Posts by millie210

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Protest

by Coded Logic in

had a great turn out today protesting against the baptist minister who praised the orlando massacre.

my best guess is there were around 1,200 of us there.

it was an entirely peaceful protest as we chanted "love conquers hate" and "we are orlando".

millie210

Very touching.

I saw this on the news and now I know someone who was actually there!

Thanks for sharing the pictures Coded.

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Do JW beliefs deserve respect?

by azor in

what say you?

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millie210

Many things that people believe are ridiculous. People used to think that if a woman ate strawberries it could make a baby be born with a birthmark.

Ridiculous belief? Yes.

Ridicule the belief? Bad idea.

Why? For much the same reason as Londo mentioned above.

Another reason to show respect is because to not show it involves me judging the individuals who hold it.

It sounds good to say we wont/dont judge people, just beliefs but I find that not to be the way it works in real life.

At some point, if an individual chooses to stay with a belief deemed "wrong" the judging happens.

That is a slippery slope - judging another. It begins to effect who you are yourself and not in a good way.

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I've been found out!

by pale.emperor in

well, thats it folks.. my identity on here has been rumbled and reported to the elders.

someone, somehow, has figured out that im a member of this site and - rather than speak to me - has promptly reported me to the elders.

i just feel sad for my daughter.

millie210

Pale E,

They dont have what they need for a judicial committee unless you want it.

She is only ONE witness to the alleged offense. They have to have two.

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I've been found out!

by pale.emperor in

well, thats it folks.. my identity on here has been rumbled and reported to the elders.

someone, somehow, has figured out that im a member of this site and - rather than speak to me - has promptly reported me to the elders.

i just feel sad for my daughter.

millie210

To read what Pale Emperor wrote wouldnt this "person" have had to join?

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something that says "religion is crap, i don't care which one".. i was thinking of adapting the "coexist" one to say "toxic" instead which is great because it removes 'science' but includes all the major world religions.. anyone else have any ideas?.

also a tag-line ... "whatever god you worship, he's a weirdigan".

millie210

I like the idea of using the classy line from "Imagine"

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New to JWD, Hello!

by jwundubbed in

jw
friends

my story in a nutshell... .

scientist for a father; extremely mentally ill, 'annointed' mother.

was privy to and also suffered a lot of abuse.

millie210

I already like your sense of humor....watching people run from the vantage of a nice comfy sofa indeed! (Im in!)

I shall call you "undub" as I like that one and you gave me a choice. :>)

Welcome to the forum, Im glad you are here!

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Why Are You Here?

by Believer in

i'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.

as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.

as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.

millie210

I dont think anyone needs to leave, certainly not you David_Jay!

I think we either need to accept that

a) as a forum we are not capable of having conversations where there is some type of bridge between the two camps and just live with it

or

b) decide we really want (as a forum) to have those conversations and make the necessary adjustments to do so.

I love this place and have a wonderful time here and I am not an atheist at this point in time. I havent had enough fresh JW free air to know what I am yet. I am trying to figure that out.

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Successful Leaver

by 2True in

i was raised in the cult, a 'golden boy' in jw about 15 years ago.

regular pioneer, went to pioneer school and then mts.

my dad is a gilead graduate and is still a serving elder.

millie210

That was excellent. Thank you for sharing it. I really liked the way you handled such a sensitive topic with such a calm approach.

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slimboyfat joins the Mormons!

by slimboyfat in

i know that some people on the board have experience of being mormons, so i would be interested in your feedback.

at church this afternoon it was an uncanny experience.

in the past i've read a lot about mormons, so i thought i was prepared in general for what it would be like.

millie210

Slimboyfat,

Interesting observations. I had similar ones when I attended a Seventh Day Adventist group for a while (I wrote about it on this forum back in 14)

I was very impressed with the equality between men and women in regards to church lead activities.

One difference I noticed between the 7thDay Adventists and both Mormons and JWs is they highly value education. There were many there with PhDs both men and women.

The LDS allow for education but still heavily promote big families and homemaking as a godly career choice for women and girls. As for JWs, well we know what they do...

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They call me TaterSalad

by TaterSalad in

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friends

my name is tatersalad.

i have been disassociated for about six years now.

i have moved past most of my jw issues, but i feel like it would be cool to get to know others like myself.

millie210

Hi Tater!

Nice to meet you!