Posts by LV101

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If You Had The Choice To Live Anywhere In The World or Any State Where Would You Be?

by minimus in

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friends

i do like the usa but winters suck!

florida has some charm but it gets brutal with heat and humidity.

california is too looney.

LV101

NV - perfect weather except for few summer mos. Cali and Utah few hrs. away to cool down -- even few areas in oven-hot Arizona (few minutes outside Flagstaff) have cooler areas in summer -- not Phoenix! Cali is "looney" but my home country. Hope it improves but it is very concerning.

I think if I relocate from Cali I'd like to live part time in Seattle - I love it and it's not as "looney" as California -- almost -- but nice cosmopolitan city w/great food/shopping/rain - lots of water all around. Nice lifestyle - everything in walking distance.

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Do You Think Prostitution Should Be Decriminalized?

by minimus in

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friends

in the us there is a bill in the house of representatives to decriminalize prostitution.

what do you think about that?.

LV101

Many are into weekend prostitution and fly in and out of Vegas returning to their home states and careers on Sunday night - hard to believe but it's true. This is nothing new - don't know how it could be decriminalized.

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Email from JW relative/elder

by Lynnie in

as much as i enjoy you and pete's company, you also know our understanding of how much we want you to be reunited with jehovah and his people.. .

we did not set the standards for what jehovah says about our associations with those who choose to not serve him.

so we will always be there for you and pete, but it is in your hands as to how we can enjoy your friendship.. .

LV101

"his wonderful loving organization" -- are you serious!! The most evil org I've ever been around and all in the name of a god that only approves of people under the spell of following men of corruption.

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Upon learning of a terminal illness would you return to being a JW to appease your family?

by NVR2L8 in

this is an hypothetical question...i am doing well.

but i was thinking about how my jw family, grandchildren and all will feel when their inactive grandfather dies with no hope of being reunited in paradise.

of course there would be immediate rejoicing if i came back to the "truth" and a surge of conditional love from the "friends".

LV101

NOPE, never! Heard of a husband who attended few yrs. ago with his wife when her cancer had reached terminal stage. There was, of course, negative JW chatter how he was only there for her and had no intention of ever being a JW.

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The Holidays Are No Big Deal Anymore

by minimus in

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friends

you used to hear christmas music blaring on every radio station.

not anymore.

people used to jam the roadways and malls to do their christmas shopping and now it’s no big deal.

LV101

It's a beautiful season but I'm counting the days to resume normal life -- it's time consuming but enjoyable. I've noticed some neighbors' homes aren't as glitzed up as in the past but they're probably cutting back due to busy-ness/age, travel to visit family, etc., and dealing with workmen/lighting cos, etc., decorating, time consuming - or did too much last year! It's a lot unless you're under 50!

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FlyingHighNow

by Ex-Witless in

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friends

hello forum.

my aunt, flyinghighnow, has passed away.

i don't know if you remember her, but she was a long time member.

LV101

My condolences -- sorry for the loss of your Aunt.

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Do You Think “Higher Education “Is All That??

by minimus in

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friends

as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.

i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.

it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.

LV101

NoAbuse -- here's an idea: Check out your local community college for course on gibberish.

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Do You Think “Higher Education “Is All That??

by minimus in

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friends

as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.

i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.

it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.

LV101

Min - you are spot on re/very difficult (actually impossible with the left rhetoric starting in elementary/primary school now) for a student to challenge any professor today. Child development-brainwashing 101. You don't wanna know how liberal Lewis & Clark was even 90s (forever) when member of family attended - unreal. Very expensive education - one very serious liberal college and today it's not unique. I think many non-religious folks are considering these religious-oriented colleges. With the student loan crisis these colleges keep raising their tuition/costs, instructors have easy pay increases (minimal work - some very minimal work) - what difference does it make because the handout game continues. It's a cash cow circus.

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'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

by punkofnice in

at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

LV101

One experience was a doctor who had to bloviate how bad higher education is -- avoid it and just serve the cult. The speaker could not believe nor many of us. What a sick cult.

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How Many of you Remember Mr. Rogers Neighborhood?

by Sea Breeze in

just saw the movie "a beautiful day in the neighborhood" with tom hanks as fred rogers.

excellent acting and story-line.

it brought back many fond memories as a child.

LV101

Mr. Roger had to qualify as a Christian compared to JWs! JWs are the antithesis of christians who love and do all they can to shelter, feed, clothe, provide medicine, etc., to their neighbor but the GB Goon Squad has determined not to be a good Samaritan - imagine that! More divine revelation and more money for them to squander and live in luxury.

It would take more than kindness and compassion for JWs to grow their base in this country. Most people are clueless about them but what little they do know keeps them running (and alive) from it.