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Mother's Letter To Start Off The New Year...

by silentlambs in

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i received this letter from my mother over the weekend, it came with a card and a special note to my children.

i plan to let them read it someday, not today..... silentlambs.

december 20,2001 .

25ashitaka25

Teejay,

I just wanted to say that I'm a young man, and given to rashness. I'm still fighting the JW's, and I'm pretty tired of it. I've reached a good point with my JW parents (they pretty much have just accepted me for what I've become, which is a good man, but not a JW), but my wife's parents are horrible. I think there can be a happy medium reached, in the end, between two people with warring philosophies. Blood is thicker than water, but sometimes other things stand in the way first...hurtful things, like those letters Bill received.

Guilt is one of the worst things to deal with...it's pity, anger, and disgust rolled into one; let's not forget the humiliation.

You're right about my having forgotten that JW's are human. I've had to push them from my mind to be able to not be sad about losing them. Day to day life is hard enough without people ruining what little happiness you can find. For me, demonizing the people as a whole has helped me to cope with the ones who villify me.

I'm also 22, and don't have children to worry about. I have some time to be selfish.

We (those who aren't objective about the JW's) are just caught up in our own anti-JW frenzy, because we know no good way to deal with it.

Thanks for the post.

ashi

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Angelic Female Voices

by TR in

i re-discovered annie haslam after having listened to her on a new age station years ago.

i just downloaded several tunes, and am in love all over again.. now, i'm a hard rocker by nature it seems, but there's a few artists like annie haslam and enya that just make me melt.. any others out there i should know about?.

tr.

25ashitaka25

Can I mention....Ana?

ashi

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Angelic Female Voices

by TR in

i re-discovered annie haslam after having listened to her on a new age station years ago.

i just downloaded several tunes, and am in love all over again.. now, i'm a hard rocker by nature it seems, but there's a few artists like annie haslam and enya that just make me melt.. any others out there i should know about?.

tr.

25ashitaka25

She's kind of a Celtic singer, but she tends to make old poetry and sufi rythms into music. Beautiful stuff. Just go on Kazaa and download one to see if you like her.

http://www.quinlanroad.com/flash.html

Here's a link. Listen to the song that comes up when you open the site. Not her best, but a pretty one.

ashi

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Angelic Female Voices

by TR in

i re-discovered annie haslam after having listened to her on a new age station years ago.

i just downloaded several tunes, and am in love all over again.. now, i'm a hard rocker by nature it seems, but there's a few artists like annie haslam and enya that just make me melt.. any others out there i should know about?.

tr.

25ashitaka25

Loreena McKennit. She's angelic.

ashi

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Worried about my Dad in hospital :(

by Simon in

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we visited angharad's parents at the weekend and got a call on sunday night from her sister who'd been called by my sister as they hadn't been able to contact us .... the message was not a happy one:.

my dad has had a heart attack and was in intensive care in hospital.. it was a while before i managed to speak to anyone over there with people probably out but i eventually spoke to his wife who says he's doing ok and has now been moved to the main ward but is being kept in as you would expect.

he may have to be moved to calgary for some investigation / tests.. he had heart surgery about 15 years ago and i think 4 of his 5 bypasses have failed so he has to take quite a bit of medicine for pain and stuff.

25ashitaka25

That sucks, man. Take it easy and take care of your dad.

Best wishes,

ashi

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Citing witchcraft theme, New Mexico church burns H

by 25ashitaka25 in

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jw's aren't the only ones with a screw loose.. ashi.

alamogordo, new mexico (ap) -- as hundreds protested nearby, a church group burned harry potter and other books.

jack brock, the christ community church founder and pastor, said the books burned sunday were "a masterpiece of satanic deception." .

25ashitaka25

JW's aren't the only ones with a screw loose.

ashi

FROM CNN.COM

ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico (AP) -- As hundreds protested nearby, a church group burned Harry Potter and other books.

