the latest blast of "jehovah's trumpet" warns us about the irrational nature of common superstitions.... the article then goes on to provide counsel on the dangers of the domonic attacks that often result from unwisely purchasing second-hand objects.
the risk is demonstrated by recounting the real-life story of poor sister lemming and her new ministry bag.. genius satire as always!
please take some time to read the community comments.. .
My JW mother is very superstitious, but plays it off as just being something her mother would say. I would hear things growing up like:
"Oh, a bird just flew into the window, my mother always said that means someone will die."
"I just took a chill. Mom always said that meant someone was walking over your grave."
If you call her on it, she will deny that she is superstitious, but she gets obviously upset when a bird flies into a window.
has anyone watched the videos for children on jw.org?
i feel sick.. in one video a little girl dreams about paradise: the blind can see again, the deaf can hear again, and of course, she gets to hug a cute little panda cub.
not until the end of the video is her wheelchair revealed.
The animation looks kind of sub-par to me.
for item #1 check out the color for trust.
totally ironic and you know the borg chose this on purpose.. .
http://goweloveit.info/entertainment/these-8-psychological-facts-will-help-you-understand-a-lot-more-about-life-5-is-a-game-changer/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral.
Thanks for these resources!
you"re now the "unbelieving mate" who is now pursuing your degree just before your mid-life crisis hits because until you woke up to the tatt, you bought into the whole "you'll never grow older in this system of things...".
you're watching your parents grow old fully-invested.... your spouse still invested because "there is no better alternative....".
your in-laws still won't come over tomorrow (thanksgiviing day) to eat turkey because it might just look like.... just when you think you're past it all and you feel that little bit of jw that is still there at your core eventhough you think you're beyond jwism..... and you remember and empathize and love your loved ones just a little bit more... because as of yet, they cannot find it in them to distance themselves from somethign you found limiting, closing, dark, and oppressive.. may they all find their freedom one day.
Oh, I agree with that Doc. I guess to be more clear I should say that I'm sad that they are too old to ever make leaving really practicible.
If I could have helped them get out, even in their 50s, it may have been possible. But, they're in their 60s and retired now. How could they start their life all over? Now that it's winding down...
i'd just like to tell everyone in the us (and world), "happy thanksgiving!".
in many ways, the posters here understand me better than anyone else on this planet.
you all have helped me tremendously.
Thanks, Skeeter. I'll save you a piece of pumpkin pie.
you"re now the "unbelieving mate" who is now pursuing your degree just before your mid-life crisis hits because until you woke up to the tatt, you bought into the whole "you'll never grow older in this system of things...".
you're watching your parents grow old fully-invested.... your spouse still invested because "there is no better alternative....".
your in-laws still won't come over tomorrow (thanksgiviing day) to eat turkey because it might just look like.... just when you think you're past it all and you feel that little bit of jw that is still there at your core eventhough you think you're beyond jwism..... and you remember and empathize and love your loved ones just a little bit more... because as of yet, they cannot find it in them to distance themselves from somethign you found limiting, closing, dark, and oppressive.. may they all find their freedom one day.
It's extremely sad to realize that my parents most likely will spend the rest of their lives in the organization.
I just try to interact with their authentic personalities as much as possible. I've been fairly successful with that recently.
But, when their cult personalities rear their ugly heads, I say goodbye until another day.
for item #1 check out the color for trust.
totally ironic and you know the borg chose this on purpose.. .
http://goweloveit.info/entertainment/these-8-psychological-facts-will-help-you-understand-a-lot-more-about-life-5-is-a-game-changer/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral.
You're right Orphan, it was magenta, not fuchsia now that I think of it.
for item #1 check out the color for trust.
totally ironic and you know the borg chose this on purpose.. .
http://goweloveit.info/entertainment/these-8-psychological-facts-will-help-you-understand-a-lot-more-about-life-5-is-a-game-changer/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral.
Thanks, Orphan. That's what I remember from 20 years ago, so, yeah, I could be mixing things up a bit.
I just remember being explicitly instructed to purchase yellow, cyan blue, and fuchsia paints for all of our painting. Whether they were called primary or not escapes me.
Now that I think about it, there was some discussion about the primary colors of light being different than the primary colors of pigment, but, again, that was 20 years ago.
for item #1 check out the color for trust.
totally ironic and you know the borg chose this on purpose.. .
http://goweloveit.info/entertainment/these-8-psychological-facts-will-help-you-understand-a-lot-more-about-life-5-is-a-game-changer/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral.
Actually, according to my college art class, it's not red that is the primary color, it's fuchsia.
Red can't be primary because it can be mixed to create by adding a little yellow to fuchsia. If you need to mix anything to create a color, then it's not primary.
wal-mart, which pays a top wage of $12.00+ to its full-time employees, is under attack, once again, by its employees and those who would like to unionize them.. i can't speak to the usa, but here in canada, most wal-mart employees are not full time.
it is mostly a part-time employer, so zero benefits.
in my opinion, that makes the $12.00+ look a lot smaller when you envision the actual paycheque.
Listener, I didn't realize that you were in Australia. It's great that part time workers get partial benefits there.
In the US, part time usually means zero benefits. Zero benefits means no access to healthcare unless on the public dime, ie Medicaid, the healthplan for those in poverty.
Why any employer, especially the largest one making enormous profits, should be allowed to be subsidized by taxpayer money is beyond me.
Since we get our health care through our employer, and that's usually only available through full time work, working part time is a HUGE negative.
