I don't know.......If a woman ever hit me and it wasn't an accident I'd likely knock her block off. There are other ways of dealing with anger than going there. Men are admonished to practice restraint all the time, I don't see why it should be any different for women.
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would you hit a woman if she hit you first? (for men)
by pudd ini would like to as the men on the board a question.
if your wife/partner were to slap you during an argument, would you feel that if you were you to hit back it would make you equal?.
we all know that violance, no matter how minor is wrong, but this is a question about equality.
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Are You Still Torn, Wondering Whether You Made The Right Decision To Leave?
by minimus inare you 100% sure you're doing the right thing??
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NO!!!!!!
My only wonder is "what the hell was I thinking"!!!!!!!!!!
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Dropped two bombs on jw mom....
by imallgrowedup inmy jw mom sent me the same press release that was circulating on the board last week regarding a radical group who was trying to get religion and national borders abolished through the un.
(see http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/14/65705/1.ashx if you didn't see the press release).
anyway, there was no commentary from her in the e-mail, which says to me that this is a "silent warning" to become a dub before i die in armageddon.
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However, I double-checked the UN website and found out that no one can be heard by the UN unless they are a Country or an NGO associated with the United Nations - which is the same way the Watchtower got to be heard by the UN.
SWweeeeeeeetttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Elders only letter: New Territory Coverage Arrangement
by dannyboy infebruary 3, 2004
to: all bodies of elders, circuit and district overseers
dear brothers,
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You almost had me for a minute there.........
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My silent ongoing fight against the org.
by The Grudge ini?m posting today to get some things out that i haven?t been able to share with anyone else.
because they don?t want to hear it.
i?m living in a world of jw?
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When she brings up religious issues I just nod and say "yes" and "Mmmm", "that?s right" etc even if she is talking the most absolute rubbish ? as happens from time to time.
I think the most important thing I have learned is to bite my tongue even when I am bursting to tell her how wrong she is.
Just how long to do you keep this up though?
I was sitting at a table having lunch the other day with a bunch of dub relative and it literally took alll the concentration I had to keep from jumping up telling them all how stupid and wrong they all were. It's getting to the point where I'm getting sick and tired of listening to them go on and on singing the praises of the "organization"and I fear that my silence on the issue is somehow giving them the impression that I am in agreement with them..
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My silent ongoing fight against the org.
by The Grudge ini?m posting today to get some things out that i haven?t been able to share with anyone else.
because they don?t want to hear it.
i?m living in a world of jw?
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Whenever I bring out something about my disagreement with the society she takes offence. I can?t even get her to think about stuff. A few nights ago, for instance, I brought up how the society teaches that at Armageddon millions of people will be destroyed including children. I said how I thought that was just horrible, and that I don?t want to serve a God like that. One who on one hand, is portrayed as just and loving, and on the other, is capable of just the opposite. A total contradiction. She then got real offensive and said that I always talk negatively about things and that she didn?t want to here it anymore.
I'm married to a mirror image of the same woman. My wife exibits the same qualities you describe about yours yet she just can't get past the WT is always right mantra. We recently had a conversation between us and her "always a study" JW brother where we were discussing the implications of the definition of the "generation" change. After that she decided to "go off" on me about how critical I am of the Soceity and that whenever there's talk of the "truth" I always have a negative slant on it.
When I introduced the Soceity's UN debacle to them there was outright denial and a refusal to look at any information even from an independent source of the UN itself, yet they all had no problem trotting out WT literature to prove their false point that the WT would never engage in such an act.
I just don?t know if its ever going to come to a point were this doesn?t affect our relationship anymore.
I think it's all in how you approach it. With my wife, I don't ask or otherwise show any interest in her WT related activities which are sparse anyway. I plan activities irrespective of what meeting, assembly, or special assembly day they fall on. Whenever she does ask and I do decide to go with her, it is purely at my convenience and she knows that I won't be deterred when it comes to pointing out the hypocrisy and heavy handedness of the Soceity.
I'm not sure how long this is going to last though. A couple of relatives around her are turning up the heat as far as their meeting attendance and preaching activities and I can see that it's beginning to rub off on her and that she wants to participate more. But, on the other hand, she really enjoys the activities we do together and doesn't want to risk alienating me, probably because at this time I'm her only means of support, hopefully because she truly does love me. She knows, in no uncertain terms, that though I love her dearly, I'm prepared to live my life happily with her, without her if circumstances dictate.
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How would a JW list in order ...
by Will Power inhow would a jw put in order of importance, priority, loyalty
would the list on paper be different than that actually practiced?
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Everything, life decisions, holiday plans, etc are now done without my input, and behind by back - since I might be against it, so obviously justified in their eyes.
Wow ....
Such is the life of a non-JW woman married to a JW male.
This is exactly the situation I found myself in, but reversed. Instead of me and my wife making these plans for ourselves, I found her filtering everything, every plan, life decision, through a WT or Awake magazine, what Brother or sister nosy might say, or around some scheduled WT meeting.
You'll find that that gets old real quick.
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Kids and meetings
by Stefanie ini remember when they would discourage kids from taking colors or coloring books to the meetings.
so i thought ok, i will give my kid a pen and my book of bible stories to keep him busy.
then they said that was a bad idea because he might write on the furniture and it wasnt good to teach them to write on the wbt publications.
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if you, brothers and sisters, are going to come to the Kingdom Hall and make this much noise, why do you bother to come at all.
Two families switched cong after that scolding.. We sat there with our mouths open and our jaws on the floor..Wow !!!!!
I would've made so much noise getting the hell outta there..........
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They finally called me (rant)
by freelife inthis weekend the man who is supposed to be my father finally called me.
he did not call me to make up for cutting me out of the family, but to tell me that he is going to have back surgery for two crushed disks.
now i don't mean to sound like a jackass, but if you don't want anything to do with me or my fiancee and her son, why should i give a rats ass about you and you life problems.
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I tend to agree with Mulan. If a relationship is ever to be had at all, there has to be someone who makes some initial connection. He has done this.
But what of his motives? Being in the hospital.....not feeling well......perhaps wanting a little company and companionship from everyone till he gets back on his feet only to start shunning again after you've again opened your heart to him?
At what point do you say "to hell with this, I'm not going to let them hurt me again?"
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They finally called me (rant)
by freelife inthis weekend the man who is supposed to be my father finally called me.
he did not call me to make up for cutting me out of the family, but to tell me that he is going to have back surgery for two crushed disks.
now i don't mean to sound like a jackass, but if you don't want anything to do with me or my fiancee and her son, why should i give a rats ass about you and you life problems.
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sometimes people reconsider their relatives.
Maybe this was the way your father wanted to let you know that ge cares about you and want better relations ?
Maybe it was just a hand reaching out ?Riiight........
Especialy in view that he knows he'll probably be a burden on his "friends" for quite awhile should things go wrong. Better reconcile with as many people as you can.....you never know if it may be one of the very ones you've turned your back on you'll have to depend uponfor your long term care when those "friends" can't be bothered with you getting in the way of their meeting attendance and field service.