having been raised as a jw, racism was something that was never promoted.
i now have a 9 year old that has been visiting her biological grandmother and my ex-wife.
it is my child because i adopted her.
There is no JW component in this situation.
When i showed apostate leanings in 1999 she divorced me. Two years later she got disfellowshipped and then she left too. I hold no bitterness over that. The divorce ended up being one of the best things in my life. I would have never met my now Non-JW wife if not for that.
having been raised as a jw, racism was something that was never promoted.
i now have a 9 year old that has been visiting her biological grandmother and my ex-wife.
it is my child because i adopted her.
Thank you to all who have posted. I’m currently on my phone so I can’t respond to everyone individually.
We live in US and she attends a racially mixed school
The specific comment was this.
She made a comment about two boys in her class who were after her aka like her. In the conversation she mentioned one boy is white and other black.
His comment was that ‘she couldn’t like, date or marry anyone who was black’.
When I ask myself not knowing any other fact about this boy, other than his race what other logical reason someone would say this other than being racist? I can’t think of one.
I choose not to associate with racists by choice, so i asked myself why would I intentionally expose her to it?
In addition to this there have been other occasions where she has related negative comments towards myself and my wife. I have mostly let these type of ignorant comments go but with this latest event, I just see an overall lack of retuning the same respect that we have given her over the years.
I’m seeing a pattern of disrespect, not just one isolated incident. This race thing is what brought it to a tipping point.
i also recognize that I’m angry that she wouldn’t respect my request to shut the F up for 4 hours a month to keep peace and they double down on I should respect their alternate views and will say whatever they want
Thank you all!
having been raised as a jw, racism was something that was never promoted.
i now have a 9 year old that has been visiting her biological grandmother and my ex-wife.
it is my child because i adopted her.
Having been raised as a JW, racism was something that was never promoted. I now have a 9 year old that has been visiting her biological grandmother and my ex-wife. It is my child because I adopted her. Neither of us are JWs anymore. :-)
The child goes on a monthly basis for a few hours or in some cases a weekend sleepover. This has gone on for at least 5 years.
The child's grandmother recently got remarried about 6 months ago.
On the past two, 4 hour visits, our child has come home repeating racist comments from her new husband.
When I confronted them about it, and asked for the sake of family peace, that they not talk about controversial topics for the time children was there.
Her response was, "it's their house and they can say or do whatever they want. She says it's just a different point of view than mine and I should allow them to be exposed to different viewpoints."
I am interested in what you would do in this situation?
Is racism wrong or is it a valid concept to consider for a 9 year old?
I'm inclined to cut off the visitations, but would like to hear some opinions from this forum. Thanks for reading!
i'll play devil's advocate.... true, the mosaic law code prohibited the eating of blood.
but jesus fulfilled the law covenant thus wiping out all the laws previously set.
but then later, (through god's spirit, of course wink wink) the abstaining of blood was again brought to followers of christ.
It's okay to eat those things as long as they are not prepared in aluminum cookware.
the donald has recently suggested that he would like to look into buying greenland from denmark in the same manner that alaska was purchased from the russians.
i think the danes would be smart to look into selling it as it is costing them money every year with very little returns for their investments so far.. the alternative might well be that donald declares greenland a national security threat and invades them so that the world remains safe for democracy.
i would suggest to the danes that as any other real estate transaction that they put it on the open market and see how much russia or china are willing to offer .
What's the difference between Greenland and Donald J. Trump?
Greenland is not for sale!
is this a bad joke or "fake news"?.
nbc new york is claiming "attorneys are expected on monday to announce the filing of lawsuits in king's county supreme court against eight members of the governing body of the jehovah's witnesses for alleged child sexual abuse claims.".
eventhough i would enjoy to see this happen i am very suspiciouse concerning nbcs reliability with this case.. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/happening-today-nj-water-cosby-appeal-epstein-probe-536740491.html.
The Governing Body would say it's apostate fake news!
recently a friend and i were having a conversation about the news media.
he is a democrat but he’s also a very reasonable person.
i’ve known him for many years.
I don't think it's a black and white issue. News outlets do spin any story to fit the bias of their main views. That is why I find it important to investigate all sides of a story and come to my own conclusion. Of course this takes time and there is not enough time to do this for 100% of the news.
One thing I do know for a fact. The first thing cult leaders do, is to tell you not to look at any information or material that makes the cult leader or group look bad. It's all lies they say!
I find it somewhat hypocritical to paint 'News Media' with a broad brush of not being 'trustworthy' while defending a president who lies almost every time he opens his mouth.
when any mass shooting happens is it the president’s fault?
i’m talking over the last few decades..
@lv101 - I concede that the assault ban studies showed mixed results and more time would be needed for accurate proof either way.
when any mass shooting happens is it the president’s fault?
i’m talking over the last few decades..
When President Clinton banned assault weapons and limit high-capacity magazines in 1994 there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When President Bush allowed the ban to expire, they rose again.
when any mass shooting happens is it the president’s fault?
i’m talking over the last few decades..
Sure, Trump bares some responsibility, not ALL and not NONE, but some responsibility that would be difficult to quantify. Words do matter.
I think Trump does bare 100% responsibility for rolling back Obama-era regulation that would add anyone receiving Social Security checks for mental illnesses to be added to the national background check database.
Who thinks it's a good idea to have folks with enough mental illness to collect disability checks should be allowed easy access to guns? Not me!
