Posts by merfi

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WT letter advises JWs not to edit Wikipedia articles on JW subjects

by cabasilas in

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apparently, the watchtower society has recently issued formal advice that individual witnesses should not edit jw articles on wikipedia.

i occasionally edit some of the jw articles on wikipedia.

a couple of days ago i noticed a comment from one of the most respected jw editors to another jw editor on his personal talk page mentioning a letter from the wt society about editing on wikipedia.

merfi

This is good news, I think. If JW are no longer editing Wiki, then as someone else said -- the apostates can take over. A very good thing as it will be the truth about the 'Truth', not the biased JW version. What I see as an even better thing -- many people use Wiki for all sorts of research. It's not a JW-centered site like this one and the blatantly anti-JW ones out there the WTS has warned against. Wiki has lots of other topics, and a JW might just might be tripping along at Wiki, checking out info for a talk or whatever and happen to type in a key word and ... Bam! JW topics... *click*....*eyes wide, jaw dropped*... *brain opened*...

~merfi

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A question about Birthdays....

by whyizit in

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my friend (not baptized jw yet, but heading that direction) is having a birthday soon.

i received my last birthday card from her about two years ago.

i miss them too, because i don't have a lot of family left, and most of them don't even know when my birthday is!.

merfi

I received birthday and various holiday cards my whole time as a JW. My kids did as well. This might be a different slant on this, but what the cards did for me was keep alive a little gnawing thing in my head and heart. It felt so NICE to be remembered with a card; I was thought of and loved. The gnawing thing was the thought "how can this be "bad"?!"... and I always wished that I *could* give cards, gifts or at the very least acknowledge someone on their birthday or return a holiday greeting -- it was just a nice, normal HUMAN thing to do. I never really felt 'right' turning off the natural love as expressed in cards and good wishes.

So if you do give her a card, I would give her one from your heart. Soppy Hallmark that makes your eyes well up? That's how I know I found the 'perfect' card -- if I'm sniffing away in the card aisle. If she's 'stumbled' or offended, it's really up to her to tell you... but if she hasn't said to NOT give her one, then by all means express your friendship to her. :)

Just my 2c :)

~merfi

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What are your thoughts on

by parlay in

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merfi

Darth -- You took the words right out of my mouth. I agree with your point.

~merfi

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2006 WorldWide Service Report

by Midget-Sasquatch in

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here it is scanned straight from the feb 1 2007 wt:.

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5103/rep01dc4.jpg.

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3761/rep02xh5.jpg.

merfi

i cannot read it, once it downloads, it shrinks down

Hey sspo -- if you gently mouse-over the image, there will appear a little box in the lower right corner. Click it and it goes to actual image size. Hope that works for you.

It' sooo nice to see goose-egg growth in a lot of modern countries.

~merf

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Stick to the Borg...Your Judas kids made their choice

by Midget-Sasquatch in

yet another article in such a short period of time...someone already mentioned it would be in the jan15 2007 wt.

here are the scans:.

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merfi

God I hate that font... Gives me the willies. I couldn't even read the stupid story.

~merfi

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Nurses, unite!

by exwitless in

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just wondering how many of us are nurses?

i'm a licenced practical nurse (working on my rn degree), and i work as a cosmetic dermatology specialist.

i see about 10 to 16 patients per day, doing things like laser hair removal treatments, microdermabrasion, chemical peels, skin care consultations, etc.

merfi

A lab tech... Merfi, is that a job you enjoy? If so, how long did the schooling take, and is the pay decent?

I love love love my job! For many reasons. It's different every day (with ER, inpatients, outpatients etc) so never is boring. It's interesting to me because it's science/biology/chemistry, which have always been my favorite things. And it changes and moves forward all the time. Like I said up there, I get to interact with lots of medical personnel, not just nurses. We work with the docs, other lab techs, EMTs, x-ray techs and so on. It really feels like a team effort most of the time. :)

I'm a four-year tech (went to that dreaded college) with a BS degree in Medical Technology. There are also two-year techs. The pay is all over the board... A straight out of school 2-year tech can start around here, at between $13-17/hr. Four-year techs can start at $20+/hr. That's Iowa rates -- higher cost of living areas pay much much better. I could prolly pull down around $30-35+ in Cali, ie.

Every day I'm thankful that I bucked the JW system on that college thing and went on. I'm a single mom of three and making it mostly on my wages as the sperm donor is never current on child support... So I'm pretty thankful that I do what I do. :) Not just because I enjoy it, but also because it feeds us. Perfect package.

~merfi

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Nurses, unite!

by exwitless in

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just wondering how many of us are nurses?

i'm a licenced practical nurse (working on my rn degree), and i work as a cosmetic dermatology specialist.

i see about 10 to 16 patients per day, doing things like laser hair removal treatments, microdermabrasion, chemical peels, skin care consultations, etc.

merfi

Not exactly a nurse, but still in the medical world. I'm a lab tech, so get to interact with lots of cool nurses.

~merfi

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If we were in Bible times, I would be stoned...(by my family)

by megsmomma in

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i was just researching some things and saw an article scan from 4-15-88 watchtower.

it talks of an unrepentant "wrongdoes", like a son who was a drunkard and glutton, and if he was unrepentant when brought before the judges, his parents would have a part in executing him.

my mom had said to me last time she was here..."it's a good thing we are not in bible times, you would be stoned!

merfi

This is basically what the elders in my JC told me -- that if I'd lived in those times, I'd be deserving of death. Thanks guys.

It was one of the catalysts of my DA a couple days after that.

~merfi

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So when do you put up your tree?

by restrangled in

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i hope you all had a great thanksgiving..... my husband was so inspired he went up to the attic and dragged down our tree the same day (the 23)... i have been decorating for 2 days serenaded by vince geraldi's charlie brown christmas music.

for some reason it feels extra special this year.

perhaps because after waffling for years with the witnesses i was finally able to let go this summer after finding this site.. so when are you putting up your christmas tree?.

merfi

This is my first "free" Christmas, so it's been up for about two weeks already. lol My parents lent me their fiberoptic 6.5' one and it looks just beautiful in my foyer... It can be seen through the front door and side windows by all the JWs that do drive-bys of my house. hehe

Bugging the JWs aside, it's just so wonderful to be able to do Christmas 'officially' this year (my parents always brought us gifts anyway thru the years of cult exile). The kids and I are having lots of fun with it; they ask to turn on the 'pretties' at dusk and offer suggestions for yet MORE decorations. :) They've also wrapped presents for one another. I think I'm winning. Their JW dad has no clue [yet].

I agree that this holiday stuff is so totally NOT what we were told... it's not evil, it's not greed and commercialism (ok, maybe a little, but it's fun and pretty) and even if there's a bit of Pagan to it, so the hell what?? It's about family, friends, giving, showing love and being together.

~merfi

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Women's Role

by loveneverfails in

so as you can see this is my first post here...it's going to sound a bit jumbled i'm sure.. i stopped going to meetings exactly a year ago primarily due to my realization of my role as a "woman" (well i'm 22 but anyway..).

to me, being a jw woman means a life as a subserviant housewife who can make no decisions and can only excel by pioneering.

i realized that's the way the whole bible is...totally male-dominant.

merfi

That is simply insane. I've had elders infringe upon my life to an extent, but that sounds like harassment!

That's what I told those little bastards in my DA letter, along with words like "legal", "contact my attorney" and so on. They haven't spoken to me since (that was in Feb)

~merfi