Posts by Bgurltryal

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question on JW thinking

by Bgurltryal in

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if you were a jw ( i know...it's a stretch!

) who's job was to help people receive medicare and one of your cases said something negative about jws, mentioning that their significant other once was one but no longer is, would you consider screwing with the case?.

the reason i ask is that i did put my foot in my mouth while speaking with my case worker.

Bgurltryal

If you were a JW ( I know...it's a stretch!) who's job was to help people receive medicare and one of your cases said something negative about JWs, mentioning that their significant other once was one but no longer is, would you consider screwing with the case?

The reason i ask is that i did put my foot in my mouth while speaking with my case worker. It's been months now and every time i contact him he just says to wait, yet i received a letter from the medical aid office some time ago stating the necessary information had not been received so I had been declined. My case worker was in charged of providing them with said information and when i confronted him he just said that because i had him i had more time to hand in info.

I'm probably just paranoid but I've been wondering if a JW would ignore my case because of my association with a non beleiver. I know it's a generalisation but is it a legitimate concern?

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A Research Paper on the Watchtower....Looks Good!

by VM44 in

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here is something that is interesting:.

"a research paper on the major doctrines and.

doomsday apocalypticism of the watchtower organization".

Bgurltryal

yeap..that little curly thing's a bitch

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the voice of silence has spoken

by msil in

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.

Bgurltryal

Shhhhh

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For the Lurkers: The Kindness of "Strange...

by Esmeralda in

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if you've been reading and feeling badly about the posts of the last 2 days, don't let it damage your faith in the kindness of people, jw, "worldly" or "apostate".

there are good folks in all three catagories.. don't let it chase you away from asking questions, doing research, seeking support, doing whatever it takes to come to decisions that you can live with regarding your faith.

whether those conclusions are to stay in the organization or leave it.

Bgurltryal

Do not let the judgements of a persons character based on one or two threads become fact either.

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Sex is bad...violence is GOOd. :)

by d0rkyd00d in

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joelbear brought up a point about something on the sex forum that i've been thinking about for a while, and i'm wondering what the answer to my question is.

dunno if this should be on the relationships forum, but here it is anyways.

why is it such a no-no for kids like myself (i'm 16) to see sex, yet so acceptable for us to see violent movies?

Bgurltryal

It's not like this everywhere. When i lived in Norway sex wasn't at all taboo. You go to the Frogner park(e very pretty park with many sculptures) in the summer time and there are women sun bathing topless. Nudity is shown on TV.

I really think it has to do with the religious history of the country you live in. The values places upon a country stem from it's religious roots.

Now why different religions view sex differently is a whole new discusion.

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the wicked evil smurfs

by ring in

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when i was young, there was a rumor through out our circut, that the smurfs were demonized.

we were told at once to destroy all smurf toys, dolls, and figures.

there were storys flying around about talking smurf statue figures, that would get up and walk across the floor, ect... does anyone remember this, or did it only happen in my part of the world?

Bgurltryal

Dan and I just got a pappa smurf stuffed toy from a thrift store. No signs of demon posession yet...oh well...I must go, I have this sudden urge to run with scissors.

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Single Witness club on Yahoo clubs

by slipnslidemaster in

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http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/singlewitnesses.

let the hilarity ensue... i've already started over there, i think you should too.. slipnslidemaster:"and now about the cauldron sing, like elves and fairies in a ring, enchanting all that you put in.".

- william shakespeare, macbeth

Bgurltryal

Fred A Hall? hmmmmmmmmm

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Good Kharma? Bad Kharma?

by bboyneko in

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i found some ladies purse at the local shopping mall parking lot tonight, it had her entire life in it, her social security card, her cell phone, her cash, her credit cards, even her daughters social security card.. from looking through the contents, me and saffron were able to find out many things about her:.

1)she had recently moved from way out in the country to columbia maryland... 2)she was probably divorced from a man of middle eastern origens.

3)she was white.

Bgurltryal

So is dating a dork.

