terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.
he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.
his face and neck are very swollen.
Glory be hearing you're movng around and eating and so good to hear. Sounds like you're in good hands w/family/friends, thank goodness.
Know what you mean about those MRI's. Friends told me they were no big deal and I was panicking and thought I needed therapy. We need to become comfortable w/these amazing tools of science, I guess. You were on serious meds and those probably caused you to be rattled a tad.
Here's to a happier, healthier, weekend dear Terry.
Hugs,
LV101
1.the organization itself denies access to reality and substitutes its own version, interpretations and meanings.. a.only watchtower approved publications are allowed.. b.no higher education is to be pursued.. c.no non-jw friends or associations are encouraged with their "outside" points of view.. d.no free-style questioning of doctrine or criticism permitted.
curiousity is verboten.. e.threat of being "marked" or disassociated looms over them.
2.between every real-world event and the rank and file jw's mind is a roadblock.. a.the moment of identifying is short-circuited by an interpretive moment of re-labeling in watchtower-speak.. b.all things happening are forced into a narrow storyline and propagandized as end times happenings leading to armageddon.. 3.social and personal identity is expunged and replaced by a collective persona: "jehovah's witness".. a.private thinking is red-flagged as selfish and sinful.. b.personal improvement, welfare and ambition is crushed and door-to-door ministry substituted as "worthy" endeavors.. c.self-conscious obsession permeates witness awareness as each person is transformed into a public spectacle of performance for judgement.. d.since you aren't an individual you don't really have a right to fall in love and marry or educate or earn.
ZIDDDD --- THANKS for pulling this up. I was starting to search late last night and fell asleep.
LV
the title of the new steve hassan book is " freedom of mind - helping loved ones leave controlling people, cults and beliefs " .
very good information even in the 1st chapter called " cult common denominators " .
just wanted to share some high points my wife and i gleaned from it !.
Thanks, flipper. Seems Randy mentioned this book awhile back and I need to order. I appreciate OTWO's comment about info repeated in new book re/the 'Releasing' read to help the cult members.
Will order tonite.
billions of years ago, star dust exploded from ancient supernovae and eventually coalesced to form our local solar system.
earth, against astronomical odds, found itself in the optimal location, seeded with the elements essential to form living organisms.
billons of years of natural selection, global catastrohpies, extinctions and atmospheric changes have whiddled the vast biological community down to the fortunate, best-suited survivor species we see before us.
and don't you find savoring every second of life is so stressful (yet wonderful we're still tickin' along). It's nerve racking when time is a thief. Just wrong --- I loved that live forever mantra.
terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.
he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.
his face and neck are very swollen.
Think positive thoughts w/that incredible brain of yours, Terry, and get rest to return where you're needed -- here!
Unreal for enjoying some frozen water. I've broken fillings chomping down on whole almonds --- stay away from those if you've had route canals. Dentist told me nuts keep them in business, but holy, moly, sounds like you've really done it.
Hope the staff pampers you --- take it easy and hurry back.
Hugs and thanks to Quendi for info.
LV101
my mil of 38 years - who has not spoken to me for the 9 years since i left her cult - died on sunday.. today, as a favor to my sil who has spoken to me very rarely, for the same reasons, over the same period of time, i was moving some personal items to her home from the nursing home.
in this instance i guess it is ok to speak with me - if i have a strong back and a conveyance that aids her needs at the moment.. anyway, in the parking lot of the apartment complex where she lives, while we are moving in those items, guess who shows up?
five or six of my old 'best friends'.
What a bunch of losers but we already know that. Just have empathy for them and it will help w/the anger/hurt, whatever. You're the good one here so that's all that matters. They're just a bunch of followers of goons.
The empathy illustration in the Feeling Good book (an oldie but goodie by one of the world's leading psychiatrists) is the greatest --- has never failed me.
sunday, december 2, 2001 .
at afghan ministry, leather lashes are idle .
by andrew maykuth .
Maybe the Gov Body goons should pay a visit over there for a convention on a one-way ticket. They'd fit right in. They wouldn't be able to survive out of their NY luxury.
soldier 77 just posted this about two hours ago but i think his post got lost is the great debate and straw mans that another posters was throwing around.. anyway i hope soldier 77 does not mind if i make a thread from his insight.
soldier 77 "this seems to have missed in the tangent argument going on: http://pastebin.com/3nitctlf.
anonymous are needing some more people on the inside to help.
ahhhhh --- thanks, KingSol.
Appreciate.
soldier 77 just posted this about two hours ago but i think his post got lost is the great debate and straw mans that another posters was throwing around.. anyway i hope soldier 77 does not mind if i make a thread from his insight.
soldier 77 "this seems to have missed in the tangent argument going on: http://pastebin.com/3nitctlf.
anonymous are needing some more people on the inside to help.
DT or anyone out there --- what does DMCA stand for referred to in DT's post on previous page.
Thanks.
i ask this question because, having been on this forum for a year now, it's clear to me that there are many shades to so-called "apostasy", and this is particularly evident in the realm of anti-watchtower activism.. when i use the word "activism", likely picketing kingdom halls and conventions springs to mind.
however, activism can be far more subtle than that.
just having a website or a book that sheds light on the flaws of watchtower dogma is really a form of activism - arguably the most effective form at that.
Agree w/comments above and from my experience LeavingWT is so right. Knowledge is power and everything but it's a segment hard to reach. I don't want anything illegal but it's euophoric thinking their evil might be shouted from the media nonstop however delusional it might be. Not that it would penetrate thru the brainwashing but give them something to think about.
It's difficult to be pro-activist when lying low. Grateful for all the hardwork of many x-wits --- hopefully, those we love will take a peep someday.
