i owned a massage school, taught massage for over 20 years, practiced massage for nearly 30 years.
massage/bodywork -- some folks who do bodywork don't like the word massage but i don't care.
bodywork sounds like car repair to me.
While you put a finer point on it than Randi, I still think he would be give your post a
What's it like being a "heretic" in your chosen field? Have you always been able to see past the woo?
I couldn't help thinking of one of my favorite Tim Minchin quotes while reading your words:
Do you know what they call "alternative medicine"
That's been proved to work?
Medicine."
If you've never read or listened to his beat-style poem "Storm", you really should:
http://www.altairiv.net/Storm.html
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hi, new member here, but i've lurked for a while.. for obvious reasons, i won't give too many details about myself, but i thought i'd share my story of what might in the end have been the easiest fade in recorded history.
it's going to be a wall of text, and i'm writing it mostly for myself to get it out of my system, but it is, of course, a pretty open forum, so any comments and most questions are welcome.. here goes:.
what made me realize ttatt was legalism.
Message to the Watchtower and opposing teams of the San Francisco Giants:
Welcome to JWN and the great wide world!!
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would you fear that there might be "consequences"??
?.
It completely depends on the context. Wrong place, wrong time could easily get you beheaded.
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1. my husband's time is finite, it's wasted on spouses arguing over money, sex or family mattters with stupid home visits.. .
i hate people's constant open hand for money, it's the weak individuals asking others to pull their weight.
my family worked extra hours instead of begging the strong members for district assembly money, cat food for seven cats or tiny little rag-a-muffins weiner dogs.. .
Welcome aboard AuntConnie.
Your posts have been alternately heart-breaking, hilarious, off-putting and confusing.
If I ever need counseling I think I'll send jgnat a PM.
Generally I'm not a fan of anything "Christian" but then I read a post by jgnat and wish that someday I could be half the Christian that she is.
jgnat
Lots of other great posts here as well, please don't take the lack of kudos personally.
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i was browsing through some of the boe letters (made available here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/243938/1/all-letters-to-elders-from-the-branch-1981-2012-boe) and came across the 3/15/96 letter about persons with communicable diseases.
it specifically mentions aids several times in the letter and seems to be primarily targeted at that population.
among other gems:.
The last DC dunking I was involved in was around 2003-2004. The "No Dunkees with AIDS in the main pool" ban was still in effect.
Don't know about the book study part though.
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since leaving the wt, i have spoted so many false teachers from osteen to creflo dollar, but there is some great men of god who speak truth,who arnt afraid to proclaim the gospel, and who dont cater to tickling mens ears my three favorite are paul washer, steve lawson and john piper.
who are yours?.
undercover already mentioned Robert Tilton, but he's definitely worth a quick view with the right audio backing track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me2H7Ja93Wg
Best one-liner quote: "I smell Heaven's bakery cooking up something good for you Sister!"
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i got a few items of clothing, candy, a brand new mattress and boxspring, tea scented cologne and tea scented soap.. what did you recieve??
(good or bad).
I wish I could afford to get my wife a lump of coal like this:
Good thing for both of us she's really not into jewelry that much.
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i got a few items of clothing, candy, a brand new mattress and boxspring, tea scented cologne and tea scented soap.. what did you recieve??
(good or bad).
Lifetime milestone event: a nice bottle of tequila from my now-legal-to-drink daughter.
My deist daughter also gave me a copy of "Mortality" by the late (
A pair of really warm house slippers, that unfortunately, don't quite fit and will have to be returned.
A bottle of Merlot and some wine charm thingies.
A year's subscription to JW.org.
Our family has agreed to not go all out at Xmas. We do think the "forced giving" thing is one thing the JWs got fairly right. Of course, forbidding to give on Xmas is also screwed up. If we're going to spend big bucks on someone, we save that for the individual's birthday.
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i have been lurking on this forum for a few months and thought it was time i joined in.
a big thankyou goes to all who post here, i have enjoyed immensely all the thought provoking discussion and not so thought provoking (thanks recovery/ethos).
i have had heaps to get my head around recently learning the truth about the truth and as i remember reading here before its like digesting a brick.
Run! Run away while you still can!
On second thought. Welcome aboard!
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my vote is for the lord of the rings, all three of them.
or pretty much any star trek movie.
i tried watching the lor movies today, but my god, it's just battle after battle after battle and frodo, cute guy though he is, wimping out all over the place and having to be carried by everyone.. dull... i have never succeeded in watching those damn movies from beginning to end..
Since all I ever gave to the LOTR series was a few minutes of my time while desperately wanting to go to sleep anyway, I'm going to check the first book in the triology out from the library and give it a go.
Perhaps it will turn out to be one of those "loved the book, didn't care for the move" experiences. (Think "Dune" by Frank Herbert.)
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