Posts by Happy Harvester

in the wake of the 'dannygate' issue it made me think about the impact of apostasy and it various forms and on some level how it equates to the feminist movement and its development over the years.. initially, the radical feminist movement were and are the typical man hating, bra burning cross section who undoubtedly moved womens rights foward significantly and to some degree still do.

without the radical feminist movement, the likelihood of the liberal and more balanced feminist movements ever existing would have been uncertain if not improbable.

so indirectly the feminist movement owes a lot to those radicals who were out there burning bra's and linching men (i was joking about the last bit).

Happy Harvester

I just think, "bitchin' whiner" suits me fine, some days.

Rarely, "raving lunatic," suits me other days.

Mostly, I'm just "maybe one day I'll print out those fliers and plaster them all over kh attendees' car windows," but never have gotten around to it.

Funny, I really thought I'd end up doing the gung-ho thing when I started out on JWD a couple years ago, but I just have too many personal issues to deal with.

Either I'm too narcissistic to engage in radical campaigning or just too beat down emotionally, or just too busy doing not much of anything useful to anybody else.

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What is the holy spirit? (according to JW)

by Scotty_was_taken in

hey guys.

just wondering what you guys believe the holy spirit is, according to you jw beliefs.

more questions may come depending on answers provided.. thank you for your time :).

Happy Harvester

I don't call it "holy spirit."

I call it human compassion, which moves me to care about other people and things different from myself, simply because they are alive like me and want to avoid suffering, like me.

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You have three wishes

by John Doe in

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friends

no wishing for more wishes.

no wishing to know what to wish for.

i, the genie, have the authority to grant your wish or not to grant your wish as i so choose.

Happy Harvester

Second wish: I wish the feral, starving, white cat with blue eyes who doesn't seem to be deaf would find a family to love and care for it.

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Taking responsiblity for our Recovery

by purplesofa in

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friends

do you think you are responsible for you own recovery?.

what warning signs are present when you go to a different plan?.

do you really think you can heal from the jw expericance?.

Happy Harvester

Yes.

Sometimes a retreat from the pain of certain situations is a good thing to do, as long as you don't retreat too far into yourself.

For me, sleeping all day and putting off certain "triggering" commitments was actually a healthy thing to do.

During my last visit to the therapist, I was asked, "do you ever just decide not to make a decision?" regarding impulsive and ineffective approaches to things. I see the need for this now. The issues I'm facing at the moment need action, but I have time and therapy on my side, even though the meds may not be as effective as I'd hoped; at least I haven't harmed anyone this week.

When I am feeling more detached from the situation, I will face it head on, and effectively, not defectively.

It was good to wallow in it (self-pity, destructive fantasies, and anger) for a spell. I know that's hard to believe, but sometimes that's just part of moving on and letting go of crap.

I hope I'm not justifying being irresponsible, though. At this moment of stress in my life, I think I need to give myself a break.

I'm actually planning to go to work tomorrow and get on with life, something I wasn't sure I wanted to do a few hours ago.

BTW, when I was on my way to bed around 6 p.m (again, after sleeping til 3 p.m. today), I saw this poor, starving cat in the back yard.

I keep trying to save it, but it always runs away. When it started to run away, I shut the door and it came back. How odd.

It sometimes eats here, I hope, but I think the other cats are driving it away. It just wanders around the neighborhood, scavenging and looking ragged as can be.

I hope it finds a home and love and care, whether it deserves it or not.

Helping others (like volunteer work) might be a good part of recovery. My heart goes out to abandoned creatures. I wish I could rescue them all, and yet, sometimes I just want to abandon life altogether. It's so ironic.

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Taking responsiblity for our Recovery

by purplesofa in

jw
friends

do you think you are responsible for you own recovery?.

what warning signs are present when you go to a different plan?.

do you really think you can heal from the jw expericance?.

Happy Harvester

Warning signs:

staying in bed all day

destructive thoughts

exhaustion

blowing things off

I'm exhausted today.

Stayed in bed til 3.

Woke up thinking destructive, white rage kind of thoughts.

took the dog for an exhausted walk.

fed the dog & cats

looked at the yard & said screw it; maybe it'll rain like it was supposed to do yesterday and the day before (can't remember)

thought about how my destructive attitudes and behaviors would only do the people I'm angry with a favor

got on the computer to talk about it and decided to look at someone else's problems

going back to bed now

If all is still alive and undamaged tomorrow, I've done my job

but I'm hoping someone will burn down their house with me in it tonight

surely i won't be so lucky

I think I'm gonna' steal the weed stashed on the 3rd floor

I need it more than he does

No I don't and smoking's bad for my health

so are house fires

going to bed now with the dog, and I'm allergic to him

but he's a weird little pug of comfort

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JW's banned by secular Moslem government in Tajikistan

by Gopher in

news reports have announced this ban in a former soviet republic in central asia.

the government is secular, and the vast majority of the population is sunni muslim.

there are about 85 registered religions in tajikistan, but apparently jw's are the only one perceived to be preaching against the military.

Happy Harvester

Oh well.

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Most Religion Is Just OCD

by metatron in

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friends

the more successful a religion is in holding on to its adherents, the more it exploits a human tendency towards ocd.. obsessive-compulsive disorder is a fancy name for habits of thinking that go too far.

like a computer that gets stuck in a .

programming loop, people get stuck thinking or doing the same things over and over.

Happy Harvester

And are you ready for the greatest irony of all? Here it is: because the Watchtower does such an excellent job of training people
in religious OCD, if they "leave the truth", they may continue that obsession AGAINST THE WATCHTOWER with equal devotion.
Thus, the Watchtower is creating its own worst enemies - who can't let go . Talk about reaping what you sow!

Ha ha. I totally resemble these comments.

Ed to say, Backlash is a bitch.