Dear administration, I've reported this topic already, but now I will do it on this thread. I have been persecuted by some atheists here as a Jew, whether Nightingale believes it or not. And as a believer. Why she is singling me out to make an entire thread on me as her subject matter now going on two days and two threads in a row is beyond me. But I ask you as moderators to ple
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Nightingale, Targeting me like you do persistently with your continual attacks is a form of passive aggressive persecution, whether you want to admit or not. I do not go after you or your posts. As I've told you before I do not have time to engage with your nonsensical rantings and patronizing of your troupe your in clique with here on RfM. Bona dea was correct in calling you out on t
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My synagogue has to hire a policeman as do all the other synagogues in my metro area, and our Jewish community centers, etc just so life can go on relatively normal as before where people can feel somewhat safe to go about their usual business and worship. We pay extra to have the security detail. It's a cost you cannot really put a price on, though, oy? One woman where I worship lived th
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I took a course in grad school on Women and Human Rights taught by a Nicarauguan professor that included FGM and the World Human Rights Council that has banned it. There are many multi-pronged efforts being made to educate the people in these villages through Africa and other Third World countries against the practice, but much more still needs to be done. It is forced systemic abuse and mutilati
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Both of my children are ex-pats, and they no longer feel safe coming back to visit America. They're safer where they're living than they are here. That's a sad commentary for their native country, but it's reality.
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Due to high levels of gun violence. It is no longer considered safe for foreigners to travel here due to the recent spate of gun violence. "The travel advisory, issued Wednesday afternoon, calls for visitors to "exercise caution and have an emergency contingency plan when traveling throughout the USA." It warns travelers to remain vigilant at all times and to avoid place
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It isn't only a religious observance, babylon. It's a medical custom that is commonly practiced among app 50% of the western world. My pediatrician recommended it because of the medical benefits associated with it. It is elective, but up to the parents to decide not based on religion. Based on informed choice.
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macaRomney, It is not accepted among the women in African tribes. It is forced on them. They have no say in this. The men and the older women force the removal of the sexual organ (clitoris,) on infants and young girls with the only reason at all is to remove the pleasure of ever knowing an orgasm during their lifetime. How cruel is that? They will never fully experience their womanhood.
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Yes, bona dea, there is no comparison between the two. One is a commonly and hygienically performed procedure done in the western world for male infants not only as a religious rite in Jewish circles, but as a medical norm for others because of the hygienic standard and preference circumcised males have over non-circumcised. It is elective choice made by parents for their children. It is not
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I know my ex-husband had to go to extra lengths keeping it clean when he took care of his hygiene. If I recall he found it annoying, but he was raised in a Communist country where circumcision wasn't practiced. He worried about getting infections there because of it. My dad used to tell us he knew from other people's accounts if a guy had to have it done as an adult for medical reasons (and t
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Just want to add, Heidi, there are several people on this board who are breast cancer survivors, myself included. For what it's worth, we're a loose knit support group right here, albeit not as close to home as where you are. Something I learned at a local support group when I was going starting my treatment regimen is that from the first day you receive your diagnosis you can count that
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My pediatrician told me when my child was born it was 50/50 in our region of parents choosing either or. Medically he said it was actually beneficial for male infants to be circumcised, but doctors left that up to parents to make their informed decisions. He recommended I circumcise my infant at the time, because he felt it was in the best interest of the child medically speaking. It wasn't
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I think that is a technique the cult utilizes to institute control of its minions. And see how well that worked until it didn't? Some of us outgrew the cult, eventually. You're not a dummy, messygoop. Not at all. Still, that was a pretty crummy thing to do, even by its own standards, IMO. To be asked to give closing prayer should be something of an honor, not made to feel like a punis
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In addition to what babylon suggests with exercise, and being kind to yourself, make more time to rest, eat right, and being in the moment for yourself and the ones you love. Cherish your children if you have them, your spouse, yourself, your family if you are in relationship with them. Be gentle with yourself. Practice patience. You are going to have good days with some bad, and there will b
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Do you know where or how we sign up for this class action lawsuit?
