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  Please nominate your favourite film and say why you rate it so highly.

  by lifelong humanist in

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  i've just watched all 3 parts of francis ford coppola's epic godfather once again.

  it is a superb achievement on many levels.

  each viewing reveals something new and fresh.. i recall, as a good jw at the time, not seeing it when released as it was not certified as 'suitable' given the content for jws.

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  The Princess Bride

  So many great lines.
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  Attended DC this weekend, quick recap...the End may not be imminent could take a million years but its still coming

  by shopaholic in

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  attended the dc this weekend in california with a jw acquaintance of mine that wanted to go 'jw man-hunting' and didn't want to go alone.

  she knows i'm not active and haven't been to a meeting in a long time and have no interest in jw men.

  i think she feels like she has the best of both worlds with me, anyway it was interesting...the gb appears to be changing their tune and i don't think the masses even realize it.. br.

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  Wow! What a friend you are. I would have probably walked out......except JW women are so easy. :)
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  Ever had some Witness storm out or turn off a Movie you were watching! Which one?

  by Witness 007 in

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  i was watching steve martin "leap of faith" pg rated mind you with some witnesses.

  he plays a fake faith healer.

  their were a couple swear words, and the brothers asked me to switch it off.. same thing happened with christine applegate movie {pg 13} "don't tell mom the babysiters dead.

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  Crocodile Dundee........Yeah, My pioneer sister in law and her husband walked out when the girl bent over to get some water while wearing her skimpy swimsuit. There were a few cuss words at the beginning of the movie that made them squirm. Oh well. We sat there and watched the rest of it even though we'd seen it before.
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  New here

  by Heartbreaker in

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  i have no idea what i want to convey in words here on this site, and have surprised myself by even joining at all.

  i intended just to read, and get a few pieces of information, and now am a member, and spend many hours looking through posts old and new alike.

  i am a current jw, born into it, and lets just say i'm in my thirties, female, and a mom of more than your average kids.

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  tydy

  Hello Heartbreaker.

  Welcome to the other side of life. Many of us have been in your shoes. Most of us in this "community" can empathize with your circumstances, your choices and your state of mind. Pretty Scary, Huh?

  I used to be a regular on this board years ago. In fact, it's been 9 years since I was awakened. Had an epiphany one night and my faith fell like a house of cards. Trust me, though, that's not enough. You've already experienced the first difficult situation. Discussing your lack of faith with your husband. You are about to go through some tough times. You're going to have friends asking questions they don't really want the answer to. You're going to lose friends and family. There are many choices to make about how to handle your exit. Good Luck. I mean it.

  Don't be scared. The sacrifices that you make will be eclipsed by the joy you find in your own freedom. This freedom is what I treasure the most. You can look forward to a "normal" life.

  Speaking of "normal". There's no such thing. Yeah, the definition of normal lives in your head. It's your job to decide what's normal, right, wrong, good, bad. You've begun questioning the organization. Don't stop there. Question everything. Just think things through. Some feel a need to set their life on a new course immediately. It may take a while to ride out this coming storm of personal change. Find some new friends. That was a tough one for me. After 9 years I'm just beginning to understand how to keep friends. How to be a friend. So get started. Be choosy but not judgemental.

  Funny that you mention birthdays and the fact that you tried to research the subject. The prohibition of birthday celebrations was so easy to prove wrong that I couldn't believe I never saw the scriptures before. We were raised with the arguement that the only birthday celebrations mentioned in the bible resulted in the death of someone so that must mean that god disapproves..........Please read Job 1:4:

  4 And his sons went and held a banquet at the house of each one on his own day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 And it would occur that when the banquet days had gone round the circuit, Job would send and sanctify them; and he got up early in the morning and offered up burnt sacrifices according to the number of all of them; for, said Job, “maybe my sons have sinned and have cursed God in their heart.” That is the way Job would do always.

  and Job 3:1-3;

  1 It was after this that Job opened his mouth and began to call down evil upon his day. 2 Job now answered and said:

  3 “Let the day perish on which I came to be born,

  You have Job referring to the day of his birth as his day, right? You also have Job blessing his sons on their day. The day of their birth. Of course it could be argued that we have another example of people dying on a birthday but............the important thing is......Job was a friend of God and yet he and his family were in the habit of celebrating birthdays. " and that man proved to be blameless and upright, and fearing God and turning aside from bad."

  Hope that helps just a bit. It did me. In fact, the more you research the teachings of the JWs and find out where they are wrong the easier this whole process will be. If you cling to some of your faith it will torture you and could ultimately tear your family apart. Be strong. Support each other and LEARN as much as possible.

  You'll find all kinds on this discussion board and some may even turn into good friends. Just remember that there are good people everywhere. They're just not good all the time.

  Good luck and much love

  TimB
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  Society on Documenting Personal Views

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  question: does the watchtower society want individual witnesses expressing personal viewpoints about vital religious issues to persons whose intent is to record and document the findings?

  the following letter written under the new letterhead from the societys service department documents the answer to this question.

  christian congregation of jehovahs witnesses.

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  tydy

  The thing that really stood out to me was this.

  "When approached by researchers, the elder should treat them kindly, and he may listen to what they have to say."

  When they say the word ....may.... they imply that they have the power to grant permission. That means that they could just have easily said "may not". This should show to outsiders the kind of authority the ORG. has. In this case we're not refering to speaking to the researcher. They are refering to just listening to him. What kind of organization will reserve to right to tell its members to whom they may or may not listen.

  Tim