Posts by scotsman

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What Do You Miss About Being An Active JW?

by minimus in

jw
friends

do you miss the "friends"?.

do you miss the meetings?.

do you miss field service?.

scotsman

I miss some of the friends I had, sorry that they remain trapped.

But more interestingly to me is that I miss the age range and socio-economic mix of friends I had as a JW. Granted we were friends by necessity but they ranged from teenagers to octogenarians, rich to poor, boorish to cultured. The majority of my friends now are like me, maybe not in background but in terms of cultural values, interests and age (well15yrs either way). Attempting to make friends unlike me would feel rather contrived, potentially patronsing, and I think the only way it happens is when the choice is limited by faith or sometimes geography.

But I miss both these things in a very limited sense.

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Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology

by leavingwt in

jw
friends

in the latest issue of the new yorker, paul haggis opens up about his split with the church of scientology.

it is a very lengthy article, and i've quoted some of it, below.

click the link at the bottom for the entire article.

scotsman

It is an interesting account and its the unthinking acceptance that Haggis went along with that resonated with me.

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I think an elder has sussed me out as an apostate. :-S

by slimboyfat in

jw
friends

an elder phoned me up the other day to see how i was.

he does this every couple of months, as part of his shepherding routine i suppose.

(at least this elder takes shepherding seriously) i have not been to a meeting for a few months.

scotsman

Maybe you're just nicer than lifelonghumanist and me and they want you back...

9 years out, not dfed and I've never had them in touch. Wonder what I did wrong right?

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Johnny the Bethelite - Homophobic?

by laverite in

jw
friends

did anyone hear the part from the recording of the last 6 screens conference call where johnny talked about a brother being "effeminate?

" johnny mentioned that he refers to this brother as "sister.

".

scotsman

Judge Dread

Your definition doesn't chime with Webster

: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals

in this context the term has been used in identifying an aversion. You may dislike the anomaly between the construction of the word and current usage but you strict definition of homophobia is inaccurate.

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Johnny the Bethelite - Homophobic?

by laverite in

jw
friends

did anyone hear the part from the recording of the last 6 screens conference call where johnny talked about a brother being "effeminate?

" johnny mentioned that he refers to this brother as "sister.

".

scotsman

CuriousButterfly

Perhaps you can talk to my family and Witness friends who ceased associating with me as I seem to be have been stuck with the bigoted 20%.

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Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes

by scotsman in

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friends

i'm hardly the biggest fan but i thought this was genuinely funny.

he held a mirror up to the overpaid botoxed schmucks and some of them found it funny.

but i'm hearing there's a bit of a criticism.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvhxzp2spla.

scotsman

What heights do you have in mind?

One of the 144,000?

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Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes

by scotsman in

jw
friends

i'm hardly the biggest fan but i thought this was genuinely funny.

he held a mirror up to the overpaid botoxed schmucks and some of them found it funny.

but i'm hearing there's a bit of a criticism.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvhxzp2spla.

scotsman

I'm hardly the biggest fan but I thought this was genuinely funny. He held a mirror up to the overpaid botoxed schmucks and some of them found it funny. But I'm hearing there's a bit of a criticism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvHXzP2SpLA

But then we're used to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-NmMWJ69Xk

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Johnny the Bethelite - Homophobic?

by laverite in

jw
friends

did anyone hear the part from the recording of the last 6 screens conference call where johnny talked about a brother being "effeminate?

" johnny mentioned that he refers to this brother as "sister.

".

scotsman

This boy Jonny's supposedly an active witness, a bethelite right? Then even if he feels trapped he's hardly likely to be a supporter of PFLAG, it's a journey out of the cult and his is embryonic if at all true. I'd lay off the labelling.

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December 2010 Awake Homosexuality

by bottleofwater in

anyone have a good read of the ypa article on homosexuality?.

is it just me or is the doctrine becoming more lenient and less dogmatic?.

scotsman

It's been some time since I read an Awake and had forgotten just how badly written they are. You're right Leolaia, this article is about attempting to control nonJW perception of JWs and their attitude towards homosexuals. If there were any 'out' non-practicing-homosexual elders they might have an argument, but as far as I'm aware most of the 'single' witnesses with responsibilities remain closeted.

But maybe I'm wrong, and once my family read this article they'll start calling me....

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Christopher Nolan's Latest Film: Inception

by leavingwt in

spoiler warning: this thread may contain spoilers.

please avoid if you haven't seen the film.

i really enjoyed 'inception' at the theater this past weekend.

scotsman

That review does make it a bit personal and unlike that reviewer I loved Synecdoche, New York which. Inception doesn't make the viewer question reality any more than a couple of undergraduates do after a joint, whereas Synecdoche was about looking at the value of your life. For me anyway.