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  Do our loved pets come back when we do?

  by Nichole in

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  i have recently started studying and im really enjoying learning all about the truth!

  i am a huge animal lover and have my dog trixie for 11 years now, i got her when i was 12 years old and she has been the best friend and companion, i am so lucky and grateful to have her at my side every single day!

  i get worried a lot about what will happen when the time comes that she has to leave me, anytime i even think about it i start to cry because it would break my heart not to have her with me anymore!

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  NN : :mmmm,, BACON~!

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  Do our loved pets come back when we do?

  by Nichole in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have recently started studying and im really enjoying learning all about the truth!

  i am a huge animal lover and have my dog trixie for 11 years now, i got her when i was 12 years old and she has been the best friend and companion, i am so lucky and grateful to have her at my side every single day!

  i get worried a lot about what will happen when the time comes that she has to leave me, anytime i even think about it i start to cry because it would break my heart not to have her with me anymore!

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  VI , I have a friend who has a farm, an organic one. We don't have to treat animals like 'livestock', ie, the factory farm. The fowl and pigs are fed food from our tables, and not penned in prisons. They are happy - we are omnivores, and yes, they provide food. But they do not live a life of sufering
  
  And hell, yeah! Pigs are super intelligent, and very CLEAN. The dirty pig is a myth. I would love to have a porcine friend.

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  In recent interview, Patti Smith talks about being raised JW.

  by talesin in

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  from interview magazine, in october.

  she has a new memoir, should be a good read.. [bold is mine, and yes!

  to whole thing, and especially the last sentence.].

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  d4g - me, too! and you're welcome. Looking forward to the read.

  eyeuse2b -- Patti seems to have poured her angst into her poetry.. we are all survivors! xo
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  Do our loved pets come back when we do?

  by Nichole in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have recently started studying and im really enjoying learning all about the truth!

  i am a huge animal lover and have my dog trixie for 11 years now, i got her when i was 12 years old and she has been the best friend and companion, i am so lucky and grateful to have her at my side every single day!

  i get worried a lot about what will happen when the time comes that she has to leave me, anytime i even think about it i start to cry because it would break my heart not to have her with me anymore!

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  talesin

  Seriously?

  No. It's just a comforting fantasy. xo
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  Do our loved pets come back when we do?

  by Nichole in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have recently started studying and im really enjoying learning all about the truth!

  i am a huge animal lover and have my dog trixie for 11 years now, i got her when i was 12 years old and she has been the best friend and companion, i am so lucky and grateful to have her at my side every single day!

  i get worried a lot about what will happen when the time comes that she has to leave me, anytime i even think about it i start to cry because it would break my heart not to have her with me anymore!

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  Godless witch that I am, this poem brings me comfort.
  
  ** wait, listen, can you hear it? It's her ........ " xoxoxo

  Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

  When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

  All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

  They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

  You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

  Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

  Author unknown...
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  Do our loved pets come back when we do?

  by Nichole in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have recently started studying and im really enjoying learning all about the truth!

  i am a huge animal lover and have my dog trixie for 11 years now, i got her when i was 12 years old and she has been the best friend and companion, i am so lucky and grateful to have her at my side every single day!

  i get worried a lot about what will happen when the time comes that she has to leave me, anytime i even think about it i start to cry because it would break my heart not to have her with me anymore!

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  Hi Nichole,

  Welcome! By now, you know that many people here, are not 'fans' of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Let's talk about your beloved pet. I grew up in the religion, and we were taught that animals are a 'lower species" (for lack of a better term), and that as Genesis says, the animals are here for 'our use'. They are beasts, and it is wrong to be too close. For example, if your dog sleeps in your bed, that would be considered 'weird' by many Jehovah's Witnesses.
  
  That is only one thing that may make you stop and think, before you embrace their teachings. There are many others, but you have chosen to share your love of your dog, so that is a good place to start when examining this question: Do I want to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses?
  
  Oh, a pic of my gurl. RIP Precious Blue

  
  
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  In recent interview, Patti Smith talks about being raised JW.

  by talesin in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  from interview magazine, in october.

  she has a new memoir, should be a good read.. [bold is mine, and yes!

  to whole thing, and especially the last sentence.].

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  Just requested both her memoirs, Just kids, and M train, la bibliotheque. Great reading to start the new year, methinks. The Queen of Punk, some say. Rock goddess Poet xx
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  In recent interview, Patti Smith talks about being raised JW.

  by talesin in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  from interview magazine, in october.

  she has a new memoir, should be a good read.. [bold is mine, and yes!

  to whole thing, and especially the last sentence.].

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  From Interview magazine, in October. She has a new memoir, should be a good read.

  [bold is mine, and yes! to whole thing, and especially the last sentence.]

  ((edit: turns out, at the very bottom, says the interview is from 1976! But book is new.))

  http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/new-again-patti-smith/#_
  

  SMITH: Exactly, because I was real religious when I was young. I wanted to be a missionary. I was a Jehovah's Witness for a long time and I was always going out to preach. I must have been so pathetic because I was so skinny. I had these Brownie socks. I was real proud of the Brownie logo. I wasn't even a Brownie. I just got them—hot Brownie socks! And this little brown and white checkered dress with smocking. And I'd had scarlet fever and I'd lost most of my hair. I just had little tufts, and my mother was always trying to hide it by putting these huge plaid ribbons on my head. I'd go out every Saturday and take my Watchtowers andAwakes! because I was real serious about it. I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God. My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.
  FALAISE MCKENDRY: As a stage towards God you could always aim for being President. Rock 'n' roll songs would be better than presidential speeches. What would you do if you woke tomorrow morning and by some mischance you were President of the United States?
  SMITH: First thing I'd do would be to abolish organized religion. I'd break up the power of the Mormons in Utah. Then I'd get a Cabinet together. I think I'd make Lenny Kaye, my lead guitar, an ambassador to try and patch up relations with Jamaica, and then have some long talks with Bob Marley and see if we couldn't open up Rastafarianism so that it is not a racial religion because I think it's a great religion. It has dope and rock 'n' roll—what a great religion! I realize that people need something to believe in.
  I mean, I always used to seek it from religion and then it just wasn't satisfying enough, so I moved to art
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  Cards Against Humanity

  by Simon in

  1. social
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  we bought this game for xmas because it looked funny and we like board / card games.. https://cardsagainsthumanity.com/.

  omg, it's freakin' hilarious!.

  it turns out too that we're really bad people.

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  I noticed they have a free printable download (just use card stock). For anyone on a budget. I love board games - now, to tear other people away from their screens/headsets. LOL
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  Kevin O'Leary Asked to Invest in Watch Tower Society of Pennsylvania - His Response

  by berrygerry in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwspmjngt6w

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  Wasanelder Once, he is kind of a TV icon in Canada. Not only for Dragon's Den (precursor to Shark's Tank), but also as a financial advisor for years on the "O'Leary Report" (is that the show) on Canada's national public broadasting system, the CBC. (Really good documentaries, btw, and many on youtube - look for The Fifth Estate, CBC or Doc Zone).
  
  These folks are venture capitalists; they are investing to make money, and qquickly. O'Leary's biting sarcasm is well-known, and his lust for Randism is legendary. He hams it up a lot for the camera. So a combination of his 'take-downs' of the entrepreneurs is yeah, kinda funny in the context of the b'Org presenting, looking for venture capital.