some samples of what you can do.... http://theyreourchildren.blogspot.com/2007/04/what-to-do-if-you-witness-child-abuse.html.
http://kateraidt.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/what-to-do-when-you-witness-a-child-being-physically-or-verbally-abused-in-public/.
http://www.drphil.com/articles/print/?articleid=239.
And finally some numbers you can call:
http://helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm
Snoozy
some samples of what you can do.... http://theyreourchildren.blogspot.com/2007/04/what-to-do-if-you-witness-child-abuse.html.
http://kateraidt.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/what-to-do-when-you-witness-a-child-being-physically-or-verbally-abused-in-public/.
http://www.drphil.com/articles/print/?articleid=239.
Some samples of what you can do...
http://theyreourchildren.blogspot.com/2007/04/what-to-do-if-you-witness-child-abuse.html
http://www.drphil.com/articles/print/?ArticleID=239
http://www.ehow.com/how_2067151_speak-up-against-child-abuse.html
I see it in the store way too much and never know how to handle it..Some say to offer help to the parent and others say to not make verbal contact..
Snoozy
found this article on a "gay like" man that was refused and it got me to wondering..i really didn't know the rules!.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/man-says-rejected-blood-bank-seeming-gay-151627659.html.
an indiana man says a blood donation center rejected him as a donor because he appears to be gay--even though he isn't.. .
Excellent point Lady Lee..sometimes we forget where the WTBTS gets it's articles..they do pick and chose which was very misleading to a lot of us at the time.
What surprises me is the fact that with the computer so popular now and so easy to get on why more witnesses aren't doing their own research? And I am also surprised the religion is even still around.
Coming to the Ex JW boards was a lifesaver for me!
Snoozy
do you believe in miracles?
i know a lot of strange healings and such occur but why should it happen to one person and not another?
makes me doubt that real miracles exist... praying for someone..why should one person be prayed for and survive and another one prays and doesn't survive..is god choosey?.
Good point on the explanations/discription of the work 'miracle' except the general public usually thinks of a act of god when they hear the word miracle..
Snoozy..looking for a sign...
whatever happened to "unconditional love"?.
why is it today so many are willing to shun a friend or relative because they are just too much trouble or they do something that irritates them.... they claim that the other person is "not healty for them" or "harmful to their mental health" be it a relative or a goof friend.
too ready to write them off so to speak.. what happened to the kind of unconditional love that loves in good and bad times..... i don't get it... i guess "unconditional love" doesn't exist anymore.
What if the situation is reversed and it is a adult child?..
Snoozy
i don't believe there is a heaven that so many religions teach, do you?
it all sounds like a fairy tale made up to make dying easier or as a threat to make someone have a conscience... i got into a discussion about it with my jw converted to catholic daughter and she just couldn't believe anyone could feel like i do.
i am glad she threw away the jw teachings and glad she believes in something so wonderful but i for one just can't.
Thanks all, I love a sense of humor..
I saw a really moving film tonight about the book of Revelation and other bible prophecies..how currency would become the same all over the world..and eventually we would have one leader..how people would disappear..and others would be left standing. It was pretty spooky..I think spooky because it all fit in with the bible..course it's hard to believe a book that has changed it's mind/words so much over the ages that many times even the authors didn't believe it...
So I am back to square one but I will be watching part 2 next Sat night....
Snoozy
ps..the movie had Kirk Cameron in it and the name of it was "Left Behind".
do you believe in miracles?
i know a lot of strange healings and such occur but why should it happen to one person and not another?
makes me doubt that real miracles exist... praying for someone..why should one person be prayed for and survive and another one prays and doesn't survive..is god choosey?.
I agree Cantleave..
And Trueblue that is just plain wierd..
I guess it is possible for miracles to exist but would still think it is unfair for one to be granted and not another..
Snoozy
we are both scared and we let each other know ......me for loosing a good woman twice in thirty years....both jw btw....her for losing me....
My son just informed me that he is getting a divorce..breaks more hearts than just the one having the divorce...
This is a second divorce for him. I refuse to get close to his next wife whoever that will be.
Best of luck to you both and the kids ..
Snoozy
on this forum, i have carefully read most of the experiences of those who left the jw religion, i have even read experiences that have dated back to 2001, i have read the different circumstances surrounding their exits and what ensued upon leaving.
for the majority, i observed they are better remainning in the religion than leaving.
what benefit is there to strain family relationship because you want to be free?, please tell me, of what value is that freedom?,.
In many ways it made me miserable..but overall it made me happier. I wasn't living a lie anymore. I never could grasp the beliefs of the JW's and even tho I wanted to believe it never came. I tried for 15 years.I seventually saw so much in the JW's that made me think they were all mentally unhinged that I was glad to get out.
It caused a lot of grief in my family as hubby went back and stayed in and so did his family. Because of that ,since JW hubby died, the JW grandmother and their Aunt and Uncle have nothing to do with the non JW side of the family which was their choice. The kids have no desire to see them as all they heard when visiting them was how they will die if they don't come back to the JW religion.
Snoozy, only looking forward now..
i don't believe there is a heaven that so many religions teach, do you?
it all sounds like a fairy tale made up to make dying easier or as a threat to make someone have a conscience... i got into a discussion about it with my jw converted to catholic daughter and she just couldn't believe anyone could feel like i do.
i am glad she threw away the jw teachings and glad she believes in something so wonderful but i for one just can't.
I guess I was surprised at my daughter's belief..I just never thought after being raised a JW that she would ever turn around..she really believes that everyone will go to heaven..because that is what the priest tells her at church.
When her FIL (not JW) was dying they all talked of meeting him and heaven and he died peacefully..the scene ws such that he would go and meet them alter. They all believed it. I was a little jealous. Now my daughter is surprised at my beliefs and I feel dirty..
But to be honest, I can't lie about how I feel. And I can't help how I feel.
And BTW, I never believed there was really ever going to be a paradise either..I really wanted to but it just wouldn't come.
So here I am. Waiting for a devine revelation of some sort..
If God sends me a letter telling me he exists, I want it notorized..
Snoozy..
Farkel said and I agree:
"Yes. I am a skeptic about that. True believers scare the shit out of me. They will KILL people because of their lack of evidence and even their fantasies. Rational people are just looking for reasonable answers, and those kinds of people do not scare me."
