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  How to act crazy enough not to have to go in FS or to meetings but not crazy enough to get committed to a mental health facility

  by hoser in

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  i was thinking if i acted a little off but not too far off the elders would tell me i'm not welcome in the door to door work.

  i wonder if this would work.

  there is a watchtower or awake article somewhere saying that a mentally ill person may be excused from the meetings and field service if his illness affected others.

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  Mum

  Wow, hoser! You got some great suggestions here. If you do partake at the Memorial, be sure to do a few jerking motions and utter a few oaths before getting the bread into your mouth. Also spill a bit of the wine on the person next to you (if they're not wearing an Armani suit) or on yourself. Nathan's idea of Tourette's combined with flipper's idea of partaking are things you should do short-term just for fun. Then go out there and have a great life!
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  One of the hardest things I must do while in...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  ive had many single sisters (even the hot ones that horny brothers like to circle around during intermissions at assemblies/conventions) come to me recently asking if im single, what my spiritual goals are and how high in the ranks i am.

  i just tell them that im not interested in relationships at the moment and that my focus is on other things.

  they usually get the message and leave me alone.. but i lie.. .

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  Mum

  You could just go for coffee or a drink. Be honest about your situation (and, if you are, you can only go out with "worldly" girls) and tell them you are hanging back until you can be mentally free. I think most young women would find that endearing and sweet.
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  I feel like I'm prejudiced sometimes...

  by cognac in

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  and it makes me sick.

  i mean, i watch this big, black woman on youtube sing with this incredible voice and all i think is sadness cause i feel like she abuses her kids.

  that's so awful.

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  Mum

  Thanks for that great song, Hortensia.

  Prejudice is a part of human experience. We have all had experiences and indoctrination that makes us prejudiced in one way or another. As a woman and as a physically challenged person, I have experienced prejudice. As a white Appalachian American, I have been taught prejudice. As Dr. Laura would say, "It's just a feeling." As long as you don't act on it, you're fine. Meanwhile, you can try to reprogram yourself.
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  Our Blondie Has A Torn Memiscus.

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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  blondie posted her watchtower comments for today and her last paragraph was asking for help, suggestions.

  she is in pain from her knee injury, is on steroids and possibly going to have surgery.. she is asking if anyone here, has had the same problem, and if so, what did they do and how was the outcome?.

  just lois.

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  Mum

  Stay off that leg! Take good care of yourself and get well soon!
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  JWs still in that believe and are lurking

  by cognac in

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  just wanted to say hi.

  i understand how you may feel.

  i remember lurking here years ago cause i didn't want to tell the elders on myself and have a judicial committee if i could figure a way out of it.

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  Mum

  Hi, lurkers. Hope you are learning a lot from this site.
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  When have you been 'encouraged' by a brother or sister to do something you didn't want to do, or didn't feel able to do? And how did you FEEL afterwards?

  by The Quiet One in

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  Mum

  I was "encouraged" to:

  Go out in service on my only day off (felt guilty)

  Get baptized at 17 (which I did, to my eternal regret)

  pioneer (I didn't, but put in more than the 10-hour goal, but wasn't inclined to be a salesperson then or ever; felt like I was woefully inadequate)

  lose weight (by my JW elder husband, which I did, but developed "yoyo syndrome" and felt anxious and disapproved of)

  not take college courses (which I did, but by that time, I realized I was doing the right thing for myself and my child, and did it and enjoyed it)
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  The Irish have now ‘become pagan’, some Catholic bishops believe.

  by Sol Reform in

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  after clerical sex abuse scandals / 'slave labour' at magdalene laundries (nun-controlled laundries) ?

  and they're shocked?.

  http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/irish-have-become-pagan-some-catholic-bishops-believe-1.1440835.

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  Pterist, I'm so sorry. I only know what I've seen on American news reports. I didn't consider it a small thing when MaiRead (sp?) Corrigan won the Nobel Peach Prize for her efforts at peace in Ireland. I also saw a report of adults harassing very small children walking to Catholic school. I also read Trinity by Leon Uris some years ago, and was heartbroken at what people, especially Catholics, were suffering.

  I don't think of myself as a bigot or as ignorant or entirely uninformed. But, obviously, I have some gaps. Thank you for pointing this out to me. I'll be more careful about speaking in generalities, a practice which I abhor.

  Best wishes,

  SandraC
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  Is Serena facing a JC?

  by zed is dead in

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  http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/serena-williams-at-fault-for-comments-in-rolling-stone-about-steubenville-rape-case-062513.

  zed.

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  Mum

  As a child, I had a neighbor and two relatives who claimed to be JW's. None of them were, by the JW definition. They thought they were because they had been convinced that the BS was right. What puzzles me is why anyone would want to be ID'd as a JW when they're living their life in freedom.
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  Human Prehistory 101

  by frankiespeakin in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-ixk1grye.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8183hpma2_i&feature=endscreen.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9nw66rcmhg.

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  Mum

  Thanks for those, frankie.
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  The Irish have now ‘become pagan’, some Catholic bishops believe.

  by Sol Reform in

  1. social
  2. current

  after clerical sex abuse scandals / 'slave labour' at magdalene laundries (nun-controlled laundries) ?

  and they're shocked?.

  http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/irish-have-become-pagan-some-catholic-bishops-believe-1.1440835.

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  Mum

  Catholics and Protestants in Ireland are so un-Christian in their hatred for each other that I would much rather be pagan if I lived in that country. I like fakesmile's assessment of it as religious McCarthyism. Maybe they'll bring back the Inquisition so they can absolve all the pagans, then kill them while they're still in a state of grace.

  My daughter saw a bumper sticker once that sums up the attitude of some of us. It said, "Dear God, please save me from your followers."