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  Does Debating Have to Be Abusive - To Be Effective ?

  by flipper in

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  my wife and i were having an interesting discussion about some of the debates that take place on the board here .

  now, granted most people , i feel upwards of 90 % on the board maybe higher try to be respectful in their debates or discussions on topics.

  i think we all had enough bashing in the witness organization.

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  mentalclearness

  I think for the most part the majority of posters debate in a mature matter. once in a while a topic might hit very close to home and some passionate views or some comments that are probably not within the normal character of the poster shows up. I have no problem with this, and I personally have experienced this. I think we all have.

  I do have a problem with a poster who´s insults and demeaning remarks are a character trait. It happens in all their posts. The funny thing is, in a debate when a person gets emotionally charged and starts spewing insults and the like they lose sooooooooooooo much credibility. They might have had valid points to begin with but in the end the way they express themselves takes center stage as opposed to the information they give.
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  Sexual Harassment

  by reneeisorym in

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  i've had something happen to me at work and i just need some opinions .... i work at a store where i am the only female employee.

  we were short handed these past two weeks because someone quit and the new guy doesn't start until monday so they got a guy from another store to come fill in.

  i hardly know this guy except for him talking to me about business related things.

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  R.Crusoe and Frankispeakin, I wonder if you two aren´t the type of men who talk to women in that way. First of all, the poster is a newly married woman with a baby. She didn´t give the guy the type of leeway to make a comment like that. In another circumstance things might have been different.

  But I will agree with frankiespeakin on one matter. If it had been me, I would have looked at the guy straight in the face and very seriously said,¨"you need to show some more respect. You´re comment was offensive" and walked away.
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  What inspired your avatar and your screen name?

  by Princess Daisy Boo in

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  tell me the story behind the picture.... why is mr flipper mr flipper?

  how much do you look like zappa, jk666?

  and gopher - are you really a little old man?

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  mentalclearness

  well my screen name I didn´t put a whole lot of thought into. I thought of something fast and I guess my goal was to achieve some sort of mental clarity after all the years of doctrinization.... My first avatar was princess mononoke from famous japanese animation movie about a warrior princess. I liked it because she was very childlike and vulnerable looking but extremely fierce and strong. Guess i identified with that. I also liked it because she had the blood dripping from her knife, in one scene she sucks venom out of this wolf type creature and I found it kind of funny because blood is dripping from her face..I found it ironic...and I also have a sick and twisted minded at times.....ha!!!

  the current avatar is a picture of the snow capped andes mountain..I forgot exactly which one....but i´m in a calmer place right now than when i first started the forum......
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  Sexual Harassment

  by reneeisorym in

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  i've had something happen to me at work and i just need some opinions .... i work at a store where i am the only female employee.

  we were short handed these past two weeks because someone quit and the new guy doesn't start until monday so they got a guy from another store to come fill in.

  i hardly know this guy except for him talking to me about business related things.

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  mentalclearness

  I can see how it would be awkward for you, but at least you don´t have to work with him all the time...I can´t believe how disrespectful some men are sometimes...makes you think what barn they grew up in???
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  Universal Issue of Sovereignty Does NOT Exist....Proof......

  by oompa in

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  we are taught that the $hit mankind has endured for thousands of years is because satan said something that could be construed to be bad about god, and so god said...."let's let mankind see if they are better off following satan and leading themselves, or following me.

  " now thousands of years later, this universal issue is still not settled...after all...the angles and demons are waiting with baited breath for the end result.. do you think that just because you were taught since youth that this "universal sovereignty issue" is real, it is?

  i have some real good biblical reasons this is not even an issue.............................................oompa.

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  yeah the sovereignty issue never satisfied my answer about suffering........I actually feel embarassed that i told other people that silly reasoning. I mean ...what was I thinking?????
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  Yesterday my father informed me that he will shun me...

  by nvrgnbk in

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  but only if a judicial committee tells him to.. if they say i'm inactive and let me be, he can still talk to me.. it's meaningless, because i would never meet with a jc, but he let me know where he stands.. he's dead to me.. i'm not hurting.. lost tons of respect for the man.. i told him he was brainwashed and left him without saying goodbye.. to no longer live for his approval was liberating, but this is even better.. i told him that i couldn't do that to my son.. his response?.

  unconditional love is a lie.. you only get unconditional love from a dog.. sick, brainwashed, emotionally bankrupt man.. p.s.- not looking for cyber hugs.

  just sharing the experience for others going through similar things and for lurkers to see what this cult does to people.. regards,.

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  mentalclearness

  I´m so sorry things turned out like that. Even though we all know how things will turn out before we talk about what we really think with family members there is always this little shred of hope that they will actually reason, or at least respect our beliefs and say "well hon, i don´t really think the same way you do, but I love you anyway".....

  yeah what a jip!!!!

  by the way I am having some strained relations as well with my mom...I´m sure it won´t be long before I´ll be posting some sort of "interventon" famly scene I´ve been visualizing in my head for a while...Like i walk into my mom´s house and conveniently all my family is there..the door locks behind me and my older brother says "mentalclearness, we want to alk to you about something..sit down"...and the showdown begins..Nice bright happy thought about the future..ha!!!
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  If you can get this

  by mouthy in

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  http://www.evidenceministries.blogspot.com/ i am on it.

  .....laugh out loud is right.

  i am the old woman that hold up a card that says hard core jw then i hold up a card that says hard core christian..... trevor ( my friend) sent it to me its happy exjehovahs witnesses

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  mentalclearness

  you´re beautiful mouthy!!! your goodness can be appreciated on the outside as well......
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  Are You Ever Afraid To Post Your Views On This Board?

  by minimus in

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  do you ever get nervous making a post, knowing that perhaps you''re going to get "picked on" in one way or another??

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  mentalclearness

  I post whatever is on my mind....I know sometimes that some of my posts will get an adverse reaction. It doesn´t bother me in the least. I can accept to have a different opinion from someone else. Doesn´t mean I change my opinion. Sometimes I defend the witnesses on certain things that I`ve noticed. I know that maybe that gives me an image of defending them. That´s far from the truth. I´m quite opinionated on the forum, and in real life....
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  Darin's Tijuana Mexico JW experience

  by Junction-Guy in

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  darin is on a business trip in san diego california.

  on monday, he and his friend josh went to tijuana mexico.

  he said that was the crudest places he has ever seen.

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  mentalclearness

  I´ve never been to mexico myself but it seems like there are disgusting things all over the world. Here in Peru we also have our share of prostitutes and not too far from pretty nice areas you´ll encounter them half naked with obvious silicon implants..funny thing is when you get closer you realize that they are transvestites...yeah..that´s pretty funny!!!!
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  Don't worry, I've had a vasectomy...

  by Elsewhere in

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  ...and other lies men have told women.. men: what lies have you told women?.

  women: what lies have you been told... and believed?.

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  mentalclearness

  with you it´s love..with them it´s just sex.....