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  Minumus YOU DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by JT in

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  woo-hoo a phone number.

  .can i call you too jt .

  anytime - smile.

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  reubenfine

  I officially appoint you DA WOMAN, Xena!
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  Poor JW dies from heat stroke

  by reubenfine in

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  i woman in mesa, arizona whom i've known for over 30 years recently died in her mobile home.

  83 years old and too poor to afford the added electricity of air conditioning on her $500/month social security check, she was found dead in her chair with a fan blowing on her.

  the elders said they didn't know.

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  reubenfine

  I woman in Mesa, Arizona whom I've known for over 30 years recently died in her mobile home. 83 years old and too poor to afford the added electricity of air conditioning on her $500/month Social Security check, she was found dead in her chair with a fan blowing on her. The elders said they didn't know. Well, it's August and it's been hot here for 3 months, but I guess they didn't have much time left after selling magazines to go check on her. She was a very nice person. Very sad, and yet another testament to what dubs can look forward to after a career of cleaning windows, poverty and neglect.
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  Well, my little brother is heading back to the Dark Side...

  by Michael3000 in

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  this is so frustrating - just wanted to vent a bit.. .

  my younger brother, who has been "inactive" for about 8 years, has decided that everything wrong about his life is due to his not being "right with jehovah".

  arrrrrrgh!!!

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  I'm sorry to hear about this, Mike. I got a similar letter from my sister. I wrote her back and said I love her anyway. What else can you do? I'm sure she'll remember it someday. All you can do is be there for him when he wakes back up. The analogy of going back to the abuse was excellent. Hang in there, Mike.
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  Last Meeting

  by Nosferatu in

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  for those who have been out for a while, was there anything special about the very last meeting you attended (excluding memorials)?

  was there anything incredibly memorable about it?

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  reubenfine

  One of my final meetings was when they had "new light" about the last generation. Everyone was repeating what was said in the Watchtower and believed every word of it like it was no big deal even though the prophecy was turned on its head. I couldn't believe how everyone accepted such a radical change in such an instant.

  The last straw was the Memorial in 1996. I had been reading a lot of Stephen King and was just sitting there wondering what he would have done when the emblems were passed around. It was 40th Memorial and my last meeting. It felt invigorating knowing the real truth and that this cult no longer had a hold on me.

  Francois, I skipped my father's memorial 3 years ago and don't regret it. We were tight and I was there for him while he was alive. I couldn't stomach hearing a stranger read from a manuscript from Brooklyn and turn my father's death into a membership drive. What an insult. My future son-in-law went and said it was the most heartless services he'd ever been to. He didn't learn anything about my father's wonderful life of 87 years. I refused to be a party to it.
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  Recommend a Book

  by Black Man in

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  that's right....recommend a book...any book that would be a good read....... mine's is:.

  invisible man by ralph ellison

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  reubenfine

  The Boomer Bible by RF Laird, the funniest book I ever read.

  "And so there will be a great renaissance of belief in you,

  2 And once again, waves of hatred will fan out across the planet,

  3 In your name,

  4 Bringing hope and salvation and freedom from thought to millions and millions of your followers."
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  Stupidest thing a JW ever told you

  by Nosferatu in

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  what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?

  we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.

  for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.

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  reubenfine

  This one elder would say the funniest stuff from the stage. In the '70s he would say we should stay away from "discoteeks." Then he said no good Christian would tube down the river or have cable TV, ESPECIALLY HBO. My dad was an elder and had cable TV and EVEN watched boxing. LOL
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  Preaching Slowdown

  by cornish in

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  i can remember numerous talks and study articles about how the preaching work would get more and more intense as we near the end.. one so called prophetic illustration that stands out in my mind was when joshua and his men marched around the city each day and then just before the city fell they marched seven times signifying a quickening of the preaching work.. it seems starkingly obvious that the preaching,is in decline amonst jw's,the jw's are seen less and less often in my neighbourhood,it is very rare to see them out street witnesing around the town centres and railway stations,the average jw spends far less time preaching than a decade ago.. it seems like their chief brag is definately on the wain,in favour of other recruitment methods.

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  I moved into a new place a year and a half ago and haven't had one house-to-house visit yet, nor have I seen a witness group in my neighborhood or had and literature left at my door. I did have a couple of visits from an elder, once when he brought the CO (Circuit Serpent) with him. I about fell asleep trying to listen to the CO. He is one of the most arrogant people I've ever met. He never once asked why I quit, only talked about "he did this" and "knows this bigwig in the borg." After an hour all he knew about me is that I played golf, only because I have a picture of Ben Hogan on my wall. Then told me it would be my privilege to hear his talk the following Sunday. What a dweeb. I went golfing, of course. I'll take a double bogey over another wasted Sunday, thank you very much.
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  Who would be our dream team of "apostate" debaters???

  by Confucious in

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  ok, guys.

  i'm at a hotel tonight and just relaxing.. so i felt a mimimus question coming on.

  if we had to elect 3 members on this forum to debate any 3 members of the borg, who would you pick?.

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  reubenfine

  Beat 'em with love. They wouldn't have a chance against mouthy. She could beat 'em single handedly!
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  No More Anonymity

  by Francois in

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  i have posted at this site for over two years.

  i have posted nearly 6,000 posts here, and for the most part i've posted as francois, or i've not identified myself with a screen name at all.

  i've never directly identified myself.

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  reubenfine

  Congrats, Frank.

  "One man with courage is a majority."---Thomas Jefferson

  It's interesting to me why some people need to explain why they don't give out their name on the internet. If they don't want to that's fine, but why do they need to explain why they don't?

  Lyle Engle
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  Article in NY Daily News Re: 360 Furman; sell

  by Patriot in

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  http://www.nydailynews.com/06-23-2003/business/story/94879p-85813c.html

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  reubenfine

  hmmmmm.................interesting that they don't need it anymore!