my other half has accepted this.. after many years of fading i have stopped going altogether.
i still have friends and family in so i'm happy to remain inactive.. .
i was never a very good watchtower slave to begin with.. i was raised in the truth but i never really put my heart and soul into the religion.
I probably come under the category of "good for nothing slave
The Society is diligent in it's efforts to make all the rank and file feel this way.
I grew up fourth generation JW, I didn't leave until my 30's. I've never met a JW with good healthy self-esteem.
They can't control you unless they make you feel worthless.
Welcome TruthSeeker, it's a bigger, better world out here.
sorry, don't know the original source for this.
thoughts?.
a painter and decorator who received a 30 fine for smoking in his own van has warned that british civil liberties are "going up in smoke".. .
Teabags? They use teabags in the UK?
I was under the impression that they only used loose tea, and teabags was an american thing.
how to install a home security system in the south .
1. go to a second-hand store and buy a pair of men's used size .
14-16 work boots.
John you left out one small detail.
Nail targets to every tree in the yard, be sure that every one of them have a couple dozen bullets holes in very tight clusters.
i was coming out of the grocery store with a few items, and a round the corner comes a woman with 2 young.
boys about 7 or 8. she seemed a little clutsey, she raises her voice, the whole damn parking lot could of heard.. they were walking a head of her, she says "if you trip me boy, your going to sit in the truck all day.
like a lot but geez its 29 degrees celsius and extremely humid.
So you think that it warps the child to discipline them?
The best discipline is to give them a cookie?
MsMcducket, I don't think anyone here is saying that you shouldn't disipline your child.
i was coming out of the grocery store with a few items, and a round the corner comes a woman with 2 young.
boys about 7 or 8. she seemed a little clutsey, she raises her voice, the whole damn parking lot could of heard.. they were walking a head of her, she says "if you trip me boy, your going to sit in the truck all day.
like a lot but geez its 29 degrees celsius and extremely humid.
So now we're going to label things parents say to their kids in a fit of rage as abuse?
Yes Keyser, that is abuse!
i was coming out of the grocery store with a few items, and a round the corner comes a woman with 2 young.
boys about 7 or 8. she seemed a little clutsey, she raises her voice, the whole damn parking lot could of heard.. they were walking a head of her, she says "if you trip me boy, your going to sit in the truck all day.
like a lot but geez its 29 degrees celsius and extremely humid.
Yeah missinglink,..... some dumb kids do believe what there parents say.
well i thought it was funny .
message from john cleese.
to the citizens of the united states of america :.
Andie Mcdowells british accent isn't real?
the district conventions i went to always had signs in the restrooms asking people to only take one paper towel.
i've heard other people mention this too.
is this typical at conventions?
Your right Carla, it is insanity, but that is how we were trained.
I would take two paper towels and then put a little extra in the contruibution box. Such a drone i was.
i never did!
i thought it was in the long run, dumb to do, but i never felt a person should be expelled from the congregation for "greediness" just because a person buys lottery tickets or raffles.. (by the way, i enjoy moderate gambling.
keno is a favorite pastime)..
As a dub i thought it was a sin, I thougth thats what the society taught.
Until the day I heard a group of bros (elders among them) talk about gambling on vacation.
I stood there stunned as bro after bro talked about stopping at a casino playing slots etc. as if there was nothing wrong with it at all.
It was wierd.
i was coming out of the grocery store with a few items, and a round the corner comes a woman with 2 young.
boys about 7 or 8. she seemed a little clutsey, she raises her voice, the whole damn parking lot could of heard.. they were walking a head of her, she says "if you trip me boy, your going to sit in the truck all day.
like a lot but geez its 29 degrees celsius and extremely humid.
I've certainly had my moments when I wasn't the best parent, and there have been a few times I wish i could turn back the clock and have a do-over.
But I still think its wrong to make exagerated threats to children. Threaten them with what you will really do if they continue in that behavior, not some exagerated threat of death or dismemberment
One parently figure of mine would regularly threaten to beat me to death, or break my arm off and beat me to death with it. Now i knew he would not really do that, but it is still de-humanizing, and it made me feel like shit. Threatening to deprive me of some privilege would have had a better effect, and I would have respected him more.
