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  Nearly Middle Aged Woman Asks: Should I watch the Sopranos?

  by Crumpet in

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  okay last night the sopranos got voted the best drama ever to be shown on tv.

  i have never watched a single episode, but before i commit myself to starting from season 1 and working my way through to season 6 or whatever it is up to can anyone here tell me what is good about it.

  what are its strengths?.

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  Spectre

  Go for it!

  This reminds me that I need to go get season 2 of Deadwood.
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  Birthday pay for JWs

  by uuus2b1 in

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  2. friends

  where i work... an employee's birthday is a paid holiday.

  as a witness and an elder, i always had a tough time explaining why jws didn't celebrate birthdays but could accept the day off and be paid for it .

  "a matter of conscience" was usually the explanation.

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  Spectre

  Of course you know that you can take the money as long as it goes in the donation box, right?
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  Nite pics

  by purplesofa in

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  playing with the camera.

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  Spectre

  They remind me of the time I took mushrooms.
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  Why must observers attend the Kingdom Halls for the Memorial?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  2. beliefs

  jesus had only 12 members attend and partake the last meal and memorial.there were no observers in the room.each disciple was given bread to eat and wine to drink.there is no mention of other people in the room who couldn't eat or drink the last meal.this was only for those who would partake of this meal.. why does the wts feel that observers need to be at this yearly event?

  why can't the elders who(supposedly) have any 144,000 in their congregations,have a memorial with only these members?

  if jesus wanted observers he would of had some at his last meal and requested that they be present from then on..

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  Spectre

  I've always wondered why there's the big push for memorial attendance myself. It's just about the most boring meeting of the year. If before or after the meeting you're talking with someone and laughing, you must not appreciate the solemnness of the occasion. Does any newcomer ever attend and say, "oh yeah, this is where I want to be"?

  The memorial was the last meeting I attended some 5 or 6 years ago, and afterwards vowing never to return. The ritual of it all kind of freaked me out since at that time I hadn't been to a meeting in years.
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  What did you have to dispose of when you became a dub?

  by exwitless in

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  little drummer boy's comment on the d&d thread made me think about this:.

  when i became one of the borg, i threw out about $600 worth of pnp materials and books, a fact that i was proud of at the time and which makes me sick now because almost all of it is irreplaceable.

  he also threw away who knows how many cds that were "bad" for dubs; also threw away a framed picture of a dragon that was really cool, and maybe some cool rock band t-shirts.. i don't remember having to physically throw away a lot of stuff, but i had to resign from the citizen's band i was in (played the clarinet), threw away my good friends from high school, etc.. what did you all throw away when you became dubs that you regret now?.

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  Spectre

  Since my mom became a dub when I was about 5, I had to give up my Batman cape.
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  300 The Movie

  by lonelysheep in

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  2. entertainment

  anyone planning to see this one?

  i enjoy that type of stuff (battles, greek/roman anything).

  on another note [and my main reason for posting this.

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  Spectre

  I can't wait to see this one. I hope it matches Sin City, Frank Miller's other movie.
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  Remember how great the get-togethers were in the 1980's??

  by PaNiCAtTaCk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remembers skating parties at least once a month, volleyball at the park, get-togethers where everyone would play bible charades and sing kingdoms songs, going to the river to swim with the whole congregation after the sunday meeting, spending the afternoon at the lake eating watermelon and water skiing.

  it was a great upbringing!

  also, i dont want to leave out the strong feelings of eliteness that i had even as a child, of having the truth.

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  Spectre

  That made me think of my step-dad remodelling an old duplex that we lived in back in 1974. He made all sorts of secret compartments for the "literature". I wonder what the people thought when they tore that place down about 10 years ago?
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  666

  by 5go in

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  why did i bother noting this.. <-------- 666th post.

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  Spectre

  666 was like, so 140 posts ago.
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  The WTS society admits that the door to door ministry is inefficient

  by cultswatter in

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  2. scandals

  look at what the scans below say.

  that publishers spend considerable gas and insurance and time to go from door to door to place the odd magazine or book.

  in reality the jw publisher is footing the whole bill and then some.. the jw publisher has to spend about 100 dollars per month for every dollar from donations received for literature sold at the door.. i know this to be true as i used to flog books at the door.

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  Spectre

  Oh, we can't just go and change things. A book thats 2000 years old told everyone the final answer on how to efficiently carry out the ministry.
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  Watchtower Now Allows Gay Marriage!

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  2. humour

  the lead article on the watchtower home page is about gay marriage and how to make it acceptable to jehovah: http://www.watchtower.org.

  but unfortunately, they still aren't handing out tickets to the corporate jet.

  ah well, "glass half-full" i suppose... .

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  Spectre

  That is awesome!