Jack Brock, the Christ Community Church founder and pastor, said the books burned Sunday were "a masterpiece of satanic deception."

"These books teach children how they can get into witchcraft and become a witch, wizard or warlock," Brock said. Members sang "Amazing Grace" as they threw Potter books, plus some other books and magazines, into the fire.

Across the street, protesters chanting "Stop burning books" stretched in a line a quarter of a mile long.

"It may be useless but we want (the church) to know the community is not behind them," said Joann Booth, who protested with her four grandchildren. One protester dressed up as Adolf Hitler.

Brock told the congregation that he viewed the attention the church received as a blessing.

"There are those that are doing their best to make us look bad." Brock said. "But because of this, I've been able to preach the gospel around the world."

A letter to the Alamogordo Daily News inviting the community to attend the fire sparked debate in the town of 36,000. On Tuesday, protesters held signs reading "Book burning? Shame on our town" in front of the public library. Inside was a display highlighting the books.

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I just could not stop myself!!!!!!!!

by WildHorses in

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just wanted to say that i hope all of you feel as good as i do.

life is wonderful!!!!!!!!!!

have a happy happy new year!.

25ashitaka25

How saucy. Life is sooooooo nice, I agree.

ashi

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IS THE WATCHTOWER A FALSE PROPHET?

by You Know in

when jesus was on earth the devil approached him quoting scripture in order to tempt and entrap him.

it is no wonder then that the apostate angel would be behind the effort to use the scriptures against jehovahs people today in order to mislead them.

one of the most cunning and effective uses of scripture against us by satans agents is the charge that we are false prophets.

25ashitaka25

Thank you, You Know.

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IS THE WATCHTOWER A FALSE PROPHET?

by You Know in

when jesus was on earth the devil approached him quoting scripture in order to tempt and entrap him.

it is no wonder then that the apostate angel would be behind the effort to use the scriptures against jehovahs people today in order to mislead them.

one of the most cunning and effective uses of scripture against us by satans agents is the charge that we are false prophets.

25ashitaka25

'I well know that apostates couldn't care less about that sort of thing. You have no interest in actually finding God or knowing the truth about such matters.'

For me, You Know, more or less, you're right. I don't care about doing anyone's will right now. I care only for the well-being of my family, (I know what you'll say here-the way best to serve it is to turn from my apostate ways), and I want to make sure my mother, who is a kind woman who was ignored in the "christian congregation" will be taken care of as she gets older. I hope to free my sister from guilt and hate that she has been subjected to, no, not ecause I have left the org (which is not known), but because my wife and I chose to save her brother, who would've killed himself because of her devout JW parent's violent motivations, (for going to meetings, service, etc.). We're marked because we saved someone's life. So I've been told.

You Know, you may have been a good husband and father. I really don't know that. Love may even motivate you to be here, trying to 'save' who you can, or at least 'fight for God's name.'

You're correct in saying I don't care about that. I care about my family, period. Men, for too long, have ruled them to their misery. Men who were supposed to have been their instructors, and mentors, those 'mature men' in the congregation.

Now, answer me clearly, and without getting smart with me. I'm not asking you to be buddies with me, just answer this to me sincerely. Do you believe in the Witnesses, and their movement? Or, do you take the good things they preach, along with what you've discovered from the bible?

The JW's poor track record with families should at least convince you of their inability to funtion in this system of things, an imperfect world. How will they fare in the next?

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LET'S MAKE A LITTLE WAGER

by You Know in

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perhaps you recall the instance in the bible where samson made a wager with the philistines that they couldnt guess his riddle.

as it turned out they wheedled the answer out of him by his fiancee, but the point is that they had a wager.

since the underlying assumption of the apostasy is that we are not living in the last days of this system of things, and that this world is not facing anything remotely like the biblical apocalypse, at least not any time soon, in the spirit of such antagonism, i would like to propose a similar wager.

25ashitaka25

Quite.