jw children have typically a very hard time growing up because of having to be so different from other kids they can't celebrate christmas, easter, birthdays or national holidays can't associate with "worldly" kids because that can ruin good habits, and as teenagers have to suppress sexual urges at the time when they are at their most intense.
they are constantly under pressure and living in a jw environment that's not particularly loving, understanding, or supportive they will probaly tell them: if you feeling down do some more field work to cheer up.
no wonder why so many leave.
The ultimate loyalty was to the organization. So there was an atmosphere that encouraged family betrayal.
All of my neighbors were going to die...including their pets!
Embarrassing, deeply personal topics inappropriately explored in-depth at the Kingdom Hall.
Extreme isolation. Very little opportunity for normal socialization. All alone in a "great crowd".
And don't get me started on the loving rod of discipline...
hope everyone one is having a great summer season...... has anyone read any good books lately...?.
willy loman; are you out there,,,?.
ps just a note to say that patty and i had dinner with willy loman and his wife when they came to new york; we had a wonderful time......and willy has some great news to announce and share with the forum...
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth is a fantastic read.
Couldn't put it down.
"you people are all idiots" post reminded me of some the witness reviews i've seen on amazon.com.
enjoy!
weak and wrong, march 18, 2003. .
The most important video EVER!
Yeah. It should have been screened at Cannes.
vomit alert!
a poster on another forum told me about this one....... http://www.amazingcds.com/childrens.htm click on gary alt.. now do ya think this is going to go the way of the george benson kingdong melodies cd, with the wt banning it?
ewwww....the links below have samples too.... can't....bring...self...to....listen....sick....need...bucket....quickgary alt & friends.
Oh wow.
How frustrating it must be for JW musicians to keep their compositions "in the box".
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my oldest (7) has gone to his grandparents.
normally he stays 1 week or 1 1/2 weeks.
Gee, I hope Gramma didn't say those things in front of your son. Sounds like her nonsense, if left unchecked, will cause divisions in your family circle (you, husband & children). I hate to say this, but some parents need to be "re-trained" in what their role is in their adult children's lives -- your mother may be one of those. You two are on equal ground now, as you are both adults. She cannot dictate to you anymore.
I wish you and your husband the best. You two can put your heads together and come up with a strategy so that you can face this as a united front.
Take care.
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daniel jackson is back.
i thought he was killed (possibly assended) on the replicator ship at the end of the last season.. did i miss something?.
I miss Jonas.
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my oldest (7) has gone to his grandparents.
normally he stays 1 week or 1 1/2 weeks.
It is hard sometimes to say "no" to a parent, yet there are different ways to do this.
How about having Grandma bring the cousin to your home, so that all the children can play together? That way your son won't be apart from his brothers for such a long time and the cousin can be included too.
at least the rural folk had the green and blue they had always known, their fall cushioned by the dewy grass, onlookers nothing but nature itself.
there is a kind of fulfillment to go that way, to die as one lived, the soil's fool, in the softness that humanity craves at the end.
the city dwellers had no such comfort at the last; their end would be filthy and harsh, we knew it, we who had seen the wickedness that their spaces had bred.
<---blown away.
after all of his fussing about how evil r-rated movies with sex are... he goes and stars in one!
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3jm.htm.
xxxxx drudge report xxxxx wed july 13, 2003 10:24:02 et xxxxx .
He did it for the kids.
*dabs at a tear forming in the corner of my eye*
you be the judge.
before the spread of the religion, homosexuality was widely accepted throughout the world.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=101&e=3&u=/po/20050715/co_po/manaccusedofkillinghisgaybabyson
Many traditionally non-christian societies are accepting of homosexuality:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian#Gender
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit
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As far as the news story is concerned:
This is such a sick, sad story.
If only the Florida Department of Children and Families hadn't returned the baby to that abusive home.
It seems as though the father would have much rather had a dead son than a gay one.
