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  Turning Ya Mom into a Ring!?

  by ISP in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  cremated remains of woman 'made into a diamond stone'

  the cremated remains of an 80-year-old woman have been presented to her family in the form of a diamond stone, the first delivery of this kind in the world.. the remains of edna macarthur from alberta, canada were compressed into a three gramme sample and flown to italy.. intense heat was then used to incorporate the remains into carbon used to craft a diamond.. "this is the first presentation of a synthetic diamond made in this way," brian crawford, president of edmonton-based fountain garden funeral services.. the quarter carat diamond was presented to macarthur's granddaughter, tracey somerville.. the family planned to have the stone placed in a golden ring.. the quarter carat diamond cost the family can$3,240 (1,281) which crawford said was much cheaper than the cost of a burial with a moderately priced wooden casket.

  its manufacturing process took two weeks.. crawford said his company has already received three more orders, including a pre-arranged order from a living person.. another company, the toronto-based images for eternity, offers artwork incorporating cremated remains on paintings.

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  Keep or dump

  by Mercedes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i need some advice.

  i have been dating this guy for 3 years.

  of those 3 years, he has cheated on me many many times, but i can only prove some.

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  Did you follow instructions carefully?

  by Outaservice in

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  2. friends

  the society reports millions of hours spent in the field service yearly.

  when you were active did you follow theocratic instructions carefully and faithfully?.

  did you stop for a coffee break and keep your time going?

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  Tolerance

  by Xena in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you know most of us spend a large part of our lives in a religion that allowed for no independant thinking.

  we were taught and taught others that ours was the only way and anyone who thought differently was going to be judged unworthy and die.

  anyone who presumed to think outside the box was branded "apostate" or not good association.

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  The irony of it all

  by sleepy in

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  2. friends

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  over the past few months i've found it hard not to feel anger and bitterness at wasting my youth on the watchtower , all the things i didn't do that i wanted to and will never be able to, at least not in the same way.. learning my father is dying of cancer has not helped, i feel his life was wasted in the truth, he was only tring to do what he thought was right.i think of my parents as a young couple just married in 1972, and reciveing a call from two young witnesses of a similar age.they must have believed they had found something special that they could give to their children.. sometimes i wish these things had not happened.. and yet would my life had been better if they hadn't?.

  would my parents still have been together after 30 years, what would my childhood have been like if my dad had not learned to control his temper?being a natural rebelious idividual how would i have turned out, knowing how most of my friends from school turned out?would i have developed the qualities that i now value without by upbringing?not worring about being different anymore?would the paths i could have gone down been any better?i would certainly have not met my wife, and the experiences i have enjoyed as a result,my desire to now push myself and accomplish something great in my life may not have developed so strongly, the desire that may possible move me to success.. the irony is that being brough up a witness has shaped my personallity, determined the people i have met and those i have avoided, maybe my life would not have been so could if those witnesses had never called on my parents.

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  Hello all. Just introducing myself

  by JamesThomas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my first introduction post and my second post all together.

  i hid in the corner for some time, just watching.

  i was raised from about the age of five in the "truth".

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  Help! Neighbor starting a study

  by Trotafox in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am so furious.

  the very zealous elderly pioneer sister who lives across the street (alberta) has been canvassing the neighborhood for studies.

  i watch her walk up and down the street and being very friendly and helpful with her neighbors (all the while preaching to them i'm sure).

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  Christian - Pagan Parallels.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  an inscription in the vatican states plainly, "he who will not eat of my body, nor drink of my blood so that he may be one with me and i with him, shall not be saved.".

  this is not terribly surprising, unless you consider that this is inscribed on the remains of the temple the vatican was built on- one dedicated to the god mithras.

  such eerie parallels between the pronouncements of jesus and mithras are not the only similarities.

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  Jesus or Jehovah?

  by Seven in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i ran across this on truthsearcher.

  i would appreciate anyone's thoughts on this.. __________.

  who is the "alpha and omega" and the first and last"-jesus or jehovah?.

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  It's that time, singles..... sign in please

  by dancnsteph in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hey there all you singles.

  it's that time in the show where we all sign in and tell a little about ourselves.

  i guess i will get the ball rolling here.. my name is stephanie.

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