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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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  ronpaul

  Dr Zhivago (the David Lean version)

  The English Patient

  also my 2 favourite films: both very sad and both about adultery...
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  For those who saw flaws in Watchtower doctrine and left. Why do you not apply the same standard of examination to your current beliefs?

  by nicolaou in

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  i know that many left because of a lack of real love or for other personal reasons.

  i would never belittle those reasons for exiting, they are as valid as any other, but if that describes your situation then perhaps this topic might not apply so much to you.. i left the watchtower because i came to realise the doctrine was flawed.

  i was in my mid 30's before my mind begin waking up and i started to develop basic critical thinking abilities.

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  ronpaul

  I had a similar experience, Nicolaou. When I left, I started to examine everything I had ever believed - not just about religion. So I became agnostic, but also had a series of personal epiphanies about broader subjects - especially current affairs, the nature of government etc.

  Now when I remember being a JW, and look at my JW family, JWdom looks like conformity to broad societal norms. I've become much more "different" from those around me than I was before - but I enjoy that difference because it's really mine. It's very different from the imposed difference I remember from my school days.