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  I hung out with Prince...

  by confuzcious in

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  hey guys,.

  with all the talk lately about micheal jackson, i wanted talk about prince.. a few months ago, hung out with prince.

  i was also planning on going to a public talk meeting with him, but i got into town too late.

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  One of the reasons why I was so excited about meeting Prince is that if you know anything about him - you don't get backstage unless you know someone. And if you know Larry - you're gold.

  He did his last set with Santana and when he got off stage I congratulated him on a great show. The one things I noticed is after I shook his hands, his hands were dry.

  I mean, here's a guy that just played for almost three hours and gets off stage and it's just a day of work for him.

  My wife got to talk with him at length about meetings and so forth. At the time, he was explaining how he had is second talk coming up.

  Anyway, going back to the first comment - at the time - the general attitude of the friends back home was like "Well - lets see how long this lasts (him being a witness)."

  I think most of the witnesses here get totally fumed up whenever they see a brother with money or any measure of fame.

  As if, the only REAL witnesses are the ones that mop floors.
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  I hung out with Prince...

  by confuzcious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys,.

  with all the talk lately about micheal jackson, i wanted talk about prince.. a few months ago, hung out with prince.

  i was also planning on going to a public talk meeting with him, but i got into town too late.

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  Hey Guys,

  With all the talk lately about Micheal Jackson, I wanted talk about Prince.

  A few months ago, hung out with Prince. I was also planning on going to a Public Talk meeting with him, but I got into town too late. I spent the concert backstage with Santana and Chris Tucker (I didn't get to meet Chris Tucker though). I went as a guests of Larry Graham. I got to get to know Prince and meet his new wife.

  Whether or not you believe JW to be the truth or not, I wanted to say that Larry and Prince are about the most down to earth persons I've ever met.

  And although I don't know Micheal Jackson, I think anyone of us would be hard pressed to judge him either. I admit that he has some strange habits, but we never walked in his shoes.

  What made me think of this post is all the negative stuff about MJ. I always think it's amazing when people judge another - but most of the time - we don't even have a clue what they are going through.

  Oh, the one thing that BURNED ME UP, was after I got back from the concert - I gave my experience to the group after a bookstudy of how well Prince was doing.

  The look of disgust on peoples faces - saying to the effect - he doesn't deserve to be a witness.

  I guess my point is - judging people - in and out of the truth is WRONG. I guess the best illustration I could come up with is a person that plays Single A baseball and can hit homeruns all the time. Take that same guy and stick him in the major leagues and he'll strike out every time.

  We don't know what it's like to play up in another persons level.
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  Were You Ever Defrauded Or Taken Advantage Of?

  by minimus in

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  by a witness?

  i have been a few times in some business dealings.

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  I started a business for my friend and the deal was that he was supposed to give me a percentage of the earnings.

  At first I recieved regular payments, but after a while, it stopped.

  The guy also took all the equipment I bought for the business and moved away. I haven't heard from him since.
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  Why do you think......

  by copsec in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so many people who come out of the borg are so depressed and angry and freaked out?????

  i have been out for 7 years now and i am happier than i have ever been in my life and was from the very first moment i left!

  the only reason i even go into ex-jw groups is i like to make fun of them and other exs are the only ones who understand what i am talking about when i make a funny comment??

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  Copsec,

  I'm freaked out because I really care about what God thinks.

  Right now, I see things both ways but I am afraid that I might actually be "fighting against God."
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  Wasting Time In The Ministry--How Did You Do It??

  by minimus in

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  i know of a couple of elders that regularly went out in the ministry throughout the week.

  no matter which street they were on, they always seemed to be near the same spot.

  someone here talked about the michael jackson moonwalk.

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  Mary,

  Shame on you. Don't you know that you can't count time at a garage sale unless you give them a tract after you buy something???
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  jehovahs-witness.com dating service?

  by happysunshine in

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  why not have a singles connection section here?

  a kind of internet love boat for x-witnesses?

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  Shoot - if I knew there would be a dating service one day, I shouldn't have ever posted the thread about my wife...

  LOL
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  Have you readjusted your language???

  by confuzcious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's something fun to think about.... since being da or df or just not going to meetings, have you readjusted your language?.

  i'm taking about "going back" to saying things like.... "wow, you were lucky.".

  "bless you.

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  Here's something fun to think about...

  Since being DA or DF or just not going to meetings, have you readjusted your language?

  I'm taking about "going back" to saying things like...

  "Wow, you were LUCKY."

  "Bless you." (after a sneeze)

  Calling the Bible OT and NT instead of Hebrew and Greek Scriptures.

  Even better, I wonder if anyone here still goes to meetings and says these things.
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  Canadians: what do you think of them ?

  by RAYZORBLADE in

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  just wondering, all you non-canucks(canadians) on this forum.

  what do you think of canada, and canadians?

  be honest, good or bad or in between, it'd be neat to read what impression non-canadians have of us canuckastanis (thanks pat buchanan).

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  Not a personal thingy, but a lot of people I know think Canandians are creepy, eh?

  They are America Lite.

  I'll bet 100 to 1 odds that NO ONE from the States could name more than 3 Prime Ministers... I can't even name one.
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  Not DF'd but shunned anyway :-(

  by Sirona in

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  2. experiences

  ok. i'm really quite upset.

  i am not disfellowshipped or disassociated.

  the people in the local congregation know very little about my life nowadays.

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  I'm not DA of DF, but one thing that made my blood boil was this.

  After being reproved privately, I went out in FS with a group.

  Trying to be nice to everyone, I bought bagels and coffee for everyone in the car group. (I bought a round - hahaha)

  Not to be over sensitive or anything like that, but one of the pioneers in the group wouldn't accept anything from me.

  It was as if, if we're out in FS together - that is fine, but now we're on break and NOW WE'RE SOCIALIZING, so I was bad association then.
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  I really hate them !!!

  by Titanic in

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  i'm sorry if you have heard this before, but i must vent and here is the best place..i have no other place ...i'm really angry.

  i have more than 40 years of life experience on this planet.

  i have been through a lot in life..i have lived in number of countries , visited many others.

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  Titanic,

  I'm relatively new here two and I had many frustrations - still do.

  But I found this place to be a great place of healing.

  Also, you can be annonymous here if you want.

  I pioneered for 9 years and my life goal was to be a CO. I feel the pain with you.