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  Let's All Say "Thank You" To The People Who Run This Site

  by Arthur in

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  i realize that threads like this have been done before, but i don't think that it hurts to do one again.. i personally appreciate this website so much.

  it has been an absolute treasure-trove of information, research material, emotional support, and simple enjoyment.

  and, it's free of charge!

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  MegaDude

  Boy, I just hope Proplog doesn't see this thread. This kind of thing makes him angry.
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  HI

  by youcanhaveago in

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  after years of lurking - i'm on.. am i doing right i don't know.. confused ?

  - yes i am..

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  MegaDude

  Welcome youcanhaveago!

  That's about the friendliest welcome I've seen on JWD ever.
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  Recommend a GOOD film - no snakes, planes or spandex superheroes.

  by nicolaou in

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  it's been out a while and i know it's already been commented on here but i really enjoyed the village.

  the creation of fear and the control that it allows must surely strike a chord.. recently i saw christian bale in the machinist.

  bloody awesome!

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  MegaDude

  "The Illusionist" with Ed Norton, now playing.
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  End of the Spear

  by moomanchu in

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  anyone seen this movie?.

  it's based on a true story about missionaries in south america, good movie.. my gun barrel would have been smokin in the one part, but hey i'm a disgruntled jw..

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  MegaDude

  LOL.

  I don't recommend the film called "End of the Spear," which is a movie about what happened to the mssionaries who went to convert a violent South American tribe, but the documentary of the true story is pretty interesting. You can get it at Netflix and it's called "Beyond the Gates of Splendor."

  More about the story here: http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/missions/EndofSpearStudioTenA.aspx

  End of the Spear: The True Story

  By Craig von Buseck
  CBN.com Ministries Director

  In 1956, five American missionaries to Ecuador were brutally speared to death by a savage Stone Age tribe of Indians. Two years later, the wife and sister of two of the murdered missionaries walked into the jungle to live with the same people who had murdered the men they loved. Recently, CBN.com's Craig von Buseck interviewed Steve Saint and Mincaye, the man who killed his father.

  In 1956, Steve was five years old when his father, Nate, flew a Piper Cruiser plane with four other missionaries into the jungles of Equador and dared to make contact with the most dangerous tribe known to man, the Waodani (whoa-DONNY) also known as “Auca,” or naked savage.

  After several months of exchanging gifts with the natives, the five men were speared multiple times and hacked to death with machetes.

  One of the men in the tribe that fateful day was Mincaye (min-KY-yee). Years later Steve found out that Mincaye actually delivered the final spear that ultimately killed his father. (Three of the six warriors from that day are still alive.)

  Today they consider themselves family and harbor no resentment. Steve says he has never forgotten the pain and heartache of losing his dad.

  “But I can’t imagine not loving Mincaye, a man who has adopted me as his own, and the other Waodani,” says Steve, who made his first trip into Waodani territory when he was 9 years old.

  By 1956 Steve’s Aunt Rachel had been living in the jungle but not with the Waodani for several years. Rachel loved her younger brother (Steve’s dad) like a son, but even after he was killed, she continued to live with the Waodani until her death in 1994. Her affection for them was a major influence in Steve’s life. He visited her every summer.

  When he was 14, Steve and his sister, Kathy, decided to be baptized and chose a couple of Waodani to perform the baptism in the same water next to the beach where their father was killed. After Rachel died, the tribe asked Steve to live with them. (Steve and his family lived in the jungle for a year and a half.) “What the Waodani meant for evil, God used for good,” says Steve. “Given the chance to rewrite the story, I would not be willing to change it.”

  Many are confounded by the relationship Steve has with Mincaye. He says that a USAToday reporter commented that if he were in Steve’s shoes, he could “forgive Mincaye, maybe. But love him, that’s morbid.” Steve says that their relationship doesn’t make sense unless you put God in the equation. Even though his dad’s death was painful, Steve says Mincaye would not have adopted him and he would not have been part of the mysterious, stoneage Waodani world. Also thousands of people, who were stirred by the missionaries’ deaths, would not have dedicated their lives to helping take the gospel to unreached groups like Waodani all over the world.
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  Anyone seen "Wicker Man" yet?

  by gaiagirl in

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  curious if anyone has seen "wicker man" with nicholas cage yet.

  i have not seen it but have seen the original 1973 version, depicting a scottish policeman who travels to an isolated island to investigate reports of a missing girl.

  sort of a twilight zone thing going on, with contradictory clues everywhere.

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  MegaDude

  The premise of the original Wicker Man was interesting. A 50ish policeman from Scotland yard who is extremely religious and a prude goes to investigate the disappearance of a girl on an island populated by pagans who practice sexual rites to promulgate a better harvest. No big thumbs up but I thought the ending was chilling.

  Check out multiple reviews at a glance tomorrow here.

  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wicker_man/

  If the film scores under 50, you can assume it's a turkey as far as most people are concerned.
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  Back from the cold north ...

  by Simon in

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  ... well, it was cold at the top of the mountains!

  we just got back from a 3 week vacation in canada.

  we did the tourist thing travelling round the rockies - they were still there, right where we left them last time!

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  We just got back from a 3 week vacation in Canada

  That's one thing you'll never see in America.

  And it's so good for you. I think you work better the rest of the year knowing you have a big chunk of time off.
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  How Do You Respond To: "Where Else Will We Go"?

  by minimus in

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  when scared jws even think about leaving the organization, they often wonder where they'll go to instead.......any responses?

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  MegaDude

  When asked this question by JWs I usually respond:

  Where did God's people go when Jehovah destroyed his organization Israel via the Romans?

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  Auld Soul,

  I like your response.
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  What do the endless debates with ThirdWitness etc prove?

  by jwfacts in

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  there are currently long debates going on with 3w about the subtle meaning of words and how they are supposed to prove the wts has the correct doctrine.

  even as a jw i always noticed that it was impossible to prove a doctrine to people in the field.

  the fact that 2 christians can discuss topics endlessly without any conclusion shows me that god can not possibly be going to destroy every non jw simply because they could not be convinced of watchtower doctrine.. the bible says very little about doctrine, besides pauls discussions to show jesus is our ransomer and means for everlasting heavenly life.

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  MegaDude

  These endless debates prove the mods are long on tolerance.
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  A True Scholar In Our Midst, Leolaia

  by Skoshi in

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  her posts for a very long time were overflowing with an obvious scholarship.

  i have avidly read her posts and have tucked away as much as my much smaller brain could be forced to take in.

  i'm sure others have openly expressed their admiration and appreciation for her, but i would like to do so here.

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  MegaDude

  "The insult of public praise is that it detracts from the intrinsic motivation and satisfaction of a mature person.

  Prop,

  You'd make a great Watchtower writer.
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  Comair Crash shows extreme carelessness

  by Gregor in

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  since runways are identified by their compass headings (runway 22 is 220 degrees, runway 26 is 260 degrees, etc.

  ) one would think that a pilot at a small airport with only two runways, one being way too short for that particular aircraft, would simply look at his compass heading when he lined up for take-off.

  even in daylight it is just about impossible to percieve the difference in runway length simply by eyeball.

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  MegaDude

  What are you? High?