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Posts by Scully
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4Thank you, Scully, regarding the "24-years thread."
by compound complex inthanks, captain schmideo and scully.
didn't want to hijack the thread on the wonderful new job offer.
somehow this is what came to mind .... .
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One brother told me in the past not to worry about resolving any conflicts in the congregation, he told me to concentrate on my spirituality.
by Iamallcool inis he an asshole?.
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Scully
He wants you to put personal conflicts aside and focus more on Meeting Attendance™ and Field Service™. He's trying to distract you.
Think about it this way: What if you were someone he met while going Door-to-Door™, and you were telling him about being dissatisfied with your church because of personal conflicts within the congregation. Would he be singing the same tune? No, he'd be telling you that the conflicts within your church are evidence that the people there are not really Jesus' true disciples, and he would encourage you to leave your church and Study™ the bible with him.
So, yes, he's an asshole, and he's a hypocrite.
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After twenty four years of loyal service, I am about to commit treason...
by CaptainSchmideo inof a sort.. i have been with the same company for 24 years, and the last 5 have not been very enjoyable for me.
i like the owner of the company, but the management team is terrible, and the dept.
i work in (tech service) is demoralized.
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Scully
I don't consider it treasonous to move to greener pastures. Twenty-four years of service is a long time, and being taken for granted is an unpleasant feeling. You have a tremendous amount of responsibility, and you are not being compensated fairly for your skills and experience, given the job market.
Your employer will have lost a good employee, and he has nobody to blame but himself. Clearly he feels no loyalty to you by compensating you appropriately. (You do realize that the people who sit back and accept the we-can't-afford-to-give-raises excuse are perpetuating their own mistreatment, right??) You may be doing what the employer needs: giving him a kick in the butt and scaring him by costing him a valuable employee, one whose credentials make them attractive to other employers.
If your current employer wants to have an exit interview (probably not), be honest and say that you gave the company a more than fair chance to do right by you, as far as fair compensation/training etc. goes, but you need to be thinking about your own future in terms of pension and such, and the new place made you an offer that you couldn't turn down. Say that you have no hard feelings, understand his economic constraints, and perhaps your leaving will allow him to more fairly compensate the people in similar positions to yours (again, he probably won't).
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How I am like so many soldiers and gays...and you prob are too..."not that there is anything wrong with that"
by oompa ini have been in quite a bit of therapy and was once on 6 psych meds at one time!...got off them too...but i took two psychiatric tests by two docs and they both diagnosed me with ptsd...like we think of with soldiers who have been traumatize and have trouble dealing with it....and there are certain triggers they may have to avoid...and yep my jw triggers are still right in my face everyday.... and if you don't think there is a reason many gays "stay in the closet" it is because they have sooooo much to lose by "coming out" sometimes....(just like us)...friends, family, jobs, prestiege, others respect....and not only that but they are part of the few that really "get it"............oompa.
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Scully
There's nothing that can destroy your soul more effectively than meanness of spirit / being inflicted with emotional pain by someone else for 'sport'. Make no mistake, the way JWs bully other JWs to climb to the top of the dogpile IS "sport" for them. There's a competitive spirit, a desire to be better than others, and a very creepy intrusiveness to find out what others' weaknesses are. They may pretend to be your friend as long as it is convenient for them and serves their interests, but once they are ready to move on, whatever intel they have about your shortcomings can be exposed without a second thought, as long as they can benefit from it.
I believe lots of us former JWs have PTSD to some degree. It doesn't take much to trigger a terrible memory of our time within the JWs. I'd probably have committed suicide a long time ago if I hadn't left.
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Funeral etiquette - Is crying allowed or seen as a lack of faith?
by usualusername ini have been to a few funerals and recalled that at many the cloest family members did not cry.. .
ok cultures and a number of factors may explain that, but could crying mean you don't believe in the resurrection?.
is it social compliance?.
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Scully
FWIW, I have never cried at a JW funeral. There was nothing of substance regarding the dearly departed, no eulogies were permitted, no memories of their real personalities were shared. Just a basic wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am notation of their years of service and responsibilities to the Organization™, then fast forward to the Infomercial.
At normal funerals, it was all about celebrating and remembering the life of the person. Tears flowed freely and it was an emotionally fitting rite of passage.
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Scully
oh, you're a gemini. explains a lot. j/k
Happy Birthday, minimus
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A truly mind boggling experience
by Iamallcool ini dated someone earlier tonight and she looks pretty good, she invited me over to her home.
she has a very good salary(she has phd degree) but i do not understand why she chose to live in a white trash mobile home park.
i asked her how long she is going to live there, she said she just signed 2 year lease last month.
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Scully
gold digger
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The WTS and Same-Sex Marriage
by Quendi inwe all know the wts position on same-sex marriage, but i thought it was interesting to see this piece on its website.
i think what intrigues me the most is that the wts approach is, as i once told the elders on my judicial committee, "inadequate, incomplete and insufficient".
the peice then goes on to give the typical fairy-tale solution to what it perceives as a problem with the experience of someone they call "nathan" and how he was able to completely change thanks to god's holy spirit working on him.
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Scully
Whenever some ignorant so-and-so says that being gay is "a choice", I always throw it back at them and ask them if they remember when they made a choice to be straight.
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AJWRB---What Have They Done???
by minimus ini still never really understood what these phantoms ever did.
i've read many praiseworthy comments lauding the site or people behind it.
but in reality, what major good have they done to change jehovah's witnesses' views on blood?.
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Scully
minimus,
I think the best results of AJWRB are in terms of educating the public, innoculating them regarding the WTS position on blood transfusions.
The medical community is one arena where understanding the nuances and keeping current with the changes in doctrine can save lives.
Personally, I'm glad that the Bulgaria info is archived there, because it's hard to find it anywhere else on the internet.
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Can someone put Sparlock on WIKIPEDIA
by Witness 007 ini found it too hard but he should be in there!!!
anyone know how?.
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Scully
I think we need to start a Sparlock Advocacy group.