Posts by Xanthippe

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If it weren't illegal...
by Rattigan350 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was listening to a circuit overseer's talk and he mentioned about how a sister wanted to simplify.

she had a couple of dogs.

then he related that she said that all she had to do was get rid of the dogs.
Xanthippe

I then thought that, if it weren't illegal, COs would encourage JWs to get rid of their children.

So many people don't have children because of this cult. Either because they pioneered, went on the circuit or stayed in Bethel until they were too old to have children because the big A was just around the corner.

Don't forget those who couldn't have IVF because it involved 'murder' according to JWs 25 years ago, discarding some of the embryos during the IVF process to give the more viable ones a chance. So they did encourage people to get rid of their prospects to have children. Absolutely wicked and something that has affected my family personally, my brother and sister are both childless.
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The Venting Thread
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
this thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.
Xanthippe

I get tired of the human need to compete. At work there is constant competition, not always huge things but constant niggling little things. It's boring and sometimes it's offensive. A colleague asked me how my husband died and I said it was fast and she said oh well my cousin's husband died of a heart attack before he hit the ground. Is nothing sacred, do people compete over everything? I can't tell you how sick I am of competitive people.
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Are the best things in life really free?
by compound complex in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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are they for you?.

thanks.. coco.
Xanthippe

My teenage daughter hand- feeding a pair of swans and their six signets on an icy cold day a few winter's ago.

The first Morning Glory plant I ever grew, such bright blue flowers.

Camping in Luxembourg, no money because of pioneering and hearing my first owl.

Oh ok we had to pay for the cross-channel ferry but then we all have to pay the ferryman in the end!
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What would be your favorite job if you could do anything.?
by new hope and happiness in
1. social
2. relationships
on the basis that most of us realise the w.t wasnt really the best " job" or way to spend our days, it would be fun to find out what people would really have liked to have done with there lifes and if this is still possible.

or maybe its not even a very realistic ambition just a dream.

in my dreams i stay at home all day and make a living from being a professional artist.maybe i need a phycholgist?.
Xanthippe

In my dreams i stay at home all day and make a living from being a professional artist.Maybe i need a phycholgist?

That's a fantastic idea New hope, I would love to do that too. Or write for a living. Perhaps spend my life visiting fantastic places all over the globe and writing travel books, all expenses paid. Well I can dream can't I?
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EVEN IF THE RESPONSE WASNT GREAT.....
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
... you felt what you did was great.

ahh yes.

preaching in foreign lands....in english.
Xanthippe

There may be some engish retirement enclaves in latin countries (Mexico, Ecuador) that need to be preached to. - a watcher

I can't believe you're serious sweetie. This is what the bethelites used to call moving to where the need is nicer.
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Books that changed your life-
by new hope and happiness in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am not much of a reader as i have two many distractions, but i fancy a challenging read, so please list any book that has changed your entire world view on everything.

i remember as a teenager buying at a yard sale, norman vincent peales " the power of positive thinking" and at the time that had a big impact on me.

but i am a little bit more in to " realistic positive thinking" now..
Xanthippe

The Last Days of Socrates, Plato

The Highly Sensitive Person, Elaine N Aron

More Astral Projections, Robert Crookall

The Naked Ape, Desmond Morris

The Odyssey, Homer

Totem and Taboo, Sigmund Freud

Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Carl G Jung

Games People Play, Eric Berne

The Complete Essays, Michel de Montaigne

The Story of Art, E H Gombrich

Families and How to Survive Them, Robin Skynner, John Cleese

The Annals, Tacitus
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The Botchtower's attitude towards using the Internet
by Composer2005 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
has the botchtower discouraged or spoken against members using the internet?.

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satan / devils environment & all that j.w bs!.
Xanthippe

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/280701/3/What-is-your-biggest-gripe-with-the-WT-and-its-teachings#.U58fCvldWSo

Found the link to the post by Fraz. I think this is really important if you remember the scene in the Sparlock vid with the snake. WT manipulation is very clever. They really have some experts working on this. Anyone have that picture of the snake in the Sparlock vid?
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The Botchtower's attitude towards using the Internet
by Composer2005 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
has the botchtower discouraged or spoken against members using the internet?.

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satan / devils environment & all that j.w bs!.
Xanthippe

At some stage they depicted the plug from the modem (that goes into the computer) as a snake. - Vidqun

OMG I laughed and thought you were joking until I read on down the page. Speechless at the psychological manipulation. Fraz mentioned on another thread that this organization instills phobias in kids that they use in later life to manipulate people. Wow, unbelievable!
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"Aren't you going the wrong way at this stage of your life?"
by donny in
1. watchtower
2. bible
that was a question posed to me by a friend who just recently discovered my switch from one who used to have a belief in god to one that has a lack thereof.. they stated "most people i know, including your truly, were not much interested in closely following the tenants of the faith we were brought up in when we were in the prime of our young adulthood.

you on the other hand, were much more zealous back then and now have pretty much left it all behind.

surely it is not because you are not sowing your oats at this time.".
Xanthippe

Sorry Apog I think you were being ironic. It's not been an easy day, my brain faded out there for a minute. (Just heard a relative has cancer)
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I hope I'm not stumbling you, she said as we sipped drinks at the track...I
by MissFit in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have a sweet jw friend.

she is elderly and had heart problems and is hard of hearing.. she is a tiny thing and very loving.

she is a convert and had been "in" for around 20 years.. she came "in "after her divorce.. we started hanging out together a couple years ago when i called her for a ride to the meetings.. .
Xanthippe

Fabulous story MissFit

Then some how we started completely skipping Sunday meetings and going straight to the lunch and margaritas.

I just love it. Enjoy the rock band. Cheers