My wife sometimes plays this on her guitar at dinner parties when the subject of psychotherapy comes up. Basically, a thing is a phallic symbol if it's longer than it's wide..
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A brilliant psychologist
by voodoo lady ini've been seeing a brilliant psychologist.
he has been pivotal in drawing the parallels between my jw upbringing - specifically the hypocrisy i saw as a child - and the reason i've tolerated lies and inconsistencies in my most significant adult relationship.. i've seen one other psychologist in the past.
she didn't get the issues surrounding the religion whatsoever, didn't regard that aspect of my backstory as relevant, and was of little help to me.. has anyone else seen a psychologist - whether for help with coping in the aftermath of leaving the religion, or for seemingly unrelated issues that actually turned out to be related?
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Attending memorial tomorrow?
by Ghiagirl inthis is my first year i will not attend memorial.
to be honest if it wasn't for my husband i would probably be going still.
he says what's the point, don't be one of those people who doesn't give a sh** but just shows there face once a year.
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Ex-Christians being angry
by Jonathan Drake ini know i'm angry.
i was curious if others are too.
i feel completely justified in my anger as well.
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JD, hopefully in time you'll come to the conclusion that all religions are just plain tedious. Once boredom settles in the anger quickly evaporates. At that point, everything you do and conclude really is of your own free will. Without the reward / punishment expectancy of a typical Xtian, life can be so much better. -
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Indiana "Religious Freedom" (right to discriminate)
by Simon insickening to see the photo of the religious zealots all stood around the governor signing into law the right for people to discriminate against others (gay, lesbian, trans-gender) based purely on religious dogma.. if religious people want those freedoms then the can't have it both ways - they cannot complain if *they* are discriminated against.. "sorry, we don't like zionists, get out".
"oh, it's some special mass and you can't work your shift?
you're fired!"..
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It may be legal to post such a sign but it isn't legal to act on it in a discriminatory manner as considered by the Constitution and the courts. But you all already know that; you are simply whining about your feelings and wishing the world catered to them. And wasting everyone's time.
We don't have a constitution in the UK. And I'm not whining. Offering information for others to read is not discriminatory either. Nor is it a waste of time.
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Indiana "Religious Freedom" (right to discriminate)
by Simon insickening to see the photo of the religious zealots all stood around the governor signing into law the right for people to discriminate against others (gay, lesbian, trans-gender) based purely on religious dogma.. if religious people want those freedoms then the can't have it both ways - they cannot complain if *they* are discriminated against.. "sorry, we don't like zionists, get out".
"oh, it's some special mass and you can't work your shift?
you're fired!"..
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Just curious. I've also sometimes seen little signs in trader's windows or in restaurants that state that the management reserve the right to refuse service or refuse admission at the owner's discretion. I did once question the validity of such a statement with the owner of a drinking establishment and he informed me that, yes, it was legal, but that if a trader gave a reason for refusing service, he could then be liable to a civil prosecution. So if he didn't want to deal with someone he would simply state that he was sorry, but he was not prepared to serve them, end of story. -
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'Theocratic Warfare' - Do you know when and where it started?
by EdenOne inwe all hear this notion of "theocratic warfare", and how it is used to justify jehovah's witnesses to lie or withhold the truth even under oath, based on the reasoning that we don't owe the truth to those who aren't entitled to it.
but, can we put our finger on where this doctrine started?
well, brace yourselves, here it is.
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The best bit of Franz I ever heard was when he referred to a conversation he'd had the day before. A sister had told him that she hated keeping her infant children up late for the meetings. He proceeded to tell us all at the DC that he'd replied to the sister: "A tired child is better than a dead child".
wooooo..
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How do you feel about religion as a whole?
by FatherFirst init just seems to me religion in general primarily makes truly bad people worse, not genuinly good people better; and in many cases has even made good people do bad things in the name of their religion.
just curious, a personal poll if you will.
what are you guys' current views on religion as a whole?
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I never had any any interest whatsoever in religion. My parents were converted while I was still in my childhood and i loathed the whole damn thing with a passion. I found meetings incredibly boring and despised door-to-door work. Eventually I became convinced that the fault was mine and did my best to measure up, but it was never in my heart.
These days my interests revolve solely around the sociological implications of being a witness, I'm especially concerned for the children of witness parents, most of whom are being brought up to be social outcasts. The only other JW interest I have is proving them to be false prophets by quoting their own literature back at them, but I most confess that is something of a fun thing for me..
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"BRAZEN CONDUCT" The current way of enforcing disciplinary action.
by stuckinarut2 inthe penalty of this charge??
yes, disfellowshipping.. bad association?
excessive time at work?
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Actually, as a translation I think "brazen conduct" is an improvement over the more ambiguous "loose conduct."
I always assumed "loose conduct" was a sex thing. Isn't it?
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Air Canada Crash, oops, I mean "hard landing"
by Simon injust watched the news about the air canada crash in halifax that they want to claim was just a "hard landing".. i can only imagine the distinction matters for insurance purposes otherwise they are just being idiots.
pretty poor behavior for the airline whatever the motivation imo.. now i'm no plane expert but i think when then plane is smashed up, the engines have come off and the nose is in pieces that should be obviously classed as a crash.
if you can't take off again then you have been in a crash, not a hard landing.. .
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Were these girls at Halifax airport doing their end-of-the-runway dancing again?
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How Radicalised are Jehovah's Witnesses?
by snugglebunny inback in the early 70's, the wt stated that all persons who had lived and died would be resurrected after armageddon.
only non believers would be killed at armageddon, never to return.
in short, if you died before the big a, you were guaranteed to return.. this gave rise amongst several ex's to concerns that their well-meaning jw parents might just consider the possibilty of having their offspring "lovingly" bumped off so as to ensure their resurrection!.
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Back in the early 70's, the WT stated that all persons who had lived and died would be resurrected after armageddon. Only non believers would be killed at armageddon, never to return. In short, if you died before the big A, you were guaranteed to return.
This gave rise amongst several ex's to concerns that their well-meaning JW parents might just consider the possibilty of having their offspring "lovingly" bumped off so as to ensure their resurrection!
I'm just recalling an article a while back in which mentioned that JW's maybe asked to do something that might seem at first to be an unreasonable course of action. That seemed a little weird.
I guess I'm just rambling a little, but IMHO, anyone who could disown their own children for a religion just has to be pretty radicalised.