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  When you're broke! Tricks (legal) to make quick cash.

  by formerout in

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  2. friends

  this is not just a curiosity question.

  this a real-life scenario... unfortunately mine.

  i have not pulled a brownboy thing, but i used to be on as outbutnotdown (lost password and was registered on expired email account).

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  The WTBTS's proactive steps at preventing child molestation.

  by formerout in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  brobennett, you made this comment in another post:.

  breeding pedophiles are more common in other religions since they are kept in circulation and not taken out of the religion.

  by the way, brobennett, do you have kids?.

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  Your favorite quote about religion/God?

  by formerout in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i was going to add this to a comment to a post of mine in rune's topic "why?

  " (if anybody was paying attention to it) but i figured i would start my own thread on it.. i have always liked quotes, especially very profound life lessons revealed in a short quip.. one of my favorites is by michel de montaigne: .

  "man is surely stark mad.

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  What is your most ridiculous example of being shunned?

  by formerout in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was just having lunch in a wendy's near my house an hour ago.

  an elder and his wife entered and got in line to order without seeing me seated in the eating area.

  after a minute the wife turned and saw me.

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  What makes people really excel?

  by formerout in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just watching nightline (i think it was) with diane sawyer.

  the stars from ocean's twelve were on there.

  i am not a person who normally gives too much praise to celebs or athletes but these guys/gals (brad pitt, catherine zeta-jones, andy garcia, george clooney, matt damon and don cheadle) were pretty brilliant.

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  "Kids say the darndest things."

  by formerout in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have personally been reading a lot more of the "serious" posts lately and thought it would be good for me (and hopefully others) to share a bit of humour.

  i will start by telling a funny little story about what my six year-old daughter said this weekend:.

  i played touch football this fall on weekends.

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  How do the people who run the WTBTS Society view the Org.?

  by formerout in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  quite often when reading some of the topics and posts i see comments about how all the big-wigs at the wtbts care only about the printing company, etc.

  i have been accused of being a little too naive or trusting in the past, but i tend to think that even a lot of the higher-ups in the kh's and even at bethel believe that it is in fact the one true religion.

  i tend to believe that a very small percentage of them figure that it's just a way to make money, etc.. what do you think?

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  Best to worst...... as far as religions go.

  by formerout in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have spent a fair amount of time in court lately.

  lawyers and their so-called absolute "logic" is interesting.

  they lie and call it "justified reasoning" in order to comply with their most important oath of doing the best for their client, axe murderer or not.

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  I go to Court tomorrow for Sole Custody..... I'm excited but scared too!!!!

  by formerout in

  1. social
  2. family

  i am writing this partly to get straight in my mind how i want to present my material tomorrow, since i am representing myself.

  but i would also love any advice that you may have to help me (other than get a lawyer.... lol... not an option unfortunately).. my ex-wife and i got separated on april 24, 2003. i spent over $12,500.00 on lawyers just to get to see my kids.

  she tried everything in the book to try to prevent me from seeing them, including lying to the police and having me thrown in jail for a night, calling children's aid on me 9 times, (all not substantiated), and most recently by trying to hire someone to beat me up.. we ended up having a settlement conference on june 22, 2004, from which twenty-nine different orders were made, including joint custody with primary residence with her, that my children were ordered to not go to the kingdom hall anymore, access times, support, not moving away, etc.

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  How imporatant a role should "The Past" play in our lives?

  by formerout in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are always opinions on whether/how much we should dwell on the past.

  in my experience with my family, both before and after my exit from jwism, they have continuously told me that i should not dwell on the past.

  i admit that i have always had what would seem to be "total recall".

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