here we go again another will known public figure being abusive towards women.
as heart breaking it is i am glad it is coming out.
it takes a brave person to bring these things out.. could this be the catalyst that may expose the wt.
Matt Lauer.
Not a fan of this guy, but I just wonder if the quality (professional skills) of the people who will replace the Matt Lauers and Charlie Roses will be better or worse.
The irony! The groper who definitely can be replaced by someone better is immune to attacks or firing. Interesting times we live in!
You are just a kid! Be glad you live in the best times. Regardless of what you see in the tabloid news and what apocalyptic religions tell you , these are the best times based on statistical evidence: overall best standard of living, knowledge, human rights, access to health services, access to education, safety. The world is not perfect, but a heck of a lot better.
first post here and looking for advice and help.
sorry in advance for it being so long :(.
i'm a happily married woman (no kids) who is a non-jw, presbyterian to be precise.
From your last post, it seems that there is hope, but he has to come to ackowledge that he is in a harmful cult. That may turn out to be a long process, judging from the countless experiences I have read in the last four years. Learning those experiences may be your first step before taking any action. Learn from others who had to wake up their spouses. You will find many of those experiences here. Learning about the Australian Royal Commission hearings and documents about JW's is another important step. JWfacts.com is good too. Crisis of Conscience is another great help, etc, etc,etc,etc......
first post here and looking for advice and help.
sorry in advance for it being so long :(.
i'm a happily married woman (no kids) who is a non-jw, presbyterian to be precise.
Has anyone posted the video where Geoffrey Jackson made a reference to Christmas before the Royal Commission??. Your husband should watch it. I hope he does, and then continues watching everything else that took place in those hearings.
first post here and looking for advice and help.
sorry in advance for it being so long :(.
i'm a happily married woman (no kids) who is a non-jw, presbyterian to be precise.
Welcome Spacegirl!
This is the beginning of a new journey into the world of JW's. You will learn a lot, as I did four years ago.
Full disclosure: I am a 52 y.o. atheist married to a JW woman for 23 years. For many years I liked the religion because all the members were good behaving, and even loving people. That idea changed four years ago when I did a research on the "religion" (actually is a cult run by goons, almost as bad as scientology). I don't like adults imprisoned in a cult, but I can live with it. However, children is a whole different thing. They are innocent victims. Don't have any children with this man unless you have the firm conviction that you WILL NOT raise them as JW's.
Regarding your relationship, don't use my 23 year happy marriage as a comforting reason for your future. I am a man. You are a woman. As a woman, you are screwed in a patriarchal cult. Sorry for the bluntness, but you have to get ready.
many people point to the irrationality in the depiction of god by the religions and their scriptures, hence jump into the bottomless pit of atheism.
in either camp, god is not a factor because religion is only a means that misrepresents god, hence religionists themselves are atheists (literally, those who live without god).
it is like saying there exists no earth because you found out your friend who taught earth is flat is wrong; or it is like saying mathematics itself is wrong because you found out your mathematics teacher made a mistake.
The teacher who makes mistakes may need to be trained again, and he/she will eventually get it right. Good thing the world of Mathematicians always agree because the evidence proves their common understanding.
Believers in God, in the absence of any evidence, they need to always reassess their beliefs, but there's no certainty that they will ever get it right And the bad thing is that the world of religion always disagree, and not one believer can prove his belief.
Venus, your analogy couldn't be worse.
Belief in God is just as good and well supported as the belief in unicorns. No mockery intended, just reality
nightmare on elm street.
mother to elder: tiffany, my daughter, shocked me last night.
she told me she was fondled by our hispanic neighbor after she babysat for their children.. elder: that is terrible to hear, sister.
watchtower writings used to have some meat to them.
they have been increasingly watered down and simplified.
i think we all recognize that.
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Watchtower writings used to have some meat to them.
Agree with scratch. If there ever was meat, it was FAKE meat!
recently, someone who knows deborah drexler, the current copyright holder of cofc, asked her if she will consider having it published again.
her response was:.
" i will have to ask jesus"!!!!!.
Ok. I will PM WiFi NOT to give me a copy of CofC in Spanish!
Thanks for NOThing
at one time scientists believed that living things and non-living things were made of different material, accounting for the unique properties of living things.
this idea is called vitalism and is no longer popular.
what does remain popular (in fact is still the dominant view) is a similar idea that things that experience the world (humans, frogs, mice) are different from things that don't experience the world (potatoes, rocks, snowflakes).
Consciousness, a matter of "degree". Why not? I even like the idea, as long as it's kept n the realm of philosophy... for now.
No evidence? ...I think there's enough evidence in the animal kingdom to make speculative inferences.
However, I will apply the idea only to live matter.
