Posts by nugget

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Like Mother like Daughter - Our Daughter is becoming quite accomplished with anime art

by cantleave in

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https://36.media.tumblr.com/42e8b2d4f4727aa95474d8c34617e50b/tumblr_nthszmwlk01rv15umo1_1280.jpg.

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nugget

Barrold you are welcome to your opinion even if I don't agree with it. I do not agree that any part of the drawing fails to follow the rules of this particular anime style. Anime is not just one style but many and some are more edgy than others in the same way that art of any kind covers a wide spectrum of ideas and representations. The competition required that the male character had a tail so the drawing accurately reflects the writers brief.

Anime tends to represent idealised women but it is the artist that can make it more suggestive. As the artist in question is relatively young I do not think that the picture intends to convey any hidden message or undertone.

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Like Mother like Daughter - Our Daughter is becoming quite accomplished with anime art

by cantleave in

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https://36.media.tumblr.com/42e8b2d4f4727aa95474d8c34617e50b/tumblr_nthszmwlk01rv15umo1_1280.jpg.

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nugget

its a competition entry for 2 psychotic characters don't know what the other parameters were. They get a theme and have to work with it.

Brilliant shading and great characterisation she should win this one.

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JWs nearly killed my mother

by cookiemaster in

the past week has been hell for me.

my mother started feeling ill and we went to seek medical assistance.

we live in the mountains and the nearest large hospital is about 150 kms away.

nugget

truly disgusting display of religious hypocrisy. We had a similar experience my mother had a fall and broke her hip, my father a non JW had arranged for her to have surgery with blood and she was ok with it. My JW sister went to the hospital and made my mother insist on bloodless surgery, as a result she had another fall and broke her hip again because she was so anemic following 8 hours on the operating table. That was 2 years ago and my mum has barely walked since. My dad was livid he is now my mums carer having to deal with all that involves my JW sister tells her she will walk again in paradise and encourages her not to make an effort now whilst doing nothing practical to help my Dad. The other JWs are worse than useless. Words cannot express my anger at these people, they have hearts of stone and arrogance that they don't compromise whilst non believers are left to pick up the pieces.

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Do you believe Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body is the "faithful slave"?

by Marvin Shilmer in

this question is known to be posed by jws to other jws as an acid test of loyalty.

i'm not the first to notice what i'm about to point out and comment accordingly, but today i felt compelled to add a short article on my blog highlighting the new language that governing body member geoffrey jackson supplies as a response.

a person who honestly hesitates to respond with a robust "yes!

nugget

He may have stated that they were not God's spokesmen but it would not be the only lie he told the RC. If they do not believe that they are gods representatives on Earth ,which should have been the wording of the question, then why can people be disfellowshipped for refusing to accept this fact?

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Need someone to talk to

by Anonymous17 in

hi i've been a jw my whole life and i'm 17 now.

i've never had a mine of my own and recently i started thinking more open minded and i know the being a jw isn't for me.

i feel like i've been in a bubble my whole life.

nugget

Start discreetly building your life independent of your parents. Do you know what you want to do with your life? What career you would like? Look at grants and assistance available to you so that if your parents decide to pull the rug out from under you there is support you can access. Start to build a support network outside the organisation. Reconnect with relatives and friends so you have people to go to and confide in.

having goals and direction is important and provides focus. You have your whole life ahead of you so embrace the opportunity to fulfill your potential. In this instance plan for the worst but hope for the best.

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Do you believe Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body is the "faithful slave"?

by Marvin Shilmer in

this question is known to be posed by jws to other jws as an acid test of loyalty.

i'm not the first to notice what i'm about to point out and comment accordingly, but today i felt compelled to add a short article on my blog highlighting the new language that governing body member geoffrey jackson supplies as a response.

a person who honestly hesitates to respond with a robust "yes!

nugget

If they represent God then what does this tell us God is like. He is out of touch more interested in money than people. He lacks compassion happy to use his followers to progress his personal ambition. He is all about control ensuring that people have no natural affection and put faceless people above family.

