i saw the strangest movie last night.
a 1997 subtitled japanese movie called parasite eve.
it was science fiction.
Beautiful....but....that last picture looks like she's as flat chested as a little boy....
Flat chestedness makes her less beautiful? Maybe this is why some women go through grotesque, disfiguring breast augmentation surgery? You expect that kind of comment from a man with a very narrow view of what is beautiful. Bewildering when you hear it coming from a woman.
Heather
i have been super stressed and busy because of finals and financial crap and owing money all over the place.
i needed to take a time off.
oh i got mono too.
Glad to see you posting again. Your puppy is beautiful. My dad's wife has borders and she flies all over the world doing shows, judging trials as well as teaching obedience training, etc. Wonderful breed of dog.
Heather
some people left the organization because of the united nations scam, 1975, the "generation" change, child abuse issues, not feeling the "love" of the brotherhood, etc.
in all honesty, is there something----that if it hadn't happened----would have kept you still in?
for example, if the child abuse issues were resolved properly, perhaps, some of those that left because of the mishandling, might still be at the meetings.
Out of the org.....I hope life is much happier for you now.
Heather
Bot,
You are far from being a dork or a nerd.
Heather
reading the governing body letter really cracked me up.
they express fear about the devil "assimilating" jws.. watchtower lurkers!
resistance is futile.
Thank you, Analysis. I tried to read the whole thing but it just sounded like the same old song and dance.
Heather
some people left the organization because of the united nations scam, 1975, the "generation" change, child abuse issues, not feeling the "love" of the brotherhood, etc.
in all honesty, is there something----that if it hadn't happened----would have kept you still in?
for example, if the child abuse issues were resolved properly, perhaps, some of those that left because of the mishandling, might still be at the meetings.
If the JWs would have been more loving and truly concerned about each other. Maybe.
If the old geezers at Bethel had really looked at the grueling schedule they had us all keeping and lightened the load considerably. Maybe.
If they had stopped going beyond the scriptures. Maybe. Example: Dfing people for smoking.
If they had stopped making up all those wacky interpretations of prophecies. Maybe.
These are big and powerful maybes. They really took everything I had to give until I was emotionally and physically unable to keep going. They dropped my family and turned a cold heart to our pleas for help. We have never been the same since. So I doubt really there is anything that could have kept us in. They would have had to been more loving and less demanding in the first place. Oh and less outlandish in their claims to interpret prophecy.
Heather
reading the governing body letter really cracked me up.
they express fear about the devil "assimilating" jws.. watchtower lurkers!
resistance is futile.
Reading the Governing Body letter
Care to share so we know what you are talking about?
Heather
the other day dad was telling me about how the wts used to say that the personality was in the blood.
today mom brought home the latest magazines (didn't look at the date) and in the "in our next issue" box there is an article asking if our blood type determines our personality.
maybe they're going to revisit the issue, i understand they never retracted their previous view on the subject.
I am A negative. When I was 14 I was given a blood transfusion that was not crossmatched properly. They can give you positive blood the first time but then it sensatizes you to positive blood then on and you can never have it again. I was also not crossmatched properly for three of the other eight factors. Now I am considered a crossmatch "problem". This was 1972 and I am not sure rhogam was an option.
I wasn't told about this missmatch until I went into have prenatal bloodwork done for my first baby in 1978. By then I was a JW. I had nightmarish problems facing the blood issue that first go around with procedures and the doctors. My daughter was "mildly" ill.
The second baby, my son, I didn't have a lot of problems with the doctors but I did with my baby. I had no clue he was so ill until a few hours after his birth. He ended up in neonatal intensive care and no blood exchange was done.
The result? Both of my children have severe learning disabilities and emotional problems. They have high IQs but have many struggles in life due to their infant RH hemolitic disease. It was explained to me at the time that bilirubin spills over into the brain at some point and dyes the tissue. It can cause brain damage but the doctors aren't sure at what point the bilirubin level becomes dangerous. Well for my children the answer is the bilirubin level didn't have to be that high. For my daughter it was 15 and for my son it was 21. He was the color of pumpkin though by that point. The doctors will exchange transfuse a newborn when the level hits 20. My son was severely anemic for over three months due to my antibodies being still active in his system.
I am left wondering if I had allowed my children to be treated for the Rh disease if they would function better and many nightmares would have been avoided. Is this just one more way the WTBTS has hurt my family? I tend to think so.
Sorry that this seems a bit off topic. In an indirect way blood types did affect the personalities and lives of my children. It still affects our lives.
I am probably too old to have any more children but if I did it would pretty much have to be with an A negative father for the baby to have half a chance. I don't know if my current love is negative or positive.
Heather
Hi FHN!!!Terri
Hey, Terri Sunny Gal!
last evening i recieved an e-mail from my aunt who is not a jw, and she told me that my mom was taken to the hospital with a serious bowel obstruction.
my aunt knowing our family sitution felt it would be a good time to see what your mom would do.
so i called my sister who lives not to far from me.
Orange,
I feel for you. I am going through something similar.
I hope things feel better for you soon. It's not your fault and keep remembering this.
Big hugs,
Heather
