Posts by adjusted knowledge

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I received my acceptance letter into Nursing School.

by adjusted knowledge in

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i've been actively pursuing a career change for quite a few years.

i've applied for nursing programs at several local public colleges.

the competition is high for this limited access program.

adjusted knowledge

I've been actively pursuing a career change for quite a few years. I've applied for nursing programs at several local public colleges. The competition is high for this limited access program. There was 450 application and they accepted 80. I was one of them. I'm so appreciative, because the alternative was the private schools, which have a tuition of $50,000 vs the $7000 for the same program at the public colleges.

I'm planning on applying to University of Florida's PA program once I get a few years of experience in the nursing field. There is also another program at a nearby college that transitions PA into a medical doctor program. I know this route is a very long way to become a medical doctor, but I can't afford not to work 7+ years to earn a medical degree. I can still earn income taking the path I currently have planned.

I will resign my management position in May, and gave notice to my employer yesterday. I didn't get any encouragement from them, but instead they mocked me. Several higher management telling me I'm throwing away 20 years with the company. I know I will take a hit in pay and lose a lot of vacation and benefits, but I feel so much happier now. My wife also is applying for a LPN program this year. Anyway, just wanted to share to maybe encourage others to pursue your desires. I'm 38 years old and been with the same company for twenty years. I have two college degrees that are in business and management, so this will be an entirely new path for me. I know very little in the health field, but eager to learn.

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First law of thermodynamics vs God vs Big Bang

by EndofMysteries in

first law of thermodynamics, that energy cannot be created or destroyed but changed from one form to another.

how does that fit in with god and the big bang to you?

does it make one make more sense then the other to you?

adjusted knowledge

I didn't know we had so many PhD Physicists on this board.

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Funny story about dumb JW rules

by cookiemaster in

some years ago (the year when i got baptized), i was at a district convention (or whatever they call them these days) with my best friend.

he had a part in one of those acting parts at the convention (i have no idea the term jw's use for them in english).

anyway, we were both seeing through the bullshit of the borg but weren't aware at the time of this forum or other "apostate" groups, nor of the full extent of the perversity of this religion.

adjusted knowledge

I was baptized in 1992 at Plant City, Florida. After I was baptized I met up with my JW friend who was an Elder's son. He was given the privilege to guard a door. He needed to use the restroom, and asked me to watch the door. I agreed, but this Elder in charge of security asked me if I was baptize. I informed him I was, and in fact got baptized today. This pious, righteous, and hand pick man of God, told me, "Oh well that's not long enough to have this privilege." That was the beginning of my awakening. Quite funny, the day I began to awake was at age 15 on my baptism.

I began wandering the assembly hall after that incident, and noted so much hypocrisy. One notable example of nepotism and elitism was the room where contributions were counted. Inside this room was the Elders counting the money, but also were the Elders' wives and children. I wasn't allowed in there, being the son an unbeliever. There were four and five years running around, mothers breast feeding, and a nice cliche of the social elites.

I wonder if this behavior still exist? Anyone still active know if these things still go on in the local Halls and Assemblies?

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Ayn Rand - Opinions?

by cappytan in

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for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

do you think she's a charlatan?

adjusted knowledge

I was forced to read her book, Atlas Shrugged, for philosophy class. It was a very long read for a 19 year old with little attention span. I didn't give it much thought back then. I still have my copy from 1996, and read it again a few years ago. I can see why conservatives would hold some of her ideology in high esteem. I only know about her as an author, and the discussion I had in college some 19 years ago. I will watch these videos later tonight.

I understand that Any Rand supposedly is the founder of Objectivism philosophy, with the main principle of laissez-faire capitalism. I don't see how this is a new concept. All one has to do is research the history of American capitalism in the early 19 hundreds. Read about Standard Oil, and see what happens to a society that has no regulation, or government intervention.

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JW Table at My Student Center Today, My Response

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they're baaaack!!!

jws "tabling" at my student center again, first time in over six months.

i wonder if the fact it's been 15 degrees out had anything to do with it?

adjusted knowledge

I sometimes see the JW on my college campus. They didn't have a table or cart, they just stood there with their magazine in hand. It seem like a complete waste of time.

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The Theory Of Everything

by 88JM in

question: should able-bodied actors play characters with disabilities?.

i got myself into a bit of a quandary over a discussion on a facebook group.

it was partly based on this article in the guardian:.

adjusted knowledge

He wasn't fully disabled at age 21; it was a rather slow progression compared to others.

A healthy man acting the part of a disable man; is called acting. Too many people whine about non-issues.

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Are we heading for III World War?

by abiather in

the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

adjusted knowledge

The book of Daniel I found to be an interesting read, and the prophesies in that book made sense to some degree. It has been argued the book was written after the events occurred.

The book of Revelation reminds me of the writings of Nostradamus. By creating symbols throughout a prophesy, any time an event occurs you can claim it was prophesied by substituting the events with the symbols.

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What is the furtherest your car group traveled to a return visit that counted as time?

by adjusted knowledge in

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growing up i lived in the middle of florida in the southern part.

i had a friend whose father was an elder, and would stay at their homes during the weekends.

one of the "rules", as we all know jw love rules, was that who ever spent the night had to go out in field service on saturday.

adjusted knowledge

Growing up I lived in the middle of Florida in the southern part. I had a friend whose father was an Elder, and would stay at their homes during the weekends. One of the "rules", as we all know JW love rules, was that who ever spent the night had to go out in field service on Saturday. At first I dreaded the idea of being forced into field service. My dad wasn't a witness and my mother wasn't uber, so I had little pressure at home. But it turned out not to be a big deal.

The Elder would do a return visit on Saturday to a gator farm, out in the middle of no where. It was an hour drive, and mostly entailed us watching gators be fed and harvested. So, one return visit was 2 hours in driving, and about 2 hours of BSing.

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Which of these activities bothered you the most?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

which of these activities did you hate/bothered you the most?

rank them from 1-5 with the most hated to the least.. .

field service.

adjusted knowledge

Field service was the worst. I enjoyed the assemblies, because my family rarely did anything together. It was nice to get a "vacation". It would of been so much better if I had an Ipad, but Steve Jobs was only pumping out the Apple IIs back then.

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Did you go to your prom or belong to a "worldly" club while you were a witness?

by minimus in

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i didn't go to the prom but i did belong to a chess club until the awake article said it was a war game and suggested true christians wouldn't play such a game.

adjusted knowledge

I didn't go to my prom, nor developed any natural friendships with my peers. I wasn't allowed any extracurricular activities that was school related. I did join a small local chess club. An Elder taught me chess and I became a solid player. I was never a master of the game, but I eventually was able to beat this Elder. He then scolded me, and said I spent too much time on chess.