Vita Nuova

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  Are women more beautiful than men?

  by Vita Nuova in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  all things being being equal, is the feminine gender endowed with more trancendent beauty than the masculine?

  before sending any stock replies like, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," let me just say that i acknowledge some degree of relative beauty insofar as man and woman bear their own distinctive perfections.

  but consider specifically which sex seems to bear more inherent grace to the end that it inspires our sense of harmony and desire to be more perfect ourselves.

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  What are the flaws of this forum?

  by Vita Nuova in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as much information, insight and entertainment this forum provides, some things about its format and design have come to annoy me.

  let me start by saying that i think one of the biggest weaknesses of this forum may be the active topics option at the top.

  it seems to me that some people may use this option just to see which topics are still alive.

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  Our Heroes--past and present

  by Vita Nuova in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really hope to get a ton of responses for this topic, so even if you're just browsing through postings and topics, please add your two cents...however brief.

  i am really curious to know who our "heroes" are, those people we admire, identify with, emulate and recieve inspiration from.

  feel free to even list former heroes and perhaps why you were taken with admiration for them at that point in your life and maybe why you don't feel that way any longer.

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  Men vs. Women... again.

  by Vita Nuova in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  actually, the title of the thread is misleading, but i'm assuming it will draw the same posters who commented on a similar thread previously posted this month.

  in that thread, which belonged to minimus, i posed the provocative question, the essence of which was whether women could ever achieve in any major field of the arts and sciences the precedents set by the greatest of men.

  by the responses, it seemed a lot of women thought i came off as a chauvinist.

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  California Recall Debate-- Listen Live --Entertainment!!!

  by Vita Nuova in

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  2. friends

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  anyone interested, who is not a california resident, yet wants to listen to the debate click here and listen live!.

  http://www.kqed.org/index.jsp?flash=true

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  Coming to the Dark Side

  by Vita Nuova in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i believe with certainty that the critical point when my de-programming from the jw mind-set began was when i was hired by my former boss and present friend of 9 years.

  she was the most adorably human person i had ever met, yet she was a part of the world nonetheless.

  i believe that our specific friendship began to infiltrate my conceptions about the world in a way that wasnt wholly evident to me.

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  ATTN: Where does the dough go?

  by Vita Nuova in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the equation: voluntary workforce + minimal publication costs + minimal building costs + sweet crazy money - charity involvement = $????.

  i am seeking factual evidence or documented information on the watchtower society's accumulated financial wealth, which they apparently just seem to be sitting on.

  i have a jw coworker (a good guy) whose "kryptonite" may just prove to be his curiosity concerning the wbts's big fat juicy hoard of cash.

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