Why Do People Stick Their Heads In The Sand?

[TimeWarpWife]

I talked to my stepmother a few days ago and she was telling me about friends of hers whose granddaughter is going to be working at Disney World in Orlando for the summer. Being that she and this couple are Jehovah's Witnesses, I thought it was odd they'd be happy about their granddaughter working at DW. I asked her why this young woman would want to work at a woke place like DW, especially with gay pride month coming up in June. To my amazement, neither my stepmom nor her friends knew anything about DW and its support of the ABC perverts. She said this whole family just loves DW and often takes vacations there, the granddaughter in particular loves it. I don't know exactly how old this girl is but it sounds like she's probably around 17 or 18. I let my stepmom know about Disney's full-on support of homosexuality, surgical mutilation of gender confused children, etc. and their having homosexual characters in their so-called family movies now. She hadn't heard about any of it, and even said that she and the members of the Kingdom Hall she attends purposely lead sheltered lives, not wanting to know about all the evil going on in the world. She also told me that this girl is very naive and has been very sheltered by her mother and grandparents and this is the first job she's ever had. I told her if this girl is that naive and sheltered, she really doesn't have any business going to Orlando and working at DW, especially by herself. I also shared some other things going on in the world like the Grammys salute to the devil and the Bud Light nonsense. She was ignorant of all of these things and was very upset. Upset to the point I asked her if she'd prefer I not tell her the evil going on in the world when I talk with her - she said yes that she'd prefer not to hear about it.

I understand not wanting to hear about the evil in the world, but I don't think it's a good idea to stick your head in the sand about it either. I haven't heard back from her as to whether this girl will still be working at DW this summer, I hope not. She said she was going to let her friends know what I told her. I also understand about wanting to shelter your children from this evil world, but at some point they're going to become adults and they need to be able to live in this evil world without succumbing to it. Of course, children raised by true bible believing Christian parents will be biblically prepared to face this world and know how to deal with it. Sadly, someone naive and sheltered, like this young woman, is not going to know what to do when confronted by evil.

 

[SJ129]

As a parent, I totally get it. It’s frustrating that people are so… unaware!! It’s a full time job monitoring what my children read, watch, listen to, etc. We gave up tv generally speaking. Our rule is- the remote stays on the parents hands, and tv time is only for grown up or the whole family. (We do watch documentaries or Biblical shows sometimes). Books are a huge issue with my 13 yr old. Because I used to, generally, let her read what she wanted. That’s before I found out how much filth is subtly being put into even CHILDREN’S books. So now she sees it as me being “controlling”.
As for your stepmother’s friend, it it a tightrope knowing how much to tell children about current events (in order to teach them a Biblical worldview so that they know what they’re up against) yet not to DWELL on these negatives all around. It’s a fine line. I haven’t found it yet. Sometimes I think we discuss current events (and how certain things are unGodly) too much with our kids. But how else will they know if those discussions aren’t had?

 

[lightofmylife]

I talked to my stepmother a few days ago and she was telling me about friends of hers whose granddaughter is going to be working at Disney World in Orlando for the summer. Being that she and this couple are Jehovah's Witnesses, I thought it was odd they'd be happy about their granddaughter working at DW. I asked her why this young woman would want to work at a woke place like DW, especially with gay pride month coming up in June. To my amazement, neither my stepmom nor her friends knew anything about DW and its support of the ABC perverts. She said this whole family just loves DW and often takes vacations there, the granddaughter in particular loves it. I don't know exactly how old this girl is but it sounds like she's probably around 17 or 18. I let my stepmom know about Disney's full-on support of homosexuality, surgical mutilation of gender confused children, etc. and their having homosexual characters in their so-called family movies now. She hadn't heard about any of it, and even said that she and the members of the Kingdom Hall she attends purposely lead sheltered lives, not wanting to know about all the evil going on in the world. She also told me that this girl is very naive and has been very sheltered by her mother and grandparents and this is the first job she's ever had. I told her if this girl is that naive and sheltered, she really doesn't have any business going to Orlando and working at DW, especially by herself. I also shared some other things going on in the world like the Grammys salute to the devil and the Bud Light nonsense. She was ignorant of all of these things and was very upset. Upset to the point I asked her if she'd prefer I not tell her the evil going on in the world when I talk with her - she said yes that she'd prefer not to hear about it.

