Posts by GrreatTeacher

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Start A Butterfly Garden!

by Bonsai in

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friends

time to take a break from debating religion.

take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?

how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?

GrreatTeacher

My tulips have finally bloomed. I got a yellow one yesterday and a red one today!

My very dark purple ones that almost look black are getting ready to bloom.

I wonder if I should cut some and put them in a vase so I can enjoy them in the house?

As soon as the petunias are out, I'm going to buy some for my window boxes. We've done red, white and that dark purple/blue color in the past and it's really looked good after about 6 weeks of growth.

Hmm...maybe I should mix up the colors this year, though. Maybe red, white and yellow?

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I went to see my Dr about the blood card issue

by purrpurr in

i booked a double appointment so that she wouldn't be rushed.

i explained that i'd been brought up in the jw's and woken up to what a load of shite it was.

i explained that they have changed the blood card and that the elders in the cong are being told to effectively force people into signing it.

GrreatTeacher

For those banking on the rarity of an accident causing you to be sent unconscious to an emergency room, this just recently happened to my parents.

It's a foolish bet.

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I have tried really hard to be worldly, for ten years, tried to get worldly friends, and get back with family.

by Sledracer in

i am so bad at being worldly, it's not like i gave it a good try, we are just not good at it my husband and i, i see him light up as he has started to read the bible again.

i'm good at being a witness, i am accepted, and hold the same beliefs, i have tried to find somewhere else, if there is a place, why hav'n't jehovah and the angels directed me to it?

thank you for all the loving posts, some of them have been just what i needed.

GrreatTeacher

Keep in mind that not all "worldly" families are healthy.

Lots of people are vulnerable to cults because of their dysfunctional family lives.

Not being able to become close to your family again proves nothing in regards to "the truth" being a better place to go back to.

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Are you sure you're not an 18-year old kid who lives in Canada and also near Disney who is a professional actor as well as a voice-artist and whose "son" is an atheistic, ex-Bethelite physicist who also is "starting to understand why you loved the JWs so much?"

Or is it the "Borderline Syndrome" after all?

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Cognitive Dissonance is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time.

by Sledracer in

cognitive dissonance is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time.

this is what is wrong with me, i have a love hate relationship with the jw's.

GrreatTeacher

Just because you want to believe the angels are directing your life doesn't make it true.

We all die. It is the single most absolutely true thing that we can bank on.

No one particularly likes the thought, but it doesn't make it any less true.

Facing your mortality is a difficult but necessary task for those leaving cults that promise living forever.

Have you done that, yet?

If not, it would explain a lot of your confusion and longing.

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2016-4-4-BOE!--Scanning and Sending Medical Records through Emails!

by Atlantis in

i was always under the impression that only "licensed" persons had the authority to do this.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

2016-4-4-boe scanning and sending medical records through emails!.

.. this is the last paragraph of the main body of the boe without the top and bottom, which revealed the congregation and information which could expose our source.. .. "therefore, brothers, i appeal to you to make sure that a copy of the new add for every publisher is kept in alphabetical order, perhaps using an a-z filing system to expedite it's location and so that it can be kept neat, clean and legible for scanning and emailing for up to 4 years, after which a new copy should be completed.

GrreatTeacher

Well, Newly Enlightened, I really wish someone who knows could tell us. Without giving the actual identities away, it would be helpful to know, for example, that it was from a branch member to a circuit overseer (or whatever the case may be).

As it stands, spelling and grammar issues make it look a little dodgy. When you have a completely anonymous letter divorced from place and context, those errors really stand out.

This doesn't mean anyone's doubting Atlantis. It could, however, mean that Atlantis has been passed some bad information.

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2016-4-4-BOE!--Scanning and Sending Medical Records through Emails!

by Atlantis in

i was always under the impression that only "licensed" persons had the authority to do this.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

2016-4-4-boe scanning and sending medical records through emails!.

.. this is the last paragraph of the main body of the boe without the top and bottom, which revealed the congregation and information which could expose our source.. .. "therefore, brothers, i appeal to you to make sure that a copy of the new add for every publisher is kept in alphabetical order, perhaps using an a-z filing system to expedite it's location and so that it can be kept neat, clean and legible for scanning and emailing for up to 4 years, after which a new copy should be completed.

GrreatTeacher

There is a misspelling, also:

"to expedite it's location"

That should be its without an apostrophe as a possessive pronoun.

Watchtower is usually good on its spelling and grammar.

Edit: User99 beat me to this. I should have read more carefully.

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Excellent Conversation At Literature Trolley

by cofty in

yesterday my wife and i enjoyed one of our regular days out at edinburgh - movie, lunch, walk, meal etc.. in the late afternoon while mrs cofty went shopping i had an hour at the excellent museum of scotland and arranged to meet up outside the national gallery on princes street.

on my way back i saw the jw trolley was at the usual spot on the royal mile.

there was an older man and a young woman standing well back trying hard to look inconspicuous.

GrreatTeacher

"Actually, many top scientists are women." That is just too perfect. LMFAO

Well done.

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The Invitations to the Kingdom Hall is Starting Up Again

by Wild_Thing in

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friends

after 15 years, i thought my mom finally accepted that i am never coming back to the kingdom hall for any reason.

well ... i guess not.. this weekend, my nieces are staying with her because my jw sister (who is not speaking to me) is out of town.

she invited me to go to lunch on sunday.

GrreatTeacher

"Yeah, I know that's how it works there, and that's sad."

Perfect response. And, oh so true. It really is sad.

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Russia threatens to shut down branch

by wannaexit in

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friends

https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/threaten-shutdown-jw-national-headquarters/

GrreatTeacher

"Unprecedented move?"

Weren't they banned in Russia for years?

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Ideas for letter to Dr about blood card blackmail and what it means?

by purrpurr in

following on from another op who brought to our attention the new draconian blood card policy .i'm planning on visiting my dr to discuss this issue in advance.

i'm planning on telling her how jw's and possibly me will be blackmailed into signing this but really won't want the hlc involved and may want blood if needed.. i'm thinking about writing a letter that could be kept on file for future reference outling these issues, what do you think i should say in it?

ideas gratefully received thanks x.

GrreatTeacher

Don't sign it!

Put them off, tell them whatever you need to, but don't sign anything that has innacurate information about your medical wishes.

If you are in an emergency and unconscious, they will take you to the nearest emergency room. Your doctor may not be there.

At that point, they would be legally obliged to follow your written wishes as represented in your Durable Power of Attorney.

Please find a way to tell them that you are not going to involve them in your medical advance directives.

You really could be signing a death wish!