Topics Started by Nick
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34Being raised a witness has it's benefits...
by Princess ini actually have several reasons why i don't resent my witness upbringing, but it sure came in handy today.. last year i posted about helping 50 kids run in the seattle kids marathon at my daughter's school.
the event was a blast and while it was a ton of work, seeing the joy on the kids' faces when they crossed the finish line made it all worth it.. this morning i spoke to the entire student body at my daughter's school at their monthly spirit assembly.
if i hadn't been raised a witness, giving talks from the time i was five, i never would have attempted such a thing.
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Who was your favorite "60's " folk singer?
by hubert ini go this idea from simons post on bob dylan's documentary.. my first choice would be..... joan baez.... she had the most beautiful voice, and with her excellent guitar picking, didn't need any backup music or singers.. next would be ...peter, paul and mary.
they could really harmonize magnificeintly.. what are your favorites?.
hubert.
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FLUFF ALERT: post the poem that makes you think of your loved one....
by kid-A inever read a poem that in a deep, profound way makes you think of the person you are hopelessly in love with?.
post a poem that makes you think of your loved one...wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend.....i'll start:.
[somewhere i have never travelled].
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Terrible Nun Joke
by hamsterbait inthe medical nurse at a convent, requests a meeting with the mother superior, the priest and the archbishop.. "and why have you requested this meeting, my child?
" asks the mother superior.. "reverend mother, there is a case of syphilis in the convent.".
"well, thank god for that - i'm sick to death of the chardonnay.".
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Barbara Bush: Hurricane victims better off, were "underpriviledged anyway"
by professor in.
now we know where gw gets his "compassionate conservatism" from:.
hurricane katrina victims in houston, texas were "underprivileged anyway" and life in the astrodome sports arena is "working very well for them," former first lady barbara bush says....
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Any fellow humanists out there?
by Eyebrow2 ini have been reading a lot here and there the past year about humanism, etc...and i am curious who else on this board that have left jwism has gone that route?.
it took me a few years, but this is where i am at now, and i have been looking into local groups in my area (dallas, tx) that meet together.
i will probably be going in september when the next meeting is.
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Mental illness among JWs: cause or effect?
by kid-A inthere is compelling, published evidence (see link below) to suggest higher rates of mental illness among jws compared to other religious sects, and the general population.
what is your opinion, is this because people with "susceptibility" to mental illness are more likely to be attracted to the lifestyle and psychology of the wts, or after joining and being an active member for years, the jw psychology and lifestyle are simply enough to push any psychologically healthy individual into psychopathology?
http://www.premier1.net/~raines/mental.html
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Knocking film in the news...
by Elsewhere inhttp://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/media/the_film_knocking_about_the_christian_group_known_as_jehovah_s_witnesses_34092.html the film knocking about the christian group known as jehovah's witnesses
added: (tue aug 16 2005) .
a new film on pbs is in the making about jehovah's witnesses , heres what we know.
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what songs do you want played at your funeral?
by candidlynuts inyeah its morbid... but since we're not gonna live forever like we thought we might the first half or so of our lives, we're obviously gonna die someday.. and i dont want " keep your eyes on the prize " played at my funeral.. (keeping in mind that theres no one thats gonna claim my body to bury it anyway when the time comes).
i want " if you could read my mind" by gordon lightfoot.
" carry on my wayward son" by (kansas?
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