I understand not wanting to hear about the evil in the world, but I don't think it's a good idea to stick your head in the sand about it either. I haven't heard back from her as to whether this girl will still be working at DW this summer, I hope not. She said she was going to let her friends know what I told her. I also understand about wanting to shelter your children from this evil world, but at some point they're going to become adults and they need to be able to live in this evil world without succumbing to it. Of course, children raised by true bible believing Christian parents will be biblically prepared to face this world and know how to deal with it. Sadly, someone naive and sheltered, like this young woman, is not going to know what to do when confronted by evil.

I think so many people think the rides are fun, and don't think about the other side of what they represent. DW is a moneymaking place, and this world is about the love of money. A lot of people are not using discernment in their decision making. It is anything goes with them. I don't respect DW because they are part of the crowd that supports the gay agenda.

 

[TimeWarpWife]

My stepmom is 78 years old, but when it comes to life, it's like she never got passed 16. She ended up taking a hammer to her cellphone one day, destroying it, because she was so upset and frustrated she was getting calls and texts all day long and half the night. The reason was that she answered every call and text, whether she recognized the # or not. She said 99% of these calls and texts were from people wanting her to buy things or donate money to their charities. I repeatedly told her not to answer calls or texts from #'s she didn't know and if she did, to hang up on them when she found out it was a scam call. She kept saying she couldn't do that because it was impolite. I suggested if she couldn't hang up on them, that she simply tell them, "Thank you for calling, but I'm not interested" and then hang up. Evidently, she didn't do that either. She got a new phone and said she no longer answers calls and texts she doesn't recognize. But she still reads every email she gets, even if she doesn't know the person or company, and will click on any link sent to her. I warned her about the dangers of that too, but she doesn't seem to want to take my advice.

 

[lightofmylife]

My stepmom is 78 years old, but when it comes to life, it's like she never got passed 16. She ended up taking a hammer to her cellphone one day, destroying it, because she was so upset and frustrated she was getting calls and texts all day long and half the night. The reason was that she answered every call and text, whether she recognized the # or not. She said 99% of these calls and texts were from people wanting her to buy things or donate money to their charities. I repeatedly told her not to answer calls or texts from #'s she didn't know and if she did, to hang up on them when she found out it was a scam call. She kept saying she couldn't do that because it was impolite. I suggested if she couldn't hang up on them, that she simply tell them, "Thank you for calling, but I'm not interested" and then hang up. Evidently, she didn't do that either. She got a new phone and said she no longer answers calls and texts she doesn't recognize. But she still reads every email she gets, even if she doesn't know the person or company, and will click on any link sent to her. I warned her about the dangers of that too, but she doesn't seem to want to take my advice.

She sounds like a curious person, and wants to know what everything is about.

 

[TimeWarpWife]

She sounds like a curious person, and wants to know what everything is about.

Actually, she's not very curious at all. She grew up during the 1940s and 1950s, so she was raised with a worldview of respecting your elders, always being polite to people, believing what anyone tells you without question, etc. This isn't a bad thing, but you can't be ignorant of how the world changes around you, sadly getting more evil, and you're still this naive, trusting person whose going to get taken advantage of at some point. Unfortunately for her, she still lives with that worldview. Until she was 27 and she married my dad, she was living at home with her mother ~ who had always "ruled the roost" even before her husband passed away ~ and their relationship was literally like that of child and parent. Meaning, she never made any decisions about anything on her own, her mother made them for her. Even when she was married to my dad, she never made her own decisions, it was always my dad who made them. I know sometimes he'd get frustrated with her because he really wanted her opinion about something, but she didn't have any opinions of her own. It was really sad. Even now, she's remarried and her husband makes all of the decisions, of course, he's nothing like my dad and enjoys making every decision. He doesn't bother asking my stepmother's opinion about anything. Even when they go out to eat, he doesn't ask her where she'd like to go, it's always where he wants to go. Obviously, I'm not crazy about this man.

 

[mphsmom]

I have been to DW 5 times in my life before it turned. I always lamented that we could never afford to bring our daughter there, but now, even if I could afford it, I wouldn't take her there for anything.

