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  Movies that make you cry?

  by new boy in

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  there have been many but i had a total melt down at the end of sophie's choice.

  i hadn't cried in years before i saw that movie in in 1982. i was still very much a jw at the time.

  i have no idea where the pain and sorrow came from, maybe it was the fact there are things people have gone through that we have defied all reason logic.

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  Ordinary People when "he" Conrad ? loses his best friend .

  Colour Purple ,the Whoopie Goldberg scene .
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  What are your favorite musical scores in film?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  hi guys!.

  this thread is at least partly inspired by blondie's classical music thread.. i'm not particularly a musical person but i do appreciate good scores in film.. what are your favorites?.

  here's a well-known movie score i like .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdleusg9ew .

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  The music of the early "Bond" movies with Shirley Bassey

  Ordinary People with M.T.Moore & D.Sutherland.

  Dr.Strangelove particulary the end scene ? Hilarious .

  Colour Purple
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  Can you ever see a time when Govt`s of this world will attempt to abolish all religions ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  we are now in the 21st century of our common era with its insights into the potential of what can be achieved in the near future to benefit mankind for years to come .. the co-operation of governments around the world on so many levels has never been better than it is today and it is at least encouraging to see this .. whether it has to do with the climate , the environment ,food production ,safe water for all ,and the better health for all in the near future, and in the future space exploration.

  however the problem today is still religion !

  in its many extreme forms that divides us in no ways that politics divide us .. politicians learn how to compromise and work with their opponents for the greater good ,whereas religions don`t.. religions divide humans like no politicians ever did well not to the extremes religions will go anyway.. is their going to come a time in history when governments politicians say enough is enough and try attempt to abolish religion ?.

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  We are now in the 21st Century of our common era with its insights into the potential of what can be achieved in the near future to benefit mankind for years to come .

  The co-operation of Governments around the world on so many levels has never been better than it is today and it is at least encouraging to see this .

  Whether it has to do with the climate , the environment ,food production ,safe water for all ,and the better health for all in the near future, and in the future space exploration. etc.etc.etc,

  However the problem today is still religion ! in its many extreme forms that divides us in no ways that politics divide us .

  Politicians learn how to compromise and work with their opponents for the greater good ,whereas religions don`t.

  Religions divide humans like no politicians ever did well not to the extremes religions will go anyway.

  Is their going to come a time in history when Governments Politicians say enough is enough and try attempt to abolish religion ?

  Surely sooner or later this time will come , but not in my lifetime .
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  Please Listen to this Podcast

  by Gizmo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  sorry if this has already been posted about, but people really need to listen to this!

  and pass it on to people you know.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmgew67tq1s.

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  marked for later listening. For those who don`t know Steven Unthank a guest here sued the Faithful and Discreet slave class in a court of law here in Australia a few years ago and had some success .

  , and is active along with some others in getting this message across about the WT / JW religion not protecting JW children in the religion against sexual abusers among other things .

  He and his co-workers are travelling around the world getting this message across to all and sundry who will listen .

  Notable in that court case J.W`s Lawyers acknowledged that Steven Unthank even though he was suing the religion was not an Apostate and he got a win in having the JW`s getting a "Working With Children Check" that they had objected to getting.

  Don`t be put off by the length of the video ,take the time out to listen.
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  Bohemian Rhapsody

  by cofty in

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  been to see the new film (movie) tonight.

  outstanding!

  brought back lots of memories.

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  RubaDub `s post is priceless
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  Animals

  by unsure in

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  2. beliefs

  if humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?

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  satan's challenge involved humans and not poor animals.. i'm looking for an honest explanation from believers.. at this point, the older i get, the less i believe in a god who is "love"..

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  the older I get, the less I believe in a God who is "love".

  If you are a father or mother would you put your children through the suffering that God has subjected his children/humans through to prove a point ? to an oppose`r ? for thousands of years ?

  C`mon how can God Jehovah or whatever name they call him be a God of Love.? No way.

  And by the way not to subject Satan or any of his demons to anything equivalent to what humans have suffered for so long ?

  Do they suffer indignities pain and early death ? like humans do ? NO ,they still exist after thousands of years . If you still believe the Bible of course.
  
  
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  Animals

  by unsure in

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  if humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?

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  satan's challenge involved humans and not poor animals.. i'm looking for an honest explanation from believers.. at this point, the older i get, the less i believe in a god who is "love"..

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  Do you really think Jehovah God loves animals unsure ? Cain offers the first fruits of the land as a sacrifice to God .

  Abel offers up and slaughters an animal as a sacrifice to appease God and you know which one got God`s blessing

  Just do a simple cursory of the Hebrew Scriptures {Old Testament} and see just how much Jehovah God loves animals. Here is just an example

  their are many more in the Bible.

  What with using the flood in Noah`s day and drowning all of the land animals that existed outside the Ark ?

  Apparently none of the sea creatures were ever destroyed in that action ?

  What does God have against land animals that he doesn`t have against sea creatures ?

  1 kings: 8 ;63-65 ,Twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep that was certainly a multitude of sacrifices wasn`t it.? A bit over the top you might think ?

  And for four thousand years Jehovah God required animal sacrifices on a weekly/monthly basis .

  What is it with Jehovah god that he loves so much blood of his own creation being shed by those that worship him.
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  Worst Fire in California history

  by 3rdgen in

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  in terms of destruction.

  52,000 people are evacuated.

  started thurs.

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  So very sad my thoughts are with the people of California in this trying time.

  We who live in Victoria Australia know all to well the destructive force and heat of a bush-fire out of control.
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  How many Witnesses would drink the cool aid at a "Jonestown?"

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. bible

  so my mum died from mild form of lukemia which can simply be treated with a blood transfusion each month.

  to me this was a watchtower assisted suicide.

  the liaison elder encouraged her to "stay strong" and said a prayer.

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  A friend of mine related an experience to me about this subject. He found out an uber JW he knows declared that if a GB member said red was blue that person would believe it.

  I had heard the same such thing started at a C.A. many years ago .

  And J.W.`s today are being conditioned to blindly accept and do whatever the G.B. directs them to do,whether they understand it or not ? or even think its unreasonable or even illogical ,the faithful Witness .of Jehovah will loyally OBEY the direction given him/her by the faithful & Discreet Slave.

  And isn`t that the very reason why so many thousands ? have died refusing a blood transfusion since the 1940`s ?
  
  
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  Why is the watchtower tight fisted

  by pepperheart in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why when i can get many books and magazines sent through the post from many other cults does the watchtower make a big fuss about a little 16 page magazine.

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  Televangelists like Jimmy Swaggart or Joyce Meyer have no problem selling religious literature ,CD`s ,Bibles and Bible Aids of all sorts and still make a good profit and income .

  They have no problem paying taxes on what they sell ,their still making money from it all .

  The G.B.of J.W.`s will come around one day and do the same just like they did with ATM`s in K.H.`s which they at first ridiculed Christendom for doing.