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  Gentlemen, Ladies and Muslims!!!!

  by Gill in

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  a very good friend of mine is in charge of plant maintenance at a local factory.

  there are 300 people working in this factory and two of them are muslims.

  the muslims have requested that they require special toilets just for themselves.

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  It's really hard to believe that some people actually do this. I did find this article though about some of their rituals. Bizarre

  http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=e96c4e8a-2b06-4b66-95f4-182324e1ca39&k=40658

  For years, practising muslims at UBC such as Alsalman have gathered in public washrooms at Brock Hall up to five times each day to carefully wash their hands, face and feet in preparation for daily prayers.

  It's a necessary ritual, symbolizing the cleansing of body and soul prior to prayer, said Alsalman.

  It's also been messy.

  Students, he said, must hop on one foot, holding the other up to waist-high sinks, all the while keeping a hand on the faucet in order to keep the water flowing.

  It's not uncommon for water to spill all over the floor -- an inconvenience for everyone using the interfaith facility.

  "We have had complaints in the past," Alsalman said.
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  HOW SHOULD I PROCEED WITH THIS???

  by Mary in

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  i received this email on friday from someone i know: .

  i just got a call from the brother of the woman, *******, who is contemplating joining the jw group.

  he told me that he had spoken to his sister about someone who had been a part of the group (i had told him about you), and, she said that she would be interested in talking to you.. .

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  Hi Mary,

  Not being a witness I was struck by the fact that JW’s don’t believe that Jesus is Mediator for all, but just for the 144,000. I get the sense though that not all witnesses realize this fact. The Memorial-not partaking if you’re not of the 144,000. Also a former witness suggested I get a Kingdom Interlinear. I would also suggest having another bible besides the NWT. (even for comparisons between the two-there’s websites that can give you that info)

  They have really downgraded Jesus and lifted the Org up; that this Org is Mediator for most JW’s. They don’t celebrate Jesus’s birth, believe He’s just an angel, Michael the Archangel, when Hebrews clearly shows that Jesus is above the angels and to be worshipped.

  I personally would ask her the questions; if what she believed agrees with the JW teaching. Might not seems as intimidating. I would also pray for guidance. Sometimes we take control and possibly sabotage it, for the moment anyway. We really can’t convince anyone of the truth. A person really has to be ready and open to it.
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  The least attractive cities in Canada

  by JK666 in

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  sweetface started a thread about the ugliest cities in the us.

  i just commented that i thought sault ste.

  marie was ugly on both sides of the border.. to my canadian/canadien friends, which cities do you find the least attractive?

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  I have to say Hamilton/Burlington and Sudbury as the least attractive in Ontario. I really like Fergus and even Wiarton. The latter is like going back to the 50's, no Walmart or McDonalds, unless that's changed since I was there.
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  I have a serious and I need your help.....

  by Faithful-n-Discreet Wife in

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  this time last year i met the man of my dreams...he was incredibly smart and charming...he was in tune with me...he made me feel like i was the best thing that ever happened to him.

  at first he was a little shy...he didn't think anyone of my caliber would even give him a chance...conveniantly though i had my run of bad guys...and wanted someone different.

  he was a devout christian...and i had been yearning for years for some direction.

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  I sense that you are very young, and when we are young we don't always think things through but go with our feelings of the moment. I agree with cognizant. It may not be what you want to hear though. I sense there was manipulation going on, on both sides. You pretended to be interested in the Org because you wanted him. You weren't truthful to him or to yourself.

  We do have to pay the consequences of our actions and you are paying dearly. Learn from this experience. Please don't settle or be in denial; that somehow things will work out. Unless he is willing to change and ask for help he will continue to abuse. With God help it's possible to change but if he isn't willing to change there's nothing anyone can do.

  Before my mother got married, a year ago, my brother and I had to have a very difficult conversation with her about our findings on her fiance. I remember her saying that she was praying about it. The thing is I believe that God did give her an answer loud and clear but she didn't want to hear it and married him anyway. She is paying the consequences and I feel for her.

  I personally believe that God does come before everything or anyone. It makes for a better relationship with one's spouse and children because you want to please God and His will is that we show real love towards each other.
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  I have a serious and I need your help.....

  by Faithful-n-Discreet Wife in

  1. jw
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  this time last year i met the man of my dreams...he was incredibly smart and charming...he was in tune with me...he made me feel like i was the best thing that ever happened to him.

  at first he was a little shy...he didn't think anyone of my caliber would even give him a chance...conveniantly though i had my run of bad guys...and wanted someone different.

  he was a devout christian...and i had been yearning for years for some direction.

