Posts by GrreatTeacher

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JW parents are CRAZY

by Demokan in

hello again, for those who don't know me i'm a 15 year old boy.

and recently my mom is displaying symptoms of demensia, she left the stove on today and she yells at us for watching commercials on t.v that are "demonic" because today there was a commercial on television for the new 300 movie and she started yelling at my sister to turn it off, and then i was listening to coldplay as a playlist while doing my school work and she started yelling at me to turn the demonic music off.

she says "demonic" this "demonic" that.

GrreatTeacher

How did a social worker become involved? This person could be an ally. Right now the violence seems like it's the biggest problem, although it might be the JW stuff that is aggravating these violent tendencies. A social worker will be more interested in violence and violent cursing than in the JW stuff, so keep in mind her perspective.

I thought it was telling that you said you were TIRED. It speaks to desperation. Please know that you can leave the religion, but doing so can be tricky and take time. Stick around here and read and learn and don't do anything desperate that you might regret. Have a plan.

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Combatting Agoraphobia in NONJWland

by Jon Preston in

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my daughter starts school soon.

and i cant help but be afraid of the big bad world....the freedom we have is scary and im irrationally afraid of my kids getting in with the wrong crowd....in jwland it wasnt so bad becaus you felt safe.

so now i know that safe haven is actually bs how do i get it out of my head?

GrreatTeacher

Kindergarten will be lovely. Your daughter will meet all of her new classmates and then slowly find the ones she enjoys the most.

Birthday parties are a great way to meet the other children and their parents. In most schools invitations must be handed out to everyone in the class or none at all. It's a ver good policy that allows no one to be left out and everybody to meet everybody.

If your daughter is lucky enough to have a birthday in the beginning of the school year, then you get in on the very beginning of that process. You meet all of the kids early in the year so you can steer her away from some and make private playdates with the others that you approve of.

So, definitely have a birthday party and invite everyone. That's how you control her friends.

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the stunning symbiosis between fiber arts and mathematics

by Hortensia in

http://app1.scientificamerican.com/article/the-stunning-symbiosis-between-math-and-knitting-slide-show1/.

also very interesting is a ted talk by an australian scientist who crochets and started an international project knitting coral reefs..

GrreatTeacher

I miss JWS!

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the stunning symbiosis between fiber arts and mathematics

by Hortensia in

http://app1.scientificamerican.com/article/the-stunning-symbiosis-between-math-and-knitting-slide-show1/.

also very interesting is a ted talk by an australian scientist who crochets and started an international project knitting coral reefs..

GrreatTeacher

I would love to have the time to leisurely work on a mathematics degree. I teach elementary school mathematics and I still find patterns and relationships that I ve never seen before.

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The Apostasy Project - UK

by wizzstick in

this is interesting.. the apostasy project is by the rationalist association and is helping those who wish to leave their religion do so:.

http://apostasy.org.uk/.

direct link to their video:.

GrreatTeacher

How can donating with a credit card be anonymous?

How can putting a check in the contribution box that bears your name be anonymous?

Do you really think that most people pay in small bills?

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Is there anyone in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Stroudsburg-Pocono, or Allentown-Bethlehem area on here?

by PaintedToeNail in

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friends

if so, does anyone want to do a meet up?

pm me if you do.

would like to meet some people who are living through this experience too.. .

GrreatTeacher

I live down in Maryland. Still a long way.

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The Apostasy Project - UK

by wizzstick in

this is interesting.. the apostasy project is by the rationalist association and is helping those who wish to leave their religion do so:.

http://apostasy.org.uk/.

direct link to their video:.

GrreatTeacher

So the Apostasy Project needs £20,000 yet the Watchtower takes in £millions each year, and who is the greedy organization?

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The Apostasy Project - UK

by wizzstick in

this is interesting.. the apostasy project is by the rationalist association and is helping those who wish to leave their religion do so:.

http://apostasy.org.uk/.

direct link to their video:.

GrreatTeacher

Yes, emeth, we know that JWs prefer to talk about an organisation rather than Jesus.

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The Apostasy Project - UK

by wizzstick in

this is interesting.. the apostasy project is by the rationalist association and is helping those who wish to leave their religion do so:.

http://apostasy.org.uk/.

direct link to their video:.

GrreatTeacher

Contribute / Donate...what's the difference?

In either case, they are asking for money.

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U.S. Army admits to widespread cultural pedophilia in Afghanistan

by RottenRiley in

my atheist, agnostic and deist family members, why don't we attack this insanity more?

dr. richard dawkins is finally calling out islam for it's true nature, i hope he is balanced because i don't want him to get killed by these whack jobs.

i enjoy listening to dr. dawkins debate and would like him to attack their false religion like he lambaste's christians, i guess it's a tight-wire act he must follow or they would kill him.

GrreatTeacher

Thank you fulltimestudent for pointing out it was we, the Americans who armed and trained the fanatical muslims.

Many Americans either don't know that or don't want to admit it, but it's very true. We created a very dangerous beast.