Posts by JWdaughter

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Time to Change my Avatar (after nearly 15 years)

by Perry in

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i'm sorry scooter.

JWdaughter

Shoot, I was wondering what stupid joke was being made about your wife until my two brain cells connected that you were speaking about your parrot. I hope the PARROTS are very happy together.

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Supreme Court ruling- refusing to photo gay wedding is discrimination

by SadElder in

according to bloomberg news:.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-04-07/wedding-photographer-rebuffed-by-top-court-on-same-sex-ceremony.

"the u.s. supreme court turned away an appeal from a new mexico wedding photographer found to have violated a state anti-discrimination law when she refused to take pictures of a commitment ceremony for a same-sex couple.. the photographer, elaine huguenin, argued unsuccessfully that she was being unconstitutionally forced to convey a message conflicting with her religious beliefs.

JWdaughter

I think it is stupid to turn away business-and stupid to want someone who is disgusted by your lifestyle to take pictures of the most poignant moment in your life with your partner.

Does a business person have the right to refuse service to people or to refuse to do a job? If a contractor comes to my house and I am a satanist and have satanic stuff around, and I THINK that is why they are refusing to remodel the bathroom can I accuse him of discrimination? What if he says he would be uncomfortable? When a contractor doesn't accept to do a job, you just go to the guy who wants your business! I don't get it. I refused to go to the home of a man once when I was housekeeping. I called and canceled, saying I was uncomfortable because of the isolation of his property and the fact that he was male. I was honest-but that is sexual discrimination, right?

OTOH, I grew up at the time that we were raised RELIGIOUSLY to not discriminate-I remember being told I wasn't supposed to think bad things about blacks or asians just because they were people of color and I thought to myself, well, DUH, why would I do that anyway? But at some point, apparently we needed to be taught decency. OTOH, I don't go to the nail salon that made fun of my chubby daughter, in their own language, with many gestures. . . were they abusing her because of her weight? I dont care! Was I discrimninating against them because I could not understand their language or because they were born elsewhere? No, I didn't like their attitude to my girl. I voted with my wallet. I don't think anyone is going to do as good a job if they viscerally dislike or disrespect a person (for whatever reason). One would think that we are evolved enough that common sense could prevail, but I guess we are still subject to going to courts for our slights. Beats blood feuds, I guess!

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I quit the Goodwill :(

by Joliette in

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i couldnt take seeing people from the kingdom hall.

you guys wouldnt believe how many jehovahs witnesses shop in the goodwill.

i couldnt take it.

JWdaughter

Your folks probably wanted to check on you in a way that would not get them busted.

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My "best" friend (active JW) has just died

by Terry in

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johnny santa cruz and i met around 1959 at a movie theater in fort worth, texas.. the purpose of that meeting was to create a fanclub for horror movie director william castle.

a week or so later, johnny stopped me as i was walking home from elementary school.. "hey--i think i know you.

weren't you at the william castle fanclub thing?".

JWdaughter

I'm so sorry that you lost your friend again.

35

out for a long time

by Sledracer in

my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

JWdaughter

People in general are kind of. . .human. we need to recognise that just being a long term JW renders us a lot more judgemental towards "worldlings" and more tolerant and able to justify JW stuff and we do-years later we will find ourselves parroting JW verbiage that we don't even think through- out of ingrained habit. Crap we don't really believe!

Don't romanticize JW life. You left for a reason. Don't lose sight of it.

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I got my Memorial invite! I got my Memorial invite!

by Dagney in

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my first one!

even though i got it saturday, march 26, in the mail in an envelope addressed to "my dear neighbor.".

it's the thought that counts..

JWdaughter

Wasn't the 23d the memorial?

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out for a long time

by Sledracer in

my husband and i have been out for a long time, maybe fifteen years, i must say we are in a bit of a nowhere land spiritually, we find it impossible to attend any other church.

we really resent so much of how they messed up our and our children's lives.

we can't get back all those 25 years we were in.

JWdaughter

Welcome. I caution you about returning. You would be expected to shun your son. Please don't play their games just for singing and association. Join musicalvtheater or the rotary. Network marketing at least doesn't demand that you die or reject your children to maintain association.

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July 2016 study watchtower more materialism bashing and the end is nigh!

by hoser in

wowsers!

they are really hitting it now.

don't strive for a cell phone or a motorcycle.

JWdaughter

Probably disrupting meetings

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Hello Everyone!!!

by Christian Gutierrez in

my name is christian and my wife is katja, and we have been out of the organization for a year and a half.

we were both regular pioneers and i was a ministerial servant.

we were very much happy to be witnesses and doing our best to do more for the organization.