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  Cars...our first true love?

  by Billygoat in

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  just for fun - and on a more fun/lighthearted note - i have a few questions to pose:.

  1. what was your very first car?.

  2. what car are you driving now?

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  ChuckD

  My first was a 1962 VW Beetle. I had many other Beetles, busses, and a Karman Ghia since.

  I currently drive a 1993 Infiniti J30t, with 190,000 miles. Best auto investment I ever made. Still runs like new, and looks great.

  I wish I had a 911S from the early or mid-1970's. The great irony is now that I can afford what they cost brand new back then, I can't afford what they cost used now.

  I also have this little gem sitting in my driveway, waiting for the time and money to permit a restoration:

  Alas, the cat is no longer with me.
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  Ex-JW atheists

  by Vienna in

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  i know there are lots of atheists on the board, so i'm curious what attracted you to becoming a jw in the beginning.

  personally, i feel a bond with all ex-jws (and to those of you doubting) since we have gone through the same things.

  so my question is not being sarastic, but i'm curious as to why you are where you are.

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  ChuckD

  Having been "born into" the organization, I was never given that choice. Like most witnesses, I very much believed in God and everything else that those whom I trusted taught me. But when I began to discover how untrue most of their teachings were, I began to look for proof - or at least some evidence - before believing anything else. And I found there to be very little evidence to support a belief in God.
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  WT and Ghostbusters

  by Moxy in

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  the jw obsession with demons has been a theme of late, but i haven't heard much about the wt views on the physical processes actually involved in demonic activity.

  ever heard of ectoplasm?

  you know, like 'i've been slimed!

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  ChuckD

  Your excellent post deserves a reply. I am sorry I missed it the first time around.

  I remember thinking this stuff was bunk even when I was in the fold, and now that I have some distance from it it is clear to see what was going on. You are quite right - this is all the work of con-men, and the folks at WBTS are as gullible as the next person, perhaps more so. When they present stuff like this as "scientific evidence" of their superstitions, it is almost painful to read.
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  How many of you should be working instead of this

  by bboyneko in

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  c'mon, 'fess up.

  shouldn't you be workin'?

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  ChuckD

  Oh, if it were only true! I am actually waiting for the phone to ring, with an offer of an exciting new project. My last assignment wrapped up in mid-July, and I am between assignments right now.

  cd
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  Help? Response about freeminds

  by mpatrick in

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  can anyone help me respond to this post.

  i have to say there are far more knowledgeable people here than i. it can be found at:.

  * http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardid=2437&discussionid=72677.

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  ChuckD

  Larc,

  From what I have been told it wasn't from the cross-dressing itself. I understand that the real reason he was terminated was because he had been embezzling company money to buy the women's clothes he used for this. Can someone please verify this? I don't want to spread any rumors without having facts to back it up. I could be wrong, though. Perhaps the stolen money was just used for tiaras and feather boas - not the hosiery.
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  Deer in highlights

  by joelbear in

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  i am stuck.

  my job is probably going to go away in the next 4 to 6 months due to our company being acquired and my job responsibilities shifting to people in the acquiring company.

  i have been with this company for 12 years.

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  ChuckD

  Joel,

  Have you considered using the knowledge you have of banking to do something on your own, or perhaps joining some firm that supplies products (software, for example) to banks? I know that there is a lot of demand for banking support systems such as those which track commercial loan convenent compliance.

  cd
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  teejay, the "ex-JW" in Good Standing

  by Kent in

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  in the thread help!

  !- jt asked to become a mason!, teejay writes:.

  an elder's wife daycares my daughter.

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  ChuckD

  Last Tuesday.... Why, I was....I was, .... doing something very immoral. Honest. I was being blasphemous, and fornicating, and that car parked at the KH that looked like mine...... well, it wasn't!
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  young people today

  by tdj2112amg in

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  what do you think is wrong with young people today?

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  ChuckD

  4. Don't listen to decent music (Beatles)

  FredHall, my decoder ring is out of service so could you please 'splain this? Are you saying that kids today don't listen to decent music (such as the Beatles), or are you saying that the Beatles represent music that is not decent?

  You do remember that the Beatles were considered to be devils incarnate back in the early 60's, don't you?
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  Kent's Tabloid Journalism = lies??

  by Kismet in

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  kent has recently undertaken posting more and more 'headlines' fashioned much like those found in tabloid rags such as the national inquirer.

  such headlines skirt the issue but rarely are an accurate representation of the real story.. case in point a headlines such as:.

  never marry a jw!

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  ChuckD

  Personally, I don't know nothing 'bout birthin no babies.
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  Kent's Tabloid Journalism = lies??

  by Kismet in

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  kent has recently undertaken posting more and more 'headlines' fashioned much like those found in tabloid rags such as the national inquirer.

  such headlines skirt the issue but rarely are an accurate representation of the real story.. case in point a headlines such as:.

  never marry a jw!

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  ChuckD

  That, they does.