i've done no research on this but i suspect that a members belief or absence of belief in god may have some correspondence with the number of posts he or she has made.. my tentative suggestion is that members with fewer than 500 posts are mostly believers while members with more than 3000 posts are mostly non-believers.
of course there are exceptions, maybe quite a few, but i'm only dealing with generalities here.
so how about a survey?
I'm a new #3. My posts (or lack thereof) have nothing to do with it. I've always been more of a listener than a talker.
I do, however, lend support for your idea that sites like JWN help a person get to #3. I've only been on for a few months. I had a lot of questions when I joined. This site provides so much information, links, and books. It has helped me to answer a lot of my questions.
i didn't go to college and of course, "higher education" was never recommended.
still, i never felt terribly deprived because of not going further in my education.. yet, i did wish that i could've had "normal" aka "worldly friends".
i wish that as witnesses, we could've been better integrated with other people.
Date, go to prom and take drama class. College, now that I'm older. The idea of it, at the time, scared me to death.
Hazel
(this is a letter i wrote to my cousin after she left from visiting me after 3 years!!
she flew 5 hours to see me last weekend!!).
hi ****!i'm so happy you came to ***** and visited me!!
Wow, Butterfly, a lot of great info! Thanks for sharing!
not to go to my sister's high school graduation.
it's for home-schooled kids and will be at the la quinta.
so there aren't going to be many people there.
talesin:
wtbts
agreed
journey-on: You have very good suggestions! Thanks.
finding my way: It's comforting to hear from others who have suffered similar pains.
It's sick how they don't see how much pain they cause us by saying these sorts of things and they aren't even able to care because they are so brainwashed.
I was thinking about this yesterday. She doesn't want me there because it would make her cry and upset her. (Which, of course, it IS her day.) However, there is no thought given to how I'll feel being told not to come.
Scully: Yes, that's how she actually feels. Several years ago her school choir sang at the city park. My husband and I were in the back. We didn't even try to talk to her. She said later that she started crying when she saw me there. She's not being coached to say she'd cry and be upset if I went to her graduation. She does know that I would be there because one, she was told I would be going unless she said not to; and two, I went to my other sisters graduation 4 years ago. So there's no coaching going on. At least, not beyond the normal brainwashing, which is heartbreaking enough.
not to go to my sister's high school graduation.
it's for home-schooled kids and will be at the la quinta.
so there aren't going to be many people there.
Yes, oopma, we asked her. She didn't say yes or no, but did say it would upset her if I was there and she would cry.
not to go to my sister's high school graduation.
it's for home-schooled kids and will be at the la quinta.
so there aren't going to be many people there.
Iconoclast: I won't be there, but my dad is taping it. So I'll be able to see it, now.
J. Hofer: I'm glad you were able to reconnect, even though it took a long time. I think I can imagine how it might have felt. I think about having a relationship with my sisters. I just hope that someday they'll find a reason to leave, like I did. It's hard to want them to start thinking, but have no way of talking with them in order to plant little seeds.
Everybody: Thanks for your thoughts and sympathies. It helps a lot.
not to go to my sister's high school graduation.
it's for home-schooled kids and will be at the la quinta.
so there aren't going to be many people there.
watersprout:
Why would your sister be upset if she saw you??
I DA'd 7 yrs ago and so she, my other sister and my mom have NO contact with me. The last time I saw her was 4 yrs ago at my other sister's graduation at an actual high school. She'd be upset because she misses me and wants me to come back.
chickpea:
maybe on another occasion you can have a private recognition of her accomplishments
I'll be sending her a graduation gift, but apparently a public room at the La Quinta is even too private. Her graduation was the only thing I could have possibly shared with her since it's a public event.
not to go to my sister's high school graduation.
it's for home-schooled kids and will be at the la quinta.
so there aren't going to be many people there.
not to go to my sister's high school graduation. Why? It's for home-schooled kids and will be at the La Quinta. So there aren't going to be many people there. If she saw me she would cry. She got the highest grades, so she has to give a speech. It would upset her if she saw me.
I completely understand. That's why my husband suggested we ask first. We don't want to upset her and ruin her important day.
It still hurts, though.
well it is that time of year again....... dc season!!!!!
so any of yall going to be in brooklyn, queens, jersey city or oklahoma city this weekend?
maybe brooklyn, queens, jersey city, portland (or & me), green bay, west palm beach, sacramento, long beach, bakersfield or san diego weekend of 5/27.
thetrueone, Thanks for pointing out the family at the bottom. I scrolled back up to look at the pic and noticed that they are THE ONLY PEOPLE "in paradise"! Maybe the scarcity of other families is what gives the "qualify" statement such an odd feeling?
