http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-girl14.html.
i caught this on a link from a link from a link.
the group known as the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses disavowed corporal punishment as an acceptable way to discipline children, said j.r. brown, a national spokesman for the jehovah's witnesses.. "it has nothing to do with the religion,'' brown said.
I do not know of any witness that would approve of beating your child. A spank now and then maybe, but never anything like this.
As flawed as the religion is like most, it is a shame that the worst JWs make the rest look even worse.
I feel bad for the girls siblings...to be forced to participate in this crime.
i have become somewhat friendly with a jw lady (i am also a woman and have gotten to know her over the past four years).
i am unsure of her status in the religion.
i am not a jw but have educated myself regarding jw customs, etc.... in conversation we found we were born in the same month, and she told me when her birthday was.
I would just out and out ask her. Say, hey I thougnt JWs dont celebrate birthdays and holidays. Are you not a hard core witness or what?
hi all,.
i don't know about the rest of you, but there's something that grates on me like new chalk on a blackboard.. i refer to that expression jws use to describe that threadbare tapestry of conjecture, fill-in-the-blanks theological approach to doctrines the bible leaves hazy and judgmental moralism that comprises the wt belief system-- you know, ``the truth," as in ``he/she left the truth,'' or ``how long have you been in the truth?''.
may i suggest that it be amended to ``the opinion?
The opinion....that has a nice ring to it
here's the chance to finally find out what we suspected all along:.
are you evil?
find out at http://www.emode.com/emode/tests/evil.jsp.
I only rated "kinda evil" I bet I would have hit full tilt evil if I took this while pregnant.
I must be getting soft...must work on that.
i don't know if i am the only one with this problem or not.
but i have two boys ages 4 and 6. i get them up at a normal hour (the older one is in school, now).
i even put them to bed around 8 or 9 pm, depending on what is going on for the day.
I just got Enya's recent cd, and that seems to calm my 2 year old down. As a matter of fact, Tori Amos' Under the Pink does too...
a bethelite brother gave a public talk at our hall a couple weeks ago.
one part of the talk focused on "putting kingdom interest first".
he gave examples of how some gave up material comfort so they could pursue the ministry.
I knew several pioneers who were very bright and could have gone on to college but decided to go into cleaing or delivering newspapers so that they could pioneer. Most of those that I knew were pretty happy doing it.
I do know one couple an elder that has been cleaing for about 20 years and his wife that lived in the basement apartment of the kingdom hall for several years. Because it has been decided that paying rent to the hall means the congregation would have to pay income taxes they were kicked out of the hall. Because they have little money (both pioneering...no kids, but they don't have any other marketable skills besides cleaning and waitressing) they spend part of the time living in a camper trailer (with no heat) at the wife's mother's house.
I wonder how blessed they feel now. I feel sorry for them, they got dumped out of the hall because the WTS has deemed they are above paying taxes. Why can't they just let them live there for free?
17 days overdue...but we finally had our daughter!.
we now refer to her as the child formerlly know ans fetus.. 8lbs, 5 ozs...
Thank you everybody! =)
Sleep...what is this sleep you speak of??
=)
17 days overdue...but we finally had our daughter!.
we now refer to her as the child formerlly know ans fetus.. 8lbs, 5 ozs...
17 days overdue...but we finally had our daughter!
We now refer to her as the child formerlly know ans Fetus.
8lbs, 5 ozs...
i don't know if i am the only one with this problem or not.
but i have two boys ages 4 and 6. i get them up at a normal hour (the older one is in school, now).
i even put them to bed around 8 or 9 pm, depending on what is going on for the day.
Do they take naps during the day? If so, eliminate the naps if possible. This should make a difference.
If all else fails there is always Childrens Nyquil....muahahahahah!
just kidding
this is just a few thoughts that i have regarding the subject of anonimity.
yes, i am making this post after being in the chat room with several others including kent and prisca.
it seemed to me that kent posted prisca's pic mainly out of sheer mischievousness and was quite taken aback at her very real distress at having her identity exposed.
My name is Sherry, and I am a recovering Jehovah's Witness.
