what is the book you liked the least studying at the bookstudy?
for me it was the isaiah books.
side question which book did you like the best?
I was long gone by the time the Isaiah books came out. My least favorites were:
Gently Feral
many jws stay in for various reasons but the bottom line is that they know none of it is "the truth".
were you a true believer in spite of the facts?
did you ignorantly accept whatever "mother" said, just because "mother" said so?
Before I opened this thread, I thought you meant the kind of jaydub that never read the huge "Theocratic Library" in his living room. I wasn't that type, but...
Did you ignorantly accept whatever "Mother" said, just because "Mother" said so??
Yes. Yep, I sure was. I expended plenty of mental effort on justifying why all worldly sources that contradicted the TrashTower were wrong. A plusgood doublethinker, I was, till I wondered why the "Truth" was making me mean.
gently feral
this is stupid....maybe..... i was in our local public library last week.
i looked for crisis of conscience.
so i asked about it.
Libraries typically take many months to process purchase requests. If the bOrg employee did "intercept" the copy of COC you asked for, she's ripe for disciplinary action. Just call the library and ask about the progress of your request. If they did buy the book and she "intercepted" it, they'll track it down.
GentlyFeral
many of old timers here migrated from a web forum known as h2o.
when that site had to close down the concerns recently raised here were raised then, by the old h2o group.
jwd was to a large extent the beneficiary of that group's migration.
Meh. Slim pickin's, unless we import fluff (City of Lights) and controversy (H2O Underground) by the long ton.
GentlyFeral
hello,.
rather than each person starting a thread and cluttering the board, perhaps we can keep this thread for posters email addresses that we may want to stay in contact with.. mine is: [email protected].
cheers - hs.
Anybody's welcome to PM for mine, too. GentlyFeral
hello,.
rather than each person starting a thread and cluttering the board, perhaps we can keep this thread for posters email addresses that we may want to stay in contact with.. mine is: [email protected].
cheers - hs.
Argh. Double post. GentlyFeral
SirNose86 saw:
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, late last year
Lucky you!
I don't get out much, but I have enjoyed:
gently feral
there is a training program in the c.i.a.
and f.b.i.. you tell an interrogator 3 things about yourself.
one them has to be a lie.. if they can tell which statement is the lie, you flunk.. .
there is a training program in the c.i.a.
and f.b.i.. you tell an interrogator 3 things about yourself.
one them has to be a lie.. if they can tell which statement is the lie, you flunk.. .
amama2six,
1. I have some college credits.2. I was an avid reader while growing up.
3. I love seafood.
If #1 is true, then so is #2, and vice versa. So I call #3.
gentlyferal
when i turn on the tv, i see so many fem men that i'm realizing that a 'manly" man seems to be a relic of the past.. metrosexuals rule the world now.supersensitive males who are in touch with their feminine side are the norm.. the john waynes & burt reynolds have been replaced with ryan seacrest lookalikes.. ladies, do you find these metrosexuals all that attractive?
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This is the result of the pussification of America...says the gay fella with the Brokeback Mountain avatar.
restrangled:
just generally oblivious
And that's why the days of the he-man have been numbered ever since the wimminz invented "consciousness raising" in the 1970's. I don't fall into the "you should know how I feel" trap, but cluelessness is SUCH A TURN-OFF.
JamieBowers:
Maybe I'm just spoiled, but my husband works a lot of overtime and still makes all of the repairs around the house and on our cars as well as yard work. He also does special projects like remodeling, plumbing, electrical wiring, installing new flooring, etc. We don't ever pay someone to work on our house, cars or yard. I've offered to help out with simple things like putting gas in the van or taking out the trash, and he won't hear of it. He said he would be embarrassed to have people see his wife do those sorts of things.
But I don't see any reason why these things are INTRINSICALLY "man's work." A woman, just as much as a man, should be able to do ANYTHING that needs to be done. Why can't you help him install that new floor? Why can't he help you with dinner? WHY CAN'T GROWNUPS WORK TOGETHER? That's my ideal, even though in our household we have a more or less traditional division of labor. Part of it is that I haven't caught up with the jaydub years of stupid gender-role conformity; the rest is that my understanding of three-dimensional space is limited.
Why does this even matter? Well, which class of work has more status in the outside world? Construction? or housework?
You may feel pampered and taken care of – I know I do – but I also feel limited and sometimes even infantilized when my husband tries to "take these burdens off my hands." I know no one person can do everything, but "A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" (Robert Browning)
gentlyferal
