Posts by DIM

why does ralph nader want to give another term to president bush (what other reason can he have for running and dividing the voters as he may have done in 2000)?

i just don't understand.

DIM

I have no idea who I am voting for, or if I am voting.

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1993 Circuit Assembly Demonstration that Involved "The Firm" (1993)

by FirstInLine in

i remember in 1993 at one of the circuit conventions that they did a drama in which a young adult woman living with her parents was going to go see "the firm" (1993) with some other young adult jws.

when she told her parents of her plans they expressed their concerns and she pleaded that sometimes a really good movie is ok to go see if it is rated r. she heard from reliable sources that there wasnt anything really bad with it like gratuitous sex, drugs or demonic themes.

in the end her parents convinced her that jehovah would still not approve because it was rated r. she was reminded that even worldly people recognize it is a bad movie because they are the ones that gave it the r rating.

DIM

I don't remember them mentioning that movie, but I was only 16 that summer, so I was probably cruising around looking for chicks....I do remember them saying something about Nirvana and since that was religious term, the band was demonic....I think I must've bought every Nirvana album 3 times growing up, since my parents kept throwing them out!

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The Passion of the Christ

by Christian Soldier in

i got hold of a memo from a jew who watched this movie :

sent: sunday, january 18, 2004 8:56 pm

subject: fw: paul harvey's comments on mel gibson's movie, "the passion of thechrist" .

DIM

I'm going to dress up as JESUS and go see the movie. Just like all of the LOTR and Star Wars freaks. It'll be rad.

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Do you think some people are better off with the borg?

by new light in

i work with someone who is df'ed, actually my cousin.

he is trying to get reinstated.

we got into a semi-heated discussion and i gave him a lot of my anti-wt viewpoints, trying to get him to think for himself.

DIM

I think this is a loaded question, which is why we have so many various answers...so I'll attempt to respond anyway.

My mom is better off being a JW (in the borg sounds like a cult term in itself, the cult of xjw's) because her life previously she has only known emotional abuse, alchoholism, drug abuse and a really rough childhood. While I agree, she CAN find happiness outside of JW's, she initially found happiness within, almost 25 years ago. To leave now, would basically kill my mom. and despite everything, i love my mom, and i'm glad she's found something that makes her happy.

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Second Hand Lions and Lost in Translation

by Mulan in

dave and i are both suffering with miserable colds, so yesterday we rented 4 movies!!

we watched two of them.. .

dave laughed throughout "lost in translation" because he has worked in japan, and so much of it was very familiar to him.

DIM

uh, you missed the point. lost in translation was great exactly because it wasn't about sex.

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JW cannots........

by Nan in

jw
friends

i couldn't believe this list of cannots that jws have to adhere to!

i already knew about the holidays, blood tranfusions, the pledge, etc.

there's maybe one or two that i would agree are for your own good, but the rest are ridiculous!!

DIM

good for you tinker, but you must realize that they talk about you behind your back....its a conscience matter, true, but frowned upon. surely you must realize that.

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Tacoma Dome Parking Scandal

by VM44 in

jw
friends

remember the tacoma dome parking scandal?.

it was reported a few years ago that the wt would charge witnesses for parking at the tacoma dome even though the contract with the dome stated that no parking charges were to be made.

of course the people in the kingdom halls were not told that, only reminded to be sure to pay for their parking!.

DIM

yeah that makes sense...i'm sure they negotiated that, and then tried to collect on top of that...

my only point was that the city of Philadelphia isn't as stupid as the city of Tacoma...they never let parking go w/ out city of Philadelphia employees...so we had to pay every year.

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Second Hand Lions and Lost in Translation

by Mulan in

dave and i are both suffering with miserable colds, so yesterday we rented 4 movies!!

we watched two of them.. .

dave laughed throughout "lost in translation" because he has worked in japan, and so much of it was very familiar to him.

DIM

We bought both of these movies and loved both of them. I especially loved Lost in Translation, I thought Bill Murray was absolutely brilliant. I'm not sure if he'll win the best actor nod vs. Sean Penn though....Mystic River was equally brilliant. We rented Swimming Pool this weekend, which was fantastic, highly recommended.