As to sharing with our children, we need to know what is going on in the world, we need to share it with our children (age appropriate), and we need to teach them what is right and what is wrong according to God. When my daughter was in high school, they were just starting all this alphabet garbage. She was hugely supportive of it and called me all sorts of names and fought with me. I didn't stop sharing with her. I questioned her and told her to defend why she thought all this stuff was right. Every time I found out something new, I would tell her about it. Now, by the Grace of God, she has come to see the light of the evils in this world.
I just pray that all the seeds I have planted with her grow. She has asked Jesus to be her Lord and Savior 3 times in her life, but each time it was when she woke up from a terrible nightmare. Every time I mention God she tells me to shut up, because I am always talking about Him. I pray she turns to Him in earnest.

 

[kathymendel]

I think many people "stick their heads in the sand" because they are not motivated to learn anything. They won't search
for answers, they won't consider learning from the mistakes of the past......... they have not been raised to take responsibility for
anything....... Hopelessness abounds for our young people today, and they see no use for motivation.
People coast their way through life doing only what is absolutely necessary, and not one thing extra.

And, I think tptb are using this in these last days. They are making changes that are affecting peoples' ability to have a
good job, being able to travel and see how the rest of the world lives, using propaganda to keep people from seeing what
is really going on around them, undermining our access to good healthcare, causing decline in our food availability..
I could go on and on,.....

EVERYTHING just screams that the last domino has been put in place, and something will happen any minute that will start
the chain reaction when they all fall. I believe that something will be the rapture. I just pray that it is very soon.

 

[Baby Yoda]

I think many people "stick their heads in the sand" because they are not motivated to learn anything. They won't search
for answers, they won't consider learning from the mistakes of the past.......

I have friends, family and coworkers who are not unwilling to learn, but they don't want to know. They don't want to believe what's right around the corner. They don't want to believe in all the evil that's spreading further and wider. I try to spread seeds and can only hope they help.

 

[JoyJoyJoy]

She grew up during the 1940s and 1950s, so she was raised with a worldview of respecting your elders, always being polite to people, believing what anyone tells you without question, etc. This isn't a bad thing

I know a lot of women brought up in that Era who are/were the same....and brought their daughters up the same way. Very submissive.
Is your mama a JW?
As far as DW goes, I haven't been in years but it was so much fun. My grandkids have been and even went on a Disney cruise. I hate that it supports the alphabet agenda. Even so, if I were physically able to go with the kids one year, I might would do it.
I am hiding behind my chair, so go ahead and throw tomatoes at me. ♡♡♡

 

[Wally]

Just ignore the elephant, its the imaginary dragon you cant see that is the problem.

Often we panic about the spider on the ceiling before the gator in the bath tub, but then that's one of the ways satan works.

 

[Wally]

The other way satan works is to make the problem someone else's.

Nothing like futility, ineffectiveness, or just not having the means to do anything , that encourages many to push off the problem onto other people or entities.

I pay taxes, they make the rules, let them deal with it.

So often we forget we are God's children. We have so much more than we think we do.

And the most effective is the easiest = Prayer.

Now to make it effective prayer, we need to be in His Word, fellowshipping with Him, and walking in obedience. That is where the hard work is.

And don't try to change the world. Start by picking up the trash in your own yard, then helping your neighbor with his or hers.
Its amazing how quickly you can make friends.

 

[TimeWarpWife]

I know a lot of women brought up in that Era who are/were the same....and brought their daughters up the same way. Very submissive.
Is your mama a JW?
As far as DW goes, I haven't been in years but it was so much fun. My grandkids have been and even went on a Disney cruise. I hate that it supports the alphabet agenda. Even so, if I were physically able to go with the kids one year, I might would do it.
I am hiding behind my chair, so go ahead and throw tomatoes at me. ♡♡♡

Yes, and sadly she's fully indoctrinated and there's no reasoning with her biblically.

 

[lightofmylife]

The main reason people stick their heads in the sand is because they don't want to deal with reality. They don't want to face what is really going on in the world.

 

[MikeD]

After nearly 40yrs of truck driving I've recently retired and stay home. One of the MANY reasons I retired was seeing all the horrible things going on in this country. So many things have changed so much! Yet I take great joy in the promise of our Blessed Hope - Jesus Christ - Who is so soon coming to take us home! So many things may be "woke" and all things seem to be going straight to hell, our Blessed Assurance could NEVER be taken from us. What a blessed joy that will be!!

