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  Why do WOMEN remain Believers???

  by JT in

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  http://www.ffrf.org/nontracts/women.html .

  the following is merely my opinion on the issue and while some may disagree and that is their right im sure that there are those who will fully understand what i am talking about- (aint it nice to be able to disagree and not be called wicked smile).

  since leaving wt and looking back i have been often wondered and it has.

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  The popular stories about the ancient goddess-religions predating the partiarch religions lack all foundation in fact. It was a mystical feminist fantasy. All evidence suggests that almost universal oppression of women has been with us since the origin of humaity.

  I do not think that equality of sexes came before patriarchy, but I do think that there is some evidence for religions existing which elevated women to an equal, or higher status than men. Religions which had Goddesses aswell as Gods. I know you will ask for references, but I'm at work and I'd have to check my books at home.

  I recall that one of these books states that there have been significantly more Goddess images discovered than God images. A suggestion is made that since very primitive peoples were not aware that the man had a role in procreation, women were elevated to a higher status than men.

  You are right that Neo-Pagan faiths overemphasise the idea that ancient peoples believed in sexual equality. In Neo-Paganism, the woman is equal and sometimes is elevated above the man. I believe that Neo-Paganism grew in the latter part of the last century for this very reason.

  Personally, I don't mind what history says. I know that a Goddess figure has existed throughout most of human history and I enjoy being part of a religion that treats us as equal.

  Sirona
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  I DISTRIBUTED 1,000 FLYERS!

  by Mary in

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  i'm tired as hell today.

  yesterday, i typed up a flyer saying how jehovah's witnesses' protect pedophiles, and how many who have spoken out trying to protect children from wt policy have been excommunicated from the church.

  i didn't want to make it too long, but i ended by saying "how would you feel if on saturday morning, a knock comes to the door and your 6 year old runs to open it.

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  Well Done!!!
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  Bad Day

  by Sirona in

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  i'm posting here because i can't find any other forum to post to about this....plus you all know me and you are a great group of people.. i'm having a really bad day today.

  all of a sudden it seems to have "hit" me that i had cancer.

  i've been all clear for about 3 months, but all the while i've been terrified of it returning.

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  OK

  I just called the hospital...I plucked up courage. Explained to the lady who answered in Oral Surgery Dept that I'd like to book to have the wisdom tooth removed as the surgeon recommended.

  She put me on hold....

  She came back and said the woman I need to speak to has gone home and can I call tomorrow!!

  ARGH.

  I will call tomorrow. I'm hoping they don't book me in too fast...

  Sirona

  Invisible - thanks for the link.
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  Bad Day

  by Sirona in

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  i'm posting here because i can't find any other forum to post to about this....plus you all know me and you are a great group of people.. i'm having a really bad day today.

  all of a sudden it seems to have "hit" me that i had cancer.

  i've been all clear for about 3 months, but all the while i've been terrified of it returning.

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  Hi All,

  I couldn't believe this when I logged on this morning !

  I'm really touched by your kind words and help.

  Mimilly - mmm you have persuaded me to get something done about the tooth. I'm looking at moving in about a month though, and I dont want to have it done immediately after I move. Perhaps I should just arrange another appointment and get it booked in, even if its September/October. I finished the antibiotics yesterday and I can tell that they haven't worked.

  Thanks to Rich, Tink, Freetobeme, Sentinel, Windchaser, Waiting, Prisca and Dutchie.....your collective comments have helped me see that it *is* normal to feel this way and that there *is* support out there. I can't believe what some of you are experiencing with family and with personal stories of cancer.

  I'm feeling a bit better today, (helped by reading this thread)

  Will let you know what happens. I will probably post a lot when my face is black and blue from tooth extraction!

  Sirona
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  Answering the call of nature at conventions

  by berten in

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  <rant mode on>.

  the horror!.

  having to wait for up to half an hour before finally being able .

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  LOL

  This reminds me of someone who was giving a talk and said that "if sisters have to queue for the toilets it can really dampen their joy" - everyone burst into laughter at that one!

