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Cliffords Really Big Movie..
by flower ini almost always review movies before i take my son to a movie or rent a video not just to make sure its appropriate for a 4 year old but also because i like to know if i'm going to be bored out of my mind right from the beginning.
finding nemo was great, brother bear was a snoozefest.. .
obviously the content was fine but i wanted to see just how bored i would be as i suffered through cliffords really big movie which he somehow caught an ad of and wants to see.
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Ohhh yea thats in the OT....
by flower inwhen people mention some of the atrocities and bizarre laws commanded by god in the bible, the most frequently used argument seems to be something to this effect .."thats in the old testament which is no longer binding for us today since jesus as the 'lamb' cleared away the need for its rules and regulations".
however, i do not know where they get this idea other than from religious leaders (jw or otherwise) who spoon feed them that reasoning so that they can excuse the majority of evil that the bible promotes and so they can assign a kinder, more loving nature to god.. i find no proof that the ot should be ignored.
even according to scriptures in the new testament the ot should be adhered to.
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Two years later......
by flower insomeone said something recently that reminded me of a post i made just after discovering this board and the 'truth' about the jw's.
in fact, it was two years ago this weekend that i posted this http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/21607/1.ashx .
the thread sparked some very interesting conversations, at least in my opinion and it also was the day reality really hit me hard.
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I have a bone to pick with society...Re: MEN and KIDS
by flower inwhy is it that if a man passes by at the mall or grocery store toting a baby or little kids along gets all kinds of admiring looks from strangers?
especially if he puts the kid in one of those baby pouch thingys....geez he may as well be a god.
if he has toddlers and they are acting up its not his fault hes doing the best he can after all.
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Anyone following this story? If so, what do you think should happen to her?
by flower inpersonally this story sickens me but as much as i can appreciate being brainwashed in a cult i just cant see doing something like this no matter what god wanted.
but then again we believed some pretty crazy things too and how many jw kids died by not taking blood transfusions.
i dont know where i stand on this one.. http://www.turnto10.com/news/2784659/detail.htmltestimony begins in sect mother's murder trialdefense argues sect brainwashed defendant.
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Speaking of MLK....
by flower inok so i'm talking to my kid (4) today about martin luther king and the importance of the things that he believed in.
he is in preschool and they also talked about mlk in school apparently which i think is great.
i asked him what he learned about mlk and he said he that he was a 'special man because he cared about people and he said it didnt matter what they looked like'.
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Any Swiss here?
by flower ini'm doing a whirlwind visit to zurich in mid march and since i wont have much time i'm looking for suggestions and insider tips on how a foreigner can get the most out of a 4-5 day visit.
the trip is work related but most of my time will be free.
i'm so tempted to take a few extra days and hop over to italy since i'll be so close but i dont think it will be financially feasable.
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Snow, Snow, Go away...come again another day...
by flower inchecking in from new england where the snow is still falling steadily.
its been snowing since friday here and were pretty much buried under about 30 inches already in this particular part of massachusetts.
just came in from walking to dunkin donuts for coffee after digging out the car.
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my heart hurts.
by flower inwell i have been feeling a bit like crap lately.
work has been very stressful and my attempts to make new friends outside of the jw's have been mostly futile.
the people i work with are immature and are more interested in the latest office gossip and whose doing what than anything else.
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Is this really a practical way to live?
by flower ini got one of those emails today.. you know those emails that are so profound and deep and are meant to stir your emotions.
the kind that say you should send it to 10 of your closest friends and if they send it back to you you are...... like, superfriend or something.
anyway this particular one was about how quickly life passes by and how we are so caught up in lifes struggles that a lot of times we dont stop to enjoy it.