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Summer, I was just thinkin' that I find it hard to return to work recently with just a weekend off, or a holiday off, or a vacation off from work. The more time I take off it gets harder for me to go back. There's a timing mechanism me thinks in the body that sends signals to the brain when it's time .... like a built in alarm clock or something akin to that. Mine's been going off now for
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I think since it's a class action it should be open to all disenfranchised ex-members or current members who feel like they were ripped off. The more the merrier!
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catnip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had zero difficulty adjusting to being retired. > (I hadn't expected any; I was meant to be > retired.) > > Yeah, they docked a few bucks off my pension > because I squeaked out early. Ask me if I care. Catnip, If it weren't for the 33% factor keeping me there, I'd have been gone already. I
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I'm not so sure that I'm that adventurous. Would like to meet my Jewish cousin who lives in Hawaii. She travels a lot more than I do to places like Europe and Israel. But then she's from England. She recently became a dual citizen of Germany because she's a granddaughter of Holocaust victims and survivors. She gives speeches to children where she lives on the Holocaust. Her mother was good fr
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summer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have 4-5 years to go, but I wish I could retire > now. It is getting tougher and tougher to return > to school after the summer off. I will be entering > a specialty branch of teaching this fall, and I'm > hoping that will make my work life easier once I > make the adjustment. Public school administ
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Heartless Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My retirement lessons. > > 1. The cost of living out paces any increases in > income. Property tax, utility costs, home and car > insurance and of course food and medicine have all > gone up taking an extra $150 a month now vs from > when I retired. , My dad learned that when he retired at
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Happy_Heretic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My concern in retiring in the near future is > healthcare. How do you bridge the gap between > retiring and being eligible for Medicare?? > > > HH =) That is something I worry about too. Especially if I retire to Utah or Idaho since my insurance here doesn't carry participating provider
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You know Valkiery, I hear you. I keep thinking about what does it mean to "have enough to retire?" because once I no longer need to drive into work every morning and pay to park, gasoline, and face the commuting rush hour, with work clothes, all that expense, etc., I'm going to save a ton of money right there. Plus, the stress of work. There is a sense of identity from my work t
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That's TMI. Sorry. But soon. I was seriously considering retiring in 2015. Then again in 2017 when I made an offer for a house in St George that was accepted. Then I cancelled that before I left there for home because of a snafu with the real estate sales, and it fell through. But the house was my dream house in a really nice location where I could see Zion Park mountains in the distance from
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It's a waiting game .... If I were to leave now would take a 33% hit in my pension. By waiting two more years it will increase by a full 1/3 more than it's worth today. Otherwise I'd have left five years ago when I turned 55. I can't afford to leave yet. I've been with the same employer for more than 30 years. It's been like a marriage, only to my job. I'm ready to retire. So many
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If it's a class action lawsuit which the press release calls it, it would be open to other disenfranchised members of the church. It will likely be dismissed due to First Amendment.
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Nice to see you now and then. You're right about Benson and his having to have the last word! I've seen a few of those nipped a few times by the mods here and there. :)
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Devoted Exmo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One thing that is unassailable is that Nightingale > is unflaggingly fair. She goes out of her way to > be magnanimous. Actually you are very incorrect about that. She is not unflaggingly fair. She has gone out of her way to cast stones without even knowing what she is responding to. She didn't even rea
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There was no "tongue-in-cheek" with Dagny's remark on my thread. It was more "barbed-wire-in-tongue" and Dagny knows it. She knew full well what she was doing when she posted that to my thread and look at what you're doing now. You didn't even read my post in the first place to know what she was responding to! You didn't even read the link that I provided to give you more
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jacob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Only a cult would divide and separate families the > way it does and tries to do. This IS a HALLMARK sign of a CULT, Jacob. I don't know what religion you grew up in but I grew up in Mormonism, a CULT. "Several years ago, the founder of IHOP, Mike Bickle, created a list of seven ways to recognize the
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