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  Anybody here a Jane Austen fan?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  never thought i would be, but now i've watched 3 versions of sense and sensibility, 2 versions of pride and prejudice, 2 of persuasion, and 2 of emma.

  also saw one of mansfield park, but i didn't like it that much.

  there's only one left that i haven't seen--northanger abbey.. .

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  Wow Cathyk - you are really into the novels. So far the only books I've read are P&P and Persuasion.

  I think the Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle version followed it the best. The last one was good. I liked some of the characters better, especially the three younger sisters, but I didn't like the father (Donald Sutherland) nearly as well. I think Matthew (can't remember last name) played Darcy quite well, but Colin Firth was a hard act to follow.

  What did you think of Colonel Brandon in S&S? I liked him OK in the 1st and 3rd versions, but couldn't stand him in the one with Kate Winslow and Emma Thompson. Also noticed that they never mentioned the 3rd sister, Margaret, in the 1st film. She was so cute in the other two.

  Do we have a fan club now?
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  Anybody here a Jane Austen fan?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  never thought i would be, but now i've watched 3 versions of sense and sensibility, 2 versions of pride and prejudice, 2 of persuasion, and 2 of emma.

  also saw one of mansfield park, but i didn't like it that much.

  there's only one left that i haven't seen--northanger abbey.. .

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  I like all your comments. How do you join a Jane Austen book club?

  I have a question that I hope someone can answer before this thread runs out.

  In Sense and Sensibility - Mr. Ferris' mother disherited him when she found out that he was engaged to Lucy. When Lucy finds out that he's disherited, she dumps him and marries the other brother. Why didn't the mother now disinherit him? Must be something I'm missing....
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  Anybody here a Jane Austen fan?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never thought i would be, but now i've watched 3 versions of sense and sensibility, 2 versions of pride and prejudice, 2 of persuasion, and 2 of emma.

  also saw one of mansfield park, but i didn't like it that much.

  there's only one left that i haven't seen--northanger abbey.. .

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  Hi Jeff

  I almost got tossed out of a 400 level English lit class for describing her books as boring junk about stupid self absorbed people who spent all their time talking about how awful it was to be better than everybody else. I was told that that was the point of her books. My response was OK, I read fifty pages and I got it. Let's read something else.

  My son feels the same way about her novels. He pointed out that nobody seems to have a job or knows what physical work is. He described them as the idle rich who sit around gossiping. Their idea of being poor was only having two servants. I don't care--I really like her novels. I believe Jane Austen was a bit of a feminist. Her stories touched on the plight of women who had little control over their destinies. They could own no property, could not inherit any property, and had to depend upon the generosity of men to have any stature. They were often forced into loveless marriages in order to enjoy any security in life. The heroines in the Jane Austen's novels were about women who used their brains and stood up against the norms of society.
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  Anybody here a Jane Austen fan?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never thought i would be, but now i've watched 3 versions of sense and sensibility, 2 versions of pride and prejudice, 2 of persuasion, and 2 of emma.

  also saw one of mansfield park, but i didn't like it that much.

  there's only one left that i haven't seen--northanger abbey.. .

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  Never thought I would be, but now I've watched 3 versions of Sense and Sensibility, 2 versions of Pride and Prejudice, 2 of Persuasion, and 2 of Emma. Also saw one of Mansfield Park, but I didn't like it that much. There's only one left that I haven't seen--Northanger Abbey.
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  11-yr old wants to get baptized, father objects, elders interfere

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  the mother went to the elders when the dad objected to the girl getting baptized.

  this prompted a visit from the elders who counselled him for wanting to hold his child back from baptism.

  this girl is immature even for an 11-year old.

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  The part that bothers me the most is how the elders thought it was their right to interfere. They had no respect for the father and now that little girl knows who to run to when she wants her way--her mother. The father felt he had no choice but to capitulate as he certainly wanted to keep his MS position.
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  11-yr old wants to get baptized, father objects, elders interfere

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  the mother went to the elders when the dad objected to the girl getting baptized.

  this prompted a visit from the elders who counselled him for wanting to hold his child back from baptism.

  this girl is immature even for an 11-year old.

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  Wonder if the Mother will still interfere if the child is disfellowshipped at age 12?

  I asked the mother's sister that same question. She replied that the mother would definitely shun her daughter. Thankfully, the sister did not approve of the baptism and she voiced her opinion.
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  11-yr old wants to get baptized, father objects, elders interfere

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
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  the mother went to the elders when the dad objected to the girl getting baptized.

  this prompted a visit from the elders who counselled him for wanting to hold his child back from baptism.

  this girl is immature even for an 11-year old.

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  The mother went to the elders when the dad objected to the girl getting baptized. This prompted a visit from the elders who counselled him for wanting to hold his child back from baptism. This girl is immature even for an 11-year old. She was too afraid to sit by herself with the baptism candidates and had to have her parents sit in the row behind her.

  My son later commented that if the elders tried to pull a stunt on him like that, he would have seen them to the door--or more!
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  Who ever said other Christians weren't loving??

  by Burger Time in

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  today me and my friend went to lunch, while we were waiting to pay a guy made some small talk with us.

  well as i went to pay he swatted my card away and paid for both me and my friend.

  he said something along the lines of, "you boys look like you work hard it's on me".

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  Interesting - Clyde likes to stop for coffee shops occasionally, and on at least 4 occasions he saw JW's having lunch. He told the waitress to give him the bill, and he paid it. He only got a thank you one time. Even ex-JW's can be loving.
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  A witness dinner- Puts on Samuel Herds {Gov.body} talk I nearly choked!

  by Witness 007 in

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  visiting my mum she made me go to my first meeting in years.

  a brother i studied with invites me to dinner....nice change i thought!

  rumor has it that i have become in-active....true!

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  The one time that I heard Samuel Herd in person he talked about disfellowshipping and about love. He said, "If you mother is disfellowshipped, you must love her less." So much for honoring your father and your mother.......
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  I fulfilled my most recent Theocratic goals!!!

  by tooktheredpill in

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  guys: i fulfilled my most recent theocratic goals:.

  1) reached 200 posts in jwd!!

  2) met ray franz and cynthia during this weekend!

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  I'm anxious to hear about Ray and Cynthia.