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Here You Go, Folks! - Leah Remini
by sparky1 in
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national television exposure.............. www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath-season-3-teaser-.

https://ew.com/tv/2018/10/17/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath-season-3-premiere-.
sparky1

National television exposure.............
www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath-season-3-teaser-
https://ew.com/tv/2018/10/17/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath-season-3-premiere-
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What Is Your Opinion Of Melania Trump?
by minimus in
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2. friends
i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.

plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..
sparky1

It must be buried on the web page.-minimus
I found it on my first try. It came up top of the page on Google.
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What Is Your Opinion Of Melania Trump?
by minimus in
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2. friends
i think she’s very intelligent and dignified.

plus, in my humble opinion, i rate her as the most attractive first lady ever..
sparky1

The Washington Post did cover her interview. It is accessible on their website. The article is entitled: "Melania Trump discusses #MeToo, her marriage and that controversial jacket in a rare interview".
It is written by Emily Heil and was posted today at 6:32 am.
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Belief in God
by jdash in
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2. beliefs
when did you guys start to doubt your faith in god?'.

what made you doubt your faith in god?.

thanks !.
sparky1

Between 5 and 7 years old. I had my own copy of The PHOTO DRAMA OF CREATION; the rubbish contained in that book did "it" for me.
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Your donations at work: WT Farms “inspirational” corn maze
by betterdaze in
1. social
2. humour
“best life ever” is displayed at watchtower farms, near pine bush.

the jehovah’s witnesses' maze is a work of devotional art, and not intended for exploration like the pagan ones made for hudson valley tourists every halloween.

source: lohud.com.
sparky1

Do you suppose they have another corn maze this year? Or are they too broke to create another one?
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Concealed carry Dubs
by scruffmcbuff in
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2. entertainment
i spent a considerable length of time living and working in america (would love to imigrate one day).. almost everyone i worked with and made friends with carried a concealed firearm of somesort.

i found this pretty interesting and as an avid firearm fan even more so.. so to our american members here... .

as a jw did you or did you know any practising dubs who carried or if not had firearms for home defence?
sparky1

news.keepmecurrent.com/murder-haunts-family-jehovahs/
The Governing Body does not want the rank and file Witnesses to carry hand guns. I think this article is a self evident reason why. I remember Ken Carr as being somewhat of a 'hothead'.
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Should kids learn cursive handwriting?
by GrreatTeacher in
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2. current
i am an elementary school teacher of the fourth grade.

in times past, students would start learning cursive handwriting in third grade and by fourth should be transitioning to writing in cursive at all times.

as you might be aware, this has all but been taken out of the curriculum.
sparky1

Here is my non-professional opinion:
I have wondered if giving up cursive writing would be detrimental in the long run for the mental and emotional health of a child and eventually for the maturing adult. Personally, I think it could be disastrous for a child's self-communication skills and ability to communicate with others clearly. When a child learns to form letters cursively, the neuronal connections in the brain for self conversation might strengthen as the child struggles to form the letters correctly and then to create a coherent sentence that will allow them to present their ideas clearly. Also, the effort to form cursive letters seems to take more concentration and could also lead to more a creative skillset than may be possible with just forming the block letters of printing. I personally believe that this is why young people are becoming less and less able to communicate clearly and openly with others; because they are losing the ability for self dialogue. (Of course, technology is also responsible for the inability for some young persons to communicate clearly when in personal conversation.) At any rate, I have talked my theory over with a psychologist, 2 high school teachers and 1 middle school teacher. All of them think that I am on to something but that they have never given the idea any thought. Just my own pet theory and I have no scientific basis for coming to this conclusion. If it were me, I would find time to teach cursive writing as another form of intellectual challenge for the child's developing brain.
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Russia=King of the North, USA=King of the South? New info coming in from Annual Meeting 2018
by Jules Saturn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it was announced in this year’s annual meeting that they believe that the king of the north is russia and the king of the south is us/britain.

for me this is the first time hearing from the society actually identifying the identity of the king of the north.

very interesting times!
sparky1

"In the king of the north Jehovah God does not have to deal with someone whom he did not foresee. ..................During the more than two thousand years that he has been bearing rule, the "king" has undergone changes, from the Seleucid dynasty of the Hellenic kings, through the pagan Roman emperors, the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox emperors, the Germanic emperors of the Holy Roman empire, the Austrian and German Kaisers, the Nazi imperial ruler and now the Communist imperial ruler."-YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH page 291 published 1958
'Everything old is new again!' As many on this forum are fond of saying: "Wash, rinse, and repeat."
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The Silver JW Bible
by caves in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the year was 2010. .

this has always infuriated me.

i was pomi ( but didnt know it).
sparky1

New World Translation: Not Worded Truthfully!
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Leah Rimini on Jehovah's Witnesses
by sparky1 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i just saw an ad last night for this.

it will be televised in november on a&e..
sparky1

I just saw an ad last night for this. It will be televised in November on A&E.