Posts by zensim

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YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS!! ONE OF THE JWs THAT EGGED OUR HOUSE KNOCKED

by Lady Liberty in

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unbelieveable!!!.

well, that was unbelieveable!!

just after i posted our latest ordeal with our jw neighbors, and their jw friends pulling down our frosty, egging our house and car, we got a knock on the door!

zensim

Lady Liberty thank you so much for that - although I have to admit my eyes still glazed over, just as they used to at the kh. Which makes me think that I was one of those worst ones who didn't even know why I thought it was the truth, just believed it 'cos I was told to.

I could think of lots of q's to ask now about doctrinal stuff and I am fascinated and impressed that you guys know so much stuff, before and after.

For me it was more a following of the heart. I couldn't shun my father when he was df'd (still is) and just found the judgment, hypocrisy and self-righteousness too much. The only doctrinal thing that did it for me was the blood issue, I looked into that more deeply through necessity when I found out I was RHnegative with my first pregnancy. A few years later when they started to bring in a lot more changes it really bothered me.

Thanks again, I appreciate all the work you guys put in to research.

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YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS!! ONE OF THE JWs THAT EGGED OUR HOUSE KNOCKED

by Lady Liberty in

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unbelieveable!!!.

well, that was unbelieveable!!

just after i posted our latest ordeal with our jw neighbors, and their jw friends pulling down our frosty, egging our house and car, we got a knock on the door!

zensim

Lady Liberty that is a fantastic story. Boy, I wish your husband could have talked to me when I had all my doubts and didn't know what was up and what was down. I still don't know how to refute all that 607 stuff, but then again, I never understood it in the first place.

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Is it wrong to be proud of achievements?

by free2beme in

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i don't want to have this come across as bragging, but i have to explain this to ask this question.

okay, where i work is a call center and i do sales, along with customer service.

for the last five years, out of 2500 representatives online nationally, i have been number one in sales for all months and years.

zensim

free2beme - be truly proud of yourself and be true to yourself. You are trying to find a logical reason to their illogical behaviour. It doesn't make sense that they would treat you that way, so I can only guess that someone has their nose out of joint for some blown up, exaggerated, emotional belief in their own mind.

What do you want to do? Do what you want and if they aren't going to accept it then find somewhere else that would be more than happy to have you. Because any company in their right mind would - and pay you handsomely.

And also take into consideration that this could be just a little push to get you out of your comfort zone. From the sounds of it you are fantastic at what you do, just check in with yourself why you don't want to upset the status quo. Maybe you are meant for better and higher things - just not in the company you are currently with. Think a little bit outside the square maybe?

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Homeopathy popular in Jehovah's Witnesses ?

by Tigerman in

is homeopathy ( the treatment of a disease using, in small doses, drugs that produce symtoms like those of the disease so that one's natural immune system can fight off the disease ) popular among active jw's ?

my son who was raised as a jw has a large ( adult male palm size ) fatty growth on his back.

his jw mother is treating him with homeopathy, as is a so called doctor.

zensim

No, no, I think your methods of research are serving you just fine. You go off and find your own answers - your mind is more open to that.

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Homeopathy popular in Jehovah's Witnesses ?

by Tigerman in

is homeopathy ( the treatment of a disease using, in small doses, drugs that produce symtoms like those of the disease so that one's natural immune system can fight off the disease ) popular among active jw's ?

my son who was raised as a jw has a large ( adult male palm size ) fatty growth on his back.

his jw mother is treating him with homeopathy, as is a so called doctor.

zensim

If you knew any less about the subject,your brain would create a black hole and suck planets and galaxeys into your empty scull

Outlaw - that is so funny - I'm going to remember that as a good comeback in future.

(In the quick search I did) Iridology resembles reflexology quite a bit

Ackack - nuff said, boring now, you just keep repeating the same old tired arguments.

