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  My son is having a birthday party today

  by mrsjones5 in

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  one of his friends can't come because his mother is a jw.

  i told my boy he shouldn't have said to the mother what kind of party it was.

  he's just having a few friends over for food and video gaming, something his friend has done before at other "worldly" kids' house along with my son.. there will be no beheadings at this party..

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  Morbidzbaby

  Happy birthday to young Mrjones :)

  And I concur... No beheadings?? Come now, what is this world coming to when you can't gather together and behead someone?? Honestly!!
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  Dont send your kids to church

  by StopTheTears in

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  go with them!!!.

  go with them!!!.

  go with them!!!.

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  Morbidzbaby

  Let them have a life instead of learning to be afraid and pay homage to someone who doesn't exist!
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  Time for another tattoo thread!

  by ex360shipper in

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  well folks i told myself i would get my first tattoo when i got my credit cards paid off and i am getting real close.

  i have a few ideas, but am open to suggestions.

  who wants to show theirs off?.

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  Morbidzbaby

  None for myself just yet. After this baby is born, I'm thinking of either a four-leaf clover or a flower with each of my children's names and birth dates in the petals. I want quite a few tats...a Phoenix, for sure. Lots of meaning there for me.
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  Do you think your marriage would have survived if it wasn,t for the borg?

  by jam in

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  in my case, it was the only thing that kept us togather.. if it wasn,t for the cult we would have split a year after.

  i return from vietnam, married two weeks before going.

  to nam.

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  Morbidzbaby

  I never would have met him to begin with if it weren't for the JW's. Like Lady Lee, 2 weeks into our marriage I knew I had made a mistake. I called my mom crying and told her it was a mistake and I wished I hadn't done it. Even my dad had said as we were walking down the aisle "It's not too late to change your mind...we'll go in, have a nice dinner, and you don't HAVE to do this...". But, I thought this was the thing to do. We had already committed "fornication", though we didn't do EVERYTHING. So guilt as well as fear of disappointing people who were there pushed me into it.

  He was not a stellar JW by any means. In fact, he didn't get uber self-righteous until a year later. THAT is when the misery really started. The control, the fights, the belittling. Things seemed to get better for awhile, but then his family got involved and it disintegrated again. I was evil, I was the horrible unsubmissive wife, he needed to "put his foot down" with me. He did, alright. In the middle of a fight, he put his foot down right in the middle of my brand new stereo. He was violent with inanimate objects and with himself...cutting himself, biting himself, banging his head against the wall so hard that it would cut and bleed...and then blaming me, stating that I "set him off" and that I stressed him out so much he had nothing else to do but hurt himself. Granted, I was friggin' miserable! I was so depressed I found no joy in ANYTHING. The last half of our marriage, I spent being either pregnant or being postpartum for a few months before getting pregnant again. Instead of trying to understand my emotional pendulum and being there for me when I needed someone, it got turned around on me and I was called unappreciative, selfish, etc. I asked to get help, see a counselor, get medication to help with my severe depression. "We can't afford it, and I'm not going to go making another bill". Many times, suicide really seemed to be an option.

  So, I don't think that being out of the borg would have made our marriage survive. His views on life and how things should be were severely colored by his upbringing by people who were basically mentally ill. Whether or not he was a JW, he would have clung to any religion and been a fierce bible thumper who has completely puritanical views on sex and the role that a wife should play. To this day, I really can't stand reading the bible, specifically Proverbs...because I was always quoted to from it in a tone that suggested I was either causing the negative action that it was talking about, or I wasn't living up to the qualities that it stressed. So yeah...I fucking hate Proverbs.

  My partner now is everything my ex was NOT. He's everything I need, even if I didn't know I needed it. He handles my pregnant hormonal mood swings with grace and love and just lets me talk, even though I know what I'm saying and how I feel isn't making any sense lol. There is no control in this house. I can do what I want, listen to what I want, watch and read what I want... There is no "letting" me do anything. I make my choices as to what's right for ME. Sometimes it still seems so weird.
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  Infant died from Herpes after Rabbi followed circumcision with oral suction

  by rebel8 in

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  yep, you read that right.. it's not considered sexual abuse because it's an old religious rite.. http://cultprevention.blogspot.com/2012/03/infants-death-at-hospital-linked-to.html.

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  UGH... That poor little baby...

  This is absolutely disgusting. I don't care if it's a religious (*cough* cult *cough*) rite, a grown man has no business putting his mouth on an infant's penis!! I personally feel circumcision is wrong and unnecessary except in very very rare cases. So the fact that this little boy died because some old guy decided to cut his penis and then put his dirty old mouth on it... In one way I feel bad for the parents because they trusted this guy and thoguht they were doing what was right by god according to their ancient tradition. On the other hand, I want to smack them upside the head! This man shouldn't be allowed to do any circumcision rituals any more. Unfortunately, regulating this sort of thing would open up a HUGE can of worms within all religions. *sigh*
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  Does prayer have any effect?

  by The Quiet One in

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  Morbidzbaby

  I believe that prayer is focused energy. So, meditation is the very same thing. You're just focusing your own energy that you have within yourself toward the outcome that you want. This why praying/meditating for a million dollars doesn't work.

  I don't pray, but I do use grounding and focusing techniques when I need to write something that is important and needs to be coherent and intelligent. Some people might laugh when they see me at my laptop with 2 lavender candles lit, an amethyst stone, and essential oils on my forehead... But this is what grounds, centers, and focuses ME. I believe everything has energy (not divine, but scientific). Some of my best writing has been done in this manner because it just assists me in focusing MY energy on the outcome and how I get there. To me, prayer is only different in that it is focused on a PERSONAGE. But it's still YOUR OWN ENERGY that causes your prayer to be "answered" or not. It's your level of focus and willingness to work along with your wants that will determine the outcome in the end. Again, this is why prayer isn't going to get you a shitload of money or a brand new house or that Ferrari that you want. But, the focused energy and your working along with your own desires might just help YOU to make that come true for YOURSELF.

