*rolls eyes* my dear hubby rented 3 movies, one of them was "juno".
i kindly requested that the children were not to see that movie.
just a moment ago my hubby came down stairs alone and i asked where were the children.
Your husband should also have the backbone to stand up to the kids himself. He lets them watch it and makes you go into the room to switch it off!
Knowing you had a problem with it he should not have put it on for them in the first place.
As for the content, YES kids need to learn about unwanted pregnancy but NO young kids don't need to see a dramatisation which suggests that "it will be OK cos some rich couple will adopt the baby"...and other such unrealistic stuff.
Sirona
*rolls eyes* my dear hubby rented 3 movies, one of them was "juno".
i kindly requested that the children were not to see that movie.
just a moment ago my hubby came down stairs alone and i asked where were the children.
I don't blame you.
I just looked up Juno
Juno(Ellen Page) a 16 year old high school teen suddenly faced with a unexpected pregnancy. That too with with a guy whom she does not consider to be her boyfriend. Her first reaction is to see if it can be made to away like a bad dream. But she is pragmatic enough to realize that she needs to take control of the situation. So she enlists the help of her Best Friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby). She considers Woman's Help center for what she calls "Speedy Abortion". But her friend Su-Chin reminds her just outside the clinic that the fetus probably has fingernails by now. That changes her mind immediately. Together she & Leah find out a Yuppi Couple Mark & Vanessa Loring that are desperate for a child. They find this through Penny Saver ad!
I wouldn't want my child under 10 to be watching stuff regarding abortion etc.
Sirona
i went to an aa meeting tonight for the first time in a few weeks.
after about 6 weeks of attempting to control my drinking in a social way, i feel that it best to go the abstinence route as i wasn't really enjoying it.. anyway i got to thinking afterwards whether jw's are allowed to go to them?
i have heard how some elders disaprove of them because it's classed as a spriitual program.
JK
I was DF'ed for drunkenness, and I got my act together by going to AA. When I tried to get reinstated, it was strongly pointed out to me that I could get the help I needed through the congregation. I quit going to AA on the elder's advice, and tried to use one elder as my "sponsor."
It sickens me that you got DF'd for it. I heard a guy just got DF'd in the local congregation for drunkenness too. So right at the time when you need support and recovery, you get kicked out and shunned. What love.
Sirona
any rational person knows that hatred is probably the most destructive human emotion of all.
billions of people have died and suffered as a result of it.
why, then would a supposedly divine, loving and perfect god set the worst kind of example for weak humans by practicing hatred himself and wanting humans to follow his creepy example?.
We can hate things like abuse and injustice. Here the Watchtower is advocating hatred of people. It puts itself and its followers into the position of God - with the ability to judge who is to be hated. This is where the Watchtower goes wrong. According to the bible, God can hate because he sees all and knows all.
Sirona
p.s. I don't agree with the bible's view.
i am one who believes strongly in the spirit realm, paranormal activity, etc.
even with such a strong belief, i am often told by skeptics that such things are foolish and nonsense.
while i accept people have the right to feel however they want, i have often shared stories with people that are hard to explain with logic and find others have events like this too.
Xena
Cool experience.
I think wierd things often happen in hotels because they are often old buildings and people have died there (like you said) and there are so many different people coming and going that their energies affect the place.
Gary and I stayed in a hotel in Cumbria and Gary saw a dark figure walk right past the window (we were on the 1st floor). I saw a little orb move across the ceiling and follow me into the bathroom!
When we asked, the maid said that room was notorious amongst the hotel staff.
Sirona
i am one who believes strongly in the spirit realm, paranormal activity, etc.
even with such a strong belief, i am often told by skeptics that such things are foolish and nonsense.
while i accept people have the right to feel however they want, i have often shared stories with people that are hard to explain with logic and find others have events like this too.
i am one who believes strongly in the spirit realm, paranormal activity, etc.
even with such a strong belief, i am often told by skeptics that such things are foolish and nonsense.
while i accept people have the right to feel however they want, i have often shared stories with people that are hard to explain with logic and find others have events like this too.
Casper
Sirona,
That was deep, and very thought provoking.
I just love when you add your knowledge and experience to threads like this...
Since you liked it, I can provide a story which goes some way to support this idea of time distortion. The high priestess of my old wicca group used to be involved in paranormal investigations and house clearances some years ago. She visited a hotel where there were some disturbances. This hotel was an extremely old building (going back to 17th century). She "tuned in" and saw in her minds eye that a particular wall was in a different place. Then she saw the room look different and a man sitting at a desk, leaning over it and writing. He was dressed in the clothing of that time in history and was using a quill and ink. She walked over to where she could "see" him in her vision. The wierd part is, she said he looked up and saw her! He looked up, saw her....and jumped out of his skin in fright! She also got a shock at this and the vision disintegrated immediately. This suggests that this was some sort of time distortion because the man in the past saw the woman from the present and I bet he saw her as some sort of spirit visitor!
Rapunzel:
I first saw one of my guides when I was in hospital feeling really ill. Also I had a visitor who I thought was a real person (I was having a conversation with this person) until they disappeared and the nurse was looking at me strangely ! LOL. Seeing spirits sometimes means that you will see them and they do seem to disappear in the blink of an eye.
Sirona
i am one who believes strongly in the spirit realm, paranormal activity, etc.
even with such a strong belief, i am often told by skeptics that such things are foolish and nonsense.
while i accept people have the right to feel however they want, i have often shared stories with people that are hard to explain with logic and find others have events like this too.
In reply to those asking why spirits make noises etc and do not interact:
Some things which are thought to be "ghosts" or "spirits" are not...they are a type of memory or energy signature in a place. Therefore what you experience is not a conscious entity. If an old building has footstep sounds or sightings of the same figure in the same place over and over - this is not a conscious entity. It is a type of residual essence of something / someone in the past. Some people even believe that we can have distortions in time and glimpse the past.
The entities which interact with us are spirit beings who cannot usually influence physical things and it is difficult for them to "appear" visibly (although its been known). It is also difficult for them to communicate with us because they don't have a physical body in order to produce sound. They can usually only visit in dreams, or influence the mind of a spirit medium.
Sirona
god, this video is so sad...nothing new in the world of exjws, but sad nonetheless.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etytreioyl4.
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graduating from college right next to bethel........and a gilead grad......too much.........and did you guys know he is the valedictorian.....like top score there.........awesome!.............inspirational!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but you may want to slow down a bit dammit.............oompa.
you are now a serious pain in the ass for wt.........college and bailing on your gilead skills......hope that does not need two l's bthw.