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  To spank or not to spank?

  by Nowhere in

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  2. child-abuse

  i had a conversation with an active witness from the usa lately.

  and when talking about child upbringing he stated that some children need a spank sometimes.

  of course i was upset because of that, and i didn't thought witnesses was that stupid.

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  mevirginia: I hate to say it, but you really are a bi$%h. You never apologized for insinuating that Nowhere had mental issues merely because he disagreed with your opinion. Instead, you denied the irrefutable

  144001

  You never apologized. You are the one who made all the innuendos not I.

  You are the one who has been doing all the lying and side stepping and twisting and projecting yourself onto me.

  You need to apologize. Just swallow you ego for a moment and do it. If not leave me alone with your abusiveness.

  I do not particularly care for really abusive people, I have had quite enough of that to last a life time thank you anyway.

  so I will be ignoring you from now on.
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  How did you view your congregation?

  by haujobbz in

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  when i was in my congregation i found it to be a very selfish self spirited congregation,i also found many witnesses to be very easily offended and hyper sensitive oh and i forgot the gossip ohh the gossip was horrendous, this hyper sensitivity really got on my nerves because it was starting to rub off on me and i started to get paranoid and easily offended and i was never like that b4.. and what pi@@ed me off was the fact how brothers on the stage said how loving our congregation was and what a good reputation it was known to have.. but now i have left and im back to my down to earth happy personality.

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  KEP

  The majority of the people were really nice folks, whether it was because they were mainly low income types I don't know, but they were good people.

  Interesting. I don't know if there is anything to that or not, but

  I did notice that most of the problems in the congs I attended (snobbery,gossip,slander,etc...) came from the so-called wealthy ones.

  Luckily most of the members were not wealthy so there were a lot of nice people. I did however know 2 who were wealthy AND nice.
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  Adult Children of Alcoholics

  by Ray Skyhorse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how do witnesses view aa meetings and aca meetings?

  are they ok with the 12 steps?

  the reason i am asking is because i think it might be beneficial for my jw-wife to attend some aca meetings but i'm unsure of how "anti-aa" the witnesses are.. also, if anyone care to make any comments re aca meetings, i'm all ears.

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  LOL.. Not to be insensitive as alcoholism is a serious problem, but I find that funny as hell!

  Thats OK Rick, she is able to look back on it and laugh now herself. This was several years ago now. Ofcourse at the time it wasn't very funny. We had to treat her like she was a teen ager and she was in her thirties with three kids.
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  Adult Children of Alcoholics

  by Ray Skyhorse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how do witnesses view aa meetings and aca meetings?

  are they ok with the 12 steps?

  the reason i am asking is because i think it might be beneficial for my jw-wife to attend some aca meetings but i'm unsure of how "anti-aa" the witnesses are.. also, if anyone care to make any comments re aca meetings, i'm all ears.

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  KH and elders can be very different. If your wife attends a KH where the PO is more open then it may not even be a problem. The KH I attended the PO would probably advise and then butt out. Other POs might be complete arses about it.

  Like AA the same goes.

  Good and Bad ones exist. It would not be wise to think otherwise.

  Keep in mind they are like any other organization when it comes to quality. Don't be afraid to shop around even if it means going farther outside your own community. That is what a friend of mine had to do before things began to improve in her life. Her first experience with AA was the worst place she could have ended up. However after a few tragedies accrued and loosing custody of her children she finally got serious, acquired a recommendation to a much better AA outside of her community and things improved a great deal.

  Again Best wishes.
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  Ever Shun a JW?

  by larc in

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  2. friends

  my jw sister and i are on good terms, and i talk to her on a regular basis.

  on the other hand, i have a jw cousin who i hope never to talk to again.

  i have only seen her once in 30 years and that was at my sister's daugher's wedding.

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  YES

  There is a big difference between shunning someone for reasons you are aware of personally and for your own personal reasons apposed to shunning someone only because someone else instructed you to do so and the reasons however are none of your business.

  Edited by - mevirginia on 28 August 2002 0:15:3
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  Why do the apostrophes disappear when posting?

  by Yadirf in

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  2. friends

  when i post someting that contains apostrophes they're not there after the posting.

  what is the fix for this?

  friday.

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  mevirginia

  LOL@seawolf

  Thats what I thought too but you had the nerve to admit it.
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  Why do the apostrophes disappear when posting?

  by Yadirf in

  1. jw
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  when i post someting that contains apostrophes they're not there after the posting.

  what is the fix for this?

  friday.

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  mevirginia

  Fickle apostrophes LOL they're discrete but not faithful. If theyre going to be like that, then who needs them anyway.
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  ANYONE TRY HYPNOSIS?

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm considering trying hypnosis to help me win my everlasting battle with weight, but naturally i have feelings of guilt because we were told as jws that we cannot use hypnosis....... .

  anyway, has anyone here ever tried hypnosis?

  i would be interested in hearing if it helped you at all.

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  mevirginia

  I'm considering trying hypnosis to help me win my everlasting battle with weight, but naturally I have feelings of guilt because we were told as JWs that we cannot use hypnosis.......

  I have to laugh because I went through the same feelings for a long time. How ever I decided to try it and when I told my mother that I was all she had to say (I was stunned btw) was:

  "Make sure someone is with you when you do" Don't know WHAT! some of these doctors my do while youre under"

  HAhahaha.

  Btw, I took some classes on self-hypnosis. I would imagine if you were to take several classes and really get into it, it would be very helpful.

  Edited by - mevirginia on 27 August 2002 21:25:9
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  Fruit Having Youth-sustaining Benefits!

  by Yadirf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this idea of mine, which i quote below, i think is sound.

  i still stick to it because i think that it clears up a lot of confusion regarding *the two trees* and their purposes for being in the garden of eden: .

  aside from the variety of other trees which jehovah provided for the daily needs of the first human pair, god had placed two especially necessary trees in the "middle of the garden.

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  mevirginia

  Friday

  But what about the corruption?

  Throughout history people have been killed over such things as WATER RIGHTS.

  Even if Adam and Eve passed that first test it has already been shown that they had the potential to fail. That would have been the whole point of the test in the first place. So, they would produce the same. More humans with those same potentials. The outcome would be inevitable. There would be prohibition on Trees of life OR government sanctions and allotments given to each person every month. There would still be massive corruption. IMO

  oops

  Edited by - mevirginia on 27 August 2002 21:15:3
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  at least two types of people on this board

  by Omega Man in

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  i have been reading posts here for awhile.

  some are very intelligent and though provoking.

  i see at least two types of people posting here.

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  Omegaman

  Hi

  I have been reading posts here for awhile. Some are very Intelligent and Though Provoking. I see at least two types of people posting here. The ones who never beleived in god and who lived a double live throughout their JW lives and the ones who really beleived it to be the truth but eventually came to grips with their doubts and were likely discourged.

  uh...wrong