Posts by FreudianSlip

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Sometimes you have to make a stand.

by wanderlustguy in

jw
friends

sometimes you have to make a stand.

and sometimes maybe you shouldnt?.

i think overall i am happy with who i am right now.

Defending others

by JK666 in

hey everybody,.

i have tried in the past to defend others when i thought they were being abused.. case 1: a gay poster was banned, and i lobbied to get him reinstated to this board.

eventually, he was able to come back on.

What does one need to interpret the Bible?

by insearchoftruth in

i have posted some thoughts on this on earlier threads, but the pesky jws have approached my wife about a bible study again, but my wife has let them know that this time she wants to learn how to read the bible and then after she is able to do that, she may consider some of the other books.

i have a couple of concerns about this, firstly, from what i know, the jws consider reading thier literature on a par with reading the bible, in fact i am pretty sure that they will try to lead her back to the bible teach book and let her know that she is in essence getting the same 'food' this way as she would another way.. secondly, if she decides to study the bible, the questions from readers that has recently come out all but prohibiting independent bible study will most likely come into play.

witnessgirl provided a good course on this, let my wife know that we are going to read the bible, not study, which could be a loophole (but i doubt if she asks a jw about that they would see a difference, but my stubborn wife may), but i think my wife would say she wants to study, not read....... a pesky jw provided her with her copy of the insight books and she also has the reasoning book, but i want her to actually feel she can read the bible and take from it what the literature presents in itself, not the slant that any organization or person wants her to take from it, even though if she reads the nwt version (or really any version for that matter) there is already a man provided slant.

FreudianSlip

Why does it need to be "interpreted"?

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Dr. Who

by Hortensia in

i just watched the end of the last season of dr. who - man that was depressing.

besides being mostly really loud and full of explosions.

i still like the first season dr. who best, the one with rose tyler.

FreudianSlip

the new Torchwood recruits can't we? Mickey and Martha

Yep. I didn't realize that show was still on. I tried to watch it, and even lasted a few episodes, but it was absolutely horrible!!

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Marriage Is Just a Business

by Preston in

http://abcnews.go.com/business/story?id=5442819.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25846393/.

i read the above articles this morning regarding a guy who was ordered by a court to pay his ex-fiance $150,000 for backing out of a marriage.

FreudianSlip

^ Exactly!

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Do you take Responsibility

by kerj2leev in

jw
friends

usually the one that doesnt want to be friends anymore wont recognize his/her part in the failure.. in jg wifes thread about being friends with your ex the above comment was made.

in failed relationships it's usually both parties that share the blame.. in the past three years since my divorce i have come to except my part in the break-up of our marriage.

i have identified areas that i need to work on to be in a healthy relationship.

FreudianSlip

Whatever. Sometimes blame is deserved and earned. Sometimes a break-up is SOLELY or overwhelmingly one person's fault.

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Anybody remember when southern congregations were integrated?

by Texman55 in

as i think i recall, this happened in the fall of 1972. i was living in atlanta at the time, where it was a nonissue, there was a very pretty black girl who was very popular in the congo there.

but back in my much smaller hometown, there were still black congregations when i started studying in 1970....totally separate khs, totally separate circuit assemblies.

not sure if they had a separate co...probably not.. in fact my great uncle, the eccentric old guy nobody in my family had much to do with....been a jw for ages but not very popular in the kh either....had a little house directly across the street.....moody, cranky old cuss, but very independent thinker too in a weird kind of russelite way....he got df'd around that time and i think it had something to do with the integration issue.

FreudianSlip

My mother grew up in small-town Mississippi and then Memphis. She used to tell me about going to all Black congregations. They had visiting speakers and COs who were White though. She didn't go to an integrated congregation until she moved to Kansas in '75.

I am happy that that concept is foreign to me. My congregations were always thoroughly racially mixed.

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Dr. Who

by Hortensia in

i just watched the end of the last season of dr. who - man that was depressing.

besides being mostly really loud and full of explosions.

i still like the first season dr. who best, the one with rose tyler.

FreudianSlip

still like the first season Dr. Who best, the one with Rose Tyler.

My favorite, too. I wanted Rose to come back permanently, she was the best side-kick, then Martha. Donna was put in place to get the middle-aged women audience, I couldn't stand her! David Tennant is adorable though so that doesn't hurt.

alt

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Is It Me Or Are The Males of Today More Feminine and/or Nerdy Than Ever B4?

by minimus in

jw
friends

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?

?.

FreudianSlip

Don't objectify me that way!

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Is It Me Or Are The Males of Today More Feminine and/or Nerdy Than Ever B4?

by minimus in

jw
friends

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?

?.

FreudianSlip

Minimouse-

It's just you.