Posts by katiekitten

Agreed. Having been on the other side of the fence I know all the defences we were taught - 'apostate thinking', 'put your trust in Jehovah who understands more than you', 'only trying to rob you of your faith, what are they going to replace it with?' etc etc Its not a logic thing. Its a powerful emotional attachment, that no amount of logical argument can challenge. No argument made me leave. I just left when I was pig sick of it. But it still took me 5 years before I was able to analyse it and look at the arguments against. I wouldnt waste my breath on them. Its a no win situation.

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I can't talk to my parents.....

by Adolfius in

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as you can see from my posts i'm new here.

i was born and raised in the borg....dad was/is an elder.

i never liked the religion simply because it stopped me having fun like other "normal" kids.

katiekitten

Hi Adolfius, im so glad you came back from Iraq safe. I cant think of a more horrible posting currently.

I wouldnt blame your parents, they are probably lovely kind people. The religion is full of honest hearted people who for some reason feel compelled to follow a set of beliefs with a few things thrown in there that they are willing to ignore.

When I was a JW, I remember being told that if there was something you didnt understand you just put your trust in Jehovah, who was all wise, because surely he knew better than you. His knowledge was higher than ours etc. Its a very effective strategy for shelving issues you dont understand.

So even if you pointed out wrong things that your parents agreed with they would fall back on the old "trust in Jehovah" argument.

Having been a staunch Witness at one time I know that there is no logical agument on earth that anyone could have raised with me that would have gotten me to critisise the religion let alone leave it. I left when I was good and ready, and nobody helped me on my way, because if they had tried to I would have recoiled and viewed them as apostates trying to rob me of my faith, and probably run back to the religion double quick.

So I would just bite your tongue. If you are in the military, your parents are well aware that your world view is totally different to theirs, and if they are still speaking to you then thats good. I wouldnt jepardise that by pointing out things that will only alienate them and possibly make them stop communicating with you. Just my opinion tho.

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YOUR TYPE OF INTELLIGENCE..............

by fifi40 in

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howard gardner, a professor of education at harvard university, is renowned for laying out the theory of multiple intelligences (mi), which argues that the customary views of intelligence are too narrow.

whilst traditional iq tests measure verbal and mathematical skills, mi theory maintains that humans have multiple intelligences.. included in these are spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic (movement), interpersonal skills, intrapersonal and naturalist (understanding and classifying objects in nature).

so whilst some may not be to 'hot' on mathematics they may be great musicians or wonderful at understanding human beings.

katiekitten

Isnt that just a clever way of saying different people are good at different things?

In school we are supposed to teach in all different styles to account for all the different learning types, we are supposed to assess kids and help them find out what their learning style is to help them become motivated learners.

Without sounding too cynical, by and large I find that most kids use it as an excuse not to engage at all because they just tell us they dont learn that way. We have to plan Visual Auditory and Kinastetic into all lessons. And the general feedback is "this is boring".

However, I do believe with the right kids understanding how you learn could be a good thing. I just havent come across the right kids yet!

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What to do?

by adam1989 in

ive currently been dating a jw girl for aboit 10 months now.

i met her at college and eventually we started going out.

at first is was difficult with me it took her a while to open up to me especially with holding hands and kissing.

katiekitten

Welcome to the board.

For gods sake go to University.

My partner went out with a girl many years ago (before me) - neither we Jehovahs Witnesses, but he selfishly talked her out of going to University because he said the relationship wouldnt last if she went, and she was too much in love with him to jepardise that.

She never got over not going, he two timed her several years later, she found out, and went to University 5 years after she should have gone. She has started a career as a teacher 5 years after she should have, and as a result has been set back in income terms by several thousand £ a year.

What im saying is - even aside from the religion thing, you should never forego a life opportunity as important as education. WITH the religion its going to be even harder. You may give up Uny and then find she doesnt have the nuts to put you ahead of her religion anyway, and you will never forgive yourself for missing out on Uny.

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Eurovision Song Contest

by katiekitten in

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does anyone watch it?.

it is absolutely the best thing on tv in the uk, because terry wogan commentates.. heres the ukrane entry!!!.

http://www.eurovision-fr.net/histoire/details_07.php?id=62.

katiekitten

we always give the Irish high marks and they have never ever given us the same sort of marks in return!

Its true, how rude is that? We should take Stormont right back off em (Oh, thats Northern Ireland isn't it). Pah, well we should ban the potato or something!

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