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  Your favorite holiday movie(s)?

  by gaiagirl in

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  television listings and movie theatres are filled with lots of seasonal films now, and many dvds are also available for films from earlier years.

  i confess to having a difficult time selecting just one.

  among my favorites would have to be christmas vacation, with chevy chase.

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  "Saved" the movie, does it remind you of any OTHER organizations?

  by gaiagirl in

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  i just watched "saved" with mandy moore and makauley culkin, about some kids in a so called "christian" high school.

  some of the kids are very, very zealous, others quieter, others openly rebellious.

  as the story unfolds, it becomes apparant who those are who are actually observing the teachings of jesus, and who are just giving lip service.

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  Illustration of burning cities while JW's rejoice?

  by gaiagirl in

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  2. bible

  i remember once seeing an older watchtower publication, i believe it was a study book from the late '60s or early '70s, in which one illustration showed a city with large buildings in the background, all burning and in ruins.

  in the foreground, a group of well-groomed jw's smile joyously and raise their arms in praise to jehovah, apparantly thanking him for destroying civilization, but at least allowing them to live.

  the picture was a little unsettling at the time, and now with the threat of terrorism, even more so.. does anyone remember which publication this image was from?

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  Euphemisms for cursing among JWs

  by gaiagirl in

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  2. friends

  in an effort to show that they had put on a 'new' personality, many who joined the wtbts would adjust their speech patterns to avoid common expressions of cursing or profanity.

  yet there would still arise times when they would become frustrated, angry or disgusted at someone or at a situation, and wish to express their feelings.

  here are a couple of substitutes for cursing heard among jws ...... forget you.

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  Shroud of Turin- genuine or not?

  by gaiagirl in

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  2. beliefs

  i saw a documentary last night regarding the shroud of turin which made a number of interesting points.. 1) the shroud has been dated to medieval times using carbon-14 techniques.

  2) a demonstration was made showing how the image could be produced using a glass lens and alchemical materials available during medieval times.

  if true this essentially makes the shroud the worlds earliest existing photograph.. 3) the shroud is said to contain stitching which was not commonly used in medieval europe, but was common in palestine in the first century.. 4) blood stains on the shroud are said to be type ab, a comparitively rare type, and to match another fabric sample contained in another church (in hungary, i believe).. 5) another demonstration was made showing how regular bacteria living on everyone's skin would make an image on linen cloth if the body were simply left motionless for 12 hours or so.

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  Jesus quoted from non-Biblical source?

  by gaiagirl in

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  at 2 timothy 3:16, the writer claims that 'all scripture is inspired by god'....while at john 7:38, jesus is quoted as saying ....'just as the scripture has said "out from his inmost part streams of living water will flow"'.

  exactly what book is jesus here quoting?

  is there a verse in the bible which actually said this, and which had already been written when jesus was alive?

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  My name and my avatar

  by gaiagirl in

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  several of the members on this forum have asked me about my name and my avatar.

  i thought that i'd offer some answers.

  gaia was the name which the ancient greek people used to refer to the conscious planet on which they lived.

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  Fundamentalist parody site

  by gaiagirl in

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  found this while online, their position on many issues seems to be eerily close to the wtbts...... www.animaldefense.org/landover.html

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  What book(s) are you reading?

  by gaiagirl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just finished a 'historical novel' titled "confessions of a pagan nun", by kate horsley.

  this is a story about a woman who grew up in ireland during the late 5th and early 6th century, at the time when christianity was beginning to displace the older pagan customs.

  the story tells how gwynneve is raised according to the beliefs of her ancestors, and the conflicts she experiences as she gradually comes into contact with those claiming to represent the christian faith.

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  What are your favorite TV shows?

  by gaiagirl in

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  mine, in no particular order, are coupling, seinfeld, sex and the city, ed, friends, saturday night live, frasier, and various episodes of nova.. gaiagirl

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