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  All I can say about thr finale of "Lost" is...

  by changeling in

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  wtf???!!!.

  they are all fucking dead!.

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  I also found it quite moving and cried during the last 10 minutes. I was a little freaked out but almost expected Jack's father to not be in the casket. Their conversation reminded me of life after the org during the acceptance phase. It was nice to see some of the old characters. BTW, what happened to Michael and his son...they were not at the meeting place.

  My favorite lines from the last 10 minutes:

  1) "You're real. Everything that has ever happened to you is real."

  2) "Well there is no now, here."

  3) "That's why all of you are here. Nobody does it alone Jack."

  4) "To remember and to let go."

  5) Jack:" Where are we going?" Jack's Dad:" Let's go find out."
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  Fear of being shunned

  by alfmel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who have been jws and left,.

  1. how much did you delay your departure due to the fear of being shunned?.

  2. what percentage of the congregation would you estimate remains active due to the fear of being shuned if they were to leave?.

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  I knew it was lie when I was a teenager but figured I would go along just in case it was true and I didn't want to devastate my family. So I really threw myself into the religion only to realize even more so it was a fraud. So then tried to be just the average publisher but got continued pressure that I could do more and be more in the org (but not really since I'm female).

  Then after several events in the congregation, I also had a moment of clarity at a meeting but mine was at the service meeting. I tried but could never bring myself to go back...
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  This is too good not to share!

  by HappyOutsideTheBox in

  1. social
  2. humour

  in her radio show, dr laura schlesinger said that, as an observant orthodox jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.

  the following response is an open letter to dr. laura, penned by a us resident, which was posted on the internet.

  it's funny, as well as informative:.

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  shopaholic

  Don't know the timing of the above but wonder it was a premise for this clip of West Wing:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHaVUjjH3EI

  One of my favorites....
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  Field Service Question

  by zzaphod in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i know that the wts say`s that the jw`s are ever on the increase, more people, more studies etc.

  yet where i live, (a residential suburb of quite a large city), i rarely see the jehovah`s witnesses going from door to door.

  i think that they`ve knocked on my door once, and i got a memorial invite pushed through the letter box a few weeks ago.

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  The increase is with illegal immigrants and in third world countries but soon that will change.

  If you've ever watched the JWs in a third world country, you begin to feel very bad for the folks joining the religion. They really do not know what they are actually getting into to but once they figure it out, most have NO trouble walking away from it. Family and community is STRONG and they are not concerned about losing it. After witnessing missionaries and foreign (american, english, canadian) elders working hard to get families to cooperate with the DF arrangement, is when I begin to understand why folks referred to JWs as home-wreckers.

  It was interesting that most of them couldn't comprehend why they needed to stop talking to friends or family because they simply no longer wanted to be a JW. In their minds, it was just someone changing their religion...which it is.
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  Are You Still attending Meetings? If so read on.......

  by cantleave in

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  2. friends

  ok - i couldn't keep away from this board - but i lasted longer than a week (outlaw!).

  here i am sitting in the sun on a beautiful sunday afternoon drinking beer catching up with the posts on this board.

  i just had to write a message to anyone still attending meetings, despite knowing that they are a forum to propagate lies and deceit.

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  shopaholic

  Cantleave, you're spot on! And all I've had this morning was a cup of coffee.
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  What happened in your congro when it was C.Os visit???

  by karter in

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  2. friends

  was there alot of bro's with brown noses??

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  It turned into a Stepford congregation. Everyone sang louder and smiled...a lot. Several weeks before the elders attempted to visit everyone in their home (active & inactive) and harrassed folks for missing time. Everyone and their cousin would come out of the woodworks and be at the meeting. That many people NEVER attended the bookstudy...LOL.

  Everyone out in service, even taking kids out of school for it. One CO advised not to have kids under 16 miss school just to be out in service during his visit.

  However, there was one exception. We had a CO couple that was not the most attractive pair and the wife was a real downer. They were new to the circuit work. No one wanted to work with the wife...no one. I was assigned to work with her everyday during their time with our congregation until it was time for their new assignment. Even at the time, I thought she suffered from depression...she definitely did not want to be in the circuit work. Either that or she hated the ministry.
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  Why FAITH is actually a form of suicide

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i once heard a psychiatrist explain suicide as the ultimate act of self-preservation.

  sound weird?.

  counter-intuitive as that sounds, he went on to explain why.. when all you value in life is threatened you do whatever desperate act that will preserve that value.. destruction of self stops the ......process.....of consciously losing.

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  shopaholic

  you're dead. You just haven't keeled over yet.

  Hate to break it to you but this true whether you have faith or not. That's why its important to experience every day as new journey preparing you for what hopefully will be tomorrow.
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  I want to start a new FB app "kingdom hallville"

  by avishai in

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  2. friends

  virtual jw world, where you study, go out in service, avoid holidays, gossip, pioneer, get to a certain level, be an elder, form committee mtg.s, df other members.

  any other ideas?.

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  Go for it. Its a good idea.
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  Is the GB setting up to dump 1914?

  by karter in

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  2. friends

  with the "generation change" and them changing it all the time it would make sence to dump it all togeather.. lets face it ,it can be disproved easly.. they dumped 1975 in a heart beat .. this would buy them all the time they wanted as they would just find another date to start the generation from ie: "the u.n year of peace and sercurty'',1986 i belive or whatever else they could think of.. they could sell it to the r&f as easly as they sold 1975,then dumped it when it did'nt happen .. anyone questioning them would be told they are running ahead of jehovah or lacking faith in his earthly org that feeds us food at the proper time .. what do you think?.

  karter..

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  shopaholic

  I wonder what the GB and the writers think of all of this? Do they know that 1914 isn't working anymore? That they can only stretch it for so long? I wonder if they come up with teachings that will last long enough for it to be the next persons problem? If they just go along with it for free room and board.
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  Who Would You Like To See As President Of The USA In The Next Election?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  will it be obama or someone else?.

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  shopaholic

  Bonnie_Clyde, are you trying to start something? Surely, you can't be serious.