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  I'm so thrilled......please congratulate me

  by quietlyleaving in

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  i got 85% in my first assignment - arts and humanities and i enjoyed every minute of it.. the best part is that my jdub hubby and i have new enjoyable interests in common as we have found that we both like visitng art galleries and other leisure activities.. thank you all for helping me get here so quickly.

  of course that isn't to say that everything is all plain sailing (far from it) but its nice to feel out of the woods!.

  ql.

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  Darkuncle

  I loved Arts &Humanities in HS and CC. What are some of your favorite periods or styles? I'm ecclectic so I like stuff from Ancient Egypt and Babylon to Antebellum(is that the right word for "pre-civil war" american?). I've forgotten so much, but I remember if I see it. I liked alot of rennaisance art and architechture, The Dutch painters, The Italian Masters. Dali is the closest to our time artist that I like. I didn't study much asian art and history, but would love to do so.

  I'm fascinated by the rennaisance period too. At the moment, because of my religious background probably, I'm quite fascinated by romanticism in art.

  Our next block is all about the colosseum in Rome. The gladiatorial games are mind boggling.
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  I'm so thrilled......please congratulate me

  by quietlyleaving in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got 85% in my first assignment - arts and humanities and i enjoyed every minute of it.. the best part is that my jdub hubby and i have new enjoyable interests in common as we have found that we both like visitng art galleries and other leisure activities.. thank you all for helping me get here so quickly.

  of course that isn't to say that everything is all plain sailing (far from it) but its nice to feel out of the woods!.

  ql.

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  crumpet

  Whats the part you are enjoying most about the course?

  I love the music aspect. For the assignement we were asked to analyse a Beatles song "For No One" - enjoyed that. The painting was "Man Reading" by a German artist, Gerorg Friedrich - very challenging.

  I also like the poetry aspect very very much. Philosophy too is amazing.

  Funnily enough I now feel more understanding of why JW's believe what they do. Humans just love making meaning for themselves and delighting themselves. Its important however that we make our meaning and not blindly follow others, I guess.
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  Wish me well on my Greek exam

  by truthsearcher in

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  as some of you know, i have been taking koine greek classes.

  it is very challenging but i am starting to understand the language (which is a pretty cool thing).

  i am writing an exam on monday, so you can think of me sweating it out!

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  good work truthsearcher
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  I'm so thrilled......please congratulate me

  by quietlyleaving in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got 85% in my first assignment - arts and humanities and i enjoyed every minute of it.. the best part is that my jdub hubby and i have new enjoyable interests in common as we have found that we both like visitng art galleries and other leisure activities.. thank you all for helping me get here so quickly.

  of course that isn't to say that everything is all plain sailing (far from it) but its nice to feel out of the woods!.

  ql.

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  quietlyleaving

  thanks everyone.

  yeah, horrible life, that's me.
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  Can God's love be demanded?

  by Deputy Dog in

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  2. beliefs

  can god's love be demanded?

  if so where would grace come in to play?.

  can your love be demanded?.

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  DD

  quietlyleaving

  I think God's love should be demanded!

  On what basis?

  Can God's love be demanded? If so where would grace come in to play?

  Can your love be demanded?

  On the above basis. You asked can your love be demanded?

  My answer would be yes in that my children demanded my love when they were born - the survival instinct within 'demands love' in a sense and I applaud that. Part of human nature is to question life and demand to live. But if we're saying that God, in his role as supreme authority, teaches people not to demand and question then we create victims and victimisers of huge sections of people. (just thinking)
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  38

  I'm so thrilled......please congratulate me

  by quietlyleaving in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got 85% in my first assignment - arts and humanities and i enjoyed every minute of it.. the best part is that my jdub hubby and i have new enjoyable interests in common as we have found that we both like visitng art galleries and other leisure activities.. thank you all for helping me get here so quickly.

  of course that isn't to say that everything is all plain sailing (far from it) but its nice to feel out of the woods!.

  ql.

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  quietlyleaving

  I got 85% in my first assignment - Arts and Humanities and I enjoyed every minute of it.

  The best part is that my jdub hubby and I have new enjoyable interests in common as we have found that we both like visitng art galleries and other leisure activities.

  Thank you all for helping me get here so quickly. Of course that isn't to say that everything is all plain sailing (far from it) but its nice to feel out of the woods!

  ql
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  Can God's love be demanded?

  by Deputy Dog in

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  can god's love be demanded?

  if so where would grace come in to play?.

  can your love be demanded?.

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  Can God's love be demanded? If so where would grace come in to play?

  Can your love be demanded?

  I think God's love should be demanded!
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  Does Love Need an Object?

  by Satanus in

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  I don't think so.
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  My Letter to the Editor regarding Emma's death!

  by AK - Jeff in

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  i have had relatively high success in getting the local rag to run my letters in the opinion page.

  i hope this one is printed.. .

  to the editor; on october 25 the british press was awash with the story of young emma gough from tellford, uk.

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  good letter Jeff

  here are a few lines from today's Daily Express - page 11.

  "What of our right to decide that any religious belief that condemns its devotees to death is dangerous, pernicius and does not deserve reverence or respect?

  Most religions freely allow the breaking of their most solemn laws if human life is at stake. Muslims, if they will starve to death otherwise, may eat pork. Jews, if the situation is life and death, may break the Sabbath or eat and drink on the Day of Atonement.

  Should a religion that sits by and alllows a healthy young mother to refuse life-saving treatment be afforded the same deference as religions which recognise that human life is paramount?"
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  What ever happened to SLIMBOYFAT ??

  by Kudra in

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  just curious.

  a new poster has a similar sounding name (slimdf) and it recalled slim to mind... .

  perhaps his tarnished jw conscience was bothering him and he returned to the fold??

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  I was wondering about slim too. He wasn't very well a short while back - I hope he is alrght.