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You'll Never Forget Fata Morgana!
by compound complex in
1. jw
2. friends
what my friend photographed while we were viewing the pacific ocean:.

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Dunkirk.
by zeb in
1. social
2. current
i have just seen the film "dunkirk".

do yourselves a big favour and go see it.

(not for kids).
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Daily Text July 21, 2017: Jehovah is a loving father?
by Sanchy in
1. jw
2. friends
is jehovah really a loving and compassionate "father" to his children?

as a jw i would have definitely answered "yes", followed by the typical "he allows suffering, but doesn't cause it", or perhaps the "he has created us to enjoy life and wants us to be happy" mumbo jumbo.

today's daily text demonstrate this reasoning (bold mine):.
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The saddest song of all time?
by Bad_Wolf in
1. social
2. entertainment
i would pick this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2w6oxx0kq.

i don't know how so many are happy or fine if thinking this life is it.

haven't lost parents yet, but when with them, sometimes i'll think of this song.
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Mom was a bag lady, and her son . . .
by compound complex in
1. social
2. humour
is a bag man.. i take bags with me everywhere: paper and canvas shopping bags, designer sacs, wine-tote bags, and so forth.

there is so much to transport, drop off, and new stuff to bring to my digs.

an assortment awaits me in the foyer as i head out to do some long-postponed and needed acquisition.
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No princesess in new order? Really??
by dugout in
1. jw
2. friends
a couple of months ago this crazy gb member via video gave a talk about their would be princes in the new order but no princesses.

i thought that was so funny.

especially after he beated around the bush the whole talk, finally saying in the last sentence their would be princes but no princesses in the new system,then the video just blacked out.
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Why is the approval of family so important?
by jwfacts in
1. jw
2. experiences
one of the reasons people remain pimo is fear of losing family.

those that are disfellowshipped and shunned regularly comment about how devastated that they have lost the approval of their parents.. when i respond to emails from people saying how difficult it is being estranged or looked down on by their parents, i would like to say that over time they will come to terms with it, except i not sure that people ever do.

i cannot shake that feeling either.
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"We dont mourn the dead"
by HereIgo in
1. jw
2. experiences
i remember a brother making the above statement in regards to an elderly sister who had passed.

he stated we don't mourn or even visit grave sites because we have a hope that jah will resurrect the dead.

it seemed really creepy at the time, hell, even jesus wept when lazarus died.
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Ritualistic behaviour within the JW faith
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was thinking about how the society criticises other faiths such as catholics because of their ritualistic procedures.. but couldn't it be said that witnesses have their own deeply ritualistic behaviours?.

think about the prayers said at meetings.

they all have to follow the same basic style and theme, and include the same basic content.. what about the ritualistic procedures of the memorial, and the passing of emblems - even to the servers and speaker (although they actually handle them more than everyone, they do their own special act of passing them to each other).
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Did you have a favorite pub . . .
by compound complex in
1. jw
2. friends
publication, that is?.

i just found all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial in storage.

i enjoyed studying it, as well as make sure of all things, hold fast to what is fine.. our thinking has changed, of course, but, back then, did you have a wt publication you especially liked?.