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  The Issues...Why do most people take such an inflexible stand?

  by Nazgul in

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  now that ive left the borg im making up my mind about many social issues and i cant see why people have to be so polarized.

  abortion- i dont think we should tell women what to do with their bodies (so im pro-choice there), but i think late term abortions where they just chop the head of a fully developed unborn baby are criminal.

  (so im with pro-lifers there).

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  Atilla

  Luke warm water doesn't sell very many books now does it? As Jesus said, I spit it out of my mouth or something.
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  Useless Facts

  by natalienu in

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  2. friends

  do you find that you have a fantastic memory when it comes to useless info?.

  what is one fact you know that is totally stupid and pointless?.

  mine is: cow's can't vomit.

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  i was baptized on february 29th... haa haaa

  Thank goodness, but I honestly have no idea when I was baptized. They always said that was the most important date but I could never even remember it when I was a dub let alone now. As far as useless info. goes, I don't believe in such a thing. I guess call it my thirst for knowlege, but I like to know everything, every little tid bit.
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  Just thought I'd introduce myself, finally!

  by TrailBlazer04 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was never "in" the wts, but my husband's x-wife and children are jw.

  he never was...it's a long story, but between the "religion" and other stuff, she's managed to inflict so much damage and pain on him that at one point he was suicidal...so much for "christian love", ya know?.

  looking forward to talking more, if that's ok with everybody!.

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  Welcome, sounds like you have a complicated situation there. Sometimes it can even be more frustrating for someone like you that has no real prior experience with JW's and their wicked ways. I can only imagine what family reunions are like. Well, best of luck and I would encourage your husband to check out this site if he hasn't already.
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  How To Ruin Your Financial Health

  by Atilla in

  1. social
  2. current

  cbs) author and finance expert ben stein's new book, "how to ruin your financial life," is a tongue-in-cheek look at money and financial planning.

  in it, stein lists 55 rules to help readers figure out what kind of financial shape they're in.

  stein tells the early show co-anchor rene syler, ?people know that there are a million books, telling them how to get rich.

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  CBS) Author and finance expert Ben Stein's new book, "How To Ruin Your Financial Life," is a tongue-in-cheek look at money and financial planning. In it, Stein lists 55 rules to help readers figure out what kind of financial shape they're in.
  
  Stein tells The Early Show co-anchor Rene Syler, ?People know that there are a million books, telling them how to get rich. My book tells you how to get poor and ruin your life. If you recognize yourself in it, you?re doing something wrong. Turn around and do the other thing.?

  I saw this and instantly thought, hey he missed one.

  Rule no. 56 to ruin your financial health, Become a Jehovahs Witness, or maybe that is obvious to everyone on the outside. Maybe I should get a copy of this book for my parents along with C of C.
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  Can I rant/rave, please?

  by Candlestick02 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry i've been mia for a while.

  started a new job and i'm swamped.

  i'm only taking out time now during lunch to get something off my chest.

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  Unfortunately, sometimes older people are nieve when it comes to finances or how the real world works, but the problem is only compounded when you are old and a witness. I wish I could help my parents sell their house right now, but I really just don't know where to start, so I stay out of it. My only fear is that I will end up taking care of them in the future because they didn't plan things out.
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  We saw the President today

  by Mulan in

  1. social
  2. current

  we just got home from visiting friends and family in new york state for 5 days.

  we spent a few days in buffalo (dirty city, grungy and depressing) but we did have a great lunch yesterday, of buffalo wings at the original restaurant where they first served them.

  and we saw the president's plane arrive this morning about 40 minutes before we boarded our flight.

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  It was cool. Huge plane amongst a bunch of tiny jets and 737's. Security was tight and an armed helicopter was circling the airport for an hour. It was BIG, red, and you could see the machine guns.

  Ok, this is exactly what is wrong with the office of the presidency, it has gotten too big. This president and the presidents before them have gotten too important, too big for their britches. They fly all around the world and the country with this huge entourage and arsenal acting like they are a god and we must worship them. Well, I'm sick and tired of it, plus they are wasting our money. There is a need for security but there is also a need for humbleness. We don't need the president acting more like a 3rd world dictator every where he goes with a huge army. For instance, other heads of states such as Tony Blair often even fly abroad on a simple leer jet with only a couple body guards, not a whole army. Plus, essentially every president pretty much uses Air Force One as a campaign platform for the whole year leading up to the election, why should we have to pay for this? Everyday, millions of dollars are wasted just so the President can get to D.C. to say Buffalo, pathetic.
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  My last post will be on 4/22/04

  by Brownboy in

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  now is your chance to post your true sentiments.

  this date will be my last post.. feel free to ridicule, humiliate, scorn, ravage, or whatever you all are used to..................as a disciple of christ, i should expect it.. brownboy

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  We both wake up in the middle of the night and see them flashing on our clocks

  Do your alarm clocks have green or red led displays and have you tried replacing the batteries?
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  My last post will be on 4/22/04

  by Brownboy in

  1. watchtower
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  now is your chance to post your true sentiments.

  this date will be my last post.. feel free to ridicule, humiliate, scorn, ravage, or whatever you all are used to..................as a disciple of christ, i should expect it.. brownboy

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  Atilla

  I wonder if you could apply this schedule ahead dating to other sins say like sex. For instance, you confess to the elders that you are having sex out of marriage and say you know it is bad and that you are going to stop, in a few days. No sense in going cold-turkey.
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  The JW Effect ? Lack of life planning

  by Gopher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as jw?s we were taught that the day of jehovah was always near.

  we were to keep it close in mind.

  those using the world were not to ?use it to the full?.

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  Well, duh, but atleast my parents still got me braces, explain that one.
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  How Do You Make Friends Now?

  by exjdub in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  codeblue's thread about the teenage years made me start thinking about another aspect of being raised jw.

  in the org we had ready made "friends" by virtue of our affiliation.

  i found that after leaving jw's it was hard to meet people and it took me a long time to make friends.

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  Atilla

  The normal way-that of common interests not common religion.