I don't buy into the "being proud to be British, American, Australian..whatever. IMHO, that's just as daft as being proud to be gay or white or black. If you're going to be proud of anything it has to be as a result of some sort of achievement. Not just an accident of birth.
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As A Former JW Are You Patriotic At All?
by minimus injehovah’s witnesses were drilled with the idea that all governments are from satan and that we should have nothing to do with anything involving support of the government, voting, or political talk for one party or another.. now that you are out, is patriotism important to you?
is voting important to you?
are you supportive of your country?.
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As A Former JW Are You Patriotic At All?
by minimus injehovah’s witnesses were drilled with the idea that all governments are from satan and that we should have nothing to do with anything involving support of the government, voting, or political talk for one party or another.. now that you are out, is patriotism important to you?
is voting important to you?
are you supportive of your country?.
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snugglebunny
Some folk confuse patriotism with Nationalism. Patriotism, as we all know, is about having a special regard for our country and countrymen, our very extended family. It's innate.
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What current movies have you seen? Give a little review if possible, aye or nay
by blondie innewest mib next for me.
i brought myself up-to-date on the older ones on cable.
here's a trailer:.
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snugglebunny
Lion. A true story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNI9o06vqo
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Getting disfellowshipped to marry and return
by confused ini was just wondering if there is any official rules on dealing with this.
a sister in the congregation is planning to divorce her husband who is also a witness so she can marry a different brother in the same hall!
yes this is a huge scandal!
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snugglebunny
This sort of stuff is always going to happen. Being brought up in a high control group such as the JW religion, many folk get married way too soon just so that they can enjoy their nookies ASAP. Inevitably, once the novelty has worn off, they become vulnerable to thinking "Is this really the one and only person that I'm ever going to have sex with?"
Maybe if they'd played the field a bit, like most developing young people do, the curiosity and vulnerability associated with extra-marital affairs wouldn't be nearly so appealing.
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Getting disfellowshipped to marry and return
by confused ini was just wondering if there is any official rules on dealing with this.
a sister in the congregation is planning to divorce her husband who is also a witness so she can marry a different brother in the same hall!
yes this is a huge scandal!
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snugglebunny
This happened in the UK some years ago. The fella was a District overseer - I believe his name was Turnbull - and he and his lady love admitted to the DF'ing committee that they knew they'd be DF'd but planned to bide their time, get divorced and then married, then apply for reinstatement.
HO at Mill Hill were obviously involved and their edict to the JC was to stipulate that they would have to wait for 10 years before they could apply for re-admission.
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My little Speech on Patriotism
by Terry inmy july 4, speech on patriotism.
the last person in my family to serve in the armed forces was my uncle jack during the korean war.
he suffered a skull injury but fully recovered.. .
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snugglebunny
Patriotism is a normal human emotion. It's a built in loyalty to what is actually our very extended family. Not to be confused with Nationalism.
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Anyone drop out of high school or not focus on grades becuase the end was near
by rockemsockem ini dropped out with 3 months left to go of the 12th grade.
my uncle offed me a job and the end was only a few years away.
my mother even though she was dyed in the wool at the time said she would only go along with it if i took a correspondence course out of american correspondence school out of chicago.
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Yes, me. I dropped out of school at age 15. My dad said there was no point on my staying on at school seeing as how armageddon was just around the corner. Bro Darnell from Feltham was a foreman in the welding section of Elliott Business Machines and he'd put my name forward to his bosses as a good honest hard working Christian lad.
I went along with it quite willingly.
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Famous Movie Quotes You Like
by The Bethelite inthe last lines from the movie platoon.
"i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.
the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.
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Just don't know where to start... but this has to be the best bunch of all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNXediSQoL8
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Boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates
by pale.emperor innow i think i may have seen everything.. "boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates".
i'm all for people being entitled to wear what they want and live as they please as long as they're not harming anyone but - a male prom queen?
maybe there wasn't much competition in his school?.
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Yes indeed. The USA has even stolen Land of Hope and Glory for some other celebration to do with college.. Mind you, the words had to be changed so as to appeal more to our Atlantic cousins. Here's the original vocal version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YTKeeri7Xc
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Boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates
by pale.emperor innow i think i may have seen everything.. "boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates".
i'm all for people being entitled to wear what they want and live as they please as long as they're not harming anyone but - a male prom queen?
maybe there wasn't much competition in his school?.
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snugglebunny
It's just a fad.