Xanthippe
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Alerts etc
by Xanthippe ini wonder if it's possible for those of us who've been out decades to have alerts or alternatively see a grouping of threads in a folder or something similar if something actually happens of interest in the borg.. i'm not really interested in the day to day stuff about this cult but i would like to know if anything drastically changes as my siblings and their kids are still trapped.
i don't know anything about creating the code for forums so i don't know what is possible but if you don't ask you don't get.
this is not a criticism it's just time for me to move on and just drop in occasionally..
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Met JWs today - they lied about who they were
by Xanthippe inso a couple came into the library where i work today and the woman said she was from the british sign language association and asked if i would display a leaflet for her.
when she handed me the leaflet the jw website logo jumped out at me as did the words 'would you like to study the bible with jehovah's witnesses?
' there was a small picture that had someone conversing in sign language but the other pictures were typical jw leaflet pictures.
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JC recording
by Xanthippe incould anyone provide a link to the jc recording that was on here a few days ago please.
i intended to listen to it but didn't have time.
it was about a couple that really tried to reason with the elders but were treated very badly.
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Carrie Fisher dies.
by Xanthippe insuch a sad loss.
she battled bipolar disorder and came back to acting.
then we lost her.
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Can't do toasts
by Xanthippe ini just phoned my cousin who's never been a jw.
last week she went with her son-in-law and my jw sister for a meal after planting a tree at her daughter's grave.
she said when my sister was dropped off at her house her husband said you do know she can't have toast.
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A religion or OCPD?
by Xanthippe ini came across this paragraph about the causes of ocpd and it occurred to me that jws as a religion do reward ocpd traits.
they insist you adhere to rules and behaviours to the impairment of social and family activities.
perfectionism, strict moral code, lack of generosity.. so does this religion cause this personality disorder or does it recruit people who suffer from it?.
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Easier to be a JW now?
by Xanthippe inreading konceptual's account of talking to cart 'witnesses' and it reminded me that when we left in '89 we thought the religion would do one of two things.
get more hardline, consequently lose members and eventually come to an end in some way.
or ease up on the members, fewer rules, less fs time, less meetings, just to keep them in.. all the recent apostate stuff, treatment of dfed kids and the hardline attitude to people who leave or try to fade has confused me, made me think they are harder on the r+f., but i don't think this is true.
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Planning ahead for the desires of the flesh.
by Xanthippe ini've just booked some cinema tickets for later today and also ordered a book i want to take on holiday.
from nowhere that scripture they were always quoting at us came to me, something about don't be planning ahead for the desires of the flesh.
you always had to be planning spiritual, theocratic stuff, entertainment and pleasure were a bit dodgy, better not tell anyone.
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What is happening to the pictures?
by Xanthippe inhi simon, i notice some of mine and kaik's photographs of our gardens from bonsai's 'start a butterfly garden' thread are missing and being replaced with little squares with question marks in.
they're not pictures taken from the web but our own photos so i'm not sure what's happened there.
they've been there a while and used to be fine.. also i like to look back on flipper's 'post a picture thread' to see if i've missed anyone and it's starting to happen there too and some of the pictures have been turned upside down, p94, p95, p103.
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My daughter graduated Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours yesterday.
by Xanthippe in.
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