NomadSoul

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  Anyone else glad to see x-mas over?

  by eclipse in

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  i hated mine.. long story.. don't ask.. just glad it's over and glad stores are open again.

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  i always feel isolated and 'insecure' when civilization has ground to a halt because of a holiday.. i'm just ranting, need the stress relief.. hope your holidays were alot better than mine.. i am not looking for pity here, just needed to rant, thanks for listening.. .

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  I loved to see my little brother's and sister's face when they opened up my presents. It was great.
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  Your Vote counts here!!!!!

  by AK - Jeff in

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  <--------- my new avatar!

  still a tiger, but the human kind.

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  I have a theory. Please take my poll!

  by changeling in

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  i'd like you all to tell me 2 or 3 things:.

  1- were you raised a witness or not?.

  2-if you were, was your family very "theocratic" or not so much?.

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  1- Were you raised a witness or not? Yes

  2-If you were, was your family very "theocratic" or not so much? Very

  3- Where do you stand on religion now? Objectivist
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  Watch for me on T.V. !!!!! Da Bears!

  by whyamihere in

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  i'm heading to chicago, for the bears game this sunday.

  (early christmas gift from my brother) yes, i know they suck this year, right now i know there are a few of you saying sarcastically "this year?".

  now, i just need to make a sign!

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  Going to games is pretty exciting! I have gone to two different Cowboys games this past few months. I went to the Thinksgiving game courtesy of my Boss.

  It was go great, have fun!!!

  GO COWBOYS!!!
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  The Watchtower and Year 2012

  by NomadSoul in

  1. watchtower
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  i'm curios of what the watchtower society thinks about the year 2012. i think they russell should've used the mayan calendar, and not the pyramids.

  at least he would have something in common with the rest of the prophets.

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  I'm curios of what the Watchtower Society thinks about the year 2012. I think they Russell should've used the Mayan Calendar, and not the Pyramids. At least he would have something in common with the rest of the prophets.
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  I'm Happy to Live in a Christian Nation

  by BurnTheShips in

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  so whats your opinion on the article?.

  burn.

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  Sad to see just a few numbers. What I'm surprised is that here in America you don't see it.
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  I'm Happy to Live in a Christian Nation

  by BurnTheShips in

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  so whats your opinion on the article?.

  burn.

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  But I don't see muslims going out in public and condeming such actions.
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  Old People Rock

  by hillbilly in

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  how to call the police when you're old and don't move fast .

  anymore.

  george phillips of meridian, mississippi, was going up to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window.

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  I looked it up to see if it was true, and it is. But I did read this which was interesting....

  "The concept of telling a lie to get the police to a crime scene more quickly keys on a basic yet false assumption that if officers of the law are tardy in responding to a summons for aid, their seeming non-response is prompted by sloth. Police have to prioritize calls for assistance based on the comparative severity of presenting events and/or the potential for further harm to those involved. Under such a formula, investigating a stolen car report will never be on par with breaking up a domestic disturbance because the vehicle will remain just as stolen even if the investigation does not begin for a further two hours whereas the screaming and shoving match may turn into an assault with a deadly weapon if not broken up immediately. Likewise, putting officers on the still-hot trail of a rapist or drunk driver makes more sense than does sending those same officers to look into a "strange noises in my shed" situation — the one may get a danger to society off the streets before he harms anyone else, while the other would only a net a miscreant making off with a garden hoe."
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  My Experience.....

  by NomadSoul in

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  i was raised a jw since childhood up to the age of 16. at that age i decided that i didn't want to go to to the meetings.

  that decision was taken in lew of reading a lot about different philosophies.

  i didn't consider one philosophy to be right, but everyone of them had something that inspired me to be a better person.

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  Thanks to everyone for the encouragement and welcoming.

  This is great to find a forum with people I can relate to. So many topics to choose from. One of these nights that I'm free I'm going to sit down and post as much as I can.
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  My Experience.....

  by NomadSoul in

  1. jw
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  i was raised a jw since childhood up to the age of 16. at that age i decided that i didn't want to go to to the meetings.

  that decision was taken in lew of reading a lot about different philosophies.

  i didn't consider one philosophy to be right, but everyone of them had something that inspired me to be a better person.

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  NomadSoul

  I was raised a JW since childhood up to the age of 16. At that age I decided that I didn't want to go to to the meetings. That decision was taken in lew of reading a lot about different philosophies. I didn't consider one philosophy to be right, but everyone of them had something that inspired me to be a better person. It's amazing how some people see the world differently, and it's even more amazing reading about their views. Ayn Rand's writings, for example, gave me a whole new look as the world I knew.

  I went through a lot of emotions when I took that decision of not being a JW. My parents were hard on me at the beginning, and almost felt into a state of depression. As soon as I turned 18 I moved out and started working. I starting working in construction, which demanded 10 hours a day, 6 days a week for 2 years straight. Didn't have much time to read anymore, much less go to school.

  Some principles still stayed with me, like the Golden Rule that Jesus taught. When I was a JW I used to think that a regular man could not be as blessed if you didn't have God in your life. So that kind of stayed with me for years to come.

  One hot summer day while I was digging ditches for the crane's electrical line, I stood there thinking about my life and how it hadn't turned out like I wanted to. "By this time I would've been on my third year of college...." I said to myself, and daydreamed about how college life would've been like. I remembered Ayn Rand's book "The Fountainhead" and thought about the character Roark. How he worked in the construction doing range of things, and I got this huge inspiration to do my best in what I was doing.

  Since I've always been excellent at math I used that as my strenght point. I went out and bought myself an IT-83 calculator for $120, and used the programming feauture that it has (learned how to do it in High School). I started doing some small programs that helped me do field calculations. So in a year I just watched and took notes whenever I worked with someone that had to do such calculations and perfected my programs and where it would apply.

  Needless to say that they noticed that and asked me how did I do that. I showed them the thinking behind it and were impressed. In the next year I slowly moved into an office job where I'm now...I'm 24 and I have accomplished so much in 3 years, somethings that take other people working in the same field 10 to 20 years (Just speculating and I have been told that)

  I'm proud of the decisions I've made. This year I started going to College, and I'm so happy and proud of myself.

  I wish everyone of you the same luck that I've had.