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millie210
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Hello I am Minksy
by minsky ini just wanted to say hello.
long story short, it was some things that happened one after another over a period of time, right until it was everything all at once.
i guess the first domino was my second spiritual awakening, which tbh mostly had to do with impressing some of the brothers and one particular sister.
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Did you feel contempt for Non Witnesses
by Steel inthe other day i went to this farm owned by this jw lady with my wife being a jw and my mother being a non witness.
later taking to my mother she noticed this vibe like this jw lady really hated her.
she just had these little slags like when we tried to pay for the fruit we picked , she looked directly at my wife and said " don't worry about it, i only charge wordly people ".. i also have this aunt who is a jw we are estranged from.
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millie210
To answer your question in the thread header - I did not feel contempt, I felt envious.
If I am totally honest, I always felt a little jealous of the freedom to choose their path that "worldly" people seemed to have. At the same time, I felt I had "the truth" and with that came a feeling of superiority. I guess that looks and acts a lot like contempt doesnt it?
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So...what do you think about The United States of America?
by minimus ini know the usa is not perfect.
there have always been social issues and differences.
politics has been for many people divisive.
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millie210
What a varied background you have LV101.
I can definitely see why it seemed so obvious siding with the Dems regarding Vietnam - especially given the area of San Francisco.
I see a lot of good on both sides. I am pro choice for example but I am not in favor of willy-nilly mass immigration without a controlled and measured plan. I am also not in favor of huge government or half our country being on disability - many also addicted to prescription drugs (dont even get me started on my thoughts about big Pharma and how it is eroding American society) and with relatively minor problems that they could work if it were not so easy not to.
I have taken some of the tests on here that help a person define their political views and they keep evolving as I evolve. It helps that I have 2 children, both former pioneers who have left the JWs also and one of them embraces Buddhism and the other is a Libertarian.
I am currently reading the book "The Art of War" and while watching the news (as you mentioned above) I am looking for the principals in the book as they are being applied in the campaigning. Makes it more enlightening for me!
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So...what do you think about The United States of America?
by minimus ini know the usa is not perfect.
there have always been social issues and differences.
politics has been for many people divisive.
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millie210
Thank you LV101.
Raised as a JW I wasnt exposed to politics much and it was considered a bad thing in general as you all know.
In addition, my parent worked at a university and it was not uncommon for me to hear many ranges of thought around the dinner table as guests from many different countries (especially India for some reason)exchanged ideas over dinner.
While I reject the whole JW concept of "replacing ones natural family with a 'worldwide' brotherhood" as a cult move on the JWs part, I do still embrace the idea that on this planet we are all a brotherhood of humanity and that the average person gets that regardless of their country.
Now that I have left the JWs I am trying to form a political opinion so I'm light years behind in that regard, I realize that. I usually don't make political statements on this forum because I am aware I am a novice.
One thing I have noticed is that people who hotly criticize America on this thread are careful not to state what country they think is better.
The exception being lastmanstanding and the thoughts on Canada - Canada is a beautiful country with much to recommend it.
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So...what do you think about The United States of America?
by minimus ini know the usa is not perfect.
there have always been social issues and differences.
politics has been for many people divisive.
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millie210
If it is true that the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still function is a sign of first-rate intelligence then I tip my hat to the U.S.A.
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Flu Vaccine Now REQUIRED For All Students Going To School In Massachusetts
by minimus inthis is a requirement now in massachusetts.
children must get a flu shot by december 31. some allowances are made for religious reasons and health reasons.. personally, i don’t agree with the government making this mandatory.. what is your opinion?
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millie210
minimus
Some people sincerely believe they know what’s best for you. They are entitled to their opinion. Just don’t force it on me. If you want to wear a mask while driving alone, do it just don’t compel me to do it. If you want to wash your face and hands every 15 minutes, go for it but don’t make me do it. As was mentioned earlier, it’s your body. You want to eat a McDonald’s burger, that’s your business. Don’t tell me I can’t have one. If I want to drink a soda or whole cow milk, it’s my decision not yours!!!
Such balance and love for life in your words. Im impressed (and glad for you) that you are maintaining your own thoughts in all that exists right now.
Its like Rudyard Kipling said in "If": If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs..........."
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Flu Vaccine Now REQUIRED For All Students Going To School In Massachusetts
by minimus inthis is a requirement now in massachusetts.
children must get a flu shot by december 31. some allowances are made for religious reasons and health reasons.. personally, i don’t agree with the government making this mandatory.. what is your opinion?
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millie210
One thing I like to remind myself is that taking the flu shot and not getting the flu are not necessarily related effects.
Many people do not take the flu shot and they also do not get the flu.
As for the shots being mandatory, that rakes in a lot of different issues besides the issue of health.
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“Minimus” Was Mentioned On Another Site In A Negative Way!
by minimus ini was told that minimus was talked about on six screens by someone who said “minimus is a racist “.
i just want to set the record straight and say he is a great guy and loves everybody equally.
race and color does not make a person better or worse.
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millie210
How DARE they insult our favorite little red M????
We our little M
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Who Do You Think Would Be A Good Running Mate For Joe Biden?
by minimus init seems like the only possibilities are women of color.
no whites need apply.. maybe he will change his mind and ask hillary clinton?
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The women that abandon “The Good News” are a large army
by Aimee.Padilla into be born a woman is a great disadvantage in many parts of the world and much more if she is part of a destructive sect like the jehovah’s witnesses where she is submitted to the “theocratic order” being the base that sustains the corporate pyramid, displaying submission at all times before male authority.
those of us that have been part of this cult can verify that the woman has to carry out a series of practices that for the rest of society is somewhat incomprehensible.
i’d like to draw your attention to the act of head covering, if for any reason a woman has to pray in public while a male is present, who is not available to lead the prayer, she must cover her head because she wouldn’t be respecting the arrangement of authority if she didn’t.
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millie210
Beautiful Anna.
I am one of those women who had to end up in an elder's meeting because I insisted on going to college.
They put a lot of pressure on me and took away my "pioneering privilege"
All these years later I realize what a gift their action was!