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  How many true scholars/scientists are there really among JWs?

  by zagor in

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  this is a question i've been puzzled by ever since my days in the borg.

  everywhere i looked i saw tradesmen, cleaner, auto-mechanics here and there some computer technician.

  and i do know there are two doctors, one gp and one specialist in the field of drug rehabilitation.. i've heard stories of some being true scholars though.

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  An elder in a congregation I attended had a doctorate in planetary geology and worked for the USGS. He actually designed a portion of the mars rover, I think. He's written at least one article for the awake.
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  who escapes more often, those born into it or adult converts?

  by kid-A in

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  what strikes me on this board is the number of adult converts that have left the borg, either fading out or getting df'd.

  from my experience (i was born into it, 2nd generation, left before getting baptized) most of the faders or escapees were also like.

  me, born into it, never really accepted it and just bowed out at the first opportunity.

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  I was almost born into it. My mom got baptized when I was 2. It took me 8 years to leave after I got baptized, though.
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  anyone watching the tour de france?

  by lucky in

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  we've been watching it on oln.

  if you're watching, do you want lance to win?

  or are you rooting for someone else?

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  Yeah, I'm watching stage 11 at the moment, too. I agree, yesterday was just awesome. My husband's been rooting for Jan Ullrich (I think he does it just cause I'm rooting for Lance, and for some reason it really bugs him that Lance weighs his food (although he definitely approves of the Sheryl Crow as girlfriend thing!)) But even he had to admit that Jan's days are probably numbered.

  We always watch the three hour recap in the evening and have to avoid the media all day so we don't accidentally see or hear the results. Usually it's not a problem since cycling isn't too popular here, but yesterday they kept bringing it up on NPR when I was driving home from work (and I had to quick change the station), so I figured something big must have happened!
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  anyone watching the tour de france?

  by lucky in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we've been watching it on oln.

  if you're watching, do you want lance to win?

  or are you rooting for someone else?

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  lucky

  we've been watching it on OLN. If you're watching, do you want Lance to win? Or are you rooting for someone else? (I'm especially curious about all you non-Americans)
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  Putting an offer on a home........(law ?)

  by love11 in

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  to make a long story short- last saturday, we put an offer down on a house.

  then sunday and mon.

  we did some research on mortgages and decided that we could get a better rate of interest if we waited till next spring to buy a home.

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  I was under the impression (at least in our state) that even if your offer is accepted, you have 24 hours to change your mind about signing the contract.

  If you HAVE already signed the contract, having recently gone through a hellish house-selling experience in which three subsequent buyers backed out of their contract with us (and we only received the deposit on one of them, and only then after we took him to small claims court), I can say from experience (at least in my state) that the law is definitely in favor of the buyer. Another option, if you have already signed the contract, (less than ethical, in my opinion, but it was used on us) for you is to go ahead and pay for the house inspection, and make sure that the inspector finds something unacceptable with the house. You can either flat out refuse to buy the house because of the defect (depending on what the defect is - this will probably be listed in the contract and may include pests or repairs over a certain dollar amount) or you can demand that the homeowners fix the problem. If they refuse, you can legally back out of the contract. Not pretty, but it was used on us (the inspector said that the house had "massive" pest damage, (which was later confirmed by an actual pest inspector to be non-existent), and the buyers sent us a letter saying they were no longer interested in buying the house. We had no legal recourse against the buyers and we didn't get to keep their deposit.

  I know from experience that buying a house can be a big strain on a relationship. My suggestion is to go make up with your hubby and not stress too much. I think it will all work out ok...
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  The first day you found this site.....

  by PaulJ in

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  how did you feel?

  what was your situaltion with the jw's?.

  personally i had left by daing myself 2 and a half years ago.

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  I had been out for about three years before I had the guts to type "Jehovah's Witnesses" into google. I made it here after about 24 straight hours on Randy's site. My heart was beating a mile a minute.
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  Why are beards so bad?

  by bother_forever in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whats with the idelology behind jws that "bro's" with beards are undeserving of privledge and advacemet in their f**cked up org?

  what jesus never had facial hair?

  i remember hearing comments like " yes he's a lovely bro, but he'll not be used by the cong because he needs to shave his beard".

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  my younger brother recently grew a beard. I think it's his passive-agressive way of avoiding privileges in the cong. He used to do the mikes and work at the literature counter and say prayers, and conduct the meeting for field service, etc., but they've taken all that away since the facial hair appeared.
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  Trying to get people to "support" pioneers!

  by LongHairGal in

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  2. experiences

  this was one topic that used to make me furious!

  here the bible makes it perfectly clear that back then they supported their own ministry by working.

  there is also the scripture about "counting the cost" implying that one should not undertake any project without making an assessment as to whether or not they could do it.

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  I pioneered for a number of years in both a relatively wealthy, suburban congregation and in a poor, rural congregation. I don't remember ever getting anything in the way of handouts from other members of the congregation. I was flat broke the majority of the time. It was such a relief to finally get a real, full-time job after college and leaving the borg, and not have to worry so much about money.
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  Any "Miraculous" experience happen to you like the ones said at Conventions

  by soundbox_guy in

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  i had to sit through those experiences at the convention, i was wondering, did any of you used to be one of those people on stage giving an experience about how something miraculously happened like getting the exact amount of money you needed to pay your rent on the day it was due?

  i always hear the stories, but can anybody actually tell me something like this has happened to them when they were a good little witness?

  and if it has, did these sort of "events" stop taking place after you left?

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  ButterflyCharmer and Kittyeatzjdubs - I heard that car story when I was young, too. It was almost exactly like the one you related, Kitty.
  
  Here is a true story: When I was pioneering one month I didn't have enough $ to pay my electric bill (what a surprise) and I was filing some misc. papers and bills away and I came across a check for almost the exact amount that I needed that was a refund from apparent overpayment of my car insurance, like six months earlier. I felt sure that it was a miracle from Jehovah.

  When I was growing up we had this sister in our hall who would pray for a sign from Jehovah about EVERYTHING. One time, we were having a garage sale and we had a couch for sale and she kind of wanted it. She said that if we hadn't sold it by the end of the day it would be a sign from Jehovah that she was meant to buy it. Well, lo and behold by the end of the day, we hadn't sold it. I think my mom ended up giving it to her for free.

  My aunt is a very religious non-dub and she seems to be always having "miraculous" events occur to her. She is always telling them to my mom (her sister, devout jdub), which makes my mom squirm.
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  Are young JWs staying in or moving out of the borg?

  by zagor in

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  2. friends

  really, just wondering if new generation of dubs is mostly faithful or tempted to try it all out.

  are they faithful to the mother borg or are they starting to question it all.

  i mean 10 to 20 years ago it took ages to come across some undesirable info about the borg, but now it is everywhere.

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  I was actually discouraged when I received a picture and letter recently from a sister in a former congregation of mine. The picture showed all the smiling young people in the congregation after the memorial. All of the kids that were in the 5-15 age range when I lived there about 10 years ago are still in the org. (and they were all in the picture, so I don't think she's making it up), and according to the letter, most of them have become either auxiliary pioneers, regular pioneers, ministerial servants, or bethelites. Even the ones I thought would be out for sure because their parents weren't too strong are apparently doing great. It was pretty discouraging, but this is a small congregation in a very rural area, so maybe it is an anomoly.