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  Never having been a witness I could be totally off base here. First I don't believe in meddling in other people's marriages but when there is verbal or physical abuse it's a different story. My witness mother is going through verbal abuse with her husband and at times he threatens to divorce her! It seems to go with the territory; that many witness men become domineering and abusive.

  I get the feeling that you were both very attracted to each other physically; that it's mostly about sex. I could be wrong. I was young once and I do remember but I don't think that in itself it's going to sustain a relationship if other very important things are going wrong.

  You say he was shy. He doesn't seem that shy now. Was he acting with you beforehand just to reel you in? Is he feeling remorse for going all the way before marriage and blaming you for his fall?

  I personally feel that you really need to think hard about this. Is this the life you want for yourself, for your future kids, for future grandkids?

  I suggest continuing going to your church and pray that God will give you guidance in how to deal with this. I do believe that He sometimes places us in a certain situation, not only for own benefit, but maybe even for others who need to see the light and walk away from this coercive (what I believe) cult. We may not see it as a benefit now and I'm sure there will be many here that will think that being in a cult was absolutely no benefit to them, and they may be very well be right. But we don't always sense God working in our lives and possibly after it's all over you might see this. When I say this I'm not referring to those that have been so traumatized by the Org that it's very difficult to get beyond it.

  Take care
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  Thank You All

  by BFD in

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  i think it's time for me to go.

  jwd has been such a life line for me these past months.

  i have met so many decent and caring people here and i really apprcieate the acceptance that was shown to me here.. i thank each and every one of you for helping me on the road to healing from the abuses i suffered due to the wts and it's lies.

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  BFD: Sorry to see you go but maybe someday you will come back to visit. All the best to you.

  Now if you're going to play this song you might as well have the original. The second link is funny.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=114ljX32Kh0&feature=related

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv2UcxJwS3A
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  Favourite Classical music

  by Guest with Questions in

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  on another thread i posted be still my soul.

  it is taken from sibelius finlandia.

  it starts at 4:50. beethoven will probably always be at the top for me but this is great music.. sibelius finlandia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdzipg3beem&mode=related&search=.

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  beksbk: just a quick response. I enjoy listening to different versions so hopefully I didn't give you the impression that I knew which ones were better. It all is a matter of taste and hopefully we're sensitive to that. Sorry if I did that. Through this post I'm listening to things that I ordinarily might not listen to so I thank everyone. Have a good morning!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAMLCDnCLzs&mode=related&search=
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  Favourite Classical music

  by Guest with Questions in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on another thread i posted be still my soul.

  it is taken from sibelius finlandia.

  it starts at 4:50. beethoven will probably always be at the top for me but this is great music.. sibelius finlandia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdzipg3beem&mode=related&search=.

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  sweetstuff: It's more than 10 years old I think so I'll let you get away with it and say it's classic. When I think of Enya I think of Sinead O'Connor who also has a great voice. She was interviewed recently and said that after going through all the difficulties she found out that she has bi-polar.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2shR99NnwCA&feature=related

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF13gcFzQjg&feature=related
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  Favourite Classical music

  by Guest with Questions in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on another thread i posted be still my soul.

  it is taken from sibelius finlandia.

  it starts at 4:50. beethoven will probably always be at the top for me but this is great music.. sibelius finlandia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdzipg3beem&mode=related&search=.

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  beksbks: great selection of music. I do love Monserat Cabelle's version of Casta Diva.

  Rene Fleming and Cecilia Bartoli's version of Mozart: both great singers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLtqZewjwgA&feature=related

  O mio Babbino caro: I don't know if anyone does this as well as Kiri te Kanawa. I love Monserat Cabelle but she doesn't do this piece justice from what I have found.

  Cecilia Bartoli - Vivaldi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3WNaMJMA8&feature=related

  This next one is absolutely great, even though it's really funny it shows what a great voice she has. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQADns6t7TM&feature=related
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  Favourite Classical music

  by Guest with Questions in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on another thread i posted be still my soul.

  it is taken from sibelius finlandia.

  it starts at 4:50. beethoven will probably always be at the top for me but this is great music.. sibelius finlandia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdzipg3beem&mode=related&search=.

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  Eryn: that piece was really nice. I like Dvorak's Cello Concerto. This stretches me. Some stuff I rarely listen to. Like this next piece. Believe it or not I wanted to use the following when I was very young at my wedding, a Grand Entrance I would say.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd_oIFy1mxM&feature=related

  thought you might like this Cello piece. It's funny and he does quite a good job I think.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVsFfzB-0hs

  beksbks: You're the one that got me started into listening to Opera today. I'm going to listen to your selection as soon as I post these.

  freydi: that video always brings a tear to my eye.

  A couple of my favourites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONUCPKdGcrk

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxdiJ74AL5Y&feature=related