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  I got my first teaching job!

  by paradiseseeker in

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  in case you haven't read me, i am a spanish pimo who is preparing himself to become an english teacher.

  well, i just wanted to share with you that i've been called to work in a high school and my first week of work has been amazing!

  this job is not permanent, it will end in july, but finally i got rid of many doubts about my adequacy for this job: i love it!

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  humbled

  Good for you! Well done! Made a plan and carried through.

  And good that you can see your value through your students’ eyes.
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  Are you a woman? Do you know one?

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you can answer yes to either question, you should consider listening to the latest episode of "shunned".

  in it, brenda tells her story inside the flds cult, a story of women and what they go through.

  this is happening right here in the united states.

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  humbled

  Thanks, dubstepped.

  I saw that video or one like it some years ago. Those attitudes permeate Mormon culture—even if the “real” ones are the monogamous. A young Mormon woman I know was researching historical documents of early years and discovered the polygamy roots. She hated the low grade bias her daughter faced and saw way too much wired in the religion generally.

  out she came -whole family.And she loves her coffee now

  nothing research
  
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  Can You Make Sense Of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  as a child growing up, i would see different arguments to defend a certain belief.

  it may have required mental gymnastics in order to make a point but there was an actual attempt to explain, teach, and educate....even if the belief or teaching was bogus.. nowadays, it appears that jws couldn’t explain any belief.

  they are drones and do as “mother “ has directed..

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  humbled

  Lieu-you said it: nonsensical

  What finally got me out was the nonsense response Bethel gave me after months of deliberation: my research was correct, nothing wrong with sources l had used. But since l was ‘stumbled’by their slanted, WRONG rendering of the bit in question they recommended a series of articles to straighten me out.

  Even though l was “in” that got me out.

  Moral: good JW? You must not care. You must not think. You must not talk.
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  Some people shouldn't drink alcohol.

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my local paper "crime and public safety".

  man breaks into taco bell to eat taco shells surrenders to police.

  the suspect broke into a local taco bell saturday and devoured doritos taco shells.

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  humbled

  I have a son who is a mad dog on whiskey. He has twice had assault charges when whiskey drunk. He used to be known for his equitable temper, always measured and cool and hilariously funny. A hard dependable worker.

  Yes, he used other drugs(quit). But whiskey he finally saw would put someone in the grave or him in prison.

  Whiskey does things that beer doesn’t seem to do. I don’t understand it since it’s all alcohol. But it is very distinct in how it (whiskey)affects him and others I’ve heard.
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  Cardinal George Pell Senior Member of the Vatican on Sex Charges in Australia to stand Trial.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  cardinal george pell will return to court in a fortnight ,he has been committed to stand trial relating to multiple complainants .. magistrate belinda wallington struck out about half the charges including the most serious of them .. cardinall george pell denies all charges against him.. the world media is watching the outcome of this trial he is the most senior member of the vatican to be charged with such an offence and by, all people , australians who have conducted their own arc into institutionalized child sexual abuse of children .. we wait with baited breath ( for a just outcome ) in all of these investigations ..

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  humbled

  https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/world/australia/ballarat-church-sexual-abuse-pell.html

  abuse is deadly silent for do long. Everyone thinks “it’s just me”

  Just look how it goes on so much!

  thanks for posting this, smiddy
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Scripturally Based Position on Child Protection

  by humblepotato in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  news room > legal developments > legal resources.

  jehovah's witnesses scripturally based position on child protection.

  i am having trouble understanding paragraph 5. it says: .

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  humbled

  This sounds like a waffle.

  They make it sound as though it is automatically reported to the authorities. But the elders are told to contact the branch office first “to ensure compliance with child abuse reporting laws. (Romans 13:1)” —Wtf, why can’t the elders directly call the authorities to learn what the local law requires—why call the branch?

  As Morpheus says: report it.
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  Apostate Dog Influenced By Satan

  by Not_Culty in

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  humbled

  Now l believe in reincarnation.
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  They have a point...

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last week in the sunday meeting a sister made a comment and collapsed, a massive heart attack.

  one of the young brothers is a fireman and he gave her mouth mouth and according to the doctor this saved her life.

  so if she had missed the meeting that day she would have surly died because her husband is not in great health.

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  humbled

  Perhaps not related:

  I used to have a truck some years ago whose front wheels refused to turn down the road where the kingdom hall was located.

  I had to DA.
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  Punctuation Is Important

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  “anne boleyn walked around and talked to her ladies in waiting half an hour after her head was cut off.”.

  “anne boleyn walked around and talked to her ladies in waiting; half an hour after, her head was cut off.”.

  please feel free to add your own examples and comments.. thanks..

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  humbled

  Teacher hit the bottle?

  Teacher hit the bottle!
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  Death

  by Charles Gillette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i often wonder about death.

  no one has any idea, do they?

  people have speculated since the beginning of time but each original concept of the hereafter as been absurd as the one before.

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  humbled

  The stories of afterlife always fell short once l left high school.There were too many loose threads. But was there any reason to live if l rejected the whole cloth of god? Now I find grace in living even if the dust just settles permanently on me.

  Catholicism taught me this mantra “Our purpose is to know, love and serve God in this world and the next.” Then l went searching down the religious crossroad ( like Blueblades said ) there was just a wilderness of martyrs on pikes —wreathed, garlanded, votive candles blazing —their dead fingers extended. Problem was each pointing out the “True Path”— in every direction criss-cross. useless

  The life-everlasting that l honestly hold and that comforts me is ....TaTa! only the life that l presently, day-to-day live.

  The real grace (A life past my life) l have found has been when someone has let me open my heart with out crushing me. That benefit is powerful..l think even immortal. Since it helped me, why not transmit that simple grace? It is a simple way to move past my own last breath.

  The daily release of whatever narrative l was supposed to fulfill, l just accept the loss, let go of failures , mistakes and bad choices-I try to be honest about experiences going through this “Fire Swamp”. If the truth will set me free or take the sting out of death this is the only way l feel it for myself. I have lost family but gained family too. Others in this world need that grace. I find them , they are many. When l discovered religion bred hypocrisy, l left it.

  I saw the life breath leave a person —but see their power persist through the lives they touched. This is the immediate, earthy, practical life -after -death l hold to now.

  I have so many messes in my life but so much beauty . The fake narratives l felt l was supposed to be inhabiting hurt me. When l feel l have to pretend in my own life l drive myself and others crazy.( Lots of things will do this to you—not just religion )

  I got to see a good counselor on and off and that point of “grace” l mentioned earlier—someone l could honestly open up to— confirmed (to me at least)that we can pass on enduring good. Having some mercy on one another is good. Listen mercifully and see that you become braver anc it empowers others to go forward with strength to make better choices too. Let’s them aspire to honesty. It is the least but it truly is so much.

  This thread provided a moment of grace for me. Thanks for listening. And thanks for talking.