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  Is Larry Graham an Elder?

  by ShirleyW in

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  i think he is, but i"m not too sure.

  just wondering because looking at that purple pimp outfit with hat that he wore to prince's memorial, i wonder if he ever gave a talk wearing the same outfit, when i've read here that some brothers were talked to for wearing a pastel colored shirt while giving a talk..

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  My father had a red & white plaid polyester suit. I kid you not. It was the 70s! :P
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  Lennon and McCartney could so easily have been writing for the Watchtower...

  by The Rebel in

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  in fact just like the watchtower, i've no idea what they were writing about half the time.

  all that rubbish about " i am the walrus" and eleanor rigby keeping her teeth in a jam jar or something, and what "lucy the in the sky with diamonds" means i do not know!

  anyway, i mention the above because shortly after i quit meetings, beattle loving brother, ian x also, stopped attending meetings, and i watched him transform himself in to a, scruffy bearded, hippyish, beer drinking slob, ( translation a great guy) .

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  @ Heaven Back in the day (late 70s), I saw Joe Cocker at the Halifax Forum. Paid $18. *huge smile* He was a great performer; it was a night to remember.

  He had a big hit with this Beatles song  (hehehe); immortalized on his live "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" album.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsA7lpzffEE

  
  
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  Is Larry Graham an Elder?

  by ShirleyW in

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  2. friends

  i think he is, but i"m not too sure.

  just wondering because looking at that purple pimp outfit with hat that he wore to prince's memorial, i wonder if he ever gave a talk wearing the same outfit, when i've read here that some brothers were talked to for wearing a pastel colored shirt while giving a talk..

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  I found this factoid on Wiki interesting, not that it's relevant to your thread. I wonder if Drake is a JW? Ahahaha, nothing would surprise me.

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  Graham is the father of singer/songwriter and producer Darric Graham. He is also the uncle of the Canadian rapper and actor Aubrey Drake Graham, better known as Drake.
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  Prince is dead.

  by DATA-DOG in

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  has anyone heard about this?

  that really sucks.

  lots of dubs are talking.

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  I note that he got divorced from his JW wife a few years ago. I wonder if it was a 'scriptural' divorce? Personally, it seems like he had left the religion by his actions (ie, inactive), after his JW marriage broke up.

  He was a troubled, yet extremely gifted person, who was involved with evangelicals earlier in life. Just another effed up person, albeit rich and famous, looking for 'truth', who got struck by a beautiful JW virgin, converted for her, found out TTATT, and left.

  That's my 2.

  x tal
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  Lennon and McCartney could so easily have been writing for the Watchtower...

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
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  in fact just like the watchtower, i've no idea what they were writing about half the time.

  all that rubbish about " i am the walrus" and eleanor rigby keeping her teeth in a jam jar or something, and what "lucy the in the sky with diamonds" means i do not know!

  anyway, i mention the above because shortly after i quit meetings, beattle loving brother, ian x also, stopped attending meetings, and i watched him transform himself in to a, scruffy bearded, hippyish, beer drinking slob, ( translation a great guy) .

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  lol, The Rebel! You can't insult Lennon and McCartney in the thread title, and expect people to refrain from explaining their lyrics that you dissed. *grins and sticks out tongue*

  To address the OP - it sounds like Ian X was trying out what he imagined was the 'worldly life style'. Of course, we all know (including us REAL - and CLEAN - hippys) that there are many life styles, and he chose the loser's way to live. He found it distasteful (who wouldn't?), especially being shunned along with it, and decided to return to his cocooned JW life. It kinda makes ya want to puke, right? Indeed.

  btw, love your other thread - I am sick of the God wars, and it's time to get back to helping each other heal, agreed. xx tal
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  Oh happy people

  by zeb in

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  what is it with meetings?.

  so often she comes home throws her bag down and stomps around the house.

  there are times it thoroughly gets me down.. + supportive comment welcome.

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  She's probably tired and discouraged. She knows 'something is not right', but has never considered anything BUT 'the truth'. She feels the same disorientation that many *here* feel, and doesn't know why she isn't happy. Coming home from the meetings is just horrible - she's bored and disillusioned, and comes home to what? Just another day in paradise. xx J
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  History of DF - Question

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  from reading crisis of a conscience and members here, i have gathered that df was originally a means to cleanse bethel and stop apostates from spreading their own thinking inside the organization.

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  when did it also branch over to sinners that were struggling with an issue that relapsed on multiple occasions?

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  No, poopie. DF people were shunned since the late 50s. My aunt was DF and shunned for about 15 years, and also my brother. It was the shunning of DA people that changed in the 80s, not DF. Also, most DF in the past were for '\immorality', drinking and smoking. Some fraud, etc., and rarely apostasy.
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  people magazine- prince as a JW

  by All for show in

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  dunno if anyone saw this yet.

  the comments are full of jw apologists.

  http://www.people.com/article/prince-jehovahs-witness-conversion-history.

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  Re, the People article. I noticed in reading those comments, All for show, that someone is posting as 'talesin' -- that is not me. And it's not even a real name, so I guess it's been hijacked. Have fun, whoever you are.
  
  The JWS will capitalize on this. He will be worth more to them in death than he was alive, it's sad. x tal
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  Interaction with Cart People

  by Lost and adrift in

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  on a recent visit to our capital..such an adrenalin rush when i rounded a corner and spotted carters !!.

  wandered slowly over and pretend to be interested..asked could i take mag...initial impression (and i'm in no way snobbish) was 2 scruffy looking dowdy sisters wich irritated me i don't know why....i was allways struggling as a single mum but refused to look like a tramp!!.

  sister jumped asked if i was interested in religion i said no too much abuse etc ...she said she undwrstood and went on to blather about catholic abuse scandal!

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  Noice! Tfs.
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  My JW Articles

  by Salutaris in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hey there, .

  i have an apologetics website, and i've recently posted three articles on jw doctrine.

  i was wondering if you all could make suggestions to improve them, or for new content.

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  Cofty My purpose in posting here is to help others, and expose the Watchtower. If you wish to see yourself as a science teacher and destroyer of bible myths, that is fine. You are off topic.