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  What's the saddest movie you've ever seen?

  by JimmyPage in

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  i'm asking because i just watched "the road".

  it may not be the saddest but it's up there.

  "my sister's keeper" was a real tearjerker too..

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  JWoods

  The saddest movie ever made was Vanishing Point.

  The only happy thing about it was that the car crashed into the bulldozers was actually a disguised 6-cylinder Camaro, not the Dodge Challenger.
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  Those Who Follow the Beast

  by cameo-d in

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  given the warnings that "those who follow the beast" go into destruction....why would anyone follow the beast unless they thought they had no choice, or unless there was some gain to be had personally?.

  could it be because many are misled into believing the beast is their salvation in some way?.

  why would they cling to the scarlet robe of the harlot?.

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  This is significant, imo. Remember one of the Watchtowers had a right hand where a left hand was supposed to be, too, in one of its pictures. There was a discussion on this board (JWD) at the time and I thought then it was peculiar.

  G. I. Joe had a backwards thumb. It is peculiar, but not necessarily significant.
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  Possible Cure For Aging?

  by metatron in

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  a russian scientist has been working for many years to create a synthetic antioxidant that ends aging.

  the matter is controversial but he may have gotten very close with a chemical called skq-1.. http://ouroboros.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/skq1-a-mitochondrially-targeted-antioxidant-that-extends-lifespan/.

  now, the russians have made a lot of wild claims thru the years but this one appears to have a solid scientific basis as well as accompanying animal studies that appear quite dramatic.. it does not eliminate death but might greatly impede aging itself - cataracts, grey hair, and all manner of illness associated with age.. here of late, i'm getting rather fond of the russians for various reasons........ metatron.

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  The hydra and some kinds of box jellyfish are thought to be "immortal" in that they do not specifically age. Eventually they do succumb to some predator or accident.

  They are, of course, very primative compared to mammels or even reptiles.

  Generally, each species has a sort of built-in age metabolism - it is genetically slower in whales (or giant tortoises) than in man.

  Regardless of various research and theory, there is still no way to change this.
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  What if JWs are right?!?

  by brotherdan in

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  i know this is a pointless question, but what if this happened:.

  you came home from work one day, sat down, and turned on the tv.

  there is a sudden announcement that the un has banned all religion.

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  It would have to have happened within the generation alive and cognizant as adults of 1914, though -

  so I guess it is pointless to worry about it.
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  Possible Cure For Aging?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a russian scientist has been working for many years to create a synthetic antioxidant that ends aging.

  the matter is controversial but he may have gotten very close with a chemical called skq-1.. http://ouroboros.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/skq1-a-mitochondrially-targeted-antioxidant-that-extends-lifespan/.

  now, the russians have made a lot of wild claims thru the years but this one appears to have a solid scientific basis as well as accompanying animal studies that appear quite dramatic.. it does not eliminate death but might greatly impede aging itself - cataracts, grey hair, and all manner of illness associated with age.. here of late, i'm getting rather fond of the russians for various reasons........ metatron.

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  There is a fascinating article on aging in this month's Scientific American. It also points out that human aging is related to telomer shortening and that certain types of cells have a finite limit on the number of divisions they can make.

  One interesting thing was a chart showing the maximum age of different life forms. Two surprises there were that the domestic cat has been known to survive 36 years, and that the longest known living horse was 62. Both far longer than I had imagined.

  Humans were placed at 122 years max on that chart.
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  Today's my birthday!

  by Libelle in

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  i turn 35 today - since the mr. won't be celebrating with me - i thought i'd announce it here!.

  -libelle.

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  Good for you, Sylvia.
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  Today's my birthday!

  by Libelle in

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  i turn 35 today - since the mr. won't be celebrating with me - i thought i'd announce it here!.

  -libelle.

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  JWoods

  Today is my birthday too.

  Was that the beer fairy, Sylvia?
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  Did You Sit for the National Anthem?

  by compound complex in

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  i never understood the convoluted "reasoning" on standing for the pledge of allegiance but sitting for the national anthem .... your thoughts or experiences, please.. thank you.. cc.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/198711/1/i-will-sit-no-more-forever.

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  I always stood for it - did not want to look like a jerk. Also, I never thought the watchtower society had any kind of logical argument on this.

  It seldome came up in my school days - usually just at school games, sometimes at an assembly.
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  Who is AGBM?

  by african GB Member in

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  the purpose of this thread is to tell everyone on this board who i am and why i am so different.. first of all, i have already apologised on another thread for posting zero drivel topics here.. i am a 29 year old male, born-in, baptised in 1998, df'd in 2003 for fornication, reinstated in 2008. i want to make it clear that i have never been a ms. after my reinstatement i continued to attend meetings with the same cong.

  but moved to another cong.

  earlier this year, reason being, the continued shunning by some hardcore self-righteous publishers.. i am still with the same cong until now, i go to meetings regularly, including taking part as well as giving bible reading talks.

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  Personally, I'm going to take a "wait-and-see" attitude.

  As myself, Undercover.
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  Beautiful Assembly Halls and Paperback Bibles

  by believingxjw in

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  in the u.s. most kingdom halls and assembly halls are not only very comfortable places to meet but also built to please the eye.

  the seating, carpeting, sound systems, entrance floorings, murals and wall decorations, dining areas and even apartments in those buildings for the visiting overseers are not only the best available but also very well cared for.

  all of this of course is for the glory of jehovah.

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  I left about the time that the traditional printing and binding was ending - the late 1970s.

  When I see a WT product now, I am shocked at the low quality compared to the old letterpress days.