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  SAD news about OOMPA......

  by redredrose in

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  our friend, oompa, has passed away.

  just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.

  it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.

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  I am totally stunned! This religious cult has destroyed too many people. My heart goes out to the ones who love him. May the rest burn in hell if there is such a place.

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  New guy on the block

  by danno in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am new to the forum, but i have been lurking in the shadows for a couple of months.

  i found this site because my mom accidentally bookmarked it on my computer.

  my mom doesn't realise that i know she has been posting.

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  Danno,

  If you took your flight training at PFT (that's where I went) then we live in the same part of PA.

  Good luck in your endeavors.

  HappyDad
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  Do you ever just start CRYING for apparently no reason?

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i spoke to a friend of mine about this not too long ago.. we are "of a certain age".. the subject came up somehow.. .

  i'll be watching a tv commercial or i'll see some people in a park or a simple passing thought will suddenly induce a profound.

  sense of---well, how to describe it?

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  The only comment I can make is....yes Terry. It happens to me sometimes for all of the reasons you stated. I will be 66 in less than 5 months and for the past couple of years I have realized that I am changing physically, and not for the better. I wonder what will be in the next few years not only physically but financially. Will I wind up in a senior "wharehouse" where I'm not really taken care of?

  I see young families and think of the time I was in that position. My heart aches at times that I don't have a companion. Oh yes, I have a lot of friends and some of them are lady's. But I haven't met one that I want to be with permanently. At the end of the day, I'm always back in my apartment looking at four walls.

  However I am very lucky to have a daughter who loves me and is always after me to move to Florida so I can be closer to her. Her reasoning "jokingly with tongue in cheek" is that I'm not getting any younger and if it comes to the point......she can't fly up to Pittsburgh to change my diapers.....so I need to be by her.

  One thing I have to do is to spend more time thinking of all the good that has been and still is happening to me post WT. I'm a very lucky man. In the past 5 years or so, I have already lost friends who were younger than me to cancer, heart disease and other malady's.

  It's just one day at a time!

  HappyDad
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  Let's Discuss Ray Franz's Books

  by Recovery in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been repeatedly pleaded with to read the books of ray franz in my short stay on this board.

  apparently these are all the all-powerful, wt crushing arguments, that lead so many to leave jw's and become ruthless opposers of god's people.

  we can discuss any claims/statements/scriptural arguments presented in either of his books, as long as it somehow proves jehovah's witnesses are not god's people.

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  Recovery,

  Who gives a shit about scriptual debate? Most of us had our fill of it for decades. I for one don't ever want to debate scriptures even though many of my past posts talked of only "still" being a Christian.

  Debate time is in the past. It is now time for living my wonderful life with whatever years I have left.

  HappyDad (an aging senior)
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  Went to the DC with my wife.... WHY OH WHY???

  by Cinciguy74 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, in a tit for tat agreement with my wife to do something i wanted to do, i agreed to go with my wife for saturday and sunday to the district convention.. for most of the day, i simply read other things, paying little attention to what was going on.

  my wife could care less if i am paying attention, more that i am there to wrangle little ones who are being distruptive so she can listen.. but one of the things i did catch, was that they highlighted "four satanic teachings".. one of which was that "you need a higher education to succeed in this world".

  so higher education is now satanic??

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  Cincyguy74,

  You have a PM.

  HappyDad
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  Muslim Stores in Dearborn enforce new dress code!

  by Diest in

  1. social
  2. current

  fury at muslim biz dress codes.

  by gary buiso and kate briquelet.

  last updated:1:10 pm, july 22, 2012. posted:12:57 am, july 22, 2012. j.c. ricepain in the neckline:hana dagostin (left) and ivana saftic balk at a dress code posted for a pharmacy on lee avenue in dearborn, michigan.

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  Ohhh! They can violate constitutional rights but let an American businessman require everyone who comes into his/her busuness speak English is wrong. Looks like our forefathers and us as well, are going to be flushed down the toilet. And the liberal bleeding hearts here are probably jumping for joy.

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  The Question you have been waiting for.....!

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  somebody you think you know well enough to trust writes you a big check.. the check bounces.. they don't exactly apologize, but, give a plausible explanation.. they then write you another check on a different account.. since you believe them very trustworthy you accept it graciously.. .

  on the strength of their reputation and assurances you deposit the check in your own account.. from there you proceed to pay for various necessities, mortgage payment, insurance and childcare expenses.. the check bounces again!.

  your checks, consquently, also bounce!.

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  Terry,

  This is great! I sure envy you mind. Thanks for keeping us thinking.

  HappyDad
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  Surprising 5 graduate degrees that don't pay off

  by Scott77 in

  1. social
  2. current

  5 graduate degrees that don't pay offby kathryn hawkins bankrate.com .

  123456>5 graduate degrees that don't pay offin today's tough job market, many recent college graduates are enrolling in graduate programs to enhance their credentials and gain an edge with hiring managers.

  in some cases, the tactic may lead to lucrative job opportunities.

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  My advice to any young person getting out of high school is to go to a trade school and become a plumber. No matter how technichal the world gets, you still need a license to unclog a toilet. The bottom line on the main thing that a plumber tech needs to know is that crap flows down hill and the hot is on the left and cold on the right. And yes..you will get dirty.

  Ok.....now that I made a funny.....remember that it takes a lot of knowledge to be a plumber and I am not putting the trade down whatsoever. How many master degreed idiots know all the different fittings and pipe sizes and the building codes that a registered master plumber needs to know to even get a license for his/her business?

  I know several plumbers making 6 figures a year and they are happy.

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  I've been enlightened.

  by Emery in

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  2. friends

  ive been lurking for quite sometime and now feel the need to come and noob it up.

  it's taken a lot to bring me to read anything critical of the wts.

  i used to glance at these apostate sites and shutter in fear because of the obvious demonic venom that can be found :) i am still an active witness and have been in this struggle to stay both in and be removed mentally from this organization.

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  Welcome and get ready to learn the truth about the truth.

  I'm 65 years old and spent over 30 years knocking on doors and trying to convince myself that this was God's organization. Wrong!

  I wish you the best.

  HappyDad (from near Pittsburgh, PA)

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  Flipper Jr. & Flipper Sr. Leave Child Abuse News Releases at Kingdom Halls

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  of course everyone knows about the news of the candace conti child abuse case which has gone viral , ( one would have to live in a cave, under a rock, or another planet not to know about it ).

  that being said - it may very well be that those jehovah's witnesses who do not use the internet, or read newspapers, or in simple english are neanderthal's, still living in the 19th century or before , out of fear of negative reprisal from wt authorities may have not even heard about this case because they are in the habit of not watching the news or using the internet.. so- with those particular type of people in mind my son flipper jr. & myself decided to print up about 20 copies of the candace conti child abuse lawsuit from the england daily mail issue , here's the link : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160605/candance-conti-molested-jehovahs-witnesses-member-age-nine-wins-28milion.html?ito=feeds-newsxml .. so what we did is since we are doing some out of town jobs in several counties we figured we'd leave these child abuse news releases under jw car windshields at kingdom halls while they are out in field service.

  we left about 15 so far at 3 different kingdom halls under car windshields .

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  Good job Mr. Flipper!

  HappyDad