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back when i was in high school i was in deca...i won national trophies for public speaking.......upon gradrution...i was offerd a scolarship to a major college....for public speaking.....but the elders conveinced me to go into the pioneer service...i did a dead end job to cover expenses...and it became my permant job when i got married a copule of years later.....with no college...and almost no help to find another job...to rake care of my wife and three kids...i feel i might have thrown my life away....well onr good thing about being on dialsys is ill get an education.donald
Yep, alot of members on this board missed out on a higher education because of WTBTS policies on getting one (which they are apparently in the process of flip flopping on). Then as the obligations that go along with having a family mount, it gets harder and harder to find the time and money to get one.
Oh, and Welcome donald.
after working on it for a year.
now the judicial comittee thesis committee has two weeks to decide if it's good enough.
if not i don't graduate until they say it's good enough.
Congrats Chris, let us know the results when you get them.
i have a mom who would rather me not go to college, keep me locked up in the house, and just serve jehovah.
i have a weak dad, instead of her being subjected to him, he's subjected to her.
he's on my side on most of the part but he's just weak on setting her straight.
didnt get accepted for the navy scholarship.
What kind of Navy scholorship did you apply for? If it was the acadamy there is no way you would have made it in. You have to have connections to get in there. At your point in your life I would seriously consider inlisting in the Navy or the Airforce. If you go Army or Marines it is almost a sure bet you will be pounding ground in Iraq. In the Navy you can do 4 years and get the GI bill that is good (I think you could do it on a 3 year enlistment also) for about $40K. As long as you pick a job (choose a rate) you can get more schooling when you get out of boot camp. All of the schools you goto in the navy are good for some credits. Plus you will be getting a paycheck and out of your parents house. If you have a job where you have extra time you can get 100% tuition up to 12 credits a year.
I hear the Airforce has good educational benifits also but I don't know much about the AF programs. Something to think about.
CYA
witness abuse
are jehovah's witnesses covering up child molestation?
by joy lanzendorfer
on the long run jehova will do what is justice to the people who have done wrong
So it's all right to destroy childrens lives because Jegoober will get the bad guy in the end? WTF kind of logic is that? Your a complete F'ing moron, and I hope you never have children and if you do I feel so sorry they have a parent with that kind of thought process.
witness abuse
are jehovah's witnesses covering up child molestation?
by joy lanzendorfer
they have there reasons why, we don't know but on the long run jehova will do what is justice to the people who have done wrong
Goose pull your head out of the sand. They kept/keep doctrine in place that directly protect child molestors in the congregations. The 2 witness rule. And DF'ing ones that slander the upstanding brother child molestor by bringing to light in the congregation about his activities. Elders warning families from going to the police because it would bring reproach on Jegoobers name, even threatening with DFing if they do. If they wanted to protect the children and keep the congregation safe from these predators, they would make it mandatory to go straight to the police with any allegations of sexual abuse. But wat does the WTBTS do? ONLY REPORT IF REQUIRED BY LAW....BUT CALL BETHEL FIRST.
So go back to your PEDO PARADISE and waite for Jegoober to take care of the problem. In the mean time untold amounds of children are being preyed upon by pedos, destroying thier lives, over the WTBTS covering up this problem so as to avoid "not to bring reproach on Jegoobers name." costly lawsuites as long as possible.
my wife was born in the jw religion but was never baptised.
she is currently studying and is on the road to baptism.
i am an atheist, and i have little comprehension of the bible.
Just on a side note. Start preparing for the worst case. If she jumps into the JW religion with both feet, they (the JW) will drive a wedge in your marrriage that might/probably not be recoverable. It might take years or it might start right of way. By the way the study conductor sounds it might start sooner rather than later. Just do what you can financialy and legaly to prepare for a possible divorce. I am not trying to fill you full of doom and gloom just making you aware of what the outcome eventually is in many cases like yours. Some marriages make it and some don't, it doesn't hurt to prepare for "just in case".
On a brighter note, you couldn't have come to a better board for the wealth of knowledgable people here. If your wife isn't to sucked in yet she might see the WTBTS for what it really is. All of the info given so far is outstanding material and they will come at you with stuff that will be over your head as a person with little bible experiance. Just post away on this board and you definatly get the "academic" truth about JW dogma.
Good Luck
Heatmiser
hey there...here is a cool site...sort of like the google for job searches.... http://www.indeed.com/.
it will bring up recent job postings from several job boards, including newspapers etc.... to get the most out of your search, click on advanced search you can even search by company, location etc.
and the stuff it brings back is in a nice, neat format.
What kind of industries do you recruite for?
there was an elder that i was out in service with one afternoon and durin lunch we got into a discussion about vegetarianism.
i am a vegetarian and have been since having a "bad experience" with meat.
(i don't care if others eat it, i just don't like it...so no judgements from me.
I guess the scifi guys I knew never received that memo......lol
there was an elder that i was out in service with one afternoon and durin lunch we got into a discussion about vegetarianism.
i am a vegetarian and have been since having a "bad experience" with meat.
(i don't care if others eat it, i just don't like it...so no judgements from me.
Hell, there has to be technological advancments in the new system so all the dub scifi fans can build thier interstellar and intergalactic space ships to explore Jegoobers mysterious universe provided for humans so they won't get bored living forever just on earth.
