Posts by SafeAtHome

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JDubs and home schooling

by Ignoranceisbliss in

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recently i had a conversation with a close witness friend.

i have always viewed him as moderate.

not full j-dub nut bag witness style.

Statistics show that home schoolers do as well or sometimes better than others in college testing, and so forth. I myself am not for home schooling, I think it puts kids at a social disadvantage, but that can have an upside too. What I didn't realize, well in this area anyway, is that if a child is home schooled, he can participate in some activities in his school district. When my daughter was in high school, there was a home schooled JW (I knew the family from back in the day when I was in) and he was in the high school band with my daughter. They were really good friends, although his mother didn't like it when she found out I was an inactive JW! Anyway, when he turned 18, he moved out and came out as gay. He is still good Facebook friends with my daughter, he has moved away, I think to get away from his mother, HA!( By the way, I never did understand how a JW could be in the school band, playing the alma mater, national athem, and holiday programs. Dont know why I never asked him that.)

I think the big problem with JW home schooling is that they would not get as rounded and as an inclusive education of all theories, science, etc, that "normal" home schooled kids would get. I am sure JW parents would exclude a lot from the curriculum, as well as promote some things that are just not correct. Can you imagine, for some JW kids, contact with school mates is the only normal interaction they have, and if that is taken away, imagine how unprepared for anything they will be.

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What did you do with old WT/Awake magazines?

by naazira in

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when you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines?

i know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a quran.

i never threw them out!

SafeAtHome

Ah yes, the little blue Truth book. Wasn't that the one that was so wonderful and concise in it's teachings that we were to study with someone for 6 months, and if they did not commit after studying that little gem, we were to discontinue the study? Do they not understand the absurd irony in this? That little book of changed teachings is not even allowed anymore, yet not so long ago people were being judged on the basis of whether they accepted what was taught from it? God, I want to scream at my relatives and slap them (like Cher in Moonstruck) and say SNAP OUT OF IT!!!

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What did you do with old WT/Awake magazines?

by naazira in

jw
friends

when you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines?

i know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a quran.

i never threw them out!

SafeAtHome

Yes, good point Phizzy. No one asks me that since my mom and dad passed away. I think they always held out hope their little girl would come back. Well, if anyone asks me that now, I could say, "come back to what, the "truth" from 30 years ago, or the "truth" as you are told today! The truth that kept me from college and all of you from planning for your retirement that is staring you in the face now??

I just remembered, one elderly brother that was extremely frugal would roll the magazines up and soak them in water, I think, let them dry and use them in his woodburner. I think people do that with old newspapers?

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What did you do with old WT/Awake magazines?

by naazira in

jw
friends

when you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines?

i know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a quran.

i never threw them out!

SafeAtHome

Back in the day, I would keep a copy of each magazine throughout the year then throw them out when the bound volume would come out. I had the bound volumes from 1972-1984 (the years I was married to a JW). When I was no longer attending and moved into my new home, I asked my parents if they knew anyone who would want them. My elder dad knew of several families in his congregation who were poor and would appreciate having them, so he took them. I didn't have to worry about throwing them out.

I have kept only a few of the books, an outdated songbook, "Aid to Bible Understanding", "Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose", "All Scripture is Inspired of God and Beneficial", and my old green Bible. Geez, why did that chose that awful color for a Bible??? I kept those books thinking if I ever needed a good Bible reference I would have it. Knowing what I do now, I wouldn't rely on those books for any accuracy at all.

And P.S. Back when I was a Witness, there was only ONE version of the Watchtower, at least have to give that to them. From what I read on this site, the "Truth" as I knew it has greatly changed!

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If you like Baseball, Little League baseball, I think it's wonderful

by jam in

pennsylvana vs. texas.

first female in world series.. the little lady throws a mean fast ball, and playing.

with the boys.i think it's great, her team mates have.

SafeAtHome

Well, they do have women's pro softball teams. One of them is based right here in my hometown, the Akron Racers. They are pretty good, also draw a great crowd. They play in the picturesque old Firestone stadium in south Akron. Dont know if they make a living of it though, probably not, but I bet the Indians could use some of the pitching! The Indians seem to take a step forward and two steps back. We had season tickets for 5 years, till 2012, then it just wasnt fun anymore. Oh well, we do have Lebron back and Johnny Football Manziel, so who knows, maybe in my lifetime Cleveland may have some kind of championship.

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If you like Baseball, Little League baseball, I think it's wonderful

by jam in

pennsylvana vs. texas.

first female in world series.. the little lady throws a mean fast ball, and playing.

with the boys.i think it's great, her team mates have.

SafeAtHome

Yes, I LOVE baseball! Unfortunately, living in northeast Ohio, my team is the Cleveland Indians, whose perpetual slogan is "there is always next year" . The Indians disprove the idea that there is no crying in baseball. I have watched this impressive young lady, she is awesome! Power to the women! I have read that even the major league players are watching her on TV when she pitches and are amazed at her talent.

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Are we nitpicking???

by jam in

jw's walk like this, they eat this way, they look like this,.

they have sex this way (lol), they talk this way and etc.. are we excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential.

details??.

SafeAtHome

I agree with what so many of you have said. And yes, if you grew up in the cult, you have so much of that conditioning to get out of your head. And if you still have family in, well you can pick out so many of the JW mindset traits and the same, expected reactions to many things. They have lost all individuality.

And keyser sore, (I LOVE Ian McShane in his Lovejoy days), articles from 50 years ago may seem irrelavent, but they prove how crazy and changing this religion is, and so many of the newer ones have no idea of it's history. If something was "the truth" it would not be unrecognizable from it's beginnings, no matter how much time has passed. Sad part is, they don't care or explain it away, or make excuses. But there is a lot to nitpick about, like how they nitpick over many things, like wedding traditions; they pick and choose which ones are pagan (all of them if you want to be honest and go back far enough) and which ones they will allow. Just saying.

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Wow more heavy artillery propaganda from the 11/14 WT!!!!!

by BU2B in

every paragraph and every article in this issue is nonstop heavy artillery fire propaganda.

i have never seen a wt so full of logical fallacies, appeals to emotion, appeals to authority, guilt tripping and bite techniques all in one issue!

paragraph 9 states clearly that even though the gb is imperfect, that does not matter, we must obey them anyways.

SafeAtHome

Oh, the three brothers , I think I know them: Brother Larry, Brother Curley, and Brother Moe.

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More JW bragging about the Landover, MD. convention. Please have barf bag at the ready before reading

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

the following e-mail is circulating among jws about the international convention at fedex stadium in landover, md.

note the all-too-familiar jw claims: everything they do (including the simple act of parking cars) is proof of jehovah'stm blessing, and everything wt did at the convention was the fastest, greatest, best ever.

oh, and the never-fails-to-get-mentioned alleged 'persecution'/resistance from some unnamed authority who tried to get in watchtower's way and hamper the effort...but jws prevailed anyway (as always):.

SafeAtHome

The arrogance of these people knows no limits. How absurb to think that a loving god would be concerned with parking JW cars rather than do something about...say children dying from famine, social injustice, poverty, you name it, but by golly those JWs got their cars parked, "evidently" setting records along the way!

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Read any good books lately?

by Berengaria in

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friends

well, have you punk?.

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SafeAtHome

Mum Loved that one too. Another great series is the Chet & Bernie mysteries by Spencer Quinn, also narrated by Chet the Dog..really good stories and Chet is a hoot. BizzyBee, that series was addictive and best read in order also, especially the last few since the storyline overlapped. I love good detective mysteries that aren't full of blood and gore and females in peril.