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  1st Birthday Celebration

  by Whynot in

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  you guys!

  our first birthday celebration was a total success😍the kids had a blast.

  the neighborhood kids said that it was the best party they have ever been to.

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  neat blue dog

  Instead of glorifying a person, like on a birthday, how much better to glorify materialism!

  • “Instead of having Christmas or any other holiday, we have Big Toys Day.

    • g93 11/22 pp. 8-10 - Awake!—1993
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  Paradise delayed and the marshmallow test

  by Mickey mouse in

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  i recently read a book called the marshmallow test by walter mischel.

  it describes research which stemmed from an experiment in the 1960s where children were offered the choice of 1 treat, sometimes a marshmallow, or 2 treats if they can wait a while.

  one of the unexpected findings was that children who perform well in the test (delay gratification) generally have a better chance of having a happy successful life, even earning more than their peers who wanted the treat right away.

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  Brilliant link, thanks for bringing that out. Also love your profile picture, one of my favorite films of all time.
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  Welcoming Our Latest JW Apologist JTrottigy

  by pale.emperor in

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  i'd like to take this opportunity to warmly welcome our newest jw apologist jtrottigy.

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  he'll likely only be here for a few days like most jw defenders before he runs away when presented with his own doctrine.. so far he's already said some hilarious stuff, like "there's no such thing as nepotism in jehovah's organisation", "confidentiality is paramount to elders" and, my personal favourite "the overlapping generation is so simple to understand".. yh don't think i don't remember you from jwtalk..

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  Female JW parking "attendants"

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was shocked recently to see on social media a couple pictures of jw sisters at a convention working as parking "attendants".

  i put that title in quotation marks because they still don't get the official attendant badge like the male parking attendants do, only the reflective vest.

  has anybody else heard of this .

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  It's ridiculous they don't get the attendant badge if that's what they're doing. What's the 'scriptural precident' for that? Unless all it is is a badge of honor for pathetic JW males. 🤔
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  Female JW parking "attendants"

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was shocked recently to see on social media a couple pictures of jw sisters at a convention working as parking "attendants".

  i put that title in quotation marks because they still don't get the official attendant badge like the male parking attendants do, only the reflective vest.

  has anybody else heard of this .

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  I was shocked recently to see on social media a couple pictures of JW sisters at a convention working as parking "attendants". I put that title in quotation marks because they still don't get the official attendant badge like the male parking attendants do, only the reflective vest. Has anybody else heard of this . . . Or for that matter has anybody heard of women being used for other typically male-only jobs even when brothers are present?
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  The elephant on the street

  by Normalfulla in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as a contractor i travel around for my job, i was stopped this morning to buy some milk at a store in a small village i guess and as i turned a corner i saw 2 elders i know personally manning a cart in the cold outside the store with not a soul in sight and an unlikely place for much traffic even though it was outside a country store.

  1 elder is my brother in laws father and the other was in my old cong when i left, i said hello, talked about the weather and general chit chat and was my usual self, they were pleasant also but nothing was mentioned to me about anything spiritual etc.

  i know they will be aware of some of my reasons for leaving (the few that i talked about initially before shutting my trap) but they were unwilling to engage in saving my life with their work!

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  I contained myself and decided it wasn't Christ-like

  I don't know . . . In the gospels Jesus went out of his way many times to piss off the Pharisees and those like them. He put them in many an uncomfortable situation, often in front of crowds. I say go for it, within reason 😋
  
  
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  The biggest news of the year for Mr. and Mrs. Totally ADD

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  2. friends

  this is bigger than christmas and birthdays wrap into one.

  thanks to the australian royal commission our youngest son has woke up.

  we received a e-mail from him tonight where he apologized to us for shunning us all these years, how bad he felt for doing this.

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  This is something most can only dream of, but when it happens its wonderful. I'm so happy for you and him!
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  The urban legends we heard as JWs!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.

  here is an example i was told as a kid:.

  the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.

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  I too heard the one about the sister protected by invisible Angels out in service. I also heard the one about John Denver telling all JWs to get out of his concert. Both of these have been specifically debunked by snopes.com

  I also heard one about a demonic toy that made a kid's clothes get up and walk around by themselves.

  Then there was an apostate dressed as a clown who went in during the public talk to scream in the speakers face. He opened his mouth, but no sound would come out.

  Then there was the pioneer who swears that the dog coming at her was held back by an invisible force. Guess she never heard of an electric fence.
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  I saw The Last Jedi yesterday ... spoilers!

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. entertainment

  yeah i saw ep 8 tlj yesterday.. first off, the special effects - a combination of cgi and practical - are fantastic, although with a budget of $200 million i expect them to be.. there are many issues i have with this movie and here's one: leia flying through space, i mean, wtf?!.

  yes, we know leia is luke's brother and so has some force-sensitivity - she talked telepathically to luke in the empire strikes back.. apart from that, she's never really used any abilities she may have or been taught the ways of the force ... and now she's flying through space!

  xd.

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  Don’t confuse a “plot hole” with a “twist”.

  Wikipedia defines a plot hole as "illogical or impossible events, and statements or events that contradict earlier events in the storyline", so I'd advise you not to confuse plot holes with a story direction you personally don't prefer.

  Does Luke drinking milk from the ball sack tits of some alien sea cow add to the “meat” of the movie?

  No of course not. That was humor, and tastes will vary. Personally I found Yoda's behavior in Empire Strikes Back far more cringe worthy, even when it was explained away as 'testing' Luke.

  As for twists, I had in mind things like Kylo betraying Snoke even while he was reading his mind which was clever, the mind bridging being a ploy of Snoke all along, the fact that even though Kylo liked Rey he wasn't going to turn good, he just wanted more power for himself, the way Luke went out at the end being far more meaningful than a stereotypical lightsaber fight, and things like that. I also liked how Snoke told Kylo to 'take that ridiculous thing off' (his helmet) and called him a child in a mask. I took that as a well deserved dig at Abrahm's The Force Awakens, who was trying to make Kylo a bad ass Vader knock off. Episode VII deserved to be subverted and Episode VIII did it, and well IMO.
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  I saw The Last Jedi yesterday ... spoilers!

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  yeah i saw ep 8 tlj yesterday.. first off, the special effects - a combination of cgi and practical - are fantastic, although with a budget of $200 million i expect them to be.. there are many issues i have with this movie and here's one: leia flying through space, i mean, wtf?!.

  yes, we know leia is luke's brother and so has some force-sensitivity - she talked telepathically to luke in the empire strikes back.. apart from that, she's never really used any abilities she may have or been taught the ways of the force ... and now she's flying through space!

  xd.

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  Disney debunked that rumor about stand alones being put on hold the other day.

  Force Awakens, while fun, was a big disappointment for me: to derivative and leaning on '80s nostalgia like everything else is today. TLJ, while having g some fluff that could've been discarded, had more meat on it's bones and original twist, definitely closer to what a Lucas production would've been. Loved Rogue One, thought it was amazing. Solo wasn't a masterpiece or essential, but it was a very good, solid film. And BTW, Return of the Jedi is my favorite of the originals 😁