Thanks for the link, Zid. Wow. Wow. It becomes more apparent to me all the time why the WTS is so emphatic that old light be disregarded and essentially even made taboo--it would take a special kind of insanity to know about all these idioctic stances and failed predictions and still believe that the WTS is getting this shit from God instead of their own asses.
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What Are Some Of The Dumbest Beliefs JW's Have?
by minimus ini know there are a lot.. one belief i never understood is that blood fractions might be ok for a christian but not "whole blood".
to me the "blood doctrine" is ridiculous from a scriptural point of view..
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What's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?
by A.Fenderson inwhat's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.
my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.
it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.
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Wow, thanks for all the recommendations, gaiz!
I've seen some of these already, and many that I have were excellent (notes on just a few below), so I'm psyched about the ones I haven't seen.
Cidade de Deus - (Netflix recommendation that I was very happy with, highly recommended)
the Wrestler- haven't watched it yet, but I loved all of Aronofsky's previous movies, with Requiem for a Dream and The Fountain being two of my absolute all-time favorites.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - (writer Charlie Kaufman is awesome--if you liked this, watch Synecdoche New York, which he wrote and was his directorial debut, and his best movie to date IMO)
Waking Life - (I really like Richard Linklater; loved Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and A Scanner Darkly which was done in a similar visual style)
A Clockwork Orange ..."Stanley Kubrick is truly a genius." - Agreed.
So......how about any really, really unusual movies that you've thoroughly enjoyed? I would count The Holy Mountain among these--anyone seen this?
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What's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?
by A.Fenderson inwhat's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.
my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.
it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.
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What's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?
My personal recommendation: Synecdoche, New York. It's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, I suppose. Film, being an audio-visual media, allows for so many interesting and unusual narritive devices that you could never pull off in a book. Anyway, please, if you have the time and the means, watch this movie without first having read any reviews or synopses, and without asking your friends about it--just experience it for what it is. If you want your two hours and rental fee back afterwards, feel free to come back and complain and I'll listen, but that's all I can offer. :-)
And if people start commenting about this movie below, and you haven't seen it--watch it first! No reading ahead. ;-)
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XJWs, do you look forward to and enjoy weekends? As a Dub did you not look forward to weekends?
by miseryloveselders inevery friday at my job, i hear the usual.
"its friday!!
" "i'll be better in three more hours!!
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Nice rant, misery, and funny! I always hated the weekends when I was forced to go out in service--isn't it enough that Sunday is already ruined? I preferred school, as you prefer work. I don't recall your circumstances, but I hope you're able to GTFO soon, for your sanity's sake.
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Texas Sheriff - 'Arm Yourselves'...
by sammielee24 insheriff to texas border town: 'arm yourselves'by john burnett.
enlargelm otero/apa u.s. border patrol agent parks beside the border fence at fort hancock, texas.
with fears rising that the drug violence in mexico could spill into the u.s., hudspeth county sheriff arvin west said at a town-hall meeting last week: "you farmers, i'm telling you right now, arm yourselves.".
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The war on drugs employs too many politicians, cops, prison builders, parole and probation officers and brings in too much money in fines and penalties...
Yes?
not to mention all the women. They will never end this war.
Are you emplying I would get mad laid wearing a shirt that reads "DEA"? Otherwise I'm not following.
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I am speechless - a rarity indeed. Please read.
by AK - Jeff inhttp://www.zenmoments.org/the-cab-ride-ill-never-forget/.
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It doesn't have to be true to be a good story--see also the bible.
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EXPOSING JW'S AT THE 7-11 THIS MORNING
by judge rutherFRAUD ini'm getting coffee at the 7-11 about 8:30 this morning , in the parking lot i see this guy i know and his wife talking to some jw's in the parking lot.
i go over and say hi joe and wife, i play stupid and ask do you go to church with these people.
they say no they are preaching jesus to us.
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well the jw's left calling me an APOSTATE.
Did you yell "Goddamn right!"....or just smile?
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I am speechless - a rarity indeed. Please read.
by AK - Jeff inhttp://www.zenmoments.org/the-cab-ride-ill-never-forget/.
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That was well worth the short read, thanks for posting it.
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random thought/pondering
by ana_dote infirst off, i just wanna say that i don't know how i feel about god, the bible, etc.
i'm in a major state of confusion, as i'm just newly out of the organization and coming to realize all the lies.
this has led to me questioning everything.. so the other day i was talking with a friend and had this interesting thought (i'll try to explain it as clear as possible without rambling or talking in circles and muddying up the concept lol).
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AGuest: thanks for taking the time to reply. I only have one brief point of disagreement with your statements that I'll bring up:
Now, where'd you get THAT from? Of course they knew what a lie was. Adam even told one: "The woman... she MADE me eat."
This happened after the event in question, and thus can't be considered proof that Adam knew what a lie was before he was shown how to do it.
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Who killed more people in the bible? God vs Satan
by Simon ini thought this was good:.
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http://loveyourchaos.tumblr.com/post/505826969.
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Sorry to bring this up but wasn't Satan the instigator of sin and because man sinned he dies so therefore Satan is responsible in part for all the human deaths from Adam onwards even the ones God killed as a result of their sin.
Funny you should ask that: no.
There's no necessary logical connection between man sinning and man dying, it's an arbitrary rule God made up. God kills directly, God kills indirectly--settin' 'em up, and knockin' 'em down. A cosmic game of bowling, and human lives are the pins.