So if they're JW's Mom, does that make the anointed ones our aunts? Or our second-cousins on our Mom's side?
(sorry, I never learned the family relation stuff as a kid; no need, as they were worldly, so there was never any need to figure it out.)
i have been trying to wrap my head around the talk that introduced the slave as our mother?
the brothers at bethel are worried that we are not treating our spiritual mother with respect.
jehovah is our father, the faithful slave (the governing body) is our spiritual mammy.
So if they're JW's Mom, does that make the anointed ones our aunts? Or our second-cousins on our Mom's side?
(sorry, I never learned the family relation stuff as a kid; no need, as they were worldly, so there was never any need to figure it out.)
as an active witness atm i speak reguarly with friends and family who are also active.
it seems however that there are some things that people are comfortable discussing such as beards (whats the problem) and birthdays (everyone would if they could) and, if you are with close friends, things like confusion over the generations, pressure of keeping all the balls juggled, harshness of rules around da/df ones along with long lapsed family and to some extent blood.. my guess is that there are many more who may be in a similar state of mind to me and wondering if it really is all worth it.
it makes me wonder about how many with express themselves more if they could?
It's lovely isn't it? Its the JWs version of a religious Mexican stand-off, where no one wants to drop their shun gun first, so no one does.... They just keep pointing their shun guns at each other, hoping a spiritual fire-fight doesn't break out. Meanwhile, their lives just pass them by.... (tick, tock, tick.....)
i have been trying to wrap my head around the talk that introduced the slave as our mother?
the brothers at bethel are worried that we are not treating our spiritual mother with respect.
jehovah is our father, the faithful slave (the governing body) is our spiritual mammy.
Mommy = Anthony Perkins reference
The GB is actually a corpse that should've been buried long ago, not propped up in a chair and listened to by the R&F, as if it weren't just a creation of their own psychoses?
OR
Maybe Mums coming home from the shelter for abused women?
Is this an attempt to reintroduce Asherah (YHWH's consort) worship to the tribes of Israel? Maybe God is getting lonely, so He promised not to hit her anymore and to change His ways, and go to anger management?
jane doe v. watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc.. .
jury trial - june 14, 2012 - day 10. .
mr. schnack: ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the judge has instructed you that it is your choice to award or not to award punitive damages.
"I just want to make it perfectly clear: sure, we were guilty, but at least we are NOT the Catholics!!". Lol! Is that the best they could come up with? They've been found guilty and the answer is to say, "at least we're not them!".
Wonder how many Catholics on the jury appreciated that display of arrogance and hubris?
Loved the "it's been in the press: we are all aware of it" reasoning. Uh, Mr Counselor, you DO realize that you are talking to a jury, and not to a body of elders who's been instructed to do whatever to keep the matter hush-hush? Why not just come out and say, "honest, we really tried to cover this up, we really did...."
at the moment i don't have the wt cd program up, but when i can bring it up, i'll post some.. .
also, articles which include a paragraph here or there that are directed towards children or teens count as well.. articles that come to mind for me first are all the articles dealing with (gasp) masturbation.
and one poster here recently posted some parts from a young people ask article about dating, which was very funny.
Billy Boy,
You would dare educate Wise King Solomon on prostate health? Believe me, I have a hard enough time dealing with the frequent trips to the restroom at 2 AM with a 3,000 yr old prostate gland!!
And some further details on the matter as it was explained to me... The YPA crap says that masturbation is bad because it's "selfish" and "idolatry". However, the basic question is, how can you expect someone else to satisfy you sexually if you don't know how your own parts work?
True, but I think many of the women will agree that men's understanding of their what gives a male satisfaction is not the issue here: it's the males inability to get the woman off that's more of a problem...
But that leads us to this:
Rather than your sex life being a puzzle, at least go in knowing your magic spots so that you can inform your partner. And porn can make it all even more educational. If you want to be good at something, you have to spend time practicing and learning from the experts, right?
Yeah, I'd agree in spirit.
But "porn = educational?" Hmmm, that's a questionable assertion, since most of it that I've seen heard about is very much filmed from the male perspective (where from porns, you'd think "spilling one's seed" on a woman's face and in her eye gives her some sort of pleasure? Hmmm....)
This is one of the fundamental errors JWs make, not allowing males AND females to learn from prior experiences. Instead, they're expected to buy each other's cars without the benefit of a test drive, unable to see if they're sexually-compatible? HUGE mistake....
