What’s a girl got to do to have her house marked with an X on the local territory map of the JWs? For the second time this week, I received a home-delivered invitation to the District Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The first was delivered when we weren’t home. The second was delivered this morning by a lone man carrying an uncommonly nice leather valise. I think it’s the first time I’ve ever seen a JW at the door by himself;…
Do you know a child who is being abused or molested? If the crisis is now, please call 9-1-1! Call the National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) Do not listen to any counsel that tells you to be silent. Everyone matters. All calls are anonymous and toll-free. The hotline is staffed 24 hours daily with professional crisis counselors who utilize a database of thousands of emergency, social service and support resources. The Childhelp hotline counselors can… discuss signs and symptoms…
A trailer for the documentary Losing My Religion has been released to raise awareness (and funding). I am very pleased to be involved with this project. View the Trailer. Contact Stephan T. McGuire to contribute to this unique film. Please support this effort if you can. Losing My Religion: In and Out of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Organization That knock on your door is meant to save your life! Daily, over 6,000,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses are being instructed that very soon, those…
Weekly Unconscious Mutterings Meme – Week 177 I say … and you think … ? Newspaper :: Print Crucify :: “every rainy day”… or… “shiseido red” (see below) Sausage :: Ummm, Ummmm, let’s see… right… uh… Picasso? Handy :: Practical Cloak :: Dagger Drunk :: Sober Fuel :: Diatribe Caress :: Nibble Itch :: Scratch Vehicle :: Vector “A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.” – A. P. Herbert Muhammed My Friend muhammad my…
Jesus Is Not a Republican By RANDALL BALMER Volume 52, Issue 42, Page B6 Nicely thought-out piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education – worth your time to read. A sampling to whet your appetite: Equally striking is the rhetoric that leaders of the religious right use to motivate their followers. In the course of traveling around the country, I have been impressed anew by the pervasiveness of the language of militarism among leaders of the religious right. Patrick Henry…
Political comedy email making the rounds… “Thank you for calling the White House switchboard. Our new voice activated system will help direct you to the proper office.” “If you are calling to complain about the mishandling of the war in Iraq, press one.” “If you are calling to complain about the abuse of prisoners and the White House’s endorsement of torture, press two, and then say the name of the torture site that you wish to complain about (and please…