  Sirona
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  Bad Day

  by Sirona in

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  i'm posting here because i can't find any other forum to post to about this....plus you all know me and you are a great group of people.. i'm having a really bad day today.

  all of a sudden it seems to have "hit" me that i had cancer.

  i've been all clear for about 3 months, but all the while i've been terrified of it returning.

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  Hi Cass,

  I saw a dental specialist. At that stage, I wasn't having too much pain and he said we were OK to wait until December. Since then, the ear thing developed. You are probably right, I will have to get it done. I'd be having it in hospital though, the dental specialist thought that it needed general because its really deep (just my luck).

  Imbue,

  When I first had my op, I was given excersizes for the arm. The numbness is just on the surface skin now on my forearm. The scar is 4 inches long on my arm, and there is another scar in my armpit of 6 inches long. The smaller scar is still sore, although the op was done on 4th March. I'm having regular check ups (3monthly) and they don't seem to think its unusual to have soreness.

  I think a support group may be a good idea. I will phone.

  Sirona
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  Bad Day

  by Sirona in

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  i'm posting here because i can't find any other forum to post to about this....plus you all know me and you are a great group of people.. i'm having a really bad day today.

  all of a sudden it seems to have "hit" me that i had cancer.

  i've been all clear for about 3 months, but all the while i've been terrified of it returning.

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  outoftheorg:

  Thanks for the kind words.

  I should really get the tooth done asap...but I was putting it off until at least the end of the year. Perhaps I will be forced to do it sooner if the pain continues.

  Cassiline - thats lovely, thanks. Thanks for the hugs too. I will check the links,

  Sirona
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  Bad Day

  by Sirona in

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  i'm posting here because i can't find any other forum to post to about this....plus you all know me and you are a great group of people.. i'm having a really bad day today.

  all of a sudden it seems to have "hit" me that i had cancer.

  i've been all clear for about 3 months, but all the while i've been terrified of it returning.

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  Thanks everyone!

  Wildturkey - I've registered there, thanks.

  Dia - I'm not sure where to go on that site there are so many links. Plus, it seems a little unusual since they are advocating drinking water with salt to cure cancer! ??

  Sirona
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  Bad Day

  by Sirona in

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  i'm posting here because i can't find any other forum to post to about this....plus you all know me and you are a great group of people.. i'm having a really bad day today.

  all of a sudden it seems to have "hit" me that i had cancer.

  i've been all clear for about 3 months, but all the while i've been terrified of it returning.

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  Hi

  I'm posting here because I can't find any other forum to post to about this....plus you all know me and you are a great group of people.

  I'm having a really bad day today. All of a sudden it seems to have "hit" me that I had cancer. I've been all clear for about 3 months, but all the while I've been terrified of it returning.

  My glands swelled up a few weeks ago and I had the trauma of seeing the specialist to find out if the cancer had moved to my glands in my neck. It turns out that they think its an infected wisdom tooth. Now they want me back in for that removed - general anaesthetic, plus its on a nerve and they said I may have numbness on my face. I refused to have it done. I don't want to see a hospital again so soon. I'm fed up. My arm is still numb from the previous operation...it seems the right side of my body does not wish to cooperate with me nowadays!!!

  I've had an ear infection because of the infected tooth, had antibiotics...but the problem with my ears isn't gone.

  Now I'm spending way too much time worrying about my health. E.g. if I had cancer, then I could have something else serious. That doesn't make any logical sense, I suppose. People who have never been seriously ill don't think it will ever happen to them, but when you've been told you have cancer, you suddenly realise how fragile we really are. It becomes a possibility that you could be seriously ill and die before you are 30.

  Anyway, does anyone know of any cancer support links - perhaps to forums? Maybe its normal to feel this way? My doctor said I may feel down even when I get the all clear.

  People are joking about me "not being right". Sometimes I think its humourous too....but not today!

  Sirona

  PS. Funnily enough, everything else in my life is going really well. My house move is coming up soon (yeah!). Perhaps this is just a "bad day"
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  BILL BOWEN DISFELLOWSHIPPED!

  by Rado Vleugel in

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  the associated press reports that bill bowen, former elder and anti- sexual abuse activist, has been disfellowshipped by the watchtower society for criticizing the handling of child sexual abuse cases.. read it on-line: http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/.

  rado vleugel

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33118&site=3