i like her videos about self-injury and other mental and physical problems, that could happened to young people.... she say that she is an active jw and regularly visit the meetings and go to service.. http://www.youtube.com/user/idranktheseawater.
but... what can you say about her wearing and hair style?.
it's cool, but it's "non-spiritual" style, not for "true" jw, isn't it ?!
idranktheseawater - I appreciated the insights your videos offered. Unfortunately, when you put yourself out here on the Internet, you are going to get lots of negative stuff. It goes with the territory. I hope you can maintain a thick skin - it isn't easy.
But when it comes to the JW stuff, I hope you can take a sober second look here on this site. Good luck - you are a brave woman.
i remember when i was a "devout" jws i could not wait to get the new watchtowers and awakes from the wednesday nite theocratic ministry school.
i would actually salivate thinking of the new information jehovah had in the magazines for us.
i was "franatical" and i would go home still in my three piece suit and devour the magazines that very nite.
I'm among those who do not appreciate the topic of this thread. An addiction is defined as a behaviour that is difficult to stop or control and that interferes with your life in unacceptable ways that cause harm to yourself and your family. How dare you imply that BLondie is addicted in any way to those rags? She provides an incredible service that, as others have noted, is "taking one for the team". Blondie is amazing and we all greatly appreciate her work on our behalf. She cares. WE need more people like her in this world.
Edited to add: so, are any of us who read her analyses also addicted? I don't think so. We are trying to help loved ones who are still trapped by the cult. What higher purpose is there?
i always wanted to visit the west part of this great continent.
if you are familiar with this city, what part should i avoid, and waht are good places to eat and visit?.
The University of B.C. is a beautiful place to visit - and a tour of the Museum of Anthropology with its Haida artifacts is an absolute highlight.
this is horrible.
train derailment happened in lac-megantic, quebec.
officials expect the death toll to increase.
I constantly hear the pipeline debate at the Legislature. I agree, Think about It, that pipelines are safer than trains in general. At the very least, the possibility of human error is less. In reading how this horrible accident occurred, I'm surprised at the process of leaving the train braked and unattended - especially since the fire department had been called to attend a fire in the locomotive only a few hours previous. Something seems odd about the whole story.
Yes, there is a push for profit that sometimes transcends safety, but by the same token, these big companies do not gain anything by a disaster like this. Safety is a pretty big thing in the oil patch and transport industries. I've got family and friends working in both, and I know they take it seriously. Where things break down, I think, is in trying to find efficiencies. A friend of mine who works here at CN told me many horror stories of management practices that created unsafe working conditions simply because they were trying to operate more "efficiently" translate: cheaply.
But getting back to the pipeline, I'd be far more comfortable with a pipeline transporting oil through my community than having it criss-crossed by rail and trains carrying all kinds of hazardous goods. I don't know the stats, but I'd wager that there are a lot of train accidents compared to pipeline.
i mentioned i was cleaning the forum archive when i bumped this thread by oompa:.
damm i miss jwd...this place will always be jwd to me.... rather than turn that into a discussion of the archive, i'll answer slimboyfat's concern here.. the things i'm clearing up are either:.
time specific and non jw related (e.g.
I guess I'm a bit of a hoarder by nature. I don't like to toss things that might have value one day. But I'm okay with the occasional housecleaning.
However, when it comes to records and library-type archives, I'm with SlimBoyFat. I often wonder about these treasured letters that we see on occasion from people who became famous after their death - what prompted someone to keep them instead of tossing them? They have become an important historical archive, yet at the time (and perhaps for many years after) they probably had no apparent value to anyone. But we are sure glad someone kept them. So where do you draw the line?
As jgnat says, there is a lot of trash in libraries. But I've also seen obscure "trashy" early works by authors, artists, etc. become important parts of the whole picture. What if someone had tossed them? I'll use an example of a project I'm currently working on - archiving the political record of my province. They are trying to put all the bills online, and have managed to find most of them - but the very first bill ever passed here is gone. No one bothered to keep it. It wasn't important at the time. It sure is now. In my research I've come across all kinds of things that it would be important and valuable to help us know more of the story - letters, stories, commentaries. But it's all been trashed and is gone.
When it comes to thoughts, opinions, personal chronicles of growth, etc. - who is to say what matters and what doesn't? You may no longer be friends with someone so you throw out all their correspondence. What if that friend was Shakespeare?
I just scanned the topics here, and already I can see a very different board. I don't see any topics dealing with fun, humour, lightness. I'm guessing a lot of this was deemed fluff. But was it, really? Whether you agree or not, this board is a community, and a community does all kinds of things together - laugh, cry, play games, and discuss serious stuff. What happens when you edit all that out after the fact?
