nugget

Joined

• started 74 topics
• posted 4,149 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by nugget

• 
  44

  This is Just getting Ridiculous and out of hand with the Borg

  by MrsR-Awaken in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  saw this on reddit it was posted by user morgan_sparlock .

  to me honestly this would of been prohibited 10 years ago, but now every dub is obsessed with this website, it's everywhere even a damn iphone cover... ooh they don't approve of idolatry ooh no they don't accept cross veneration thats bullshit to me!!!

  its getting to a point that they are venerating this website (company logo) it's their version of the cross.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  I am really surprised how much the society has changed since we left. All the old strictures seem to be worn away and they look more and more like a business and less like a religion each dazy
• 
  15

  my first painting after my cataract oeration

  by nugget in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  have only just been able to paint again after a cataract operation in september.

  i had complications which meant my short sight has been compromised but following some surgery the fluid buildup seems to have cleared and i have started painting again.

  this is a larger rendition of an earlier piece, such a relief to be ble to see the paper again..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  Thank you all. It is such a joy to. be able to pursue a talent without guilt. One thing the society does is inhibit our ability to follow our dreams and develop skills. It is amazing how much of what makes us unique we were prepared to deny ourselves because of the whims of a publishing house.
• 
  15

  my first painting after my cataract oeration

  by nugget in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  have only just been able to paint again after a cataract operation in september.

  i had complications which meant my short sight has been compromised but following some surgery the fluid buildup seems to have cleared and i have started painting again.

  this is a larger rendition of an earlier piece, such a relief to be ble to see the paper again..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  Thank you. This is an ink drawing with ink wash as the colours remain true when they dry. The disadvantage is that you have to work fast as the ink stains the paper as soon as it is applied.

  I need to get painting as there is a summer exhibition and I need work of exhibition quality before then. I usually do the bulk of my pictures in late summer early autumn but this year I need to catch up. Not sure if this picture will make the cut.
• 
  79

  What's a word that describes the way Witnesses behave as a group?

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't recall the word that describes a group that keeps to itself like the witnesses do.

  i thought it was "insular" but i don't think that's the one i'm looking for after reading the definition.

  i remember an elder using the word "clannish" and that has the proper definition but it reminds me of a group of elves.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  Tajfel (1979) proposed that the groups (e.g. social class, family, football team etc.) which people belonged to were an important source of pride and self-esteem. Groups give us a sense of social identity: a sense of belonging to the social world.

  n order to increase our self-image we enhance the status of the group to which we belong. For example, England is the best country in the world! We can also increase our self-image by discriminating and holding prejudice views against the out group (the group we don’t belong to). For example, the Americans, French etc. are a bunch of losers!
  

  Therefore, we divided the world into “them” and “us” based through a process of social categorization (i.e. we put people into social groups).
  

  This is known as in-group (us) and out-group (them). Social identity theory states that the in-group will discriminate against the out-group to enhance their self-image.

  The central hypothesis of social identity theory is that group members of an in-group will seek to find negative aspects of an out-group, thus enhancing their self-image.
  
• 
  92

  So Proud of Pops

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok so a car pulls up to the house and 3 eldurrs from my dads congo come up.

  they come in and have thee nerve to ask me to step out so they can speak to pops!!!!

  this is the good part.....pops says...and i quote " whatever needs to be said..can be said in front of my son".

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  Good for him. His contribution was significant so no one else felt obliged to dip into their own pockets. Nice to know that money was the sole purpose for their visit.
• 
  17

  I heard a knock on the door, and...

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ..."we are"--at this point i began shaking my head no--"stopping by to share a scripture.".

  she had the wt and bible in her hand.. "please do not come to this house ever again.".

  "ok we will put you on the do not call list.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  One called by accident 6 months ago and instantly regretted it. It was just after the Royal Commission findings and the elder was woefully ill prepared.
• 
  15

  my first painting after my cataract oeration

  by nugget in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  have only just been able to paint again after a cataract operation in september.

  i had complications which meant my short sight has been compromised but following some surgery the fluid buildup seems to have cleared and i have started painting again.

  this is a larger rendition of an earlier piece, such a relief to be ble to see the paper again..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  Have only just been able to paint again after a cataract operation in September. I had complications which meant my short sight has been compromised but following some surgery the fluid buildup seems to have cleared and I have started painting again. This is a larger rendition of an earlier piece, such a relief to be ble to see the paper again.
  
• 
  64

  "Apostates " how honest are we?

  by closed in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as i mentioned in another post i used to serve as an elder for 2 decades.

  i was involved in a number of jc.

  some i dealt with are good friends now.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  People are all different. Being a jw doesnt make someone good or bad and neither does someone leaving make them intrinsically good. Many people leave the faith or are thrown out of it and some will be people with values and some will not.
• 
  20

  Are JW's allowed to have close non JW friends?

  by 007DB1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am a non-participating christian who is fully respectful of but never had anything to do with jw.. i have a jw friend who seems to closely follow his jw belief's.

  i have met most of his family and friends who all are also jw's.

  he says i am his only non-jw good friend.. he is getting married this year to his long time gf and with our recent growing more guarded and distant friendship, i am wondering what is going on?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  You are told to be wary of no n jws. I suspect that he is trying to distance himself because although you are his friend you will not be on the guest list for his wedding. He knows that you may have expectations that you would be invited but he doesnt want to explain why he invited a worldly non relative to the wedding. He would rather avoid the conversation and be distant than fess up that his religion is making him behave like an arse.

  You can get rid of the elephant in the room by saying I am happy for you, I know that you may not be able to invite all your friends as family takes priority but I will be thinking of you and hope you enjoy your day.

  s
• 
  138

  How many of you actually KNOW the bible OR God???

  by Mark Zyche in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  since jws are sooooooo terrible and full of lies.

  what the heck do you think about fat santa, and and days later the celebration of janus?.

  since you seem to be so good at looking at the "lies of the watchtower" what do you people think of your lives now, religiously speaking?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  nugget

  Have you read the posting guidelines?