Stuffed animals which I've slept with for many years. My oldest is 'Snaky" actually a green caterpillar crocheted for me by my mother when I was very small. Also a number of bears and other creatures. I've told them so much over the years, shared so many hopes and reams, and theyve kept me safe while I slept. I feel my heart tug every time I look at them (or when they look at me). Also feel something toward my bicycle, perhaps it represents freedom or something.
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What inanimate objects "move" you?
by AlmostAtheist ini don't consider myself an overly emotional person, but gina and i went to an art museum years ago and i was nearly in tears over something i saw there.
it was a statue of an old man carrying a jug.
it was made two thousand years ago.
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Try Apostate proverbs
by frenchbabyface in.
sorry i didn't find any by now .
but i though that with the bunch of jokers you are it might be fun to try !!!
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gaiagirl
"Slow and steady finishes your service time quota". "One return visit spent waiting in the car is worth a dozen spent at the door". "All the Kingdom Hall's a stage, and all the people there merely members of the Ministry School performing their parts". "Don't count your bible studies before they are baptized".
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Try Apostate proverbs
by frenchbabyface in.
sorry i didn't find any by now .
but i though that with the bunch of jokers you are it might be fun to try !!!
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gaiagirl
hmmm...."A Fade in Time can save Your Life."
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Is anyone on this forum disfellowshipped?
by Kimmee inand if you are do you care to tell why you are disfellowshipped?
for those who were not what prevented you from being disfellowshipped?
curious minds want to know.
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gaiagirl
I'm neither disfellowshipped, nor disassociated. I just faded, then moved to another city to attend college. Some called and even visited, expressing concern about my meeting attendance prior to moving, and some friendly people in the congregation even held a 'moving away' party (get-together?) just before I left. When I reached my new residence almost 2000 miles away, I had the local congregation there send for my publishers card. They also made a couple of shepherding calls, however I simply told them I didn't have time anymore, which is still true today.
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Who Is The Most Beautiful Woman or Man In The World???
by minimus inpictures would be nice, too.
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gaiagirl
Most handsome man? I go with either Hugh Jackman, Brad Pitt (he was lucious in 'Troy'), or George Clooney. Most beautiful woman? Michelle Pfieffer or Claudia Schiffer.
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If You Could Rename Jehovah's Witnesses What Would You Call 'em?
by Incense_and_Peppermints ini chose "the society of smoke and mirrors" or "the fuzzy logicians".
but the best one is "the blindfaithians".
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gaiagirl
How about the "Jah'liban"? Also, regarding congregations being couseled to lie, I clearly remember service meeting parts on which stories were given about JW's in Nazi Germany who were hiding bibles and WT literature, etc in their homes. When asked by German soldiers if they had any of such, they said "NO". How is this not a lie? Further, on other service meeting parts, the example of Rahab (who concealed the Israelite spies, then lied about it to the men of the city who were there searching for those same spies, and led to the overthrow of Jericho) was often held up as an example of how sometimes it WAS good to lie. There was a term used to describe such a situation, get this...a THEOCRATIC LIE! Anyone who doesn't view the WTBTS as liars is either ignorant of the facts, or a liar themself.
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If You Could Rename Jehovah's Witnesses What Would You Call 'em?
by Incense_and_Peppermints ini chose "the society of smoke and mirrors" or "the fuzzy logicians".
but the best one is "the blindfaithians".
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gaiagirl
How about the "Jah'liban"? Also, regarding congregations being couseled to lie, I clearly remember service meeting parts on which stories were given about JW's in Nazi Germany who were hiding bibles and WT literature, etc in their homes. When asked by German soldiers if they had any of such, they said "NO". How is this not a lie? Further, on other service meeting parts, the example of Rahab (who concealed the Israelite spies, then lied about it to the men of the city who were there searching for those same spies, and led to the overthrow of Jericho) was often held up as an example of how sometimes it WAS good to lie. There was a term used to describe such a situation, get this...a THEOCRATIC LIE! Anyone who doesn't view the WTBTS as liars is either ignorant of the facts, or a liar themself.
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Why do witnesses HAVE to use only hotels on the list for the conventions?
by truthseeker in.
does anyone know the answer to this?.
a while back i read that the society gets free rooms for its convention speakers if they agree to fill so many rooms in a hotel with dubs, but is there anything more involved?.
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gaiagirl
As I used to understand, the Society would attempt to negotiate cheaper rooms for those attending by guaranteeing hotel management that the hotel would be filled to capacity during the convention. Families who stayed at hotels which had not 'cooperated' by granting lower rates were seen as 'undermining' their efforts. I suppose if families paid less for hotel rooms, they had more left over to 'contribute'.
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The Best and the Worst in Entertainment 2004
by Swan inhere are my picks for the best and the worst.
keep in mind i haven't seen every movie, tv show, or video game:.
tv.
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gaiagirl
I'd agree that the best new movie overall was probably 'Return of the King', although there were several others that I enjoyed a lot, including 'Lost In Translation', 'Spiderman 2', 'Hidalgo', 'Hellboy'. Best new show for me would be 'Arrested Development', followed by 'Joey', I hope both are allowed to remain on air long enough to develop an audience. 'Desperate Housewives' is also good, but it doesn't make me laugh nearly so much. Worst shows would be the 'Simple Life' shows, followed by 'Fear Factor'. Best Game I played was 'Uru-Path of the Shell', although I admit I didn't get into it as much as earlier Myst games such as 'Riven'. Still, the visual and audio qualities were simply outstanding. For me, worst personality would go to Scott Peterson, hands down. The Janet Jackson incident was kind of inconsequential.
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Humans on other planets
by Truth2Me inthrough research over the years, it seems to me that aliens do exist, and even it some of the alien abductions are "demonic" or "ginn activity" as many claim, there are still many tales of humanoid beings from other planets that have been seen on earth.
this is something i've struggle with for years, because jw and mainstream christians alike write it all off as demonic etc.
anyone have thoughts on reconciling belief in god with aliens, even humans on other planets?
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gaiagirl
There are, without doubt, planets which would support human life. However, even on this planet, humans were absent for more than 99.99999% of the time the planet has existed, or even of the time that life has existed here. There is no particular reason why life, even intelligent life, would evolve into something very much like us on another planet, but it is possible that it could do so. The best movie I've ever seen involving life on other worlds is "Cosmos". I'd also give a good mention to "Mission to Mars".