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  Books that SHOULD be movies?

  by gaiagirl in

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  i just finished reading "mammoth" by john varley.

  a sci-fi thriller in which a mammoth is found frozen in northern alaska, along with the frozen bodies of a man and woman.

  however, as they are uncovered, it is seen that the man is wearing a wristwatch.

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  The Hobbit.
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  Books that SHOULD be movies?

  by gaiagirl in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i just finished reading "mammoth" by john varley.

  a sci-fi thriller in which a mammoth is found frozen in northern alaska, along with the frozen bodies of a man and woman.

  however, as they are uncovered, it is seen that the man is wearing a wristwatch.

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  Invisible Armeggedon??!!!

  by Gretchen956 in

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  ok, in reading another thread, i came across this:.

  i'll never understand why i let them convince me that something so visible as "armageddon" happened "invisibly"?

  when did this happen?

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  ...the GT had started in 1914 but was interrupted in 1918 to start up again at a later time.

  Aparently, Jehovah is so wise, he knows when to do an invisible retreat from the invisible battle to recover his own kingdom.
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  I'm PREGNANT!!!!!!!!.............just took the test.

  by whyamihere in

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  suckers!.

  ok, time to piss other people off this morning!...lol.

  brooke.

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  Shoot! I walked right into that one...
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  Oh, my GOD, I met the most GORGEOUS Bethelite!!! (He's SO spiritual)

  by Kudra in

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  and i'm dropping out of school.

  i think that this might be the only way for me to achieve my long time goal of finally getting into bethel!!

  i feel so giddy.

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  My dearest One: Are you Firm... ...and Determined??

  You made my weekend.
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  My wife has finally seen the light.

  by Ironhead in

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  for 18 months i have been at loggerheads with my wife over the wts.

  she has been the perfect watchtower slave even declaring that she'll never leave the truth.

  i decided not to interfere in her life, attacking the society, and the idiots in the hall, but recently things have changed for the best.

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  Good news!! Walking away may not be enough, her head will spin for a while.

  She will need support of a different kind now. Has she visited Free Minds.org? Lots of good psychology articles there. Deprograming fears and phobias may take some time to identify.

  Respectufully,

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  My mom took my son to KH after I told her not to

  by unbeliever in

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  real shock i know that a jw would do that.

  i found out today that my mom took my son to the kh behind my back when she was in town visiting.

  he's just a little baby so he will have no memories of it.

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  Hello Ryan, I hope you are still reading. Here is a link to a good article entitled: "The Introduction Of Phobias (Deep Rooted Fears) And Other Development Traits In The Jehovah Witness Child" - by Randall Watters

  Hopefully you will be able to identify when your MIL beguins to implant phobias on your child -because she will.

  http://www.freeminds.org/psych/kidphob.htm
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  Education gets yet another bashing!!

  by Gill in

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  education takes yet another battering in the may 1st watchtower.. the mag gives this example:.

  young christians today face similar challeges.

  matthew, who serves at a branch office of jehovah's witnesses recalls: 'when i began serving as a pioneer, my father was extremely disappointed.

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  I wondered why the Governing Body feel it necessary to travel first class and live in luxurious conditions. Shouldn't they also do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus?

  Their private executive twin engine airplane has no food service on board and the leg room sucks. Then, they have to carry their own luggage to their Radisson suite.

  Whatcha call them bees that do nuttin' all thday but feed?
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  Definition of Forgiveness

  by Gerard in

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  as many of you, i am angry at the watchtower for their deceptions and damage it has caused to my wife's family and i harbor negative feelings that actually work against my healthy state of mind.

  i can't forget but i want to forgive.

  but what is the kind of forgiveness that will make me a better person?.

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  Forgiving is a two-way street.

  I always thought so, but I discovered that for my health, it is not a requirement. Although The WT does not deserve it, I am going to try stop the feelings of anger but still share my /our experience with anybody who may benefit of it.

  I don't think I will try to 'love' the WT but want to think of forgiveness as a deliberate choice to not retaliate.

  I'm getting even kicking their ass the day I make the WT irrelevant.
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  Definition of Forgiveness

  by Gerard in

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  2. friends

  as many of you, i am angry at the watchtower for their deceptions and damage it has caused to my wife's family and i harbor negative feelings that actually work against my healthy state of mind.

  i can't forget but i want to forgive.

  but what is the kind of forgiveness that will make me a better person?.

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  Gerard

  As many of you, I am angry at the Watchtower for their deceptions and damage it has caused to my wife's family and I harbor negative feelings that actually work against my healthy state of mind. I can't forget but I want to forgive. But what is the kind of forgiveness that will make me a better person?

  I found this definition by psychologists and I wanted to share it with you.

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  Forgiveness is the overcoming of negative affect and judgment toward the offender, not by denying ourselves the right to such affect and judgment, but by endeavoring to view the offender with benevolence, compassion, and even love, while recognizing that he or she has abandoned the right to them. [...] this loving response occurs despite the realization that there is no obligation to love the offender (Subkoviak, Enright, Wu, Gassin, Freedman, Olson, Sarinopoulos, 1992, p.3).

  From a psychological perspective, using the Enright definition of forgiveness as the primary framework, interpersonal forgiveness involves the affective, behavioral and cognitive systems of the forgiver, how one feels about the offender, behaves toward him and thinks about him. It is letting go of the negative feelings about the perpetrator and the emotional consequences of the hurt, especially the bitterness and resentment (Walters, 1984; DiBlasio, 1992). The negative behavior toward the perpetrator is replaced with positive behavior. The choice is not to retaliate but to respond in a loving way (Studzinski, 1986) and giving up the right to hurt back (Pingleton, 1989). The negative thoughts regarding the offender are changed as the intellectual decision to forgive is made (Fitzgibbons, 1986).

  http://www.forgivenessweb.com/RdgRm/definitionpsychological_.htm

  The Forgiveness Process is a FREELY MADE CHOICE AND DECISION to no longer continue to harm or punish yourself, nor to continue to diminish your overflowing love, joy or freedom because of the real or imagined wrongs done by others, or because of any outer circumstances. The Forgiveness Process is the CANCELLATION of all the conditions in you that are preventing the flow of love, joy and vitality through you, independently of the behaviour of others or any circumstances.