With forums a whole other ethical issue arises. If you start to delete threads, what about links? Then do you delete posters who are no longer around? What about loss of continuity? Do you start editing threads so they make sense? Then what happens to intent and meaning of those who posted originally? ARe they now left with bits and pieces of a conversation that says something quite different than intended? Stuff that is on the Internet forever that no longer reflects original intent? It's complicated. And how do you judge which pieces should be kept or discarded? I know I feel differently about things on any given day, and I've often regretted things I've tossed.
I guess when it comes to the Internet the rules around saving information will continue to evolve, but I'm still on the side that says keep it all.
i've just had the official results on my pgce.
i'm not posting here to boast, but to encourage any who may have abandoned education because of the pressure as a jw, and who may feel that it's too late to return and achieve such goals.
in the 1980s i stopped halfway through my b.ed honours and accepted a dip.h.e.
Excellent, Loz. I know the feeling - it is truly wonderful!
they've moved it to edmonton.
none of the calgary group will miss a single moment of this rich spiritual feast.
no doubt jah is not letting a little thing like a flood stop anything.
They've moved it to Edmonton. None of the Calgary group will miss a single moment of this rich spiritual feast. No doubt Jah is not letting a little thing like a flood stop anything. Wonder why he didn't stop the flood in the first place?
the natick, ma assemble hall used to have it's own room for breastfeeding mothers.
they changed this room to the accounting room or something like that and now have seats available for breastfeeding inside the bathroom.. there is one other small room available for breastfeeding but they close that off when the baptism is going on.
needless to say, i used to get so pissed off that they actually wanted me to breastfeed in the bathroom that i would threaten to a brother that i would take my boob out in front of everybody and that is there problem because breastfeeding in a bathroom is unsanitary.. one year they put me in some backroom.
Well, I used to breastfeed in public, but I believe in being discreet. There is no need for anyone to even know what you are doing if you cover yourself. Yes, breastfeeding is a woman's right, and a necessity, but it doesn't have to be done in a way that offends other people. I often breastfed in the front row of the hall, and I'm pretty sure no one ever guessed.
They are really quite dumb when it comes to mothers and children, though. I can see setting up an area in a back room, but the bathroom is just ridiculous, unless it's one of those fancy upper-class types with a sitting area. They like to make things as difficult as possible for mothers with small children. I think it's one of their loyalty and endurance tests.
as i continue to post these letters just to let people see what they can expect through a fade, i hope they are not annoying anyone.. if so please let me know and i will no longer post them.
however i think these letters help you to see how cultish and crazy this religion causes people to become:.
evening <name removed>,.
soso - I used to get these kinds of letters all the time from my mom and my aunt. They are very hard to take, and my mom wouldn't hesitate to say some really awful things. But I understand the perspective. They really, truly believe you are going to die. They really believe you are somehow an evil, different person because you no longer follow the religion. In a twisted way, the letters are an act of love, because they are hoping you will be moved to come back into the faith, and by extension, the family.
I tried responding with reason, i.e. "my daughters and I are good, moral people. We love you and want a relationship with you, but we no longer believe the same things. CAn't you respect that?" I also tried, "you raised me to be an independent thinker. It's a good thing to think for myself". I never attempted to change her opinion, just tried to always send the message that we were good people and still worthy of love. I didn't always respond, but tried to keep it succinct, just "thank you for caring, but we are fine" type message.
My mom finally slowed down with the letters, although she would start up at certain triggers - holidays, political things. We read these letters with our eyes opened and see things so clearly now. If you can look beyond that and remember the power of the cult mentality, understanding that the writer really does believe they will save you from death, it can be more tolerable.
hi there, this is my first post, but i've been buzzing around this site for years.. i got married at 18, hubby was 20, i was a regular pioneer and we were talking about serving in bethel.
fast forward - i left in 2004 after a 5 year battle with my conscience, family and friends who kept insisting that i was just "weak and needed to have another bible study".
however hubby and i stayed together although it was kinda on the understanding that we would just not talk about it.
Can't add too much more to all this excellent advice, BornFree. By the sounds of it your guy likely wouldn't cooperate, but something you might want to look into as a way to help reduce your costs is collaborative divorce. http://www.collaborativepractice.com/
I also agree that he is using you as a scapegoat so he does not have to accept personal responsibility for anything.
My situation was very different, but the key lesson and regret I have over my divorce is that I waited too long and dragged my feet and let the ex have way too much leeway. I ended up the loser, so did my kids. Sounds like you are doing the right things. I'd just suggest you keep at it, don't let him distract you, and try to get things cut cleanly as quickly as possible.
