a car has struck a group of soldiers in paris, injuring six, two seriously, police say.. a large and urgent police operation is now under way to find the vehicle and driver involved in the incident in the north-western suburb of levallois-perret.. the local mayor, patrick balkany, said he had "no doubt" that it was a deliberate act.....
DOYKL: But then, we went to a train station to take a train to the south of France, and we boarded the train with our luggage, and no one asked for our tickets or even looked our way the whole time. We just got on and rode for 4 hours. Go figure.
My wife and I thought exactly the same thing when we were on the Metro.
a car has struck a group of soldiers in paris, injuring six, two seriously, police say.. a large and urgent police operation is now under way to find the vehicle and driver involved in the incident in the north-western suburb of levallois-perret.. the local mayor, patrick balkany, said he had "no doubt" that it was a deliberate act.....
I was in Paris last month and was really struck by the huge police presence, particularly around historic sites.
One afternoon about 15:00, my wife and I witnessed a brawl of four or five men at the park adjacent to the Eiffel Tower. It was immediately broken up by about a dozen police which came running from several directions.
There were at least a dozen police in full SWAT gear near the Arc de Triomphe. Many of the police officers had assault rifles. The Champs-Élysées was barricaded on both ends and every side with police checkpoints at every possible entrance of its entire 2km length. We were denied entrance because I had a bottle of 2014 Rothchild's Mouton Cadet. Who would have thought wine was contraband in Paris.
The #1 Metro line, which runs under the Champs-Élysées, was closed. As a result, connecting lines were extremely overcrowded.
The whole experience was very disappointing. But at least my wife and I survived unscathed.
earlier today i was listening to a you tube video about brain plasticity, how our minds aren't hardwired, and that by changing the way we think it can make actual physical changes in the brain.
which is cool for many reasons.
one in particular for me and likely any ex jw is that the way the wts has programmed us, especially those born in, can eventually get past it.
Longgone: Is this just me?
No. It's not just you. What you experienced is called an indoctrinated phobia. It is the result of your experience in the JW cult.
Those phrases "new personality" and "serve" are triggers for us that are ex-JWs.
These induced phobias are difficult to overcome, but they can be by learning about them and by (ironically) engaging in mindfulness practices. The trick is to learn how to be mindful without getting pulled into another cult.
You can do this. Learn to trust yourself. You need no one else.
You're gonna be okay.
ever see brother ugly who is 86 being taken to the doctor by sister frigid who is 65 and also not good looking?
they have to have a chaperone or at least sit in back and front seats.
or a man who can't bring the freezing daughter in the house when he stopped briefly by because hubby is not home.
Da-yum, I read the thread title and thought you wanted to hook up!
i've had the misfortune to encounter quite a few mummies boys in the cult.
men aged 20-40 who although in men's bodies think,act and behave like children.
their mother's had them tied to the apron strings tightly.
It's tempting to blame the cult for everything that is wrong with every current and ex-JW. But that's not right. The fact is, there are a lot of messed up people in the world that never belonged to this or any other cult.
What is important, and actually quite difficult to do, is to try and isolate personality and/or emotional problems that are specifically and uniquely caused by the experience of being in a high-control environment (cult), which for us on this forum is Jehovah's Witnesses.
ok, so try and follow me here.... according to jw doctrinal teachings, the gb are "christ's brothers".
humans are all "god's children".
so does that make the gb our "uncles"?.
I like referring to them as "hypocritical assholes" and "con-men."
Although "religious frauds" also works.
gluttony seems to be a sin that jw's like to ignore .there are several scriptures that point out that gluttony is a sin, proverbs 23:20-21 "do not join those who gorge themselves on meat".....also i read somewhere that 1% is the number of disfellowshipped jw's each year......how do prove someone is a glutton and not just a person who love food???
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It's not a trigger for me. BMI is a useful tool for the majority of people, which is why many health professionals use it in an initial assessment in reference to body weight. (Note that I provided links where anyone interested could have read more about obesity, its meaning, causes, health consequences and various treatments).
Hammers are great for pounding nails. Not so much for driving or removing screws. No one tool is useful for everything.
I suppose I could have/should have mentioned the usefulness and limitations of BMI in my initial post but didn't think it necessary. Even the average person can visually tell the difference between a muscular person and one that is not.
I could ask you the same thing Morpheus. Why does this seem to be such a trigger for you? Your exceptions and counterexamples are certainly valid, but they only apply to a small minority of the general population and an even tinier fraction of JWs. How many active JWs do you know of that are elite, high performance athletes? Probably not many.
gluttony seems to be a sin that jw's like to ignore .there are several scriptures that point out that gluttony is a sin, proverbs 23:20-21 "do not join those who gorge themselves on meat".....also i read somewhere that 1% is the number of disfellowshipped jw's each year......how do prove someone is a glutton and not just a person who love food???
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BMI is just one consideration of many. I would have thought that obvious.
Percentage of body fat should be part of the overall evaluation, particularly when determining whether or not someone is obese.
The good old Archimedes dunk is still the best way to accurately determine density:
Density = Mass / Volume
I'm sure you realize only a small percentage of the population are extreme athletes with such low body fat composition, which--by the way--has its own unique set of health concerns.
gluttony seems to be a sin that jw's like to ignore .there are several scriptures that point out that gluttony is a sin, proverbs 23:20-21 "do not join those who gorge themselves on meat".....also i read somewhere that 1% is the number of disfellowshipped jw's each year......how do prove someone is a glutton and not just a person who love food???
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eewx2: This used to bother me as I am a glutton. I used to feel incredibly bad about my sin.
Your honesty is admirable.
If your relationship with food and eating is causing you health issues, then you should seek appropriate medical help, perhaps including counseling.
But you need to know that this is not a "sin." Please realize that sin an antiquated and false notion that is probably actually contributing to your difficulties, both physically and emotionally.
Congratulations to your husband (assuming he is now at a healthy weight and has healthy lifestyle habits).
gluttony seems to be a sin that jw's like to ignore .there are several scriptures that point out that gluttony is a sin, proverbs 23:20-21 "do not join those who gorge themselves on meat".....also i read somewhere that 1% is the number of disfellowshipped jw's each year......how do prove someone is a glutton and not just a person who love food???
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James, I'm not your personal health advisor. Do the calculations using the medical resources above or ask your doctor.
