Yes great film ....... but .... the greatest Bollywood/English film has to be Laagan. You do have to be Indian and love cricket to truely appreciate it though!
eyeslice
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Slumdog Millionaire! Go see it!
by free2think ini just got back from seeing it and it is fantastic.
all i can say is go see it!.
it was so moving, kept me gripped for the whole time and now i wanna go to india.. also the leading lady, frieda pinto is beautiful..
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I'd buy these two ladies a Kabab
by SixofNine inthey're so beautiful, like a tree, or a high class prostitute.. eric hill, cnn's ac 360 vixen, minx, and mischevious looking cutie pie:.
....and frieda pinto, co-star of slumdog millionaire:.
this goes out to all the beautiful girls:.
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eyeslice
Indian women can be very beautiful when young. Do a google search for aishwarya - porbably the best looking woman in the world!
I used to live in India and had two boys in their late teens out with me. My advice when looking at the young India girls, was go home and meet their mothers; the chances are their daughters will look like them in 20 years time - often overweight and with the slight hint of moustache!
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WT 15th April apostates / new light on miscarriages
by dozy instudy articles have strong counsel against apostates - modern day apostates display characteristics similar to those of the devil.
their mind may be poisoned by a critical attitude towards individuals in the congregations , christian elders or the governing body.
some apostates oppose the use of the divine name , jehovah.
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eyeslice
I cannot begin to comprehend where they get this stuff about the resurrection of still borns and embryos. The Bible simply doesn't touch on such matters- talk about going beyond the things written.
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I am getting a visit - help me prepare for it!!!
by eyeslice inmy wife tells me that i am getting two elders coming to visit me, i assume as part of the 'help them return' initiative.
seems strange that they have asked my wife, who still is a regular attender, rather than give me a call.. has anyone else had a call?
what should be my line be as i don't want to particularly appear 'apostate', especially if there is a chance they will disfellowship me if i take a hard anti-witnees line..
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leavingwt - I am sure you are right about their friendship being conditional.
I did use the expression "former fellow elders and friends" to really mean "former fellow elders and former friends". These guys made life unbearable for me and then dropped me like a hot potato when I stepped down as an elder. I am under no illusion as to the fact that their friendship is conditional.
I am sure that the guys visiting me are apprehensive about the visit. I know too much about what has gone on in the congregation in the past. I also seem to know much of what goes on now as many still regard me as somewhat of a confidant when it comes to matters of disagreeing with the elders.
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Did You Expect Perfection From Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus in....either from others or yourself?.
were you regularly disappointed when the elders, brothers or sisters didn't measure up to what they were preaching?.
did you actually believe "the truth" was 100% true?.
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eyeslice
No, like others, I never expected perfection but did expect high standards in love, empathy and understanding. Unfortunately, these all to often are sadly lacking.
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I am getting a visit - help me prepare for it!!!
by eyeslice inmy wife tells me that i am getting two elders coming to visit me, i assume as part of the 'help them return' initiative.
seems strange that they have asked my wife, who still is a regular attender, rather than give me a call.. has anyone else had a call?
what should be my line be as i don't want to particularly appear 'apostate', especially if there is a chance they will disfellowship me if i take a hard anti-witnees line..
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eyeslice
Just one further point - I doubt that they will offer me a Bible Study. I spent all my childhood and most of my adult life in the 'organization' and always prided myself on being up to date with all the new light and doctrines of the society.
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I am getting a visit - help me prepare for it!!!
by eyeslice inmy wife tells me that i am getting two elders coming to visit me, i assume as part of the 'help them return' initiative.
seems strange that they have asked my wife, who still is a regular attender, rather than give me a call.. has anyone else had a call?
what should be my line be as i don't want to particularly appear 'apostate', especially if there is a chance they will disfellowship me if i take a hard anti-witnees line..
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eyeslice
Thanks for all the advice. Not too sure about burying the wife in back yard though!
Like many here I have been on the other side of the fence but I was never and enforcer elder. I once chaired a JC for a brother who was caught smoking who then confessed to fornication, and still managed to swing it so he wasn't disfellowshipped. I was never one for disfellowshipping especially after a young brother in a near by congregation commited suicide after being disfellowshipped.
I am not going to avoid these guys because (1) I know they will persist, out of genuine concern, if they think I am avoiding them and (2) they were former fellow elders and friends.
I think I know what not to say. which is probably as important as what I will say. I will be very careful with the "do you still believe this God's spirit directed organisation" question.
I am sure that this campaign is to try and help ex-Jws return and not some sort witch-hunt to disfellowship suspected 'apostates', that is unless someone knows better?
The thing that worries me about this senseless religion, is that like Hotel California of the Eagles' song, you can never checkout. I have not been to a meeting for over 5 years, and have been careful never to appear as if I am still under the juristiction of the congregation. If things ever got difficult, then I would make sure that they understood I would never attend any JC meeting. But the bottom line is that although they might not be able to 'disfellowship me', they always have the "so-and-so is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses" option, which is a bit a difficult one to get out of really. If you object to that line, you immediately put yourself back under their perceived jurisdiction, if you don't, then you are confirming their statement. You really can't win.
I will post an update after the visit.
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I am getting a visit - help me prepare for it!!!
by eyeslice inmy wife tells me that i am getting two elders coming to visit me, i assume as part of the 'help them return' initiative.
seems strange that they have asked my wife, who still is a regular attender, rather than give me a call.. has anyone else had a call?
what should be my line be as i don't want to particularly appear 'apostate', especially if there is a chance they will disfellowship me if i take a hard anti-witnees line..
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eyeslice
My wife tells me that I am getting two elders coming to visit me, I assume as part of the 'help them return' initiative. Seems strange that they have asked my wife, who still is a regular attender, rather than give me a call.
Has anyone else had a call? What should be my line be as I don't want to particularly appear 'apostate', especially if there is a chance they will disfellowship me if I take a hard anti-witnees line.
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As a JW Were you Counseled on Grooming, your Dress or Hair Styles ?
by flipper injust another controlling feature of a mind controlled cult.
they always dictate that everyone should look like clones of one another - the same.
from early on i remember my elder dad in the late 1970's telling me as a teenager , " you are an elders son ; little brother jimmy over there looks up to you as an example.
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undercover - I did exactly the same once, I went on holiday and came back with a beard. The difference was I was school overseer at the time and also had a part the same night on the service meeting. I shaved it off for the following Sunday meeting but that didn't stop one elder sounding off at me. I simply told him that not having a beard had more to do with right wing American sterotypes than any Biblical command, so we agreed to leave it at that.
In the early 70's I was counseled for wearing my hair 1 inch over my ears - hardly long haired hippy style. I just wish I had that amount of hair now a days!
I think that was those were the only times in 50 years growing up in and in the truth I ever received any real 'counsel'. No wonder it was a shock to many when I suddenly just quit going.
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In what foreign countries is it acceptable by JWs to have a beard?
by JimmyPage inafter seeing the danish movie "worlds apart" and being told on this board that it is acceptable in some foreign countries, how common is it and where?.
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eyeslice
Afghanistan?