I do think religion is silly but sometimes I worry about those young people who are born into a religion and they are so sincere, like I was. People laughed at me and poured scorn out in fs and it pushed me further into the cult because I was genuine and the laughter hurt. Perhaps not respect but maybe empathy for those who were raised in religions and who just haven't had chance to think about reality yet because they are so young?
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As I move further away from theWT.....
by Viviane ini've, over the years, looked into many religions.
obviously, from those that have seen me post here, i've become an atheist simply because i couldn't find any reason to believe in god.
recently, though, over the past few months, a new change has started.
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I HATE vets
by Xanthippe intook one of my cats to the vet two weeks ago, she gets dermatitis from flea bites and although she gats flea treatment every four weeks the skin problem flares up about every two years.
so i asked for her usual steroid tablets which clear it up in about a week but no this young vet about 25 thought she should have a steroid injection and an antibiotic.
didn't work and she's much worse.. went back today and another vet said can't give you the tablets because the injection is still in her system and lasts 6 weeks.
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Some are just in it because it's a career and pays well
Yes that's very true Simon. We have very few local vets, most seem to come from other countries because it pays so well in the UK.
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I HATE vets
by Xanthippe intook one of my cats to the vet two weeks ago, she gets dermatitis from flea bites and although she gats flea treatment every four weeks the skin problem flares up about every two years.
so i asked for her usual steroid tablets which clear it up in about a week but no this young vet about 25 thought she should have a steroid injection and an antibiotic.
didn't work and she's much worse.. went back today and another vet said can't give you the tablets because the injection is still in her system and lasts 6 weeks.
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OTWO, ha ha! I don't hate veterans LOL Thanks for wishing me luck.
AlphaMan omg what a nightmare. Yeah all you want is for people to do their jobs properly.
apostrate that's sad. We adopted a stray and from a starving skinny thing he's become a big beautiful tabby that my daughter can cradle like a baby and he purrs his heart out.
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I HATE vets
by Xanthippe intook one of my cats to the vet two weeks ago, she gets dermatitis from flea bites and although she gats flea treatment every four weeks the skin problem flares up about every two years.
so i asked for her usual steroid tablets which clear it up in about a week but no this young vet about 25 thought she should have a steroid injection and an antibiotic.
didn't work and she's much worse.. went back today and another vet said can't give you the tablets because the injection is still in her system and lasts 6 weeks.
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Took one of my cats to the vet two weeks ago, she gets dermatitis from flea bites and although she gets flea treatment every four weeks the skin problem flares up about every two years. So I asked for her usual steroid tablets which clear it up in about a week but NO this young vet about 25 thought she should have a steroid injection and an antibiotic. Didn't work and she's much worse.
Went back today and another vet said can't give you the tablets because the injection is still in her system and lasts 6 weeks. I got very cross, said the other guy said it lasted a week and a half! Why didn't the first one give me her usual tablets which always work? Oh maybe he didn't look at her notes, this guy said. Well that's not very good is it? I was boiling by now.
Anyway he looks at her notes again and finds out he has misread them and she had a different medication altogether and the injection lasts a day and a half so I can give her tablets. A day and a half, a week and a half, six weeks WTF are these idiots talking about!
In the UK a vet can earn £50,000 a year, that's $80,000. They seem like a bunch of idiots!
Yes I know steroids are dangerous that's why I pay for expensive flea treatment every month so she only needs the steroids occasionally. He didn't need to tell me that. Why do they talk to you as if you're an idiot!
Good job he only charged me for the tablets and not the consultation! I hate vets.
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Find What Your Social Status Was in the Congregation
by Mary inever notice how the "happiest people on earth" are also the most class-oriented?
the social structure in the congregation is more complex than the blueprints of a nuclear warhead, but just so that you "remember your place", see if you can find where your niche was/is:.
1. at the top of the social order of things within the congregation is of course, the presiding overseer and his family.
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I was from a 'divided' family, my dad was never a JW. We were very poor, so no status at all in the congregation. I pioneered because I really believed every one who did not become a JW would die very, very soon.
I feel the same about the world now. I can't watch kids dying of hunger on TV and do nothing about it. The difference is that now I know it's not just down to a tiny group of people but that many thousands of ordinary people are doing their tiny little bit which amounts to a whole lot together. Also some very rich people are doing much more than I can.
My husband could only stomach four years as an elder before we both knew what was really going on and we left.
So my becoming a 'pioneer sister' was born from indoctrination, I thought I had to help save the world. Stupid yes, lacking in education, oh yes, but mean spirited and not willing to work, OMG no!
If people didn't pioneer and they did't really believe it then why did they stay? That always baffled me.
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Life is short and I'm gonna love it thread!
by poopsiecakes inso what are you doing to enjoy yourself?
doesn't have to be for anyone around you, or have anything to do with jw world.
just something that you do for you and only you and that fills your soul (whatever that means).
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Framing beauty in a lens, I love that too Poopsiecakes. Travel excites me, it fills me with energy even though sometimes it frightens me too. New places, vibrant cities, beautiful landscapes, diffferent cultures. I agree life is short and there are so many places on my bucket list. Finding cheap ways to travel is fun. Wasted too much time in a cult and the world is out there.
Also creativity. I've started painting again in my garden this summer, in watercolour, which I've always struggled with. Perhaps I'm finally getting the hang of it.
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baby or no baby?
by Dudu inthat is the question for the next months ... i am 32 and i will turn 33 on december....i am freaking out!!!
my hubby and i have no children and we are not looking for one right now because im studying a masters.
i will finish subjects in june and after that i will write my thesis (6 more months).
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Dudu don't panic, I was a month off my 37th birthday when I had my daughter and she was perfect. It only took seven months for me to get pregnant and apparently the average for a woman in her twenties is six months.
You are still young and you have worked so hard for your degrees. I totally agree with Clarity you will need a career, especially after your family has grown up. After all your hard work to get qualifications you deserve a job you enjoy. Why shouldn't women have it all!
Good luck, whatever you decide.
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what does jehovah eat ?
by bigmac inyeah yeah---i know--spiritual food.. .
or maybe---beans ( human beans ).
for those on here who still believe in a god---how do you perceive him / her / it ?.
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Innocent little children who think they are going to have a lion on the lawn and live forever. Crunch those cute toddlers.
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Regular pioneering is a financial double whammy.
by hoser innot only does it steal your time from earning a living and having personal time, it also costs you real $$$ in fuel vehicle costs and maintainance .
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True, fuel costs, winter clothing, good walking shoes and boots, that's where all my money went. Never bought casual clothes unil I left the borg, except for jeans. All my casual clothes were ex-ministry clothes that were too tatty to wear. Yuck!
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Bible - War in heaven - Satan cast to earth - Why?
by berrygerry inreading the oct 1 1953 wt about gog of magog because of the posts about the changes of identity.. basic question:.
why would satan (whether gog or not) be cast to the earth?.
why not cast him to quadrant 4 of the galaxy?.
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berrygerry I totally agree with you. I have made this point myself :-
a) A very unloving thing to do to dump this monster on humanity
b) Proves it was written by a primitive society that thought their solar system was the whole universe