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  JWs aren't the only crazy ones...

  by ilikecheese in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a lovely idea i heard from an evangelical preacher lately.

  he said that any mother who works when it isn't financially necessary is "serving the devil.

  " i think i remember that verse.

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  ilikecheese

  When I said crazy, I just meant weird and saying ridiculous things. I guess I meant more "JWs aren't the only ones who say nutty things."

  And yes, Blondie, those are good examples!
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  JWs aren't the only crazy ones...

  by ilikecheese in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a lovely idea i heard from an evangelical preacher lately.

  he said that any mother who works when it isn't financially necessary is "serving the devil.

  " i think i remember that verse.

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  Yes, crazy fringe Muslim groups are just ridiculous. I'm very glad I don't live in an area where they have any foothold. I'd be "honor killed" immediately! As I'm sure loads of western women would be.

  I always wonder how much of the treatment of women is based on men actually believing these things and how much of it is just being afraid of/hating women.
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  JWs aren't the only crazy ones...

  by ilikecheese in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a lovely idea i heard from an evangelical preacher lately.

  he said that any mother who works when it isn't financially necessary is "serving the devil.

  " i think i remember that verse.

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  Julia, I agree! There are too many religious types who use their beliefs to subjugate women. The saddest bit is that so many women are cool with it.

  Things like this are especially annoying, though, because the Bible really doesn't say anything about women not working outside of the home. Petty men try to make it say that, though. I also wonder how statements like this make stay at home dads feel. There are a ton of them nowadays.
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  JWs aren't the only crazy ones...

  by ilikecheese in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a lovely idea i heard from an evangelical preacher lately.

  he said that any mother who works when it isn't financially necessary is "serving the devil.

  " i think i remember that verse.

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  Here's a lovely idea I heard from an evangelical preacher lately. He said that any mother who works when it isn't financially necessary is "serving the Devil." I think I remember that verse. It's in the book of Full of Crap, maybe chapter 3...

  Doctors, nurses, teachers, social workers, public servants, lawyers, or scientists who also happen to be mothers are moonlighting as the minions of Satan. Once they get knocked up, who knows what they might do?! Watch out!
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  Kids who need blood transfusions

  by ilikecheese in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was reading this story about an amish girl in ohio whose parents wanted to use natural medicine to treat her cancer, but a court has ruled that the hospital can force chemo in this situation.

  it got me thinking about jw kids and blood.. .

  obviously, there are a ton of cases where hospitals have made a blood transfusion happen, despite the parents' wishes.. .

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  I was reading this story about an Amish girl in Ohio whose parents wanted to use natural medicine to treat her cancer, but a court has ruled that the hospital can force chemo in this situation. It got me thinking about JW kids and blood.

  Obviously, there are a ton of cases where hospitals have made a blood transfusion happen, despite the parents' wishes.

  If you had been the parent whose kid had been "forced" to get a transfusion, would that have angered you? Or would you have secretly been relieved that it was forced, and your child's life was saved without you or them getting in any trouble? Also, when you were a devoted JW, would you have felt strongly about not getting blood for them because you really believed that doctrine, or would it partly be because you were afraid of getting in trouble with the church? And, not that anyone would know for sure, but how do you think the general JW populace would feel in this situation?
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  Newly wed UBM and soon to meet JW in-laws

  by UBM101 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been lurking here for a couple of years.

  my hubby (inactive & some doubts) and i were just married and i'll be going to his place to meet his family (pretty much dubs).

  they seem to be friendly and excited to meet me, and i kind of had agreed to attend the kingdumb hall meeting once (in my life time, yep, that's the agreement) and also meeting an elder who brain-washed my hubby during his teen.

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  My boyfriend is a JW and his mom hates me because I'm not one. I'd just say be sweet as pie but stand firm in your convictions. It's really all you can do.
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  Running out of ideas, please help

  by truthhurts13 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ok, i hate to admit this but, im running out of ideas of things to do to the local jaydubs.

  i mean yeah, knockin on their doors and showing up and taking books from the kh is fun and all, but kinda gettin stale.

  my next big one is gonna be at the next memorial, where im gonna wear a big wool jacket and top hat as i chug the wine and eat the bread, then stand up and yell "praise the lord im healed!

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  "That reminds me, I've been meaning to send a request for a free home Bible study for the neighbors dog."

  haha Curse you, Billy, now I really want to do this to one of my brothers! One of them has a fat cat with a person name; he'd be the opportune target. :P

  His cat could use some morals, anyway. He just rolls into rooms and steals people's Chinese food when they're not looking. He doesn't even care, the glutton.
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  "I won't watch HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER" because Neil Patrick Harris is gay"

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  that's what my jw mother said.

  folks, there are plenty of reasons not to watch how i met your mother, but a gay actor playing a straight part is not one of them.

  i should give her a list of known gay actors and ruin a bunch of movies and t.v.

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  She also shouldn't watch it because Cobie Smulders had a child out of wedlock.

  Even worse, everyone has seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Jason Segel's junk.

  Worst of all, Alyson Hannigan played a witch on Buffy.

  How I Met Your Mother: Not for true Christians.
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  Couple other interesting DC tidbits...

  by goatshapeddemon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1) they're going to stop producing the wt publications index "because its hard to maintain and translate".

  so they're going to create a digital-only research tool on jw.org .

  it's like, how convenient and smart.

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  That's true, Steve. "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouths of the Governing Body." Those conventioners shouldn't be eating.
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  Demonic things take ages to burn!

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  those watchtowers and awakes took forever to burn.. the neighbour's kid put her head out the window and said, "why is there a fire?

  " to which i replied,.

  "i'm burning junk.

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  ilikecheese

  haha One time I was too nice to some Mormon missionaries. I can't help it; they're so innocent and nice. Plus I live in an area with loads of them and I find them generally pleasant. They gave me a book of Mormon. It was in high school, so my mom and I went to burn it in the fireplace. It took AGES. The best part was that there was this weird sort of blue fire/smoke that kept coming out of the fireplace. We thought we'd unleashed the special Mormon demons into our living room.