Posts by XJW4EVR

That makes up for all the sleepless nights from infancy till they leave home. My 20 year old son still tells me "I love you, Dad." It melts my heart even more now that he is a man. However, when my soon to be 17 year old daughter says, "I love you, Daddy" I want to get me a shotgun and dare any boy to date her.

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I've never understood why people would choose to have kids

by gubberningbody in

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especially if you can't give your children a perfect world.. i mean, who do people think they are?

jehovah?.

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I have two kids. I am not able to provide them with the perfect world, but they know one thing, they are loved. Having children was the best thing I ever did...just wish I had the children with a different wife.

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Letter to Phoenix Suns owner about AZ immigration laws

by startingover in

don't know if this is authentic or not, but it really doesn't matter.

it's still a great analogy.

the owner of the phoenix suns basketball team, robert sarver, opposes az's new immigration laws.

XJW4EVR

Read any history text on the Mexican American War, genious. The american army invaded Mexico City, flashed a bright smile and "convinced" Mexico to give up its northern territory.

If this wasn't so pathetic, it would be laughable, but it is right out of any Chicano Studies program. There are a couple of facts that you have conviently forgotten, or worse yet, were never taught by you America hating Socialist professors. The US paid $18,250,000 ($81,450,000 in today's money) to mexico city, and agreed to assume $3,250,000 ($81,450,000 in today's dollars) of debt the mexican government owed to the USA. Incidently, the USA had offered twice the $18.25 million amount prior to the beginning of hostilities. So your revised facts are nothing more than silly Chicano Studies propaganda.

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As a Man have your Attitudes Towards Women Changed since Exiting JW's ?

by flipper in

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being raised in the jehovah's witness cult - i saw so many times what would be referred to as " supportive wives " wait after meetings for an hour, two hours, even more until midnight for husbands who met in backrooms meeting to decide on judicial matters if some individual witness was righteous - or not.

wives of elders were expected to do this to show submission and alleged " respect " for the headship arrangement or eldership of their husbands !

incredible.

XJW4EVR

My experience was different. My Elder dad was always supportive of my mom. He partook in the chores around the house, and was never violent towards my mother. In fact, I can only remember one time in which he raised his voice to her. Come to think of it, that was only the second time I ever saw him mad. Don't get me wrong I saw him angry on many occasions. However, there is a line that divides angry and mad, and that line starts with shouting.

Anyway, my dad always treated my mom with respect. On those occassions when there was going to be an Elders' meeting after a meeting, he would let my mom and grandmother know so that we could drive my grandmother's van to the Hall. During the winter this did not happen as both my mom and my grandmother did not like driving then at night. However, once I got my license, I was made the official driver on those nights. He never really made us stay late unless it was absolutely necessary. Though the Elder's meeting at the Circuit Assemblies sucked the worst because those went on and on, and my family went to those disasters in one car.

My own views towards women never really changed, as I believe that I saw modeled for me the correct way a husband should treat his wife. While there have been some modifications over the years, my general ideas have not changed.

All that being said, I realize that my experience is not the norm. For the most part, I have seen some of the most horrid treatment of women by JW men.

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