Xanthippe

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  How to be happier every day.

  by Lost in the fog in

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  the messages contained in these two books for children are quite profound and can be taken on board no matter what age you are.

  book reviews @tes.com.

  https://www.tes.com/news/two-tips-kids-books-being-happy.

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  I like the 'am I hoarding thoughts?' exercise. We need to decide which thoughts to keep and which to bin. Good point.
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  Hilarious article on Sentinelese in today's Guardian

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  i say 'hilarious' because it shows the guardian's ridiculous bias.. this article is dripping with noble savage hippy-ness.. nearly all contact with outsiders have been violent.. here's an excerpt about one of the two 1991 visits that were non-violent: “they are a peace-loving people,” tn pandit, an anthropologist who conducted one of the first successful meetings with the tribe in 1991, told an indian news outlet this week.. and here's what wikipedia has to say about it: 'on later visits, pandit's boats were confronted by sentinelese who turned their backs, which pandit took as a sign their visit was not welcome; but they were able to leave gifts, which islanders came to take.

  he observed that the men carried bows and arrows, but the women did not.

  on one visit in 1991 the islanders took coconuts from the hands of pandit's party, but would not allow them to enter the island'.

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  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_savage

  This is the view I was taught at university, that noble savage was the romanticised view in the 18th and 19th centuries of indigenous peoples. That it refered to American Indians etc., the sentimentalised view that before civilisation man was intrinsically good and the industrial revolution and progress took man away from the earth and corrupted him.
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  If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  in all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .

  nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.

  the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?

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  Xanthippe: That's Pixar's Merida from Brave - neat blue dog

  Yeah well can you find a female angel image that isn't soft porn?

  
  
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  If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .

  nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.

  the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?

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  We need pictures of badass female angels. The Greeks had godesses and female titans but the monotheistic religions are so patriarchal. I wonder why the difference?

  
  
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  Hello...

  by Incognigo Montoya in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i've been lurking for a bit.

  first out of cautious curiosity, then, though feeling a bit more comfortable to post, got caught in the confirmation email anomaly, and left unable to post or participate.

  so i remained lurking, reading and researching.

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  I wonder 😏
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  Hello...

  by Incognigo Montoya in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i've been lurking for a bit.

  first out of cautious curiosity, then, though feeling a bit more comfortable to post, got caught in the confirmation email anomaly, and left unable to post or participate.

  so i remained lurking, reading and researching.

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  Welcome IM! A fan of the Princess Bride?
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  My Story

  by Kathy1978 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was a 3rd generation jw on my mom’s side and both of my parents were jws when i was born.

  me and my 3 siblings were raised a bit on the strict side.

  no sports, outside association, college, mandatory meeting attendance & service routine, etc.

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  Well done not exposing your kids to this cult, Kathy. However hard it is leaving it's harder staying imho. As you put it ......

  we always say to each other our worst day out is 100 times better than our best day in the cult.
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  Hello!

  by Kathy1978 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just wanted to give a brief intro.

  i was born into jw world and left it in 2015 along with my husband and 2 little children.

  looking forward to reading the posts and interaction with you.

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  Xanthippe

  Welcome Kathy, looking forward to your posts. Good to have you here 💖
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  Am I shunned here?

  by caves in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lately i been sifting though my many emotions after being here on this site.

  i feel ive been all over the map just trying to come to grips with the information.

  but through all this i feel i'm shunned here as of late due to my (all over the place =-ness).

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  Caves you're a very deep man. You've done a lot with your life and given a great deal of thought to the meaning of it all so you sometimes stand out as different. Comprende? Need I say more?
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  Do you celebrate Christmas?

  by LovingLifeNow in

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  2. friends

  do you celebrate and how long have you been out?

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  3 years for me and yes i do..

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  Like Biahi I feel my childhood was stolen by that cult. I love the smell of a conifer in my house covered with petty lights. My daughter and I love a roast dinner and having the couple of relatives not trapped in the cult around for a meal with plenty of wine.

  We give one another gifts but try to avoid the price of them escalating each year. I hate the commercialisation of Christmas, the huge expensive presents we're expected to give, we resist it, I hate being a victim of advertising.

  As with anything else do it your way. I'm not celebrating the birth of Christ I'm joining in with my culture and having fun.