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  A Birthday Indiscretion?

  by DT in

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  i grew up as a jehovah's witness so i had to deal with all the issues of not celebrating holidays at school.

  i took this pretty seriously and was pretty vocal every time something came up that violated my religious beliefs.. yet, it seems that there are always gray areas.. one day, my teacher announced that we would be making birthday cards for mcdonalds.

  i don't remember which birthday it was except that it was a round number.

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  laverite

  DT - that's brilliant. Sorry for the confusing reaction by your mother.
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  Liberace " Behind The Candelabra"

  by smiddy in

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  wow , i`m not gay , and i dont have gay tendencies , (a couple of scenes i have to turn away) but thats just me.. i thought the movie over all was done exceedingly well.

  m douglass captured liberace to a tee.

  rob lowe should get an oscar for his performance.and matt damon was beleivable in his role.. i watched this movie not knowing what i was going to see,and on a scale of 1 out of 10 i would give it an 8. smiddy.

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  laverite

  Oh my gosh shirley, I think I'll have to listen to it later when I have time.
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  Liberace " Behind The Candelabra"

  by smiddy in

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  wow , i`m not gay , and i dont have gay tendencies , (a couple of scenes i have to turn away) but thats just me.. i thought the movie over all was done exceedingly well.

  m douglass captured liberace to a tee.

  rob lowe should get an oscar for his performance.and matt damon was beleivable in his role.. i watched this movie not knowing what i was going to see,and on a scale of 1 out of 10 i would give it an 8. smiddy.

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  laverite

  Smiddy,

  I think any movie that is well done can be enjoyed regardless of sexual orientation. I think a great movie is a great movie regardless if the characters are straight, bi or gay. I personally don't see any need to turn away from sex scenes (straight, gay, group, kinky, etc.), but different people have different levels of comfort. Enjoying or admiring a movie whether it is gay or straight themed has absolutely nothing to do someone's sexual orientation.

  I think your post is great, Smiddy.
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  Liberace " Behind The Candelabra"

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  wow , i`m not gay , and i dont have gay tendencies , (a couple of scenes i have to turn away) but thats just me.. i thought the movie over all was done exceedingly well.

  m douglass captured liberace to a tee.

  rob lowe should get an oscar for his performance.and matt damon was beleivable in his role.. i watched this movie not knowing what i was going to see,and on a scale of 1 out of 10 i would give it an 8. smiddy.

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  laverite

  OMG Shirley, what did he say about Michael Jackson and Loretta? I've never been a fan of MJ. He's always creeped me out.
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  Telling my wife that I would accept a blood transfusion

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this is my first post here.. first a few details about myself.

  i am 33, married, from switzerland and i have a little baby boy.

  i am still a jehovah's witness and i am still attending the meetings.

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  laverite

  P.S. Welcome, Daniel! And again...Go with option 2.
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  Telling my wife that I would accept a blood transfusion

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this is my first post here.. first a few details about myself.

  i am 33, married, from switzerland and i have a little baby boy.

  i am still a jehovah's witness and i am still attending the meetings.

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  laverite

  In this situation, I would keep my mouth shut for now. No immediate benefit seems to come from telling her this information (unless you think she is open to it, and could use it to learn the truth about The Truth. If ever she were unconscious in medical need of a blood transfusion, I would then authorize one.
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  Liberace " Behind The Candelabra"

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  wow , i`m not gay , and i dont have gay tendencies , (a couple of scenes i have to turn away) but thats just me.. i thought the movie over all was done exceedingly well.

  m douglass captured liberace to a tee.

  rob lowe should get an oscar for his performance.and matt damon was beleivable in his role.. i watched this movie not knowing what i was going to see,and on a scale of 1 out of 10 i would give it an 8. smiddy.

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  laverite

  I haven't seen Candelabra. I would like to though. I did see Brokeback Mountain which was not in any way graphic. From what I have heard, Candelabra is not sexually graphic though.
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  What would it take for YOU to come back?

  by noonehome in

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  laverite

  Well, if they accepted gays and changed how they do things -- and accepted people of all beliefs, I could see going to some meetings and events with family. But that ain't gonna happen. So I won't ever have to worry about it.
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  JW.org passwords

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what are the passwords for on jw.org?

  are there different levels of pass?

  have the passwords ever been leaked?

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  laverite

  WHen I try to log in to my bank account from a computer or other device I don't normally use, I am required to verify my identity. Obviously the bank keeps track of this sort of thing (through IP addresses or other identifiers?).

  It would certainly make sense for Watchtower Corp to track this kind of info.
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  Role Reversal: Placing 1969 Awake with JW's Manning the New Portable Literature Displays

  by snapdragon4 in

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  2. friends

  in recent weeks the jw’s here in the uk have been setting up their new portable watchtower literature displays in my local town square on a saturday morning.

  as they hadn’t knocked on my door for at least five years, and consequently feeling somewhat neglected, i thought that i would pay them a visit instead.. .

  the first thing i needed to do was arrange my literature.

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  laverite

  Really wonderful. In those settings, they really are a captive audience. I've tried to ask questions and talk to JWs who come to my door. They are quick to leave. The first hint that you want to talk and they are outta there.

  The last time they did that, I did say to them as they were high tailing it on out that as soon as someone wants to talk to them they leave. I asked what kind of message that sends.

  And, as our dear Outlaw says, the Jehovah's Witnesses are the only people who come to your house and knock on your door to tell you that they can't talk to you.