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  any movies with prominent JW characters?

  by Azalo in

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  ive seen the one with kevin costner.

  "perfect world" i think, any others?

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  It's similar to the movie, Witness with Harrision Ford. I thought the movie portrayed the Amish fairly well, but I read that they were all upset about it. I never could figure out why.

  I wonder what the Amish thought of the movie Kingpin.

  I remember Saturday Night Live in the late 70's or early 80's did the Land Shark skit. This shark is going around knocking on doors and when someone opens the door he would eat them. Well one guy is ready and when his doorbell rings he asked who it was. A JW is on the other side of door. The housholder thinks it is the land shark lteeling a lie. So when he opens the door he clobbers the JW with a baseball bat or hammer.

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  I'm really happy with my 17 inches

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  ...of lg flatron l1710s lcd monitor!.

  the old crt croaked it and the company replaced it with a new flatscreen yesterday!

  its great, i actually discovered i have a desk!

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  When I bought my Dell it came with a 15in LCD. I love it. The Dell I bought for my kids this Christmas came with a 17in CRT. I will take my LCD over the CRT any day.

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  JW's and Pubs/Bars

  by Heatmiser in

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  i have noticed on past threads from posters from other countries than the usa that they would be hanging out in pubs and such while still jw's.

  in the us i believe that going to bars would pretty much be a df/da offense.

  in other countries is the policy different?

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  The only drinking in public that I remember was getting some beers in a pizza joint. I must have attended nothing but strict congregations. I don't even recall ever seeing a drunk Jdud in my 22 years. Guess I missed out on all the fun. You posters opened my eyes to a whole world of JW's that I never even knew about.

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  Country Quizzzzzz

  by Xena in

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  what country are you...gonna lmao if simon takes this and is the us

  http://bluepyramid.org/ia/cquiz.htm

  you're thailand!.

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  You're Turkey!
  You have a good deal of history behind you, both good and
  bad, but through it all, you've become a leader among your friends. You
  have an uncanny ability to make friends with people who hate each other, though
  sometimes you just hate them instead. Surprisingly fickle, you keep a
  good balance in your life between religion and humanism, but most people think
  you're fanatical anyway. You're Istanbul, you're
  Constantinople.
  Take
  the Country'>http://bluepyramid.org/ia/cquiz.htm">Country Quiz at the href="Blue'>http://bluepyramid.org">Blue Pyramid

  Hehehe
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  JW's and Pubs/Bars

  by Heatmiser in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have noticed on past threads from posters from other countries than the usa that they would be hanging out in pubs and such while still jw's.

  in the us i believe that going to bars would pretty much be a df/da offense.

  in other countries is the policy different?

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  I guess I misunderstood all those years as a Jdud what the policy was on this issue.
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  Were you happy as a witness?

  by JH in

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  the few years that i was an active witness, i can't say that i was very happy.

  i really didn't mind missing a meeting.

  i always felt that a meeting every 2 days for the rest of my life was a little exaggerated.

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  Political Discussions

  by Heatmiser in

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  i have been reading the previous posts today and have noticed some pretty heated depates on politcs with, rightfully so, locked threads.. all of us on this board come from many different countries with different forms of goverments and benifits.

  everybody thinks that they have the best and are willing to defend that view.

  i would hate to see any of us lose "friendships" on this forum over debates that have no winners.. i enjoy posts from everybody that is involved in these discussions and would hate to loose the insights they provide on every other issue besides politics.

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  In the words of Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?".

  This part of my post was a little joke.

  I just don't see the point of people from different countries getting into heated discussions over nationalistic political views. It is like comparing apples and bannanas.

  The problem with politics is that what one person considers Dogma and Propoganda is a legitimate view point to another person.

  Example: Say I was a republican and spouted the party line. To a democrate I am spouting Dogma and Propoganda. When a democrate spouts his party line, I am thinking Dogma and Propoganda. To him, it is a legitimate political view. No winners, nobody is likely to change. Just a bunch of bad blood between fellow posters.

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  Survivor AllStar

  by Stacy Smith in

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  since my 9ers never even made the playoffs this year the only reason i have to look forward to super bowl sunday is.......survivor all stars.

  a rumor i heard is that this show will have 3 teams of 6 including our favorite rupert, and 4 from the original survivor cast.

  does anyone know who else the show will have on it?

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  If you want to keep up on all the latest rumors and everything survivor, here is a link to a very good MSN group.

  http://groups.msn.com/SURVIVORTheCBSTelevisionSeries/survivor.msnw?pgmarket=en-us

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  JW's and Pubs/Bars

  by Heatmiser in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have noticed on past threads from posters from other countries than the usa that they would be hanging out in pubs and such while still jw's.

  in the us i believe that going to bars would pretty much be a df/da offense.

  in other countries is the policy different?

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  Thanks guys for the replies. I guess all of my JW years I read more into what was put out at the meetings. I remember the only time I went to a sports bar when I was a Jdud, I was scared to death that my old lady would find out or another Jdud would see me leaving the place. I am pretty sure that all of the congregations I attended it would not have been taken lightly if it where known that you went into one.

  I think this falls into the catagory of what WT policy is and how it is applied by individual congregations. In my 22 years in I never knew of any JW the went to a bar.

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  JW's and Pubs/Bars

  by Heatmiser in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have noticed on past threads from posters from other countries than the usa that they would be hanging out in pubs and such while still jw's.

  in the us i believe that going to bars would pretty much be a df/da offense.

  in other countries is the policy different?

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  Thanks La Capra. I just seem to remember talks about going to bars when I was a kid, and how it was a no-no ect. ect.

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