginia. He was always the "spiritual" kid that all the other kids wanted to be like. Of course, he had a great network of support in his family. Last I heard, which has been some years back, that his family was serving in a foreign country. Anyway, I remember Ed (we called him Eddy) was the kid who would handle the bell ringing during the theocratic ministry school.

  I had heard he got married some years back, may be a long while now. Anyway, that's how I know him. If I remember correctly, he had a little brother, and I've always wondered if he ever made it to Bethel (at least I think he had a little brother).

  Also, did you ever know Michael Hounser or his brother Brad.
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  Is the Bible Really the Word of God?

  by gumby in

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  is the bible really the word of god?

  while sitting in my garage having a smoke, i reached up to an old publication (which i keep handy on my shelves).

  it was the book stated above.

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  People swear the Bible is "God's Word." I believe this phrase to be metaphorical and not literal. If it were literal, then why don't they say that it is God's Word(s), in the plural sense?