I watched the first two seasons, but I can't watch it here in Mexico. As soon as I get back to the US I'll rent what I haven't seen and watch it to my heart's content. It's a great show. I wish it hadn't ended so soon.
ChrisVance
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Six Feet Under on HBO
by Cygnus inany thoughts on the finale?.
like many have said, it was a sad ending, the last 5 minutes they showed everybody grow old and die.
ruth of course went first and george was a mess.
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To All Of The Kids Who Survived the .....
by BrendaCloutier infirst, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
they took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.. .
then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.. .
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ChrisVance
Boy, did that bring back memories. Thanks!
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Christianity on the threat of DEATH..
by GetBusyLiving inif someone held a gun to your head and threatened to blow your brains out unless you worshiped jesus and went to church, which christian church would you choose?
no pansy churches like the unitarians though.
it has to be a fundamentalist denomination.
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ChrisVance
God works in mysterious ways,
A catch-all answer used by religious people when they can't answer a logical question.
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Did anyone know Charles "stay alive til '75" Sunutko?
by IronGland inwhat was he like?
would he be amused to hear that talk he gave now?
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ChrisVance
Obviously he doesn't know what he's talking about, but he has the gift of oratory.
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US & lack of historical perspective for JWs?
by rebel8 inhopefully i can explain what i'm talking about here.. a few yrs after i left the jws, i went to college and spent a semester abroad.
the combo of studying world history, along with seeing historical stuff in person and exposure to new cultures really led me to realize even deeper how egocentric/ethnocentric the jw belief system is.
by that, i mean: everything centers around white americans.
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ChrisVance
Good post!
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They Came at me at work.......
by delilah inthere is a "sister" and her daughter, that come to visit different ones at my place of business.
they usually come about 3 times a month, to read a scripture or a paragraph from a magazine, to a couple of people.
they then say hello to me, and leave after making their wt and awake placements.
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ChrisVance
The next time they come excuse yourself for a moment and go tell your boss that some Jehovah's Witnesses are keeping you from doing your work. Hopefully, he she will tell them to get lost.
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As you got baptised a j.w., did you truly agree with all j.w. teachings?
by hubert in's that weren't born into the cult.. were there any teachings, doctrine, etc.
that you still had a hard time accepting, even though you were going to be baptised into the org.?.
which policies and teaching?.
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ChrisVance
I was 12 and didn't know squat ****.
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most hated analogies
by googlemagoogle inwe've already got some "most hated" threads on here, like "most hated bible verse" or "most hated meeting", don't know if there's another thread on metaphors/analogies.
one of the most used analogies used is the "jehovah's like a loving father holding your hand and leading you, you can trust him like a little child trusts his father".
i don't know how often i heard that one.
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ChrisVance
The one from the last convention, where they used the analogy of the playground merry-go-round. The poor JW is stuck on this thing and artful deceivers are spinning the merry-go-round so fast, the JW can't think straight. What do you do when "opposers" talk so fast you are getting dizzy? Cling closer to the organization! Don't fall off!
Ludicrous. Did I spell it right?
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My wife is thinking of quitting the "truth"!
by Goldminer in.
last night my wife said she was thinking about quitting the truth.she says she finds it too hard with me having doubts and not wanting to be a jw anymore.she has also been burned by her few jw friends,and the rest are either disfellowshipped or getting divorced.it's really hard to build lasting relationships with such people in the religion.. another positive factor is that she has made 2 good "worldly" friends over the past year.i think she's starting to see that people on the outside can be nice,have morals and accept others as they are.. i hope in time she starts feeling good about this decision and that i can slowly show her the many errors of the wts.so far she agrees with many of the things i've told her but still believes it's the truth.it's a hard battle but i never tought i'd hear her say those words.. btw,she finally called a local elder to see if he can help me with my many questions.he's coming over tonight so it should be quite interesting.i think he'll be a little surprised at some of the direct questions i have;i'm also hoping that after a while he decides there's not much hope for me and just labels me an apostate and starts talking about df'ing me.that would show my wife their attitude towards answering questions that have no scriptural answers.. anyways,i'll do my best to keep you all up-dated.it can be hard to post as my wife diesn't know i come here on a regular basis.. goldminer
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ChrisVance
Good show. I'm anxiously awaiting to hear how the "meeting" goes.
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No Jehovah Witnesses !!!
by JH inaround here, in my neighbourhood, there are many apartment buildings, and i remeber as a jw, how many people didn't want to be bothered by us jw's.. so, i took my camera this morning and went around in a few apartment buildings and took pictueres of all kinds of signs on doors, telling witnesses not to knock at their door, and go away !!!.
on this first picture, it's quite polite.
it says in french, no solicitor.
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ChrisVance
Legolas, sorry things aren't going too well right now. Hope everything works out soon. I'm teaching three English classes at the University. They're going pretty well with the classes, but three weeks ago today I re-submitted my thesis and haven't heard word one from the committee. It's making me very nervous.