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  Luke Evans, Actor in the Movie "The Hobbit" is XJW

  by Phizzy in

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  2. friends

  in an interview in the guardian newspaper's "guide" magazine he is asked about his upbringing with the question "terrible but character building?

  " luke replies,.

  "well, i'm still here and still smiling.

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  Thanks for this!

  Do you have the link phizzy? It would be nice to include that.
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  I found a new FB/YouTube group and this lady knocked me out she's good

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i found a new fb/youtube group and this lady knocked me out she's good.

  in this video there's a snippet that is priceless.

  make sure you watch up through the montage starting at 21:30!

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  Like I said:

  I found a new FB/YouTube group and this lady knocked me out she's good

  In this video there's a snippet that is priceless. Make sure you watch up through the montage starting at 21:30! (The entire vid is good but a little long)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3o4OrBZYqs#t=1290

  Also they have a pretty good facebook page here:

  https://www.facebook.com/ExJWSInternational
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  YouTube interview with Sam aka KateWild

  by RayPublisher in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was a pleasure to interview our own katewild about her experiences and her recent audio recording with the elders.

  the link is below:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_uwfkdfmdq.

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  It was a pleasure to interview our own KateWild about her experiences and her recent audio recording with the elders. The link is below:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_uWFKDFMdQ

  Here's a few stills:

  http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd412/jjjones5/Idontwanttobereinstated1_zps4c6d203a.png

  http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd412/jjjones5/Idontwanttobereinstated3_zps3349d5b6.png

  http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd412/jjjones5/Idontwanttobereinstated2_zps97f00399.png
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  How the Governing Body celebrated after the launch of the new NWT!

  by 3Mozzies in

  1. social
  2. humour

  we can only imagine what they did on that night .

  for more of my mock wt & awake covers, click 'here'.

  cheers.

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  Really nice photoshop work Max!
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  Elders oath

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it true that the elders swear an oath when made elders and what is this oath???

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  At my JC trial for apostasy the elder named Dennis said:

  "We’ve taken an oath to uphold principles such as this"

  But he may not have been speaking of a literal oath of course. (Taken from the transcript, line 891)
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  Jamaican Branch Office Closing

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm from jamaica, montego bay to be exact.

  if there are other jamaicans here, feel free to let me know.. with that said, it was announced at our last meeting (a letter was read) that the branch office (bethel) in kingston would be closing, and affairs would soon be directed from us hq.

  now the branch office here is a large compound built on acres of prime real estate.

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  It illustrates they are a publishing company, a BUSINESS, first and foremost.

  The closing of the branch in Spain was really a black eye for WT does anyone remember all the hullabaloo over that one?
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  Five dollars says you can't guess what this is...

  by RayPublisher in

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  2. entertainment

  i recently heard a very funny story about this strange (and common) plant and did some research on it.

  i already knew a little about it like the common name, etc., but what i found amazed me.. .

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  @ Billy -Did the smell get you high Billy??

  @ Ann - "Ray, give it to a charity (a real charity - not the WT$)."

  Yes ma'am I will donate to a bell ringer this week.

  Oh and thanks for the reminder not to give it to the WT$...Duhhhhhh!
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  Five dollars says you can't guess what this is...

  by RayPublisher in

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  2. entertainment

  i recently heard a very funny story about this strange (and common) plant and did some research on it.

  i already knew a little about it like the common name, etc., but what i found amazed me.. .

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  @ Vidiot - I THOUGHT OF L.S.O.H. ALSO when I first saw it! (The movie version with Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, et al.)

  "FEED ME SEYMOUR!"
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  Five dollars says you can't guess what this is...

  by RayPublisher in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i recently heard a very funny story about this strange (and common) plant and did some research on it.

  i already knew a little about it like the common name, etc., but what i found amazed me.. .

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  Ann beat you to it!
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  Five dollars says you can't guess what this is...

  by RayPublisher in

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  2. entertainment

  i recently heard a very funny story about this strange (and common) plant and did some research on it.

  i already knew a little about it like the common name, etc., but what i found amazed me.. .

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  If anyone is thinking of being nuts and trying it read this real-life experince of someone who ate the seeds:

  http://forum.grasscity.com/real-life-stories/536751-my-experience-jimson-weed.html

  Yet native peoples have been using this powerful weed for eons in medicinal and spiritual ways:

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  This practice of smoking datura to relieve asthma has its origins in traditional Ayurvedic medicine in India. After this was discovered during the late 18th century by James Anderson, the English Physician-General of the East India Company, the practice quickly became popular in Europe. [ 19 ] [ 20 ]

  The Zuni used to use datura as an analgesic, to render patients unconscious while broken bones were set. [ 21 ] The Chinese also used it in this manner, as a form of anaesthesia during surgery. [ 22 ]

  Atropine and scopolamine (both of which are found in very high concentrations in datura) are muscarinic antagonists which can be used to treat Parkinson's disease and motion sickness, and to inhibit parasympathetic stimulation of the urinary tract, respiratory tract, GI tract, heart and eye. [ 23 ]

  Datura can be used to assist in the process of breaking drug addictions, by reducing the symptoms of delirium tremens and morphine withdrawals. [ 22 ]

  Other medicinal uses for datura include providing relief from sore throat or toothache and getting rid of parasites. [ 24 ]

  Datura should be avoided by patients with heart problems, glaucoma, enlarged prostate, urinary difficulties, fluid buildup in the lungs, or bowel obstructions. [ 25 ]

  Spiritual uses

  For centuries, Datura stramonium has been used as a mystical sacrament which brings about powerful visions (lasting for days) and opens the user to communication with spirit world.

  The ancient inhabitants of what is today central and southern California used to ingest the small black seeds of datura to "commune with deities through visions". [ 26 ] Across the Americas, other indigenous peoples such as the Algonquin, Cherokee, Marie Galente and Luiseño also utilized this plant in sacred ceremonies for its hallucinogenic properties. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 27 ] In Ethiopia, some students and debtrawoch (lay priests), use D. stramonium to "open the mind" to be more receptive to learning, and creative and imaginative thinking. [ 28 ]

  The common name "datura" has its roots in ancient India, where the plant is considered particularly sacred—believed to be a favorite of the Hindu god Shiva Nataraja. [ 20 ]