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  'Big Eyes' Movie is the story of art couple Margaret (an XJW) and Walter Keane

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/tim-burton-big-eyes-new-movie-margaret-walter-keane-amy-adams-christoph-waltz_n_3013705.html.

  tim burton 'big eyes' movie tells the story of art couple margaret and walter keane.

  tim burton, a filmmaker known for his own brand of ghoulish cartoon characters, is taking on the world of wide-eyed artist, margaret keane, in a new movie aptly titled "big eyes.".

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  Saw the movie today--several references to JWs. Kind of makes me want an original Keane.
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  If Your JW Parent Died Would YOU Go To The Kingdom Hall For The Talk?

  by minimus in

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  i would like your thoughts, please..

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  My mother had all her JW friends at my non-JW grandmother's funeral, and then a post-funeral gathering at a JW's home. My sisters and I, who were born-in but left or faded when we went to college, had to deal with our grief in front of all the witnesses, which was very emotionally difficult and stressful. of course all the witnesses we had grown up around decided they could forgo the shunning for a few minutes and speak to us which was exquisitely uncomfortable For us, and probably them, too.

  I was so angry and distraught over that experience that I did not attend my witness father's funeral a year later.
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  Watchtower 'Experts' on Being Gay?

  by jw07 in

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  have you seen this article?.

  the watchtower is trying to be experts on all things having to do with human sexuality.. repressing sexual desires, gay or straight only creates more problems.. http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/pressure-to-be-gay/.

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  The only way to avoid fornication is to get married. So in all the states where same sex marriage is legal, if two same sex brothers get legally married, can't d'f them for fornication.
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  US-Cuba diplomatic breakthrough: Obama and Castro agree to thaw relations after prisoner exchange

  by fulltimestudent in

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  who'd have thought it possible?

  but that's a headline this morning in the canberra times.. us-cuba diplomatic breakthrough: obama and castro agree to thaw relations after prisoner exchange.

  date: december 18, 2014 - 5:37am.

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  I'm thinking about going for a hot holiday in February before the travel ban is lifted. Canadians who've been always say the best thing about Cuba is no Americans. Doesn't seem like there are any legal consequences nowadays for americans who do defy the travel ban.
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  How did you feel when you got baptised? Seriously....

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  so recently, several over-righteous ones in the cong were discussing "how amazing it felt when they got baptised".

  statements like "how awesome did it feel as you got raised back out of the water?!".

  or the classic "i felt so close to jehovah as i came out of the pool"!.

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  I was so excited about my pretty dress and the big dinner after. I was 11. being super nervous while waiting in line. Having to let my hair air dry because I hadn't brought a hairdryer.
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  It's all coming back...

  by SoJo16 in

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  i joined the board this month and holy cow, are there ever some interesting points of view here.. a bit about my background: my dad was an unbaptised born-in who nevertheless went to vietnam and college where he met my mom.

  mom was lutheran, but dad told her the only religion he was interested in belonging to was the jdubs.

  they married in the early 70s and were both baptized.

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  SoJo16

  Hi Everyone!

  i joined the board this month and holy cow, are there ever some interesting points of view here.

  A bit about my background: My Dad was an unbaptised born-in who nevertheless went to Vietnam and college where he met my Mom. Mom was Lutheran, but Dad told her the only religion he was interested in belonging to was the JDubs. They married in the early 70s and were both baptized. I came along in 76. I got baptized a month before my 12th birthday. My mom was really 'encouraging' me to get baptized, and I think I realized that my doing it so young and being such an exemplary little sister would improve her status in the congo, since Dad only ever advanced to mic carrier. In my early teens I hoped to go to Bethel, but the elders told me Bethel had no interest in single sisters. Soon after, I was chided by an elders wife for daring to ask a question of an elder about a point in the daily text. After those experiences, I started to realize just how sexist the organization was. I started living a 'double life' and planned my escape to college. I was disfellowshipped for smoking cigarettes just before I left for college, and I was pretty much on my own until my sister disassociated herself five years later. Went to college about an hour away from my Midwest town, because there was no way I was going to stay in my hometown and run into witnesses all the time. Stayed in school a long time figuring out what to do and eventually went to law school. While in school, married a Canadian and emigrated to Canada in 2005.

  I haven't darkened the door of a Kingdom Hall since I was disfellowshipped. My mother doesn't shun me completely, but I almost wish she did because I find it tough to maintain a genuine relationship with her. I hadn't really kept up with changes to JW beliefs since I left, and thought of myself as a perfectly well-adjusted Ex-witness and atheist. Then recently the hubs started looking into pagan beliefs and witchcraft, and I was freaking out with disapproval about how it was demonized and I didn't want it in my house, and he wondered where this complete wall of disapproval I was putting up was coming from. And then of course I had an ah ha! moment. I know who taught me to worry about things being demonized! Reading through all the posts this month, I think I was probably carrying around a lot of guilt too about having left without realizing it.

  anyway, as I noted before, I find this board a crazy and wonderful place, and I've decided to be a bit more challenging to my mom when she makes comments about how bad things are in this system of things, or asks me if I still think about Jehovah. instead of trying to change the subject I'm going to start asking her questions, like maybe about how she feels about all the child sex assault claims the WBTS has settled. I'll keep you posted on how that goes.
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  Bill Cosby - too much smoke for no fire?

  by Simon in

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  it seems like the list of people who are accusing him of rape and sexual assault is growing every day.

  i'm skeptical of single accusations but the number of people and the similar stories seem overwhelming now.. it's not a conviction but to the court of public opinion ... guilty?.

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  I believe these- sixteen, I read today--women.

  in most cases criminal and civil statutes of limitations will have run.

  several are middle aged now, and successful.

  their stories are remarkably similar--promised entry into Hollywood, made to drink drinks or take pills from him, waking up during sex with him, or the next morning and physically realizing sexual activity had taken place.

  i believe the women.
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  I'm thinking of going back

  by Spectre in

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  ......to see how much i get love bombed in my tight pants and bright socks.. i bet they'll totally respect my gb approved pinky ring though.. i haven't been to a meeting since 1994 so i wonder if they'll get the irony if i ask, "so what's changed?".

  good effin' lord....i just realized i've been out for 20 years.. .

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  Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Kinda weird to be reading about it all again...I left it cold when I went to off to school. But my mom is still in, and I've never tried to get her out...just accepted that when we speak there will be several inevitable references to the truth, And that she'll never leave. But who knows if I really tried to challenge the narritive? It would be tough for us to speak any less than we already do.
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  My Marking Talk

  by jws in

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  back to august of 1988. my brother and i were the ones being marked.

  at the time, my father had clued us in that it was coming and had gotten a recording of it.

  are we not also obliged to act on wrongs being committed by a family member or members?

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  maybe the problem is the figurative reading they are giving Deuteronomy 21. It clearly says stone your rebellious children, not ostracize them. Maybe the kids would stay JWs if they gave the text a more literal meaning. What's the logic that ostracism in any way approximates stoning?
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  I'm thinking of going back

  by Spectre in

  1. jw
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  ......to see how much i get love bombed in my tight pants and bright socks.. i bet they'll totally respect my gb approved pinky ring though.. i haven't been to a meeting since 1994 so i wonder if they'll get the irony if i ask, "so what's changed?".

  good effin' lord....i just realized i've been out for 20 years.. .

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  Hey Spectre, me too, out 20 years this year. And just found this forum. Gives me an urge to put on my tightest yoga pants and walk a couple times around the KH block. And then do actual yoga poses in front of the hall.