(Another hold-over from the male calculus of thinking, "if she doesn't know any other experiences, then she won't know how much I really suck (or don't suck; wink, wink, nudge nudge) in bed... Flawed logic, all the way around.)
at the moment i don't have the wt cd program up, but when i can bring it up, i'll post some.. .
also, articles which include a paragraph here or there that are directed towards children or teens count as well.. articles that come to mind for me first are all the articles dealing with (gasp) masturbation.
and one poster here recently posted some parts from a young people ask article about dating, which was very funny.
Chem Emo emotes:
I love how this whole thread is technically staying on topic and yet is focusing completely on masturbation.
Touche' on the hand-picked choice of appropriate emoticons....
NC stipulates:
I think we should name the book, The Perv and the Neurotic!
Wait: which one am I, again?
Back to Sol: How dare you suggest that any child I taught would have dirty fingers! There is a bottle of Purell within reaching distance from ANYWHERE in this house!
Nevermind: I see you're clearly the neurotic one, the obsessive-compulsive type. So, I'm the.... HEY!!!
The Perv and the Neurotic
By NewChapter and King Solomon
Experts New Chapter and King Solomon offer their timely wisdom on a variety of modern teen issues, in such thought-provoking chapters as "What To Fantasize About During Masturbation" and "Disney Heroines- Why the Appeal?"
Sounds very interesting: I'd read it....
Probably going to have to tidy up the language a bit, if we're going to submit it for publication to Awake, tho! They have very prudish censors there!
i'm a big science nerd and i remember when we were going over the creator book, that the big bang doesn't necessarily prove there is no god.. i said this comment during book study and the conductor's jaw dropped.
everyone was pretty uncomfortable and it didn't help that he ct me off as i was explaining the red shift and mom wasn't too happy about all that.
i had to do a lot of bible research and write some nonsense about how the big bang was not reality or some sort...ugh.. .
LOL I'd rather be dead for all eternity than for five minutes have to put up with a bunch of self rightous vegitarian JW's
Don't tell anyone I said anything to you, but I hear they're considering allowing Fish on Fridays: I don't suppose one day of pesco-vegetarianism would change your mind?
at the moment i don't have the wt cd program up, but when i can bring it up, i'll post some.. .
also, articles which include a paragraph here or there that are directed towards children or teens count as well.. articles that come to mind for me first are all the articles dealing with (gasp) masturbation.
and one poster here recently posted some parts from a young people ask article about dating, which was very funny.
Chem emo states:
I, for one, am messed up now. Thanks in advance for the nightmares, Sol.
You've never had the joy of a noctural emission, I'm guessing? :)
Next guide will be, "King Solomon's Guide to Masturbation for Blossoming Young Women".
Here's a preview:
"KEEP YOUR DIRTY FINGERS OUTTA THERE!!!"
at the moment i don't have the wt cd program up, but when i can bring it up, i'll post some.. .
also, articles which include a paragraph here or there that are directed towards children or teens count as well.. articles that come to mind for me first are all the articles dealing with (gasp) masturbation.
and one poster here recently posted some parts from a young people ask article about dating, which was very funny.
Back to Sol---and one more thing, when they bring their dates home, I expect them to have faces!
I don't suppose that includes them also having a set of eyes, does it? Eyes are an important element to identifying someone.
I'm thinking about the "if your eye offends you, snatch it out" bit. I'm thinking that one SHOULD work in reverse, too, i.e. snatching OTHER people's eyes out if they offend you?
All I know is, when God is in da' house, someone's blood is gunna be spilled, animal or man.... That's just the way YHWH rolls!
at the moment i don't have the wt cd program up, but when i can bring it up, i'll post some.. .
also, articles which include a paragraph here or there that are directed towards children or teens count as well.. articles that come to mind for me first are all the articles dealing with (gasp) masturbation.
and one poster here recently posted some parts from a young people ask article about dating, which was very funny.
OK, there seems to be some confusion on my advice. Let me clarify, kay?
Back to the teens---not that I think you dismembering barbie dolls and fantasizing makes you abnormal, Dears, I'm just uptight.
Yes, I misspoke: "disembodied torsos" is logically impossible, since you cannot remove a torso from itself (the body).
I didn't mean to suggest breastless OR limbless: as NC said, they serve a purpose in the fantasy, as does the sexy upper arm, or a well-formed clavicle, or...... (AHEM!)
What I was originally conceiving of was a fleshbot, a synthetic mass of latex of 90 lbs that has anatomically-correct holes. But the important thing to remember is, NO FACES!!! Faces mean you're able to identify the women, and no identifiable women to look at lustfully means no thought sin has occurred. Gotta keep her abstract, no names! At least, that's how I'm reading Jesus' words....
Carry on: I gotta go take care of something....