Jhuger - Kissing Hank's Ass
An interesting, simple way to look at belief in the Bible and other holy books.
A secular site promoting use of evidence-based prevention methods to reduce cult victimization
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Ah, the memories
I was a young teen at a 4-day summer convention of Jehovah's Witnesses. I got a kidney and bladder infection while there.
It's a serious medical condition that is extremely treatable if you just get some antibiotics. If not you could be in dire straits.
I was a naive girl with no idea what was happening to my body. I was feverish, in severe pain and had to pee constantly.
My jw mother sent me to the First Aid station at the convention, which for all I know was staffed by someone with nothing more than a CPR certificate. The sister there said I probably had a bladder infection which is proof I had sex, even though I assured her (truthfully) I had not. Who goes around accusing 13-year-olds of having sex? She did nothing for my medical issue.
I had to run ahead all the ladies in the bathroom line and they complained.
The drive home on the last day of the convention--day 4--was hell. My mother was convinced I was having sex so she punished me by refusing to stop for bathroom breaks during the 3-hour drive home. I can't explain the agony this caused.
I did not get to see a dr. when I got home. I am lucky to have suffered no serious consequences or even death.
As if that weren't enough, the woman had informed my local elders of the "proof I had sex" and my mother and I were called to the church to be interrogated.
It's a serious medical condition that is extremely treatable if you just get some antibiotics. If not you could be in dire straits.
I was a naive girl with no idea what was happening to my body. I was feverish, in severe pain and had to pee constantly.
My jw mother sent me to the First Aid station at the convention, which for all I know was staffed by someone with nothing more than a CPR certificate. The sister there said I probably had a bladder infection which is proof I had sex, even though I assured her (truthfully) I had not. Who goes around accusing 13-year-olds of having sex? She did nothing for my medical issue.
I had to run ahead all the ladies in the bathroom line and they complained.
The drive home on the last day of the convention--day 4--was hell. My mother was convinced I was having sex so she punished me by refusing to stop for bathroom breaks during the 3-hour drive home. I can't explain the agony this caused.
I did not get to see a dr. when I got home. I am lucky to have suffered no serious consequences or even death.
As if that weren't enough, the woman had informed my local elders of the "proof I had sex" and my mother and I were called to the church to be interrogated.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
In God We Don't Trust?
For an overwhelming part of U.S. history, America's motto was purely secular, "E Pluribus Unum" (From many [come] one). E Pluribus Unum was chosen by a committee of Jefferson, Adams and Franklin. Many Americans mistakenly assume our founders chose "In God We Trust" as the motto, but nothing could be further from the truth. Our founders were committed to a secular government. For most of U.S. history, our money was likewise free of religion. To read the rest, click here.
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