warning: this post may be damaging to your biases.. it seems to me that the "danger" the witnesses pose to larger society is, well, pretty damn small.
just think about it: the witnesses are almost not involved in politics at all, except the occassional "freedom of religion and speech" issues they take to various courts, issues i am happy to support the witnesses in, even if i strongly disagree with their beliefs.
you will not see jws supporting banning abortions or gay marriages or a whole host of other civil liberties and freedoms that evangelicals rally around like the village people searching for frankenstein's monster.
ithinkisee - If you want another perspective on parenting and the impact on how we turn out read "They F@#k You Up" by Oliver James it doesn't try to blame parents but some of his ideas had a profound effect on me.
On topic though any amount of abuse in all its forms has anything but a 'macro' effect on the world.
hey my dad is going to trade my gmc 2004 single cab black truck for a new ford mustang but i dont really want that because it will be expensive.
if i had it my way i wouldve bought the 1991 honda crx this chick at work was selling for 800 bucks.
so instead of the mustang i want to trade in for a new or used honda civic.
Can't put your surfboards in a Mustang keep the truck. Civic's are poo!
defd has said he will leave and it caused me reflect on how he was treated.
are we happy with the way we responded when he tried to defend his faith?
this and comments about my own attitude have caused me to review my motive for the posts i make.. when i first started posting here i was thoughtful and sincere as were most of the posters back then.
My motivation........
what is your favourite spiritual food?
mine by a long way is my wife's lasagne.
it is out of this world.
Sounds good. I was being cynical though Ethiopian and Food are not something I have heard in the same sentence before.
what is your favourite spiritual food?
mine by a long way is my wife's lasagne.
it is out of this world.
Excuse the ignorance and stereotype but ethiopian?
my jw mother gave me a pamphlet from her convention "when will the suffering end" or something to that effect.
anyway, the back page mentions "upright" ones and then it mentions "blameless " ones.
i was wondering if jws consider both of these "ones" to be the same people (jws) or if they consider them different groups?
I read an End to suffering pamphlet from the Brisabane ass. (tee hee) and it mentioned something similar but righteous and un-righteous. Why the un-righteous?
what is your favourite spiritual food?
mine by a long way is my wife's lasagne.
it is out of this world.
Sorry bout the double post. Bit click happy.
3 months ago today my life changed indescribably for the better.
before i was always feeling guilty about leaving the witnesses and just counting the days until 'armageddon'.... trying not to think about being bird food and getting on with my life as best as i can.
sometimes i used to get nervous if there was a really bad thunderstorm.... i little voice in my head told me it could be the end.. but now im free, thanks to this site and the people on here.
Jedi have to make their first lightsaber.... everyone knows that.
Star Wars fan boy mode off.
Congrats on leaving.
what is your favourite spiritual food?
mine by a long way is my wife's lasagne.
it is out of this world.
Pizza and chocolate. But not Chocolate pizza.
what is your favourite spiritual food?
mine by a long way is my wife's lasagne.
it is out of this world.
Pizza and chocolate. But not Chocolate pizza.
