I did, but then I was six years old at the time of my indoctrination. I had a lot of questions for the Elders in regards to the above questions. I asked them will their be an angel assigned to every human to save us from accidents? There are so many ways to die and illness is just one of many. My child's mind couldn't understand how we wouldn't die from natural disasters, deadly microbes, and interstellar threats.
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Who REALLY believed in the idea of living forever on earth??
by stuckinarut2 inseriously.....even when you were 100% in "the truth", did you really believe in living forever?
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Graduating college May 14. Update on Getting my GED and going to college thread from 5 years ago.
by noni1974 inhttp://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/187163/getting-my-ged-can-go-college.
i started this topic 5 years ago letting everyone know i had decide to get my ged and go to college in hopes of getting an education so that i could have a career instead of just a job.
i wanted fulfillment and a future, not just another job that has no really future in it.
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Congratulations! I'm working on my BS in Health Informatics. I like the various programs several colleges have that incorporate certificates into their programs.
Good Luck on your future goals.
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ATL Teachers Sentenced to Prison in Cheating Scandal: Can the same charges be used against leaders of the WTBTS?
by Wild_Thing infirst of all, i stand in support of the teachers ... sort of.
this system of over testing in america, connecting test scores to monetary rewards or punishments, and threatening teachers with their job over test scores is directly to blame for the environment created where teachers and administrators felt pressure to cheat.
but at the same time, they lost their integrity and cheated.
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I agree with you about majority of teachers wanting to have a positive impact on children, but none of these convicted teachers will serve 20 years in prison. Two of them will spend 7 years in prison. I feel anything more than two years is harsh. The judge would have been much more lenient if the remaining teachers would of taken responsibility.
My father was a teacher for 28 years, and a Superintendent for 16 years. Each county and state are different in how Superintendents are selected, but for my father it was an elected position. I as a voter, father of a child, would have no qualms if my father was sentenced to prison if he did as these so call educators did.
The justification that their jobs are hard, low paying, and the testing is unfair is no excuse for what they did. Could we not argue that in most lines of work cheating would make our jobs easier? For example, I was over food compliance at my former employment, and I had multiple check lists that I had to complete daily. Imagine if I just checked the box, but I never performed the task. If your child got sick from listeria, I'm sure you would want me held accountable.
Standardize testing is very important for children to master. The reason being is it surely will be required if they want to pursue higher education in America. To enter college I had to take the SAT. I wanted to take a few courses towards a MBA degree, and was required to take the GMAT. Just to get into nursing school I had to take the TEAS and HESI nursing entrance exams. Since I have degrees, but not in education, I can still teach, but am require to pass the FTCE/FELE.
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ATL Teachers Sentenced to Prison in Cheating Scandal: Can the same charges be used against leaders of the WTBTS?
by Wild_Thing infirst of all, i stand in support of the teachers ... sort of.
this system of over testing in america, connecting test scores to monetary rewards or punishments, and threatening teachers with their job over test scores is directly to blame for the environment created where teachers and administrators felt pressure to cheat.
but at the same time, they lost their integrity and cheated.
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Wild_Thing and DesirousOfChange, could you please state the name of any of the defendants that actually received a 20 year sentence.
I believe they deserve jail time. The reason is the ones being sentenced went to trial, because they wouldn't admit guilt. They committed fraud and received financial gains based upon their deceit. The judge tried working with these defendants and even after being found guilty allowed them to work out deals.
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Biggest SCAM in the history of mankind - [except for Watchtower]
by Esse quam videri inyou may find this of interest.
how money and greed really work.. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25210y_the-biggest-scam-in-the-history-of-mankind-hidden-secrets_tech.
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How our currency system works is no big secret, nor the fact that the Federal Reserve is a private entity. Having a currency backed by the gold standard will not work in our current global economy. One of the reasons President Nixon took us off the gold currency was that other nations were converting our dollars to gold. In other words, we had to send our gold to those countries.
The system we have in place is also what allows small business and big business have access to currency for R&D, expansion, and growth. Though I do believe the system is rigged, I do ask when such videos are posted, is what is your alternative?
I think a bigger problem to the wealth gap in our society is our tax system and the handling of inherited wealth.
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Tsarnaev guilty - should he get death or not?
by Simon ini think he probably will (it is the us after all) but i hope he doesn't.
he caused incredible pain and suffering to men, women and children who had never done anything to him.
many died in unimaginable agony, others are disabled for life.
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For those that think he will be killed in general population or by prisoners, need to realize he was tried in a federal court. He will be given a federal sentence, either death or life in prison. In federal prison he more than likely will spend 23 hours in a personal cell.
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Watchtower Reports on Child Sexual Abuse in Other Religions
by steve2 inis there a thread devoted to outlining year-by-year every published watchtower and awake!
article on child sex abuse scandals in the churches of christendom?
if so, how far back does the organization's literature go on this topic?
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Blood Transfusion: Letter of Understanding
by defender of truth inhttp://ajwrb.org/science/blood-transfusion-letter-of-understanding.
"every parent among jehovahs witnesses worried about how local watchtower appointed elders will respond to letting their child have blood transfusion without opposing it should download this letter of understanding and be ready to hand a copy to them.
then ask those elders to leave them (the parents) and doctors alone to concentrate on the childs best interests.".
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Active posters: What education have you had, what degrees do you possess?
by EndofMysteries infrom so many posts and conversations on here, you'd think over 1/2 the posters here possess doctorates in theology, physics, biology, etc.
i'm curious aside from the books and research people have done here, what degrees they have.
to start, i just got an aa and going straight through full time to an mba.
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adjusted knowledge: Though I think credentials are important and add weight to a person's argument, I also think a well read person with life experience is just as qualified
I disagree. Although it can be true. The problem is that where are they getting their reading material? Is it an accredited source of information?I was mainly referencing non-professional undergraduate degrees.To complete a BS degree at a state university in a variety of fields is not exactly difficult. It just requires a time commitment at least in the USA. To receive a liberal arts degree in history doesn't make you any more qualified or educated in history, than a person who is well read. A professional degree in accounting, engineering, medicine, nursing, ect.. is a different scenario. Most of the topics I read here is in relations to philosophy, religion, biology, and evolution. I don't expect many of our posters to have PHd in those fields.
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she passed faithful to the end to them!
by jookbeard injust found out (second hand of course) and by someone on here that my faithful jw mum passed away within the last couple of days, dont know the exact day, and what cause, she spent the last few years living with my fanatical sister, she was 65 and survived my father by 10 years, bitter, angry and hateful till the end and never as so much enquired or asked how her 2 grandchildren ever were , they are 5 and 7!
feeling a mixture of emotions right now, they were lousy parents in all honesty, she suffered health wise so maybe its for the best, dont even know when the funeral is!
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Sorry to hear/read on several levels. So many on this board have had similar stories. Makes me appreciate that my mom is not a fanatical witness, and my father never became one.