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  Lincoln

  by glenster in

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  lincoln's fight for the thirteenth amendment in the last four months.

  of his life.. steven spielberg dir.. daniel day-lewis, sally field, david strathairn, joseph gordon-.

  levitt, james spader, hal holbrook, tommy lee jones, jackie earle.

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  I can hard wait to see this movie. I'm a huge Lincoln fan

  Whenever they would ask at the meeting who you most wanted to meet in the New System / New World, I would always anwer 'Abraham Lincoln'...complete silence in the KH...not the correct answer!
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  My wife and I bought a bar !!

  by elder-schmelder in

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  i think that we are a little crazy but we bought a bar in wisconsin last week.

  here is a picture of my wife behind the bar.. .

  i still work for my jw family, but my wife is going to run the bar.. .

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  PaintedToeNail

  Congrats on the bar! Lots of hard work, but it seems like it would be fun too! Go Vikings!!!
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  Hi! Life story of young, 23-year-old (gay), disassociated, non-baptized publisher

  by HillCountry in

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  hello, this is my first post and the first time i have told my entire story, albeit abridged, to anyone.

  it will be a long story, sorry.. my grandparents were brought up with different religious backgrounds but converted to bible students around the depression era.

  later, my grandfather met my grandmother through the congregation and got married until his death, having a marriage that lasted over four decades.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Welcome Hill!
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  Hi Everyone

  by Skbj in

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  hello people,

  i'd like to start by saying wow!

  i've only just discovered this "world" of ex jw's so i'm still catching up on lots of stuff, my story is a bit long so don't know if people have patience to read :p but if you can bear the reading then i'm happy to share.

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  Sbj-Wow, and welcome. What an interesting person you are. How I wish that would've had your bravery and courage as a young woman. I too, think I was born as an apostate...so much never made sense to me. Your husband sound amazing and it is wonderful that you are so happy!
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  Coming to terms with mortality

  by biometrics in

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  2. beliefs

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  PaintedToeNail

  Well said,Gromit!!
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  good old apocalyptic science fiction

  by Hortensia in

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  2. entertainment

  have you ever read "no blade of grass," "on the beach" or "the satan-bug?

  " i have a feeling it wouldn't hurt to reread those old novels.. folks around here argue about gmo foods, for instance, without realizing that one of the main problems with gmo is lack of diversity, dangerous if a disease comes along that kills the main crops of the world.. and people seem to have forgotten that humans could indeed destroy themselves completely, if someone starts a nuclear war.

  they always seem to think there could be survivors of an all-out nuclear war.

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  As a small child, I watched 'Omega Man', it was very scary for a little kid. An epidemic changes all human into diseased beings who can only go out at night, only the main character, played by Charleton Heston, isn't infected. The beings all try to find and kill him at night. During the day, he scavenges for things to live. The movie was remade in 2007 and starred Will Smith, it was titled 'I Am Legend'. It was creepy too.
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  How did you fare in High School as a JW?

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  for me it was rather painful.

  it was like pressing your nose against the candy store window, knowing that you can look, but you cannot partake.

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  PaintedToeNail

  So, most of us had an unhappy experience and wouldn't want to go through High School again as a JW. Lisarose had a very happy ending, even if it took a while!
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  Its sad how Americans think they are the center of the world regarding Sandy...

  by mP in

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  the storm was much more intense and killed many more in the caribbean and yet i see practically nothing mentioned about them here or in the media.. .

  pathetic..

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  I do believe the Haitians rioted after being devasted by their horrible earthquake. The food relief arrived and the men were assaulting the women and children and stealing all the food. The aid workers had to ration the food to women only. The disgusting men didn't care about anyone but themselves. They have also sexual assaulted many of the poor women living in shelters, raping them and impregnating them. These sad women are now forced to have a constant reminder of rape and additional mouths to feed.
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  The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  being an adult, i choose not to attend the meetings.

  i would prefer my children not attend meetings, however being married to a diehard jw, this is difficult to accomplish.

  the kids do not want to attend, as the meetings are boring, as they have often said.

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  My children are well aware of how things are here. They have been told why I will no longer go to the meetings. Their father wanted to gloss it over that I was somehow depressed and would eventually return to the KH. I refused and told them exactly what the real reasons were. We discuss openly the crazy teachings and how things do not make sense. I take their side every time. I have stepped up to the plate and run interference regularly. The fact remains that he is their father. He has the legal right to drag them to the meetings. To seperate from their father and disrupt their home would be worse for them, as they are well loved and cared for by both their parents. Their father has never know how to relate to them, which makes things easier for me.

  There have been people who have tried to pull the 'God is Watching You' crap and I have emphatically told them that is a crock of crap, god doesn't care if they chew their fingernails or suck their thumb (these were real threat about god given to them), especially since those saying this crap are known to be blatantly rude to people, sue people or so forth. The question is posed to my kids, 'which is worse, being nasty to someone who wishes you Merry Xmas, or sucking your thumb?' The kids get it.
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  The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  being an adult, i choose not to attend the meetings.

  i would prefer my children not attend meetings, however being married to a diehard jw, this is difficult to accomplish.

  the kids do not want to attend, as the meetings are boring, as they have often said.

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  PaintedToeNail

  00Dad-He did not spank "M". "M" chose to go to the meeting instead of being spanked. "M" got to see that coerceion is the only method Dad can use to make the go to the meetings. He came out in a bad light.

  In the country and state I live in, it is NOT illegal to spank your kids. There would be no legal leg to stand on. The elders would applaud his behavior as the society encourages little children to be disciplined, with corporal punishment, if needed, in their very KH's.

  My kids and I do a lot of critical and logical thinking skills work. I have bought supplimental books on this subject and we use them regularly, and they are blossoming in this regard.