Posts by mysterio91

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Bad news about the house. : /

by Elsewhere in

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i have been holding off making a public announcement for awhile because i have been waiting for all of the paperwork to become official... but the company that is building my house has been dragging their feet, trying to delay the inevitable.. the bottom line is this: i won't be able to buy the house.

when i was doing contract work, i was making x amount of money.

i had anticipated a pay cut caused by my becoming a permanent employee, but the pay cut turned out to be more substancial than i had anticipated.

mysterio91

Keep in mind that 28% is what is usually allowed for you mortgage. 36% is allowable as your total debt-income ratio. There are a lot of factors to consider before making this decision. Do you have a car payment? Do you plan on having a car payment? Do you have revolving debt? Student/Parent Loans..etc? If you don't, 33% is not unreasonable. But of course, the biggest factor is your comfort level.

Don't completely rule out renting for a year, if necessary. A lot of people will tell you it's better to own a home you don't want than to rent, but that's usually not the case. Depending of rent prices in your area, your short term goal may be to spent the least amount of money possible. Mortgage loans are so front loaded with interest, you hardly pay any principle the first few years. Now assume your appreciation is $10k for one year (I think that's generous based on my area). Sounds great, but after paying realtors, and transfer stamps (based on your area), you may be upside down. So if you own a house for less than a year, you may actually have to pay to sell it.

I'm sure you'll make the right decision. I've had a few interesting experiences buying and selling, I just wanted to add my perspective. Good Luck.

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Did you ever report yourself to the elders for wrongdoing?

by booker-t in

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i remember when i got baptized in 1983 i tried to forget about a sexual encounter that i had had while i was going over my baptismal questions.

the night that i was going to confess all to the elders a friend of mine in the same congregation was "reproved" for conduct unbecoming of a christian.

before the reproof was read the elders gave a 20 min talk on premarital sex that was going on in the congregations.

mysterio91

The only thing I ever confessed to was getting drunk. I was 16 years old and came home drunk one night. I puked and passed out on my parents bathroom floor. The next day, my mom made me call the PO of our Cong and confess. Nothing really happened as a result, but I felt really stupid for having to confess such a dumb thing.

A couple years later, my roomate and I had a party that got kinda crazy. One of the girls confessed what she did. At the time I don't even think I was attending the meetings anymore, but the elders were after me for a year. I never met with them, despite all their letters, and my mom begging me to sit down with them. The girl that confessed got df'd and later told me confessing was the biggest mistake of her life. They asked her all kinds of detailed questions about our encounter. They are perverts. I never got df'd though.

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U.S. Witnesses can make the difference in the 2004 Election

by joe_from_kokomo in

dear friends:.

most witnesses do not vote, and have not done so for many years, although strictly speaking current watchtower policy does not forbid voting in a political election, but rather leaves it as a matter of conscience.

so, it is up to each witness to decide for themselves if it is ok to vote or not.

mysterio91

Had other Witnesses of similar viewpoint voted, we would not be in a war in Iraq now. Think about it.

I thought about it, and I'm glad you didn't vote.

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Babylon the Great 2005 theory

by CYRUS THE GREAT 2004 in

september 8

september 19

september 21

mysterio91

I think 2520 is BS anyway... nobody ever accounts for the leap month. You have to add 30 days to one of those seven years. Bumps the number to 2550. Hey wait. Maybe that's why Armageddon hasn't come. Anyone wanna join my new cult?

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How To Personally Defeat the Watchtower, Lurkers!

by metatron in

so, you wanna "leave the 'truth", huh?.

let's examine the two options:.

you dissassociate yourself - and what happens?

mysterio91

I did the fade... I think it has worked out nicely. My JW family members are always trying to encourage me to come back. This gives me excellent opportunities to "ask questions" that only makes them think harder about JW propaganda. My latest was "How do we (and I still use the word we... it shows my good intentions...haha) get to the year 1914??. I couldn't do this if I was DF'd.

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Start of the '7 times' period in Daniel

by Noumenon in

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hi - would be grateful for any info on what russell and the early bible students believed as to when the '7 times', 2520 years, prophesy in daniel 4 started.

specifically, did they hold that the supposed 2520 year period started with jerusalem's destruction in 586/607bce or babylon's destruction in 539bce, and why?

mysterio91

A little off the subject, but how come the seven times in interpreted as 2520 years?? I thought that at the end of every 6th year, under the 360 day calendar, there was a leap month of 30 days. If there were seven times, equal to days of years, why isn't the number 2550 (to include a 30 day leap month)??

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Did you get a better job and/or obtain higher education after leaving JW's?

by Thechickennest in

mysterio91

no... jah stopped blessing me after i left... yeah right!!!

i went to school even though it was "discouraged", so i haven't had to change careers... yet.

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Which dog breed do you like?

by Panda in

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friends

well , with so many posts about pets i thought i'd ask this question.

we have 3 great pyrenees dogs.

the oldest is 11yrs and the youngest is 4yrs old.

mysterio91

English Bulldog... or a Boxer

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How Many Hours Do You Work?

by Englishman in

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friends

just curious.. todays "times" says that americans do most things one hour before the brits do.. americans, it says, start work at 8am, brits rarely before 9 am.

american lunch is at 12 noon, the uk is 1pm.

american dinner is at 6pm, uk eats around 7.. but how many hours do you need to actually work?.

mysterio91

I work from 7am to 4:30pm Mon-Fri... with every other Friday off. I have a half hour lunch break. 15 vacation days a year, and 7 sick/misc personal days. 7 paid holidays.

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2am visit from elders. Car chase!

by kwintestal in

to get a break from my jw parents when i was 17 (i'm 25 now) i took an apartment of my own.

i was working full time and going to school.

a busy schedule that allowed me to miss meetings without them constantly hounding me.

mysterio91

:The elders basically singled me out because I was the only one of my friends with a car and dubbed me the ring leader of the Slutty Girl Movement) :

It's hard to be a leader... you should be proud...lol

I was also the "ring leader" of the young brothers at the hall. It was stupid because I would get talked to for everything they did wrong. It's like the elders wanted to make an example of me so bad, they were going to pin other people's "wrongdoings" on me.