Actually, it's not the same Green Lantern that the movie was about. The newly gay character is actually the GL of "Earth-2," a parallel universe that was originally developed to showcase the characters who were in DC comics of the 1940's, including the original versions of GL, the Flash, the Atom and many others. DC recently revamped its continuity, so the GL of the 1940's has now been transformed into a young man who is gay. The previous version of the Earth-2 GL was an older man with a wife and children.
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Green Lantern came out the closet!
by MC RubberMallet inis that why they got ryan reynolds to play the part?.
http://news.yahoo.com/green-lantern-relaunched-brave-mighty-gay-070052544.html.
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Would Witnesses drink "the cool-aid" if instructed to by the Governing body?
by Witness 007 inmy anionted mum always said she's "willing to die for the truth like the brothers in the concentration camps".....how many witnesses would do this, like the "heavens gate" suicide group or the tokyo cult that tried to start armagedon with subway gas attacks or even the 9/11 terrorists?.
the brothers in the camps in world war 2 were told by rutherford this is armagedon.
so they thought a quick death and then "poof"...i'm in paradise.. .
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NeonMadman
I once asked my (now ex-)wife that very question, and she said that she would. Then I asked her if she would also give it to our (then) baby daughter. She had to think about it for a bit, but finally said she wouldn't do that.
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Some comments from a JW friend...
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these are a couple of comments ive heard recently from some jw friends that have gotten under my skin a little more than usual.... i was talking with a friend of mine and somehow the subject of armageddon came up and how once it starts what youve done youve done.
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NeonMadman
there is even an upcoming kingdom ministry article pushing for kids in school to “vacation pioneer”.
Are they actually using that term again? They did away with the term "vacation pioneer," like, 40 years ago.
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Hear ye!hear ye!!!!Take notice
by mouthy intomorrow the 22nd i will be 85 years old .
good wishes only please,remember if you say something nasty i will cry.
and my mum told me it is a sin to cry on your birthday .
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Happy Birthday, Grace!
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Has anyone ever used a non-NWT (New World Translation) bible at meetings / study?
by biometrics inabout 1 year ago (before i faded), i purchased an old king james bible from ebay and started using it in the meetings and when a brother came over to study with me.. a common reaction of fellow jws was to stare at the bible, then say "what type of bible is that?
", then they'd sometimes ask to look at it, and flip to john 1:1. when they saw what it said, they'd treat it like it was apostate material, even though a few decades earler it was the same bible jws used.. i strongly encourage any lurkers/faders to use another bible at the meetings and see what type of reactions you get.. .
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NeonMadman
I used to occasionally bring different translations to the Book Study. It was no big deal, in fact, some of the people there were interested in the comparative readings. I would use Byington's translation and the Amplified Bible that I recall specifically, but I think there were others at times, too.
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Watchtower And Awake Song
by Bangalore in(tune of sweet violets).
by dale baker.
there once was an elder who stood at my door,.
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NeonMadman
I enjoy it every year when Joan Cetnar and Carol Hartman sing it at the Witnesses Now for Jesus convention.
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Why some cults may be healthy
by Mr Facts infor your information, not all cults are destructive as may be generally assumed.
as a therapist, i will list the folowing points as reasons why some cults may be healthy, especially the jw organisation.. 1) their stand on material prosperity shields their members from unnecessary worries of life.
their constant emphasis on simple life prevents you from entering into debt-imposed problems safeguarding you from the possibilities of sleepless night, financial stress and the rest .. 2) their behavioural control mechanism helps to constantly keep your lives in checks and balance by injecting sanity into your conscious being.. 3) reporting you deviant thoughts, feelings, and actions to leaders helps to coordinate your life and brings it in conformity to impeccable manners(the desire of every sane human mammal).. 4) their extensive use of cult generated information and propaganda constantly triggers your consciousness for the need to do things right (a positive reinforcement).. 5) their ethical use of confession makes you see that the universe cares for you and you are not alone in the grand scheme of things.. 6) their loaded languages offers you feelings of belonging, which we all aspire in a secluded and socially quarantined world.. .
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NeonMadman
Sort of like saying it's a good thing to be in prison since you know you won't be killed in a hiking accident...
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Where is the Society headquarters these days?
by rory-ks ini actually find this whole matter a bit creepy.
i find it very hard to think of the watch tower society as a cult in the same mould as jonestown or the branch davidians, and yet their out-of-town facilities increasingly take on the appearance of a cultish stronghold.. where is the society headquarters these days?
is it up in wallkill?
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NeonMadman
900 Red Mills Rd. is the Watchtower Farm in Wallkill, or as the sign on the wall inside says, "Wallkill Bethel."
Route 22 in Patterson is the Watchtower Educational Center.
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Memorial on wrong day
by isaacaustin inok...i have read before that the jws celebrate the memorial on the wrong day.
can someone explain this to me in a dummyproof way?
do the jws celebrate the memorial on the 13th day after sundown (which is nisan 14) or do they do it on the 14th days after sundown (nisan 15)??
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NeonMadman
As I understand it, they start the count of 14 days from the new moon as seen in Jerusalem, not at the local venue. This would often result in a day's discrepancy in our part of the world.
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I am tempted to ask 25 year old very pretty lady out but.....
by Iamallcool inshe has 4 kids.
the father of her kids sees them every two weeks.
i am not sure if it is a good idea for me to ask her out.
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NeonMadman
The nice part about not being a JW is that you don't have to decide whether you want to marry someone before you ask them for a date. You are allowed to take this young woman out a few times, get to know her, and then, when you know both her and her circumstances better, you can both make a decision whether to continue or stop.