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finding friends outside the Borg - a Scary thought

by lydia in

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has anyone else found that the teaching of the "outside world" being a "bad association" limits your involvement and ability to make new freinds?.

if so how have you overcome this and any suggestions to helping those suffering from these feelings?.

lydia

Bgurltryal

Possibly good advice if it was meant as advice. I don't think anyone read it that way.

This isn't my fault! So why am i being attacked for YOUR false interpretations of my writing

It really sounds like you were saying quit your crying and do something constructive. You don't have anything unique to cry about.

Well AS I'VE SAID IN TWO LATER POSTS this isn't how i meant it.

Then you take the high and mighty road.

I don't understand how sharing the tragedy of my friends takes the 'high and mighty road.'? This is merely how you interpret it as you have already formed an inacurate opinion of me.

Feel free to share these stories just don't tell ex-jws that they should get over their experience just because someone else had a bad experience.

Again that's not what i was saying as i have stated several times in other posts.

THAT is what YOU don't understand. THAT is why maybe you need to sit back and learn from the other posts before opening your mouth about things you don't understand and insulting the very people you come to for support and understanding.

So let me get this straight. Becuase I haven't been through what you have i don't have a right to give my opinion. Because I am 'worldly' I haven't the right to post here. Sounds like a predjudice to me. Again this auro of 'you have the audacity to give your two cents to us!' You hold a condesending attitude towards me. It is even more obvious to me now. My whole point in posting was to give an OUTSIDERS opinion of the question at hand. 'this is how you may come across to someone who deosn't know any better' was my point. I DO know better. I do not beleive that Ex-JWs are like that (as I have said in my other posts...i feel like a broken record) Again i don't understand the backlash- 'you have no right to speak to me as you are not just like me' it seems so borg mentality like.

A sincere apology would have been sufficient to soothe the hurt feelings brought on by this "misunderstanding". A sincere apology is NOT followed by the word BUT. It is NOT followed with more insults.
Just try that and take this as friendly advice.

OK...so can i have my appology for everyone misunderstanding what i wrote and then expecting me to defend my mere suggestions. Oh...that's not what you meant. I should appologise for YOUR misunderstandings. Still don't get it. I appologised for offending those i didn't intend for THREE POSTS NOW. Read any one. This is rediculous. I've written several posts to better explain what i ACTUALLY meant by my first post yet I am coontinually quoted from my first post.

Here's an example of how this discusion feels:
Very first poster-'question'what does a vaccuum cleaner say?'
Me-'you suck'
insulted person #1-'Hey...i don't like your tone!'
Me-'oh I'm sorry, I just meant that that's what a vacuum cleaner says. It was in reference to the asked question'
Insulted person #2-'it was really rude of you to tell me i suck and I'm am offended. Get out of here. you don't understand where we are coming from. You shouldn't be posting!
Me-'Well...i already stated I was sorry but it's all a misunderstanding i wasn't saying YOU suck i was saying the vacuum cleaner sucks'
Insulted person #3- You really should mind you own buisness and not post here as you don't know if a vacuum cleaner says i suck or not. Maybe you should sit back and read instead of giving you two cents on a question in a discusion board. How dare you discuss things on a discusion board. But I'll take an appology for OUR misunderstanding your post.'
Me- 'wha???!?@?!#?@$*^$@&*$ So confused!'

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Where does the WBTS stand on Anti Depressants?

by LizardSnot in

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friends

first, some background info:.

my mother is a 4 meeting a week, no field service, 26 year veteran .

of the jehovah's witness who just moved in.

Bgurltryal

Depresion, and many other mental illnesses, is often a CHEMICAL disorder. It doesn't matter how much therapy or what type of support network you have your brain is chemically deficient and unfortunately prescription drugs are often the only way to treat it. A big factor is WHICH ones to prescribe. What works for some people can have too many negative side effects to others to be useful.

Although i do agree that it is often an easy way out for many doctors. Else where in the world it is not as easy to be diagnosed, let alone treated for, many mental illnesses.

There are many instances where leaving a bad situation would alieviate the persons depression. Just wanted to give mah two cents that it is a necessity for some people to take medication.