I don't like gore but I LOVE scary films. Some of my favorites:
1) "Ringu" and "The Ring" (both versions had some really good stuff going on, I don't think one was really better than the other, both were great)
2) "Audition" (just plain freaky)
3) "Blair Witch Project" (I knew it was fake but it still scared the crap out of me for months after the fact. Actually, the whole Web presence prior to the film was scarier than the movie itself imho, I was freaked out way before it even hit the theaters lol)
4) "Session 9" (this is my favorite scary movie of all time. I hate David Caruso with a passion, but he actually worked in this movie. This film was as much about set and location and atmosphere as it was about story. Anyone into urban exploration of creepy abandoned sites will get off on this movie. It was filmed at the long-abandoned Danvers Asylum in Mass., which has since been demolished.)
I'm also a big Stephen King fan, but almost without exception it's his books I like and not so much the movies. Actually I prefer any scary book over a scary movie, as the freedom of imagination plays a hugely important role in fear :-)
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Scariest Movie you have ever seen?
by Layla33 ini know as exjws, probably for the most, there was a secret freedom in watching horror films without thinking you would have a demon as a bed buddy.. i am not very fond of every horror movie, but i will watch those that have an intelligent side to it and is not gore for the sake of gore.
like "the ring" got me going when i first watched it, just like "the blair witch project" did, which is more about suspense.
anyway, i never saw any of the saw movies, so i am going to try to watch saw iii tonight, since it is on showtime.
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If you could only have one
by John Doe inwould you choose a kiss or a hug?
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if the person is the object of your most powerful desire orif the person is the most loathsome of objects to you
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Okay this is a rather weird question lol. I guess I'd say Hug to both too, different kinds of hugs obviously (or maybe "air-kissing" for the loathsome person). Incidentally, I have heard that the one thing most prostitutes absolutely will not do with their "clients" is kiss them. In many ways, a kiss can be more intimate than any other physical act.
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She Would Have Been Better Off A JW
by DJQuimica inwell i have been wanting to tell this story for some time now.
does anyone believe that a person is better becoming a jw?
i ask this question because i have carried this around with me for some years now.
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I agree with you there DJ_Q, I don't think death is better but there's a big grey area between wild worldly and strict JW. If she had become JW and pioneered and all that, she might still be alive but would she be the same woman? Would she be happy? The cost would have been basically giving up herself to become something else entirely, and I do think that can be a horrible fate for anyone.
I understand a lot of what you're asking, not to the same degree of loss by any means but I also am struggling with the idea of when or if it is better for someone you love to be a JW than not. There are no easy answers, but in your case I just hope you're not looking back and beating yourself up with "what if." She made her choices, they ended very badly but at least they were her own.
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She Would Have Been Better Off A JW
by DJQuimica inwell i have been wanting to tell this story for some time now.
does anyone believe that a person is better becoming a jw?
i ask this question because i have carried this around with me for some years now.
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I think there are some people who are "better off" remaining a JW, but I really don't think ANYONE is better off becoming one.
That is a tragic story you shared. It sounds like this lady was full of life and passion and a wild streak, and it is really sad that she died so young and violently. But a personality like that, stifled by the WTS, would have likely died a long slow death in the organization, and that could have been a worse fate imho. I hope that doesn't sound insensitive, I don't mean it that way. But staying alive by not really living, is worse than dying I think.
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One of many problems with evolution
by jaguarbass infrozen aircraft shock .
i'm still in shock!
are these aircraft found buried in ice, more than 3,000 years old -- or what?.
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"Dr." Kent Hovind is a kook with a capital K. Any assertion, scientific or otherwise, that cites him as the primary authoritative source is questionable at best (trying to be kind here).
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Anyone have a soft spot for old video games?
by John Doe inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bco8bepgzi0.
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Pong! (Yes I am old lol.) And Space Invaders and Asteroids.
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Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions regarding "attention seekers"?
by BonaFide inwe all love it when people pay attention to us or our opinions.
but what i am talking about is people who crave and force attention from others.
not just people who talk a lot, but those that force everyone around them to focus on them and them only.. in one of my classes there is a woman who raises her hand to ask a question, but never really has a question to ask.
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This thread is hilarious. Oh the irony, and the predictability. MrMajestic nailed it.
I think it can be destructive when Reniaa derails valuable threads, especially those started by new people, but I also agree that she (perhaps unwittingly) serves a very valuable purpose here. Her words and positions and arguments illustrate more effectively than any "apostate" ever could how absurd the WTS stance really is. I would wager that her posts tilt many more lurkers out of the org than into it, so in that respect keep on doing what you do Reniaa ;-)
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stepchildren!!!
by fern inok, i just have to vent for a minute!
i have known these two teenage girls for six years now and in that time they have wiped buggars on my furniture and walls, pooped their pants and continued to deny they had done it and refused to clean up and change their clothes.
they also routinely get poo and menstrual blood on the toilet seat and don't clean it up until i make them.
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Teenage girls who poop in their pants?? Also leave blood and poop on the toilet seat and wipe boogers on the walls and rarely shower? Yikes! I can't get past the pooping pants part, that seems very bizarre for girls that age. If nothing else, are they not getting some kind of pressure from their friends and peers that none of this is remotely okay? It's no surprise that they snub their noses at parents and step-parents at that age, but it seems like they'd also be getting some really negative reactions from their peers too, and most teens highly value the opinions of their peers (for better or for worse, alas). Teenage girls can definitely be moody brats and hard to deal with (I cringe at what I put my own parents through lol), but this sounds awful and really over the top.