 

[WiseVirgin]

I talked to my stepmother a few days ago and she was telling me about friends of hers whose granddaughter is going to be working at Disney World in Orlando for the summer. Being that she and this couple are Jehovah's Witnesses, I thought it was odd they'd be happy about their granddaughter working at DW. I asked her why this young woman would want to work at a woke place like DW, especially with gay pride month coming up in June. To my amazement, neither my stepmom nor her friends knew anything about DW and its support of the ABC perverts. She said this whole family just loves DW and often takes vacations there, the granddaughter in particular loves it. I don't know exactly how old this girl is but it sounds like she's probably around 17 or 18. I let my stepmom know about Disney's full-on support of homosexuality, surgical mutilation of gender confused children, etc. and their having homosexual characters in their so-called family movies now. She hadn't heard about any of it, and even said that she and the members of the Kingdom Hall she attends purposely lead sheltered lives, not wanting to know about all the evil going on in the world. She also told me that this girl is very naive and has been very sheltered by her mother and grandparents and this is the first job she's ever had. I told her if this girl is that naive and sheltered, she really doesn't have any business going to Orlando and working at DW, especially by herself. I also shared some other things going on in the world like the Grammys salute to the devil and the Bud Light nonsense. She was ignorant of all of these things and was very upset. Upset to the point I asked her if she'd prefer I not tell her the evil going on in the world when I talk with her - she said yes that she'd prefer not to hear about it.

I understand not wanting to hear about the evil in the world, but I don't think it's a good idea to stick your head in the sand about it either. I haven't heard back from her as to whether this girl will still be working at DW this summer, I hope not. She said she was going to let her friends know what I told her. I also understand about wanting to shelter your children from this evil world, but at some point they're going to become adults and they need to be able to live in this evil world without succumbing to it. Of course, children raised by true bible believing Christian parents will be biblically prepared to face this world and know how to deal with it. Sadly, someone naive and sheltered, like this young woman, is not going to know what to do when confronted by evil.

People stick their head in the sand because knowing the truth messes with their enjoyment of the world. If they know and believe the truth, then they can't enjoy the rides anymore. "Don't tell me any more! I have a season pass! DWorld is the only place where I can enjoy myself! I bond with my grand-kids here! This is good, clean, fun!"

Also note that JW stick their head in the sand about who Jesus Christ is: "Don't tell me any more! I've been going to this Kingdom Hall all my life! All my friends are here! We're good people! How can you say that Jesus was God in the flesh and that He paid for my sins on a cross and rose from the dead and He is the only way to Heaven and I have to be 'born again'? That's ridiculous! Jesus is not God! Jehovah is God! I'm going to Heaven because of my good works, as I strive to be one of the 144,000 [...even though I'm not Jewish, not male, not a virgin, speak with guile every day and haven't been sealed in my forehead by an angel...]"

People put their head in the sand like children put their fingers in their ears. They don't want to know the Truth because they'll have to give up the lie.

"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." 2 Corinthians 4:3-4

"And the servant of the Lord [you and me] must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will." 2 Timothy 2:24-26

 

[lightofmylife]

I hear that Disney World is so proud of the gay movement that they Mickey and Minnie are dressing up in rainbow colors. They remind me of the anti-christ who acts like he is God, but he is a fake too. The rainbow belongs to the true God not the lgbtq etc. crowd. They use 6 colors, and God uses the perfect number 7.

 

[Everlasting Life]

Something to remember is JW's don't vote, therefore there may not be as much tuning into what's happening in the news which can result in unawareness.

 

[Matthew6:33]

One thing to remember is she is in bondage to the kingdom of darkness as a JW. She needs to understand and accept the gospel then she might care about staying away from evil.

 

[Tall Timbers]

And don't try to change the world. Start by picking up the trash in your own yard, then helping your neighbor with his or hers.
Its amazing how quickly you can make friends.

In my new neighborhood there apparently are two neighbors that each try to beat the other at plowing the snow off sidewalks and driveways of nearby neighbors. That's what my wife has told me. The day after I arrived here we got some snow and I saw a guy on the tiniest tractor I've ever seen with a little plow that looked like a toy to me. I started laughing at the site of it. That's one of the two neighbors helping out a lot of others. He's also the guy that winterized our sprinkler system and will teach me how. He wouldn't accept payment.

I brought a monster snowblower with me and may sneakily get snow cleared from the neighborhood while they're at work. They'll have to up their game now that I'm in town. Once neighbors learn I can solve their tech problems that'll probably become my good neighbor niche.