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  JW strangers say mean things to you at assemblies?

  by jwbot in

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  jw's can be rotten, but what about the "brutally honest" jw strangers at assemblies?

  i have had some issues with the general meaness jw's are to people that they do not even know, and are jw's.. example 1: i was maybe 13 years old and i was a fast developer, i had big boobs basically.

  well a dress i had was really nice...my parents would not have let me wear something that was not apprepriate for me, but i guess the dress was low (i didn't think so) and when i was in the bathroom at the assembly at the mirror, a woman just came up to me and was like "you are showing all the assets you have to offer" or something to that effect.

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  Not particularly mean, but humorous to me nonetheless:

  The District Convention that we attended this year was held in an auditorium that is rather old and run down and soon to be demolished. The seats are cramped, the corridors narrow, the aisles even narrower.

  At intermission a veritable horde was jammed up and slowly making it's way through the bottleneck. Someone said rather loudly, "Boy, this place is really crowded!"

  A man (brother?) who was nicely dressed just like a dub, clean cut, wearing a badge (looked like he could be an elder) said just as loudly, "Well, it wouldn't be so bad if all these f*****g people would get out of the way!"

  Interestingly, there was a ripple of laughter through the crowd. Cracked me up!

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  For all you parents.....or anyone who was ever a child.....

  by Surreptitious in

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  do children need ritual in their lives?

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  hmmmm, so most say "yes".

  Six says "no".

  Anyone agree with Six?
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  Just think about this for a bit.....

  by Surreptitious in

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  ecclesiastes 12:12

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  Ecclesiastes 12:12
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  The GodFather, starring Paul Shaffer

  by SixofNine in

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  wow.

  my father was also 56 when i was born.

  letterman's been letterman for so long now, it's hard to imagine him as a dad.. letterman to become a dad.

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  I thought he was gay too. Who knows? Maybe he was/is?
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  Is the WTS slowly turning into a mainstream religion?

  by obiwan in

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  i took this off of xjw_b12's thread.

  (hope you don't mind).

  "when considering whether to include a pinata at a social gathering, christians should be sensitive to the consciences of others.

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  It doesn't appear to me that this article or the sentence in question is talking about anything other than pinatas.

  "The practise" is referring to pinatas and not giving carte blanche to "the practise" of other activities with pagan origins.

  So it seems to me....
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  AWAKE! asks, are we Slaves of fashion?

  by plmkrzy in

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  Saw this when it came out.

  Best cover I've ever seen them do.

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  I'm back, and survived the plane flight!!

  by ScoobySnax in

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  just got back from corfu today, naturally looking like a bronzed adonis.. even the plane flight wasn't as bad as i thought, even though it was a bit bumpy on the ride home.

  hired a car and saw some of the island, beautiful scenery, sandy beaches, secluded coves, olive groves and historical monuments.

  the greeks are such fantastically warm and friendly.

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  Hmmmm Hamas and Scooby eh?
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  For all you parents.....or anyone who was ever a child.....

  by Surreptitious in

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  do children need ritual in their lives?

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  I'm not talking about structure. I'm not talking about religion. I'm not talking about learning.

  I'm talking about routine that has become ritualistic. As in some of the examples I sited earlier. Or as Dictionary.com says: "A state or condition characterized by the presence of established procedure or routine."

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  For all you parents.....or anyone who was ever a child.....

  by Surreptitious in

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  do children need ritual in their lives?

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  Yeah Rocketman, that counts! That's exactly what I was referring to. Or like Happyout's bedtime stories. Or Joanna's "Uncle Moe's Tree Farm" visits. Or like, every Sunday morning we always have waffles. Or, every Saturday morning Dad takes the kids fishing and always stops at the same bait store and tells jokes to the same clerk, and we always buy salt and vinegar chips and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups and Dr. Pepper to snack on in the boat. That kind of thing.

  Routine occurances that have transcended "routine" and become "ritual". I'm not referring to anything to do with religion.

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  For all you parents.....or anyone who was ever a child.....

  by Surreptitious in

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  do children need ritual in their lives?

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  LL, thanks for the definitions. My question most closely relates to "ritual" definition 2/2/c. You're right, perhaps routine is a better word, however "ritual" seems to capture the more subtle sense. In other words, I'm wondering if children need a sense of 'ritual" in their "routines".

  Syrup