  That's why I get pissed when people credit God or Jehovah with so much. When I was taking classes and working 2 jobs after my ex kicked me out, people said that "Jehovah was providing" and that "I owed so much to Jehovah". Really? Where was he when my ex was kicking me out and taking my children? Where was he when I was homeless? Fuck him! I did it all my damn self! I did the late-night study sessions, the overnight shifts that led into full-day shifts the next day with no sleep, plus meetings and service. I did it. ME! All on my own, with my own energy and my own stamina. I can proudly raise my head high and know that I did it on my own, no invisible sky daddy needed.
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  Problematic JWs

  by Celestial in

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  did you ever have a problem with one of jehovah's witnesses?.

  i always got along with everyone very well except for a couple of people.

  this experience was partly my fault.

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  Morbidzbaby

  Plenty of issues over the years... And they were entirely with the "mentally unstable" ones. My mother was going to give a baby shower for my sister-in-law (she was studying at the time, my bro was DF'ed) and a sister volunteered her rather large home for it sinceour house was tiny. She KNEW the circumstances ahead of time! Another sister volunteered to help my mother get everything set up, as well as make an invitation list, etc. I was a kid at the time, so there wasn't much I could do, so these sisters swooped in to help my mother. BOTH these sisters were aware their names would be on the invitations as co-hosts to the party and as people to RSVP to.

  Well, it turns out, there was another sister who was pregnant at the same time and was due around the same time. The sisters decided to get together and give her a shower (this was her second child, but there was a huge age gap between her kids). Lo and behold, they choose the SAME DATE for her shower. Okay, fine. The sister who offered her home came back to my mom and said "I've decided that you can't use my house...I'd rather go to my SISTER'S shower than a worldly persons!" My mom asked about perhaps changing the date. No dice. The sister said "I don't want a house full of worldly people!!!". Shows how much this ignorant twat listened. The only people invited were people in the congregation and JW family members. The only "wordly person" would have been my sister-in-law and she was studying! And my mom had told her this many times. This sister then called the elders and got them involved. My mother was pulled into the back room (I went, too...no way she was going it alone) and they told her this was disrupting the harmony of the congregation.

  So, we decided to have it in our teeny house... The other sister was still on board with helping, so she said. So, we sent out the invitations. Apparently, some of the sisters who received their invites got their feathers ruffled that this sister was a part of all of this...so they called her up and squawked. She then called my mother, got all pissy, yelling at her for putting her name on the invitation and making it look like she was a part of this whole thing. She didn't show up to the shower, neither did a bunch of other people. We had about 8 people show up, most of whom were family and only a couple who were TRUE friends to my mother and wanted to show a spirit of true love to my sister-in-law. It still amazes me to this day how cruel and STUPID these people can be.

  As for djegghead's long-ass comment, all I can say is that it doesn't matter that she was a married woman. The only people who really give a shit about that are JW's and jealous spouses. I have male friends who are married that I speak to, my BF has female friends that are married that he speaks to. Hell, we consider ourselves married in our hearts and we still speak to single people of the opposite sex and have friendships with them. These friendships include email and text messaging. No one's cheating on anyone else. There is nothing wrong with having platonic relationships with people of the opposite sex. And, contrary to what the Washtowel Babbling Crap Society prints, it IS possible to have a platonic and non-sexual friendship with someone of the opposite sex. Hell, according to the Washtowel, these days even same-sex friendships should be questioned if the parties have gotten "too close".
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Die In Bus Crash On Way To Meeting

  by JW GoneBad in

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  sad indeed!

  i was searching online when i came across these headlines.

  early reports say that as many as 27 jws died in a bus crash in ecuador while on their way to a meeting a couple of weeks ago.

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  Morbidzbaby

  It's sad, but I've heard so many JW's say things like "Well, time and unforeseen occurance..." or worse, "Well, there must have been someone among them who was living a double life!" or somesuch nonsense.
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  Vatican told to pay taxes as Italy tackles budget crisis

  by cantleave in

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  http://richarddawkins.net/articles/645101-vatican-told-to-pay-taxes-as-italy-tackles-budget-crisis.

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  Morbidzbaby

  I've said for a long time now that religions should NOT be tax exempt. In my eyes, that does not go against the so-called separation of church and state we claim to have here in the US. They shouldn't get "special status" just because they are a house/organization of worship. And the WTBTS even less so, considering they are simply a publishing company masquerading as a religion!
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  JW's at my door today with a science presentation.

  by InterestedOne in

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  i live in a not-so-nice urban neighborhood in the us (mid-atlantic).

  this is the first time english-speaking jw's have knocked when i've been home.

  it was interesting to observe them now after spending last year as a study and attending a kh.

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  Morbidzbaby

  Well, for one thing, you can tell them next week that the myth that we only use ten percent of our brains is completely bogus. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-we-really-use-only-10 So, therefore, the Watchtower needs to quit perpetuating myths and announcing them as facts. This particular myth has been debunked for a very long time. Just goes to show how behind the times they really are. Ask these nice gentlemen for a source for their publishing company's research on that subject. See if they're willing to find one. Then print out the article from Scientific American that I posted a link to and show them YOUR sources. Proceed with "If they're wrong about that, what else are they wrong about?".

  I dunno...could be fun...