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  Anyone in vermont?

  by Dune in

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  i'm going to be there over thanksgiving recess, just wondering if any of the regulars here live there.

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  Just over the river in NH.
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  Bible Contradictions?

  by Aequitus in

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  i was visited by jehovah's witnesses three times, and i decided to attend a meeting of theirs (which was this morning).

  i had brought a page of questions because i was expecting more of a discussion.

  this was not the case and i left after two hours.

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  Gen. 10 concludes the flood account and says that all the families dispersed taking with them their languages. Chapter 11 starts with " now all the earth continued to be of one language."
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  Can Someone Explain Horror Movies?

  by onesong in

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  i try to be open minded and not judge anything but when i see these movie commercials----.

  i think it was saw iii or something, all this blood, gore, shrieking and grotesque violence, all i can do is ask with a sense of awe --why?

  why would someone want to watch that?.

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  I don't know Butters but I like it...You bastards!
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  Can Someone Explain Horror Movies?

  by onesong in

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  i try to be open minded and not judge anything but when i see these movie commercials----.

  i think it was saw iii or something, all this blood, gore, shrieking and grotesque violence, all i can do is ask with a sense of awe --why?

  why would someone want to watch that?.

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  Thank you all for your input. I do have a friend who loves horror movies and this is a woman who took part in the cleanup of the Oklahoma City bombings and it didn't bother her at all.

  I am amazed at the variety of human experience and perspective. I know that with my makeup I could never be a paramedic or a mortician but the world needs em' and I'm glad for em'.

  It truly feels great to not judge anyone but to try to understand EVERYONE.
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  My story

  by FreeGirl2006 in

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  i was raised "in the faith" for most of my life.

  my mother married an elder when i was 1 1/2 years old.

  he came from a family of pedophiles (also jw's) and i was a pet project.

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  Thanks for sharing and a very warm welcome...you're among friends.
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  Breaking my silence

  by dawgfan in

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  i am a long time lurker (almost 2 years) but first time poster.

  even though you didn't know me before now, i feel like i have known a lot of you for quite a while.

  from my time viewing jwd, i have learned many things and have felt like sometimes that you were talking directly to me.

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  A warm welcome Dawgfan.

  Sorry to hear of your difficult situation. No doubt it's very painful right now but I think you'll be better off in the long run.

  Without trying to read into the story too much, it sounds like your wife was maybe somewhat on the fringes of the Org. (they're continually counseled NOT to marry or be involved with "worldly people")
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  Can Someone Explain Horror Movies?

  by onesong in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i try to be open minded and not judge anything but when i see these movie commercials----.

  i think it was saw iii or something, all this blood, gore, shrieking and grotesque violence, all i can do is ask with a sense of awe --why?

  why would someone want to watch that?.

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  I can appreciate the psycho thrillers and even humorous . Recently saw the Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp and about a dozen beheadings. Didn't bother me because it wasn't serious, wasn't unneccessarily graphic, it had a kind of sarcastic edge to it.
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  Can Someone Explain Horror Movies?

  by onesong in

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  2. friends

  i try to be open minded and not judge anything but when i see these movie commercials----.

  i think it was saw iii or something, all this blood, gore, shrieking and grotesque violence, all i can do is ask with a sense of awe --why?

  why would someone want to watch that?.

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  I try to be open minded and not judge anything but when I see these movie commercials----

  I think it was Saw III or something, all this blood, gore, shrieking and grotesque violence, all I can do is ask with a sense of awe --Why? Why would someone WANT to watch that?

  I mean , I really want to know and understand--can anyone help me?
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  Been in South Portland, Maine all week - what should I eat tonight????

  by confusedjw in

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  ok, i'm bored.

  been in a hotel all week going to a cisco school.

  i've eaten at outback steakhouse, uno and olive garden.

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  I do remember a great Carribean food place down by the waterfront that I went to after the District Conv....aw crap why did I have to think about that?
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  "Big Daddy" Religion

  by onesong in

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  here are some excerps from a great book i just read called "shattering the crystal face of god" m.l.

  fischer.

  from the chapter "big daddy religion" :.

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  Here are some excerps from a great book I just read called "Shattering the Crystal Face of God" M.L. Fischer

  From the chapter "Big Daddy Religion " :

  "I call Western religion "Big Daddy" for a couple of reasons. Obviously, God the father comes to mind: a male, judgemental,disciplinarian. About 6 thousand years ago he showed up to dethrone the Goddess and to relegate her to cooking and cleaning the halls of heaven and birthing the occasional messiah.

  While the Goddess was the universal mother, dispensing unconditional love upon all her creations, the Big Daddy demanded obedience, worship, and some form of sacrifice. If you crossed him you would feel his wrath. Unlike the Goddess, Big Daddy played favorites. He had chosen people, influenced the outcome of wars and was definitely partial to his own gender.

  But where did this bearded, cigar-smoking, gruff-voiced, fist pounding deity come from?"

  He then gives a lengthy explanation of the idea that nomadic tribes had a patriarch who had all the women and the money. These patriarchs began to get insecure in their position because of the young bucks coming along. So...

  "These old guys, every bit as smart as todays politicians, found the obvious solution. They found a deity who was one of their own, a good 'ol boy.With a god they could play poker and watch the game with, their position was secure, as it still is for the most part.

  The good 'ol boys put their heads together and wrote a book about how things work and for whom, and they called it the Old Testosteronement."

  "The religious folks have tried to get a monopoly on morality. As I understand it, morality has to do with dealing with people in a just and ethical manner. However the Big Daddy people always seem to bring it back to sex. These folks are obsessed with sex. Perhaps they're not getting laid and are pissed off that other people are. Whatever the reason, these proponents of Big Daddy religion equate morality with sex, which is a stretch. Sex only becomes a moral issue if it is coercive or deceptive. Moral issues don't apply when it comes to consensual sex."

  And in another chapter he discusses his love of the Big Sur area in California.

  "When the Judeo-Christian father figure god shows up in Big Sur, he is sent packing, with his muddy shoes, smelly cigar and loud, grumbling voice. He is too gruff and irksome. He startles the deer, makes the delicate ferns droop, and muddies the pristine tide pools. He is far more suited to board rooms, the halls of congress, the sanctimonious houses of worship. Let the old fart stay up in heaven, where nothing changes, nothing grows, nothing dies, and nothing matures. Let him keep heaven for I want no part of it's cold porcelain beauty."