they're baaaack!!!
jws "tabling" at my student center again, first time in over six months.
i wonder if the fact it's been 15 degrees out had anything to do with it?
JHINE - LOL! So what do I want to be when I grow up? Hmmmmmm........
I am going for a double major in Computer Science and Linguistics.
What can you do with that?
Ideally, I would love to go on to grad school and get a PhD in Linguistics. ...
Realistically, I would love to complete my bachelors and go into natural language processing.
i've been seeing a brilliant psychologist.
he has been pivotal in drawing the parallels between my jw upbringing - specifically the hypocrisy i saw as a child - and the reason i've tolerated lies and inconsistencies in my most significant adult relationship.. i've seen one other psychologist in the past.
she didn't get the issues surrounding the religion whatsoever, didn't regard that aspect of my backstory as relevant, and was of little help to me.. has anyone else seen a psychologist - whether for help with coping in the aftermath of leaving the religion, or for seemingly unrelated issues that actually turned out to be related?
Oh gosh yes!
One thing I learned in my Psych 101 class is that if you are not satisfied with or don't feel as though your psychologist is "getting it," feel free to move on without guilt.
My first psychologist (actually a psychopharmacologist) was a great guy, I really liked him. But in retrospect, he really did not see the obvious.
My second psychologist was outstanding. I was refered to her by my university, and going to her was the best thing I ever did. She didn't totally "get the religion thing" at first, but soon came to see it as another source of abuse and control in my life.
Again, seeing her was one of the best investments I ever made in my life.
they're baaaack!!!
jws "tabling" at my student center again, first time in over six months.
i wonder if the fact it's been 15 degrees out had anything to do with it?
Thanks COFTY and DAGNEY.
Something that kind of spontaneously came out during my meeting with the director of student involvement today was something I don't think I've ever expressed on this board.
When I was in high school (1984-5?) there was a class trip to the state university (the one I am now attending) for students interested in engineering, computers, mathematics.
I loved it.
At the time, the ceramics lab on this particular campus had actual samples of the material used for the Space Shuttle tiles. A student had this white block of material cooking in some sort of kiln until it was red hot, then removed it from the kiln with tongs, and picked the still-glowing tile material up by the cool edges with his bare fingers. Amazing stuff!
It was after this trip that I really started getting the heat about college (just realizing how "punny" that statement is considering the previous paragraph!)
Anyway, not long thereafter, my mother brings me into the back room before two elders: one a mason/bricklayer and another guy who remodels kitchens and bathrooms. They advise me that being mixed in with college kids is dangerous should Armageddon break out. How would Jehovah tell me apart from the worldly kids? And why go to college when the end is sooooo close? You're either in "the Ark," or you're out.
From that point on --- up until I woke up --- I had literal nightmares of walking in front of the engineering buildings on this particular campus and seeing fireballs from heaven rain down, and realizing I was doomed.
But now, I told the director, I walk around that VERY SAME CAMPUS where I had once toured thirty years ago, and had so many nightmares about, and I AM SAFE. NO FIREBALLS. NO ARMAGEDDON.
I am still alive.
And I am learning some pretty goddamned amazing stuff!
hey guys, .
i just wanted to thank you all for all of your input, support and help over the past few months.
i've decided to officially disassociate myself from the organization and move on with my life.
they're baaaack!!!
jws "tabling" at my student center again, first time in over six months.
i wonder if the fact it's been 15 degrees out had anything to do with it?
the penalty of this charge??
yes, disfellowshipping.. bad association?
excessive time at work?
I have been told that some inactive witnesses in "our congregation" territory are acting "brazenly" because they have refused the help of the elders who have offered to do shepherding calls on them! - STUCKINARUT
I don't doubt it, but really you are under absolutely no obligation to go to meetings, out in field service, or meet/talk with elders (or anyone, for that matter) Everything you have ever done as a witness is entirely VOLUNTARY, meaning you have done it of your own volition -- no one can force you to do anything.
If they start Dfing persons for "brazenly" choosing not to have a shepherding visit, then so be it.
just watched the news about the air canada crash in halifax that they want to claim was just a "hard landing".. i can only imagine the distinction matters for insurance purposes otherwise they are just being idiots.
pretty poor behavior for the airline whatever the motivation imo.. now i'm no plane expert but i think when then plane is smashed up, the engines have come off and the nose is in pieces that should be obviously classed as a crash.
if you can't take off again then you have been in a crash, not a hard landing.. .
hi guys & gals,.
i'm really pleased with how the interview with the acclaimed author steven hassan just went.. you can listen to it here - http://www.jwpodcast.org/2015/03/29/s01e11-steven-hassan/.
if you've read the first edition of combatting cult mind control, let us all know what you thought of that book too.. cheers,jaymes.
Excellent!
My wife and I have enjoyed every podcast so far.
Keep up the outstanding work!
BOC
i'm new to this forum.. i was raised in " the truth" from age six and now i am in my mid 60's.
my wife was born in " the truth" and is very strong in the religion.
i have had many experiences during my lifetime with the other members of several congregations.
Welcome BIGDUMMY.
For starters, YOU ARE NOT A BIG DUMMY -- YOU ARE SMART AS HELL!
i've been looking on this site for some time but never posted.
i'll give a little about myself, but not too much.
i'm a ex-bethelite ( brooklyn )and currently serving as an elder (10 years) (thinking about stepping down) on the service committee.
