I'm with buffalosrfree! Do a reply all (then add as many addresses as you can think of that you can legitimtely send this to), write something bright and cheerful--but don't make any reference to his reply. He'll write telling you to cut it out. Do a reply all, as if there's nothing at all strange about this, relaying more great news. How many times you have to do this will depend on how long it takes him to figure it out. With any luck, you'll be able to do it several times, cementing the JWs reputation with the non-JWs and, probably, getting you all kinds of kindly support from the non-JWs among your family and friends.
Accepting the basic jerkitude of your family is a terribly hard thing to do and you have my utmost sympathy.
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Contact from my JW brother-in-law
by sass_my_frass inafter my wedding i sent out an email to every non-witness i know and jw parents and a couple of siblings; the first group to stay in touch with old mates or turn near-strangers into friends in a time of needing them; the jw family group so that they'd know what's going on in our lives and how the wedding etc went and partly because i didn't want to be 'shunning' them; i wanted to be the one showing love and making an effort to maintain contact.
i sent another out recently, i figure i'll make it a biannual report on the life and times of the frass family.
it's nothing at all controversial, just a 'what we're up to' email.
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Afgan Muslim to Christian Convert faces DEATH PENALTY !
by Rabbit ini had a cold chill and a shiver vibrate down my spine reading this article.. but, i just don't know why ?
there are certain words i have taken the liberty to highlight below, each of them caused a {{{{{{shiver}}}}}}.. somebody help me out...what is that gives me this 'deja vu' feeling ?.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060322/wl_nm/religion_afghan_dcback to story - helpafghanistan says court to decide fate of convert .
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I really want to hear what JWs are saying to each other about this. Do they say/fee "this is way out of line" "can you imagine such a thing" etc, or do they say/think "see, they know how to do this right." I'm reading Sam Harris's "End of Faith" and he points out that the only way one can be a "moderate" religionist of any stripe is to ignore half of what is in scripture. Clearly the Muslim's in Afghanistan take their scriptures seriously!
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Daniel 11 has been fulfilled (king of the north and south)
by sinis ininteresting article.
comments?.
http://users.aristotle.net/~bhuie/daniel11.htm
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Damn. Just keep in mind how much many of us enjoy and benefit from your extremely well thought out and sourced posts, Leolala! I surely can understand how you'd get tired of comments from jerks, but remember the rest of us!
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The Apostate Bookclub pick-of-the-month!
by Nathan Natas inexpecting armageddon: essential readings in failed prophecy .
by jon r. stone .
(paperback) .
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I've just started Sam Harris's "The End of Faith." So far, so good! (It's not specifically about JWs or "end times" religions just about the destructive nature of religion in general.
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This is disquieting, a coworker "borrowed" my file
by AlmostAtheist ini keep a manila folder for each project i'm working on in a wire rack on my desk.
it's a stairstep kinda dealy do i can easily see all their little tabs poking up, volunteering information about their contents.
quite cool, i love it.. a coworker stopped by my desk just now and mentioned that he'd grabbed one of my folders and gave it to a tester.
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Dave, this is a big deal and I really admire the way you handled it. Have you gotten the program requirements back yet? I wonder if you said something like "its okay with me if you want to make a copy, but I really need them back now". Whatever, I think you've handled the situation really well.
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I just sent my JW family packing
by unbeliever inmy mom asked me if some of her jw relatives from ca could come and stay .
with me for 2 days and see some of the sites.
mom told them all about .
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kgfreeperson
It must feel very good to know you will never be expected to do that again! Good for you!
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Sad news from Maui
by Makena1 inwe went to our favorite beach, met up with some of our local friends.
we don't have much in the way of details - but heard some devasting news that ari (well known to seattle area exjw's and i am sure by many on the board) killed himself sometime over last weekend.
he was so excited about moving to maui, and starting a new life here.
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So, so sad. I remember that before he left for Hawaii he'd had some kind of reconciliation with, I thought, both his daughters. He left for Hawaii with such hope and happiness (at least I thought). Well, the best we can hope for is peace for him. I suspect this will be devastating for his younger daughter.
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This may be my last postÂ…so goodbye and thanks
by seven006 ini never thought i would do one of those infamous goodbye i cant take this board anymore posts where the person shows up again a week later and looks like an idiot.
when i had enough of this board and needed a little break i would just quietly leave for a few months and hopefully nobody noticed.
that is not the case this time.
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It feels really strange--sort of like, good bye and thanks for all the fish! I really hope you can remain part of this little community and that we can find ways to help ease your way.
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Quotes update: Free to publicly comment on the action
by Quotes infor the newbies, this post is a follow up on my situation regarding the watch tower's law suit against my due to my watch tower quotes web site.
for the background on the story so far, see these threads:
quotes website receives "cease & desist"
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Duly noted!
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Quotes update: Free to publicly comment on the action
by Quotes infor the newbies, this post is a follow up on my situation regarding the watch tower's law suit against my due to my watch tower quotes web site.
for the background on the story so far, see these threads:
quotes website receives "cease & desist"
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Quotes--thanks for all you have done. You setting up a fund so we can help with the $500?