once again, no good unless you live in the US. There are other people in the world you know. When I post something applicable to just Brits, I acknowledge the fact.
ballistic
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How do you feel about paying TAX?
by sleepy ini just had a shock today when i realised that i had just paid too much tax for last year.
i had forgotten to add almost 1000 pounds expenses to my tax return.. oh yes i'm going to get some money back.but should i be so hasty, this money will go toward policing , education and many other important needs of society.. maybe it would just go to some corrupt official or politician who will spend it on a slap up meal.. so how do you feel about paying your taxes.
are they too high or not high enought.. are there any better ways for keeping countries running smoothly.. also what taxes do you pay in other countries?.
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New member
by aprostate inwell heres my story and i'm sticking to it :).
my grandmother became a witness when my mom was a teenager.
my mom became one when i was 4. that would be in 1954. i remember going to the international convention in ny at the yankee stadium and polo grounds.
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ballistic
gland to make your aquantance.
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Announcing the Great Apostate Song Contest.
by Mindchild ininspired by district overbeer valis and his smurf sticker contest, i decided to up the ante and announce a song contest for all you so inclined to play.. what i have in mind is this: take any recorded song you like, even the dreaded jw kingdom songs, and redub them to something much more fun!.
if you have a cool bastardized song (well that is what valis says it is called when you do this) then we can try it out at some of the apostofests that seem to be popping up like crazy all over!.
what do you win?
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ballistic
tune wars was a web site which specialised in this with hits like "what if God smoked cannibis?" instead of the actual song lyrics. I think they released some albums too. I'll see if I can find the web site.
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Announcing the Great Apostate Song Contest.
by Mindchild ininspired by district overbeer valis and his smurf sticker contest, i decided to up the ante and announce a song contest for all you so inclined to play.. what i have in mind is this: take any recorded song you like, even the dreaded jw kingdom songs, and redub them to something much more fun!.
if you have a cool bastardized song (well that is what valis says it is called when you do this) then we can try it out at some of the apostofests that seem to be popping up like crazy all over!.
what do you win?
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ballistic
what? do you mean songs from kingdom melodies?
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How do you feel about paying TAX?
by sleepy ini just had a shock today when i realised that i had just paid too much tax for last year.
i had forgotten to add almost 1000 pounds expenses to my tax return.. oh yes i'm going to get some money back.but should i be so hasty, this money will go toward policing , education and many other important needs of society.. maybe it would just go to some corrupt official or politician who will spend it on a slap up meal.. so how do you feel about paying your taxes.
are they too high or not high enought.. are there any better ways for keeping countries running smoothly.. also what taxes do you pay in other countries?.
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ballistic
What weas interesting was that not a single reply came from Great Britain from where you posed the question.
What I would like to ask those in the US is how do you feel having to pay for health care (medi care do you call it?) on top of taxes? It is included in our tax even though the service we get flucuates between areas and medical diciplines and is the subject of much controversy?
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Average age of apostates survey.
by sleepy ini thought it might be a good idea to find out at what age or after how long we descided to leave the watchtower.. prehaps we my find a patern in it which we could use .. i think what we need to know are ,.
1.age you left the watchtower.
(or age you found out it was wrong).
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ballistic
baptised at 13, disfellowshipped at 22 and still thought it was the truth for another 2 years or so before coming to my senses. Thank God that one of their sickening practices (disfellowshipping) actually frees people from the brainwashing... the truth shall set you free.
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Giving Up Smoking
by ballistic ini'm giving up smoking on the 22nd.
it will be the third time, but this time as part of a government sponsored training course with drugs and patches supplied etc.
anyone else given up and got any helpfull advise?.
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ok, I still havent had a cig and it's now 2 weeks and 2 days. I have saved 75 pounds minimum in money, and starting to feel so much better in the lungs region.
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What about apostates?
by jerome inquestion from a non jw.
when you were an active jw how did you think and feel about apostates.
well not any apostate like anyone disfelloshipped but the ones whom.
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ballistic
Even after I had left the truth and was disfellowshipped, it sent shivers down my spine just reading web sites like this. I thought I was letting the devil into my heart. It was very chilling.
It makes me very aware that new people here may feel very wary.
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4 Employment Openings 4 Ex-dubs
by Mindchild inplease note: this is not a fluff post.
this is actually a career opportunity.. job description and qualifications:.
four positions open to work with an international for profit foundation doing business in the college textbook industry.
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ballistic
It does sound great, but I'm also wrong side of the pond and I do already live on a kind of island LOL. Sorry.
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Can I Introduce..'Rummy'...New Poster
by ISP inyes, i would like to introduce a long standing friend of mine who has stopped attending meetings.
he missed out on education opportunities because he pioneered at 16. he stopped when he was 24. by then it had taken its toll.
it had cost him his marriage.. isp
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ballistic
hi and welcome.
You are lucky to have the moral support of a friend in the real world. Some of us have come a long way on our own and have only discovered web sites later on. I still don't know any "ousted" persons in my area and have been unable to make contact with anyone that I know to be disfellowshipped. I do have a lot of real friends (you know - the so called worldly ones) but I hang out here so much 'cas most of the peeps here know what I've gone through.