i listen to her regularly.
i don't always agree w. her but usually have to admit that she is right from a moral standpoint.
god knows we need more of that in this world!.
Herk,
Why are you so angry with the fact that "us liberals" want to speak out against some of Dr. Laura's advice? Do we not have the right to do this?
Bradley
(I understand you might not want to answer the questions I put to you...but I think your silence does speak for itself)
on last night's installment of 20/20, there was a segment that dealt with parents who use modern technology to spy on their children.
one dad used a gps installed in his car to track the movements of his daughter.
another dad installed spyware in his computer and monitored the e-mails and im chats of his daughter.
What does it say of your parenting and guidence if you have to stoop to these levels? I think it's totally ridiculous.
B
i listen to her regularly.
i don't always agree w. her but usually have to admit that she is right from a moral standpoint.
god knows we need more of that in this world!.
A few comments on this thread:
First, if people are willing to call in to her show to get advice, so be it. In the end, it's the numbers that count (for her and the network). If she has the ratings, she should stay on. I think the same is true with Howard Stern, whom I'm a big fan of.
Second: I agree that her personal life has little, if anything, to do with her professional life. Theoretically, a person who gives great advice on family matters could be a total louse in their own home. Does that diminish their advice? In reality, no (although this might affect her credibility). I really have no opinion about her personal life.
Herk: I find your rants against "liberals" to be perplexing. Why? How do you feel about the liberal "agenda"? So, you think gays are diseased and anyone who engages in premarital sex sinning against the God of Abraham? Do you feel that a womans proper place is in the home? Come on. We're living in a post-Enlightenment world here.
Bradley
i listen to her regularly.
i don't always agree w. her but usually have to admit that she is right from a moral standpoint.
god knows we need more of that in this world!.
Herk,
I listened to her show all of two times, once due to the fact I was working in a woman's home who happened to be listening to her show. I've read enough about her and her views to form an opinion about her. Although you would probably categorize me as a "liberal" I actually hold some conservative viewpoints and am rather so in my general disposition.
Bradley
i listen to her regularly.
i don't always agree w. her but usually have to admit that she is right from a moral standpoint.
god knows we need more of that in this world!.
Herk,
Honestly, it's beyond me why they have to spew out so much venom when her name comes up.
Some people say the exact same thing about "apostates" who write "venom" about the Watchtower. I've only listened to Dr. Laura a couple times and, just like the WT, she is a heavy-handed moralist who espouses fundamentalistic psychology. She is an ultra-conservative who prides herself in her world of archaic beliefs (she REFUSED to discuss the question of whether God exists with Michael Shermer, president of Skeptic magazine. See his book "How We Believe" for the ridiculous conversation he had with her). She is extrememly dogmatic and, at times, condescending. Gee, I wonder why people would have such harsh words about her?
Bradley
for me, i don't have "remnants".
i am still, i realize, about 90 percent jw.. however, i'm curious as to what other still have "left" from the org...for example, i am still politically neutral for the most part, and would not support any war and would rather die than take up arms.
this may be mostly my own pre-jw personality, but at this point in time, its so difficult to know what i am, even who i am..... do any of you still have (or maybe cling to, which may be true in my case) jw beliefs or tendencies, or have you gotten rid of them all?
Getting rid of Watchtower indoctrination takes work, period. Personally, I sometimes wonder if people try hard enough to do that. I'm NOT saying that this is the case with the writer of this thread, but I have the suspicion it is with some people I've talked to in the past. When people say things like they are terrified of Armageddon after twenty or more years outside the organization, I know they are either suffering from massive depression (not their fault) or just are waiting for someone else to waive their magic wand and rid them of their phobias without spending the necessary intellectual and emotional resources themselves (which is their fault). I'm sometimes amazed at how thoroughly I disentangled any remnants of Watchtowerism. But, then I realize that for over two years it was a daily, burning quest to find out the truth and cope. I'm thankful I did.
Just like alcoholism or any other addiction, breaking free from fundamentalist mind-indoctrination takes work, work, work. You can't heal in any other way. Sometimes, you just need to toughen your mind.
Bradley
i listen to her regularly.
i don't always agree w. her but usually have to admit that she is right from a moral standpoint.
god knows we need more of that in this world!.
Dr. Laura? Personally, I despise the cow.
Bradley
...and i'm feeling pretty good right now.
i quit, cold turkey, this morning.
it's been almost 24 hours since my last cigarette.
*rolls a joint*
Congratulations, Aztec!
Now, don't fuck up.
Bradley
the top ten worst opening lines of all time:.
#10 - you look like a hooker i knew in phoenix.. #9 - you remind me of my dead ex-girlfriend.. #8 - if you were a booger i'd pick you first.. #7 - you look just like my mama.
i love my mama.. #6 - gross!
Do fries come with that shake?
B
i was reviewing the study articles in the may 15, 2003 watchtower.. the first article: "christ speaks to the congregations" is rather hard hitting against (so-called) apostasy and sectarianism.
the conclusion of paragraph 6 says:.
"to maintain the purity of jehovah's worship and to protect the congregation, therefore, they (true christians) do not extend the hand of fellowship to unrepentant apostates.".
All this "counsel" against being within a ten mile radius of any apostate is going to blow up in the face of the WTS at some point, I just know it. I'm not sure exactly how -- perhaps it could be used in court cases in the US and overseas to show just how cultlike and isolated they are -- but this overdramaticized polemics against anything non-JW will come back to haunt the Society.
The more they tighten their grip, the more people will slip through their fingers.
Bradley
