Posts by not bitter

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Amusing converstion with mother about evolution

by not bitter in

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sorry if i waffle.

sunday my 5 year old daughter and i watched a few episodes back to back of walking with monsters its a documentary of life before dinosaurs.

our early beginnings.

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When I told my mum that I wanted my child to learn about evolution/science and religion so she could make an informed decision when she is old enough, mum replied ''well yes, of course''

I wanted to say ''you did with us mum.'' But I refrained

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Amusing converstion with mother about evolution

by not bitter in

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friends

sorry if i waffle.

sunday my 5 year old daughter and i watched a few episodes back to back of walking with monsters its a documentary of life before dinosaurs.

our early beginnings.

Sunday my 5 year old daughter and I watched a few episodes back to back of ‘Walking with Monsters’ it’s a documentary of life before dinosaurs. Our early beginnings. We both really enjoyed it. So Monday she tells my JW mother all about it and her opening words were ‘’I know how we got here and it wasn’t from God’’

My mother is telling me all this and saying how shocked she was that such a young child was showing an interest in evolution and that in not so many words, I was wrong to let her learn such things. I can’t remember everything that was said between us but she then said to me ‘’I mean you don’t believe in evolution do you’’ to which I replied ‘’Yes I do’’

Anyway, a few things were said she claimed that many scientists don’t believe in evolution to which I asked her ‘’which scientists? And you only ever read society literature and they quote out of context’’ She replied that she does read other literature about science. I asked her what she’d read and she said ‘’I can’t think off the top of my head but I have’’

I had to chuckle to myself at this.

I know I’m not going to convince my mother and I don’t want to. I’ll never win. She is happy in her beliefs.

The funny part was when we got home my daughter told me that nana told her evolution was wrong so I had to tell her that people believe all different things and she can learn about all those things and make her own mind up. Then she came out with a corker

‘’well I believe in everything – the Loch Ness monster, God, the Queen, Prince Charles and the abominable snowman!’’

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Did You Watch The Waltons?

by snowbird in

if so, did you enjoy the show?.

i loved it.

missed quite a few episodes due to attending kh meetings, but i'm making up for that.. the show reminds me so of growing up in a large family, having to share everything, and looking out for each other..

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Loved it, along with Little House on the Prairie I've introduced both to my 5 year old daughter and she loves them, especially Little House.

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My mother is trying to indoctrinate my 4 year old and I do not know what to do

by jwfacts in

my mother lives a plane trip away from me, so does not get to spend very much time with zac.

however, she is in sydney for 3 weeks and has been babysitting.

i knew that she would be talking about jehovah, but was very annoyed yesterday when zac said my mother was speaking all day about jehovah, such as how he made the stars.. in the past, i was not overly concerned if zac learnt about jehovah's witnesses, as i thought it would help with critical thinking skills to understand different points of view.

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I had similar concerns when my five year old went through a phase of praying before mealtimes and talking about God an awful lot. She never mentioned the name Jehovah though. But I have come to realise that a lot of this God talk comes from school assemblies and not just from my witness parents. My daughter talks about how God made everything and how he looks after us etc. but at this age, I'm not too worried. I talk to her about how we evolved and how animals came to be and she is obsessed with dinosaurs. So rather than trying to convince her that God is make believe, I will leave her to her own thoughts as she will hear about all these things in school and will soon be at an age where she will come to her own conclusion. So I think what I'm trying to say is that maybe its not a good idea to tell your boy that God kills children as this may give him nightmares for starters and when he gets taught stories about God in school which most schools tend to do at Christmas and Easter and morning assembly then you could be causing more problems. Beleive me, when he is old enough and you explain to him that he can follow the Jehovah religion or celebrate Christmas and birthdays and be like all his school friends, I think you know which one he will choose. Of course, every situation is different and my parents don't ram it down my childs throat. Your mother maybe the opposite.

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Does anyone here dream about demons?

by not bitter in

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i do, every few months and the dreams are terrifying.

i had one last night and the demons grabbed me as usual and instead of shouting out big j's name like i usually do in these dreams (not out loud mind you) i shouted instead ''get away from me satan'' ha!.

i don't believe in either but obviously my fear of demons growing up as affected my subconscious into adulthood (i'm 40).

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I do, every few months and the dreams are terrifying. I had one last night and the demons grabbed me as usual and instead of shouting out big J's name like I usually do in these dreams (not out loud mind you) I shouted instead ''get away from me Satan'' Ha!

I don't believe in either but obviously my fear of demons growing up as affected my subconscious into adulthood (I'm 40).

Anyway, as hilarious as it is, its an improvement in my mind, calling out Satans name instead of Big J. Don't you agree.

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What made you leave?

by CuriousUK in

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apologies if this has been discussed before, but i am really very interested in finding out why members here left their congregations for lives away from jw?.

was there a "lightbulb" moment where you just woke up one day and realised that you had been brainwashed?

or a slow realisation over time?

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Curious - where in the UK are you? I'm in South Wales

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What made you leave?

by CuriousUK in

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apologies if this has been discussed before, but i am really very interested in finding out why members here left their congregations for lives away from jw?.

was there a "lightbulb" moment where you just woke up one day and realised that you had been brainwashed?

or a slow realisation over time?

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Self righteous, judgemental people with a total lack of love for their own people. They pushed me out with their actions. Plus I wanted some fun.

I'm glad of course because if they'd shown true Christian spirit, I'd still be in a miserable cult.

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The "worlds" view of the preaching work- pretty accurate

by stuckinamovement in

true story ........so i was standing in line at the hardware store yesterday, picking up some garden stuff and happened to catch the conversation in front of me.

the man in front of me was buying a no soliciting sign.

the checker asked "who is this for, girl scouts?

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When they come around our road, there is a wee group of us neighbours who quickly phone or text each other to warn not to open the door. It kind of makes me laugh to wonder what they would think if they knew we were all doing that but sad at the same time because I used be one of them.

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