I don't have any decent advice to offer, I mostly agree with what Hope said -- let it become their father's responsibility when they are visiting. His viewpoint might change drastically if he's the one who has to deal with it and clean up the messes (literal and figurative) and be the one who "manages" the girls when they're in your home. It's certainly much easier to turn a blind eye when it's someone else who shoulders the actual work and responsibility, but jeez these are his daughters and as a parent it is very much his responsibility to at a minimum teach them how to behave at a very basic level! The moodiness and brattiness are things you might be stuck with til they grow up some more, but the rest needs to be nipped in the bud now.
I feel for you, and for the girls too -- you're right that much of this is just basic expectations of any grown human being, and they've been done no favors by the adults in their lives acting as if all of this is okay. It sounds like they have never been taught some very essential aspects of hygiene and just general behavior, and for girls much of that should come from a responsible female adult (way before they're teenagers!) -- but if their mom has dropped the ball all these years, and their relationship with you is confrontational, I'm not sure where they could get that kind of female guidance. It could come from you if your husband would back you up and get on board, but it sounds like that's not happening at all (yet). I hope things improve for all of you, somehow. Best wishes. -
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df'd and assemblies.
by ptrehearn152 inhi newbie here, i have a question that is begining to bug me a little.
i am not a jw or ever will be but my partner was some years ago and quite devout about the religeon then she was df'd for commiting adultry with another man (not me) who was not a jw, she got divored from her jw husband and left behind her 2 boys and went to live with 'the other man', anyway over the years her relationship with her 2 boys began to grow again and now she see's them once every 2 weeks, i should perhaps point out that her ex is a devout jw, she has told me that she would like to at some point go back to the 'hall' and carry on her religeon, i said that i dont have a problem with that but, i wasn't keen on the idea of her walking the streets knocking on doors due to the amount of hatred that some poeple clearly have for jw's and the fact that we now seem to live in a violent world, yes i know that jw's have to do so much 'service work', she has told me that she has not visited a hall since her df so therefore has not repented her sins as it were but on sunday she said that there was an assembly in our local vicinity (it's the annual one) and she would like to go.
i found this a bit odd that someone who had been df'd would be allowed to go to the jw's event of the year so began to wonder if whilst visiting her sons she maybe did visit the hall to somehow show repent with a view to be allowed back into the faith.
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Reniaa, are you really telling this poster that if his wife goes back to the org and he remains a non-JW, that it's nothing for him to worry about? Shame on you, that is simply not true and you know it.
ptrehearn152, please read as much on this board and other resources as you can, beyond this one thread. If your wife decides to go back and try to get reinstated, you are in for a world of hurt. I am an UBM (unvelieving mate) and would not wish that on anyone. This is not a "normal religion," it is a CULT, and if you truly understood the implications I seriously doubt you would have "no problem" with the possibility of her returning.
You said that you "strongly believe that everyone in this world has the absolute right to free speech and the freedom of reasonable arguement and to choose what we believe in and how we do it" -- well unfortunately the WTS doesn't believe that AT ALL. You will not receive the same respect and tolerance in return, and that is putting it mildly.
Please please please research what all of this is really about and what it will mean to your actual life and relationship. You are in for a very bumpy ride :-(
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Some help please- advice
by leftbelow ini have a problem.
i knew this would come up but what has me questioning myself is where some of my resistance is coming from.. my wife and i have a baby on the way in nov. (a little girl) anyway my mom immediately started applying pressure to me to go back to meeting and of course to attend the convention.
that is not the surprise.
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No no no no NO!!! Leftbelow, your instincts are right on target here, please listen to them and heed what your gut is telling you.
I saw your other thread about you and your wife being blessed with this new baby daughter, and the troubles you'd experienced and how you feared there would never be a child. When she pops into the world, you are going to be overwhelmed with an even greater whoosh of unconditional love and the instinct to protect her at all costs. Protecting her starts now, before she even "arrives"!
You know that JWs will beg an inch for the purpose of seizing a mile. Your mother is testing the boundaries now, and the way you and your wife respond now will set the tone going forward. Save yourself and your family from an ongoing tug-of-war by slamming your foot down now! Your daughter must be protected from day one. I understand that you love your mom but you cannot allow this cult to touch your child in any way. Draw the boundaries NOW, before your baby girl arrives. If grandma knows without a doubt that it's a big NO, with no wiggle room and no "well okay maybe this once to keep the peace" etc etc, if she knows all of that full-stop from the very beginning, it will be best for everyone and you won't be fighting against "but but but just this one little thing" constantly.
I echo Carla's concerns about your MIL (and wife) thinking it's okay to "appease" grandma and "keep the peace" and pretend you're okay with the WTS to "fool" her. All of that will bite you in the ass big-time, and worse it will bite your child in the ass. MIL and wife need to wake up to what's at stake here and get on board fast. Letting this cult come into your child's life and brain "just a little bit" is not okay! Your instincts are awake and correct and spot-on -- listen to them, and don't let anyone sway you from it -- do whatever you can to create a united front against this very dangerous notion of "appeasement." Your mother's misguided wishes do not trump the well-being of your child.
Sorry if this sounds harsh, it's a bit of a sore spot for me and I'm sorry if I came on too strong. But I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, and I commend you for the stance you're taking. You mentioned above that you are breaking the chain -- that is the very best gift you could ever give to your child. And making sure she doesn't ever have to experience it to even know that a chain was broken, well even better.
Best wishes for you and your family, you are in my thoughts.