This is not the God other people have said Christianity is all about or what I think a God should be. So as a result I cannot believe that the GB could possibly be Gods representative on Earth. They are their own God so I rejected them for the hypocritical, blasphemous, greedy and arrogant men they are.

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So I was enjoying a business trip in down town Bangkok...............Next thing BANG!!!

by cantleave in

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so last night i was having a wonderful meal in a very nice restaurant when we heard what we thought was a loud clap of thunder.................. it was a bomb.

yards from my hotel.

thankfully i made a few decision that meant i wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong time.

nugget

It is sad that the bomber picked a shrine a place where believers and tourists congregate. Some may well have been seeking a religious connection.

Bombings are random meant to kill the maximum number of people religious belief does not protect you in these events. The Bible is correct in this instance when it talks about time and unforeseen circumstances befall us all. Those with a belief may hope that their loved ones have gone to a better place or that the suffering was not in vain.

To berate someone who survived such an event for not thanking god does a believer no credit. These events lead many to question the existence of a benevolent god so it would be more appropriate to express sympathy and humility.

Glad you are safe come home soon.

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Leaving the org and marriage possibly ending

by atacrossroads in

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i was raised a witness, baptized at 16, vacation pioneered, got married, etc.

i was very much your typical witness and believed it was the truth until last summer.

a very close relative of mine left the witnesses.

nugget

Your marriage may or may not be salvageable only you know whether this is the case. It is difficult to be married to someone who still believes when you do not and it may reach a tipping point and you will know what that is. It sounds like you are moving forward and making plans and trying new things all these are positive steps. In most cases we hope for the best and plan for the worst. Give your husband time to mentally adjust to the new circumstance before trying to press him about anything new. The fact that he hasn't thrown you under the bus is a positive sign.

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GEOFFREY JACKSON THE PERSONABLE FACE OF JW.ORG...BUT IT AIN'T OVER YET BUDDY

by steve2 in

since geoffrey jackson's appearance before the australian royal commission on friday there has for some been an expressed feeling of anticlimax.

it is as though he was given too much latitude to preach, to claim ignorance and to skirt questions.

more to the point, as much as i myself thought i would never have expected to say this, gj actually came across as likeable and - don't throttle me please!

nugget

I think the RC explored how much they could achieve to change the way that child abuse was handled within an organisation such as the witnesses. They established that this commission was noit a form of persecution and Mr Jackson agreed that the organisation was not a victim.

They challenged some key doctrines and principles as they pertain to the way these matter were handled and Mr Jackson kept saying he wanted to make changes but when they actually explored the detail it became clear that some things will not change.

The role of women will remain as it is and the bottom line is the organisation sees no need to include women in anything more than a token way. The two witness rule may be modified especially as the commission has now cited a scriptural principle that could be applied. The organisation remains committed to shunning and there is likely to be no way they will change this voluntarily. They may report child abuse because mandatory reporting is imposed on them. Essentially they lied about areas they feel uncomfortable about such as discipline within the organisation and the way people who leave are treated. They proved that they think freedom of worship only applies to members of their organisation and not to those who chose to leave. It was clear they would only make changes if the commission made it a legal requirement. Apologies and compensation will not be forthcoming.

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Pauline David - barrister and legal counsel for [BCG] - Australian Child Abuse Royal Commission into Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

a rare moment in legal and theocratic history.

pauline david, barrister and legal counsel for [bcg], had the opportunity to question and cross-examine, geoffrey jackson of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses (a.k.a.

"faithful and discreet slave").never before has a woman had the privilege of challenging and questioning a member of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

nugget

I missed the significance of thar thank you for pointing it out. Especially after her had done a long bit on how women couldn't be elders because it would be unseemly for them to get excited and challenge and debate with men in the congregation.