so, you left because of a bad example(s).. why all the whining?
nothing better to do with your time?.
you at least know far more about the bible than any church-goer?.
It is very JW of you to think you know why each of us left. They tend to think it's either someone "stumbled us" or because of sin.
I didn't leave for either of those reasons nor do I whine about anything. I don't go to church either, because it's all a crock of shit. Different churches, including Jehovah's witnesses all think they have the one and only true religion and the only pathway to God is to live my life the way they say. Your opinion matters as much as anyone else's - it doesn't.
it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.
i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?
... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?
The vile things being spouted by some of the speakers at the March were just as shocking as what Trump said.
I don't condone what Trump said, but I also don't think protesting vulgarity by being vulgar is the way to bring attention to a cause.
it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.
i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?
... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?
The refusal to engage in meaningful dialogue also further alienates people who voted Trump for lack of a better candidate. If there is any hope of changing the tide at the next election, that meaningful dialogue has to take place. Calling people Nazis or racists doesn't start the conversation. And parading around dressed as female genitalia is a ridiculous shock value ploy.
we all 'exit' in our own way and at our own pace but i'm curious, why carry on stuffing yourself into that stiff suit and tie or meeting dress years after you realised the truth about 'the truth'?.
they kept you a prisoner, what's stopping you from leaving now that you have the key to your own cell?.
loved ones?
The only one stopping anyone from doing anything - is ourselves. We can do whatever we want to do - there will be consequences. The consequence of going to please others is maddening and self limiting. The prospect of not going and losing family is sad.
its a lose/lose situation. Your freedom or your family. I chose freedom and would again.
interesting story i have a friend who is df but his wife still faithfully goes to meetings.
there's a single brother in the cong that is always flirting with his wife.
well at a recent meeting my df friend decided to show up to check this brother out.
Exactly what I was thinking not just yet.
interesting story i have a friend who is df but his wife still faithfully goes to meetings.
there's a single brother in the cong that is always flirting with his wife.
well at a recent meeting my df friend decided to show up to check this brother out.
It's a power play.
Waton- why does anyone have to look after her- why can't she tell the guy get lost. If he asks for lotion say no I don't have any.
It's not the lotion, I have a bottle I leave out on my desk, the men I work with use it too. But if I were at the Christmas Party sitting with my husband, whom they refused to acknowledge, it would be in appropriate to come ask me for anything.
edited to add: I would never put my husband in a spot to be treated that way. I wouldn't allow it or be complicit in others doing it. So glad I don't have to deal with it.
interesting story i have a friend who is df but his wife still faithfully goes to meetings.
there's a single brother in the cong that is always flirting with his wife.
well at a recent meeting my df friend decided to show up to check this brother out.
The whole culture and treatment of disfellowshipped people allows for this type of thinking/treatment. Disfellowshipped persons are less than human to the JWs it's really not surprising.
it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.
i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?
... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?
I am a woman in the United States. I went to college, married who I wanted, when I wanted. I took the job I wanted, in the field I wanted. I am paid the same as men in the same job with the same qualifications. I get the same bonus ( sometimes more) and get stock options my male counterparts do not get. Please tell me how I am oppressed or soon will be by Trump?
it seems like mobilizing after the election, which seems pointless.
i keep hearing demands for equal rights but don't understand what rights they are missing exactly.. normally a march is to show the support (and potential votes) for a cause, but ... votes for what?
... and the election happened already.. is anyone else confused?
There are more men in higher paying jobs and more women in lower paying jobs, but not because of some conspiracy.
In the company I work for, I make more than some men in the same position because of my qualifications, and some men make more than me because of theirs. But there are no female engineers, because none apply when we have openings. However almost all of the admin assistants are female. So if you simply added the men together and the women together it would appear there was something nefarious when there is not.
my support is with the marchers in washington and around the country today.
i was raised through my formative years by my mother and sister while my father was out of the picture.
they gave me the compassion i have today.
Yes I did. I wish there was another, better choice, but there wasn't. And before anyone accuses me of being privileged - I left a cult in my early twenties and had to figure life out. I worked, put myself through school, and worked my way up to an executive level manager within 14 years of leaving. It hasn't been easy and I didn't have family support or money. My failures were not because I was a woman, but due to my inexperience and stupidity.