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Homeopathy popular in Jehovah's Witnesses ?

by Tigerman in

is homeopathy ( the treatment of a disease using, in small doses, drugs that produce symtoms like those of the disease so that one's natural immune system can fight off the disease ) popular among active jw's ?

my son who was raised as a jw has a large ( adult male palm size ) fatty growth on his back.

his jw mother is treating him with homeopathy, as is a so called doctor.

zensim

Boy Ackack, where's that infallible approach to reason when you went looking on the web? You decry your own methodology.

You would want to be great in bed to make up for all the rubbish you spout here? Was that a low and unfair blow - better correct my grammar for me.

... am torn now, part of me is looking for punishment, the other part just wants you to know you are MORONIC!

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Homeopathy popular in Jehovah's Witnesses ?

by Tigerman in

is homeopathy ( the treatment of a disease using, in small doses, drugs that produce symtoms like those of the disease so that one's natural immune system can fight off the disease ) popular among active jw's ?

my son who was raised as a jw has a large ( adult male palm size ) fatty growth on his back.

his jw mother is treating him with homeopathy, as is a so called doctor.

zensim

Ackack - I think I might enjoy being strapped naked to a pole. But just wait until my thrush has cleared up ....

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Homeopathy popular in Jehovah's Witnesses ?

by Tigerman in

is homeopathy ( the treatment of a disease using, in small doses, drugs that produce symtoms like those of the disease so that one's natural immune system can fight off the disease ) popular among active jw's ?

my son who was raised as a jw has a large ( adult male palm size ) fatty growth on his back.

his jw mother is treating him with homeopathy, as is a so called doctor.

zensim

Bikerchik - do you remember when candida was the JW disease of choice. Everyone raved of garlic and so all the jw chicks started taking it. The hall I went to was horrible with the smell of garlic leaking from everyone's pours!!!

Looking Glass - I just had a bout of thrush - haven't had it for years and years (sorry everyone if too much info). Have only had very limited contact with jw's in the last two years (except family and close friends) but in the past month have been included in two witness social occasions. Do you think there is a coincidence?

Ackack - are you gone yet? I can talk about my thrush a little bit more - joke!

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Toasting is wrong because.........

by Gill in

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so why, according to the feb 15th watchtower is toasting wrong?.

apparantly:.

'toasting today may not be viewed by many as a religious gesture.

zensim

Dave that was so funny - I'm still laughing. And now I feel like a drink too ...

Swalker you are so right, there is no logic, they just make it up to suit themselves and use contradictory reasoning.

I never knew why we didn't do it, in my mind we just didn't do anything that worldly people did. The only reason they haven't completely banned ALL sex and ALL drinking is because there wouldn't be any witnesses - by procreation or because everyone would leave. But I swear ... if they could ...

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Homeopathy popular in Jehovah's Witnesses ?

by Tigerman in

is homeopathy ( the treatment of a disease using, in small doses, drugs that produce symtoms like those of the disease so that one's natural immune system can fight off the disease ) popular among active jw's ?

my son who was raised as a jw has a large ( adult male palm size ) fatty growth on his back.

his jw mother is treating him with homeopathy, as is a so called doctor.

zensim

This approach is used when confirming psychics or astrology. People remember the hits and forget the misses. People have observational biases. Eliminating the "human" factor from this sort of investigation has shown to be the best approach we currently have.
In the end, its not the results of scientific medicine that is important, rather, its the method. The method has saved us from the countless quackery that used to be peddled.

Ackack - you are completely right on this point and I feel better personally that there are people like you who make sure the controls are in place so innocent and less educated people are not taken advantage of (well, not as much). But just remember to temper the 'control' bit. Your approach to investigation is a great one and probably one of the best we have, but it is still an imperfect one, born of the human mind - it is not infallible so neither should any results from this approach be considered infallible.

btw, there is a huge difference between 'stories' and personal experience. Most of us are not talking heresay here, but directly from our own experience. If I put it out there that something helped me and on the basis of that someone else thinks it may help them and tries it - great if it works for them, if it doesn't, I hope they find what they need elsewhere.