MelbaToast
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Do you and your significant other share religious beliefs?
by MelbaToast insometimes, i think my husband is much more church oriented than i am.
i still get upset when i attend church, but lately he has been putting the push on me for us to go back to his church where he grew up in.
he would like to start taking our daughter so she has a somewhat structured religious belief.
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My grandmothers very ill....
by MelbaToast inmy only living grandma is in icu right now.
apparently she had a colonoscopy about a week before thanksgiving and was released to go home.
they cut out 11 polyps, but the 12th one was too big to cut out.
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The addiction is becoming more defined now. *Being Silly*
by MelbaToast inim finally ready to tell everyone what my addiction is.
please be kind i have just started with this trouble and maybe a 12-step program will help.
my name is melbatoast and i am addicted to ebay.
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What kind of good leftovers are you eating tonight?
by MelbaToast injust a friendly hi how are you to everyone.
hope you had a good turkey day.. my best friend brought me over this sweet potato casserole that has a brown sugar pecan topping on it that is to die for!
what goodies are you snacking on tonight?.
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HEY! anyone got a scanned copy of School and Jehovah's Witnesses?
by MelbaToast init would be great if i could get some copies of this booklet.
any information that you have, could you please post???
i need it for my psych paper....blondie, got anything?
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Welcome my sister to JWD!
by MelbaToast inhey.. i know you're lurking around here somewhere sis.
why dont you introduce yourself?.
fyi: i have been talking to my sister (who is also df'd) about how this board has helped me.
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Another Question for you, the reader and responder
by MelbaToast inagain from my research, from the paper, cults and families:.
paraphrase: if people in the cult quest authority and go public with doubts or opinions, then others will attack and possibly expel them for their outside thinking.
but if they withold their private thoughts, they feel decietful and inadequate and are torn in inner battles.
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Next topic: Abusive Groups
by MelbaToast inonce again hello to all and a grand saturday night (or sunday am to all you uk'rs) and yet another request for your opinion for research: .
quoted from the article "cults and families": .
"abusive groups implement their demands for purity through rituals of confession, in which members must expose their personal thoughts, feelings, and doubts to leadership's scrutiny.
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What's your opinion?
by MelbaToast intaken from the journal families and society 84 no.
4. cults and families.
my take: although jw's are not fully accepted as a cult in psychology or sociology (jws are listed as an "established sect"), this article has many points that have interested me.
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EVERYONE LOOK! I NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
by MelbaToast inok now that i've got your attention :) .
i am currently writing a psych paper, and i decided my topic is going to be jw's and the higher percentage of mental illness in the organization( in not so many words) i have been doing hella research in medical journals, and i would like to pose a request to anyone out there that has information on this subject to pm me or attach it to your response.
i would really appreciate it, and btw, if would be even better if this was from a peer-reviewed journal, because i have already searched all the sites and got the research from freeminds, watchtowerobserver, and sites such as this.