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  Is "Mother" associating independent thinking with a phobia?

  by I_love_Jeff in

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  what happens when jehovah's witnesses think independently?

  what happened to adam when he sinned?

  since when is independent thinking equivalent to disobedience?.

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  Mum

  "Independent" thinking is the only kind of thinking there is. Everything else is conformity.
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  My mother wants to see my kids

  by mrsjones5 in

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  i decided to call my mother more often at the request of my brother (the parental units have been driving him crazy and my calling more hopefully will decrease the craziness my brother has had to deal with).

  so i called her last tuesday and the first thing that pops out of her mouth is she recovering from a weekend of babysitting her "substitute grandchildren" (her exact words and actually my nonjw cousin's children) since she doesn't get to see her own grandchildren.. wonderful .

  there are reasons why i don't take my children to my mother's house.

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  Mum

  This is a sad situation on several fronts.

  First, your children don't have a relationship with their grandparents. In my family, grandparents are important and helpful.

  Second, your parents have tried to put a wedge between you and your husband. What's "Christian" about that?

  Third, your parents ignore your kids, then expect you to just produce them on demand once they want to see them. Do they want to try to indoctrinate them? Why, all of a sudden, do they want to see your kids when they have contributed nothing to the kids' lives?

  I'd be angry. I admire your self-control.
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  my evangelical christian co-worker is extremely "racist" towards Hispanics

  by booker-t in

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  i am getting so tired of my co-worker who is a "evangelical christian" constantly making racist slurs towards hispanic people.

  i just don't get it and it is making me very uncomfortable because i wonder what he says about "black" people behind my back.

  everyday he makes comments such as "mexicans" are dumb and stupid, "mexicans all can't speak good english", "mexicans have 50 million babies" and "mexicans are all on welfare".

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  Mum

  Does your company have many Hispanic customers or clients? Do the customers or clients hear what you guys are saying sometimes?

  I believe what you're experiencing with your co-worker is all too common. I've been through this before, too. What I would point out to your co-worker is that the things he complains about are not exclusive to any group or ethnicity. There are people who say similar things about eastern Europeans, Appalachian Americans ("hillbillies"), African Americans, and other ethnic groups.

  I usually tell people that everyone is an individual, and it is not right to "paint everyone with the same brush" because they belong to a particular group.
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  What movie did you walk out on when a jw? Have you seen it since? What changed?

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  ok i walked out on austin powers because i thought it was so crude and god dishonoring.

  since the fade i think it is very funny, still not a favorite but not the end of the world either.

  any movies that were a big sin are nothing now?

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  My JW husband and I went to the drive-in to watch Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice. He left when something sexual (that he actually understood!) was said. A lot of sexual terms had already been used, but he didn't know those big words.
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  Watchtower Wayback

  by Bangalore in

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  just found an interesting site containing old wt documents.. .

  http://www.watchtowerwayback.org/.

  bangalore.

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  Mum

  Oui, Blondie. C'est un site web en français.
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  ATTITUDE

  by compound complex in

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  attitude.

  by: charles swindoll.

  the longer i live, the more i realize the impact of attitude on life.. attitude, to me, is more important than facts.

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  Who is Charles Swindoll? He doesn't sound like a JW, but in the '70's I remember a talk by a Brother Swindoll (or am I confusing the name with another "S" name?) from Bethel.
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  Bible Writers not just ignorant "goat herders"

  by applehippie in

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  really, the bible was written by nothin' but goat herders?

  i don't post much but this does irk me.

  yes a few may have been shepherds or fisherman, but a fair amount were far more educated and were professionals in their fields of occupation.

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  For the time they lived in, they were experienced, well traveled and well educated. But they knew nothing of astronomy and a lot of other subjects. Galileo was persecuted by the church because he realized that the earth was not the center of the universe. Smart as they were, they were ignorant by the standards of today. There wasn't even a scientific method to test hypotheses.
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  con artist JW

  by outsmartthesystem in

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  so my good ol soon to be ex father in law told me a few years ago (before i had told him of my horrible apostate ideas) about a "client" of his.

  my fil used to be involved in the insurance/finance industries.

  he had a lady client that was about 20 years older than him.

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  Mum

  Was this poor old woman "of sound and disposing mind and memory" when she made the decision to leave everything to your FIL? Her kids could contest the will on that basis, I believe.

  In some states, there are laws against taking advantage of senior citizens. This situation may not be as straightforward as your FIL believes.
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  Hello

  by ctrwtf in

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  i thought it was time for a formal introduction.

  i've lurked here for literally years, sometimes posting sometimes not.

  but i've never told my story and now seems as good a time as any.

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  Mum

  Great story! As a convert with almost no JW family, I often wonder how much more traumatic it must be for born-ins to get out. You, obviously, are smarter than the average bear, and 'waaaay smarter than the average JW. That helps. I am so glad you were willing to accept the things you learned instead of rationalizing so you could stay connected to the bogus religion.

  Have you read Eric Hoffer's The True Believer? If not, I recommend it. It deals with some of the issues you brought up in your post.

  Welcome to freedom!
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  Mars One Expedition

  by Jomavrick in

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  you have probably heard that there is a mars expedition that is being planned in 2023 where a permanent human settlement will be established.

  people are applying for the opportunity at http://applicants.mars-one.com/.

  think about it, this might be the one chance we have to leave all the door knocker jw's behind,,,,,,.

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  I suggest that we start a fund to send all JW's to Mars so they can start their "Paradise" without any flack from evil "apostates" or an evil world order.