Not for me. Just part of my life's rich tapestry, freakier than a lot of people's but not as shitty as a lot of other's.
scotsman
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Did Your Experience As A Witness REALLY "Damage" You?
by Englishman in.
or was the experience just a glitch that can be overcome?.
englishman.
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Just curious, but are the new appointments announced at the Kingdom Halls?
I doubt it. More likely to be announced in the WT with their CV.
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Gay ex-JW Members: do you exclude?
by RAYZORBLADE innon-gay members of this forum, have probably discovered some interesting behaviour here on this site.. me too.. with in the confines of specifics (if such a term even exists), how many folks here who are gay or identified in some way with that term, can say outright: "i am gay/homosexual" without guilt, embarrassment or shame, post-jw?.
i joined this site almost three years ago.
i do not post often, but i am still around from time to time.. gay people.
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Hi Ray
With in the confines of specifics (if such a term even exists), how many folks here who are gay or identified in some way with that term, can say outright: ; "I am gay/homosexual" without guilt, embarrassment or shame, post-JW?
I can and do.
For those of you whom identify themselves as gay exJWs, do you perform your own mini-sheep/goat exclusion?
I've got 4 friends that are gay ex-JWs and 2 that are still JW but I'm not sure what you mean by alliances. -
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RANT: Desultory ramblings of a frustrated cult member
by dorayakii inafter almost a year of living abroad, away from my parents and away from anything even remotely watchtower related, having allowed myself to not worry about these silly little things (yet convincing my parents that i was still going); now that i've been back for about 6 weeks, i feel that i have to put on a double effort to cover over things that i've said or done, and avoid using "suspect" words or phrases like "cheers" or "good luck".
its driving me crazy at the moment, and 10 times more than it was doing before i moved out.
today, i had a mini panic attack at having told a "worldly" friend of mine "good luck".
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Dorayakii
I have too strong a relationship with my aunt and cousins to force them to have to make such a decision. I live for them... life without them wouldn't just be "lonely", it would be completely meaningess.
The decision is not forced by you, but by them. I thought life would be meaningless too, which is why I stayed long enough to be an MS, then Elder. You know it wont be, having had your year out and made friends and potentially a support system outside your family. Losing my family and circle of friends at 30 was tragic, and I still go through periods of grief, but my life remains rich. I wish I'd left at the age you are now rather than waste a decade of emotional investments that never paid off.
The departure is hard but the fear of it was harder. Stay and you'll face intermittent meltdowns that will be inexplicable to your family, and you'll end up leaving and being shunned at a later stage. You need to look after yourself, and you know you're worth it!
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national service
by Ellie in.
what do you all think about national service?.
do you think they should bring it back?
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scotsman
I'd be happy to oblige after you've put on some lippy and plucked your eyebrows.
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national service
by Ellie in.
what do you all think about national service?.
do you think they should bring it back?
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Tez & KK
You both give examples of people who have turned their lives around from difficult circumstances, without national service. It offers no further guarantee that life's "takers" will turn in to "givers" (my god, is this turning into a gay thread?) nor will more funding. My arguement against national service is that it a treatment of symptoms rather than cause, and therefore a very short term form of solution.
Welcome to the human race.
KK, apart from a good thrashing, I don't know.
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national service
by Ellie in.
what do you all think about national service?.
do you think they should bring it back?
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Is there also to be a suspension of Human Rights between the ages of 16-18?
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national service
by Ellie in.
what do you all think about national service?.
do you think they should bring it back?
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KK
Nice idea. Hogwarts Borstal?
But if they refuse to do the press ups, what then?
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national service
by Ellie in.
what do you all think about national service?.
do you think they should bring it back?
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Ellie
If it doesn't make anything worse or better, is it worth it? surely that's the quartet playing as the ship goes down.
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national service
by Ellie in.
what do you all think about national service?.
do you think they should bring it back?
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KK
I appreciate what you are saying which is why smaller class sizes from year one would make a difference. One on one by the time a child is being excluded is more often than not too late.
Paul.
I don't believe that we can achieve a perfect, crime free society and I wouldn't want one. Is that a glass half empty or a move away from the Judeo/Christian/Enlightenment/new Labour belief that things can only get better?
Ellie
So national service comes with compulsory but temporary sterilisation? And if they refuse to behave, prison? More prison may provide more jobs I guess.
I don't think society is perfect, but I don't think punitive measures (which is what we are veering towards) is the appropriate solution. But we are free to disagree.