Interesting. Yes, I think I'm at that point. There is a point where you are no longer necessarily considered "spiritually weak" and you are given a degree of defference.
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Are you so faded that Actives no longer encourage but respect you?
by Wasanelder Once ini know it sounds strange but all the jw's i have contact with are no longer "encouraging" me to attend meetings.
in fact not one of them invited me to the memorial even though we had dinner together at my house three nights before.
i think i have them totally bamboozled with my reasoning why i don't attend.
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No I don't believe anyone here has been permanently warped by the Borg any more than your parents could do the same to you.
by gubberningbody inyou are who you are so much more due to your own peculiar genetic inheritance, and this is what eventually prevails.. there was a longitudinal study i read a number of years ago that tested the idea that we all have inborn "happiness setpoints".
these people in the study were followed through 20-25 years and periodically examined as regards their self-reported measures of happiness.
the finding was that no matter what happened either positively or negatively in their lives, within 8-12 weeks they were universally back to their baseline.. this means a couple of things:.
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daniel-p
Gubberningbody is not interested in understanding others. Only in expressing condescension.
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What's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?
by A.Fenderson inwhat's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.
my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.
it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.
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Wow, too many to mention. I really love Peter Weir films; many people have seen his more popular ones like Master and Commander, Witness, The Truman Show or Dead Poets Society, but his lesser known ones like Fearless, The Last Wave and Picnic at Hanging Rock are also awesome, as well. They are certainly more emotionally challenging films (with exception to Dead Poets Society, perhaps). Fearless has another under-apreciated performance by Jeff Bridges and Picnic at Hanging Rock just well, rocks, if you like low-level sinister mystery with all sorts of subtle undertones that are implied but not thrown in your face outright.
Of course, one of my top three favorite directors is Terrence Malick, and every film he's done is simply amazing. Particularly The Badlands and Days of Heaven, each being a masterpiece. The Thin Red Line remains as one of the best war films I've seen, although some people see it thinking they're in for something like Saving Private Ryan and are dissapointed by its more internalized approach. It's not a typical action war movie.
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No I don't believe anyone here has been permanently warped by the Borg any more than your parents could do the same to you.
by gubberningbody inyou are who you are so much more due to your own peculiar genetic inheritance, and this is what eventually prevails.. there was a longitudinal study i read a number of years ago that tested the idea that we all have inborn "happiness setpoints".
these people in the study were followed through 20-25 years and periodically examined as regards their self-reported measures of happiness.
the finding was that no matter what happened either positively or negatively in their lives, within 8-12 weeks they were universally back to their baseline.. this means a couple of things:.
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daniel-p
All I have to say is that it's great to be me.
I didn't know you like sucking **** that much. But whatever floats your boat.
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Tons and tons of Elders letters.
by callitquits76 ini have tons of elders letters which were part of a website about 7 years ago and if my memory proves correct it was taken down due to bullying by the society.. i was wondering if these letters were still out there somewhere, because if not i'll upload them.
they are all in catergories.
might be useful.
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daniel-p
Go for quick dissemination. I would recommend MediaFire as a free file hosting site since you can upload in batches.
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Which poster would you like to have a beer (or Pepsi for the sober peeps) with? Why?
by serenitynow! ini've lurking for months, and have enjoyed the various personalities on the board.
i'm pretty sure that i've seen this topic done on an old thread, but i don't want to get my buddy asilentone all riled up by performing a resurrection.
minimus- cause he is funny.
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daniel-p
I'm with Outlaw: Most company can be suffered when enough beer is involved. Even my own company.
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Which poster would you like to have a beer (or Pepsi for the sober peeps) with? Why?
by serenitynow! ini've lurking for months, and have enjoyed the various personalities on the board.
i'm pretty sure that i've seen this topic done on an old thread, but i don't want to get my buddy asilentone all riled up by performing a resurrection.
minimus- cause he is funny.
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daniel-p
daniel-p... i think that guy is pretty cool.
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I wish I could have met Samuel Clemens.
by John Doe ini liked the way he thought.
what author would you have liked to know?.
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daniel-p
Dostoyevsky - as someone who was caught between faith and reason.
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CO talk with Elders & MSs - Keep up to date with org changes & speak POSITIVELY about them to others!
by LUKEWARM ini'm having a field day with these changes - telling others not to attach themselves too much to the latest generation change because its probably going to change again in the next 2 years, commenting on how terrible the new songs are etc etc.... .
anyway, thought it interesting that the gb is making sure the boys on the ground locally are supportive of the changes being made.
here are notes from the 3rd discussion point in the wts scripted outline the co's was using at this meeting.. .
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The leaven thing: When I was at Bethel I was trying to do "deep" spiritual study and I spent weeks on the leaven thing. I had a whole list of how the WTS interpreted the leaven, and every interpretation was a flip from the last... like a ridiculous number of times. I started writing a letter to the Writing Department, but got distracted with other things.
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First Time that I Didn't Go to the Memorial - Now Depressed
by daniel-p inso this was the very first time in my whole life that i didn't go to the memorial.
my wife went, and she was sullen before and after... i know she wanted me to go.
i told her afterwards that if she wants me to go next year i would, but she didn't say anything.
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Thanks for the encouragement, everyone. It actually blew over fairly well. My wife does not seem to be holding anything against me and things have gone back to normal. Of course I have made every effort to show her my love and support, so I'm sure that has helped.