lol Brumm - I'm with you - I never get shepherding calls from the Elders asking me to come back, and I don't get any damning emails either - I truly am one of the ignored!
pettygrudger
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[email protected]??
by Skeptic ini am sure people have received these email.
there may even be a post on it.
it claims to be from [email protected].
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Recovering from shunning
by Elsewhere inhow does one recover from being shunned?
my family is shunning me.
so is everyone i grew up with since i was raised in the borg.
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pettygrudger
((Elsewhere)) - I don't know - I wish I did.
My heart goes out to you though - we've all probably felt this way from time to time.
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The Most Caring Poster.
by orangefatcat inseveral times we have voiced our feelings as to who is the smartest poster.
but how about the most caring and understanding poster.
who shows true empathy for others and their problems.
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pettygrudger
So many posters - so little time:
Lilacs, Robdar, Viv, MrMoe, Cassiline, Matty, Jack2, Billygoat, BB, Reborn (so he'll stop whining! ) Joy2Be, TR (although that'll probably piss him off!), Valis, Lucid Sky, Random Task, Dakota Red, Teraterrible, Safe4Kids
Found (cuz I know her in real life - and she's really the greatest!)
Lilacs & Mouthy definitely deserves special mention
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Wow! A year has gone by?
by Valis inwell i've been here a year today.
just a note to all the great people i have met here and have yet to meet in person.
i remember the day i found this site.
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pettygrudger
Congratulations!
And may I say - we are all the better off for your participation on this board!
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What did you get called?
by Fe2O3Girl intr's expression 'hovah.
which he picked up from a friend that used to call him that set me thinking about the things that i got called when i was a jw kid.
one term of abuse was "jew" which is weird and creepy.
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weirdo, freak, freckle freaked frog face,
kids are so cruel
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Vicar to kids: Santa is Toast
by PurpleV inny daily news december 12, 2002 (reuters) .
vicar to kids: santa is toast .
london--a british vicar reduced children to tears and stunned their parents when he said santa claus and his reindeer would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at supersonic speed.. lee rayfield shattered the illusions of dozens of children at a school service on tuesday when he joked in his sermon that santa and his reindeer would burn up flying at 3,000 times the speed of sound.. "there were a lot of children there who still believe in santa, or did so until last night," sue smee, who took her 5- and 9-year old sons to the service, told the daily mirror yesterday.
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Sending Lee a lump of coal as we speak!!!
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A Benevolent Eye
by Utopian_Raindrops inwhen i read this it remined me how often i felt i wasn't doing good enough as a jw and how i wish such a peaceful message was what the sheep shared.. you know jesus was jewish while on the earth and now and again i look into thier beliefs.. i could never abandon our savior and lord christ jesus,but often i like the teachings i find.. the site i got this from is a bit too political for me...but they have a daily wisdom section...it has kind of replaced my daily text......this one is one of my favorites so far.. rabbi yochanan ben zakkai asked his disciples, 'which is the way to which a person should cling?
ethics of the fathers (2:13) .
the great chassidic master, rebbe levi yitzchak of berditchev, once encountered a man who was eating on the fast day of tishah b'av.
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Very nice Utopian - it is true that we can find something useful and good in most religions!
note that we must learn to discipline children without making them feel bad.
We often catch our children doing something wrong and reprimand them. We must also "catch them" doing things that are right, at least three times a day, and praise them for it.
With my autistic son, we had been doing a therapy called ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis). One of the KEY ingredients in this therapy is to "ignore the bad" and to constantly find the good & compliment it.
Most people act or do something because they get something from it, and especialy with children they will seek attention with either negative or positive behavior. Thru the above therapy, which I have since learned to apply to EVERYONE in my home (hubby too) I have found that if you look for the good and reward it, it encourages further good. If you look for the bad and reward it (although you may view it as punishment) it actually raises the chances that said behavior may increase. Boils down to looking at what the child/person is getting from the behavior, eliminate the reward and you eliminate the behavior. Sounds strange, but I'm finding it works everytime!
Thanks for this - very nice read!
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Who Are The Smartest Posters Here?
by minimus inbesides minimus?????
?edited by - minimus on 12 december 2002 9:45:44.
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pettygrudger
Amazing, AlanF, JanH, Maximus, Farkel, Ozzie, Eman, HillaryStep are some of my personal favorites.
Editted to Add: Minimus of Course!
Edited by - pettygrudger on 12 December 2002 11:21:26
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Converted in Prison JW Molester To Be Released
by blondie inhttp://www.appeal-democrat.com/121202/121202hpk12wolfenbarger.shtml
thursday, december 12, 2002 .
convicted rapist seeks parole.
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Probably watched the Dateline program & realized he could kill 2 birds w/1 stone - get out of jail due to his religious "conversion" and find all kinds of victims that might not be so willing to send him to jail next time. He couldn't have picked a better religion - unless he became a Catholic priest!
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What's Ozzie been drinking?
by ozziepost inwhen the borg sent their henchmen to tell us that they'd taken our children from us, they weren't kidding.
so life now is a mix of ups and downs.
this week has been all of those, often within the same hour!
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Thanks Ozzie! (And Ruby - how was I supposed to know that such a book existed) - know what I'm asking for for Christmas