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  Jobs you couldn't have

  by JH in

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  having a tight control over us, the watchtower teachings told us what jobs we could or couldn't have.

  did you lose a great job opportunity because of their control over you?

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  It's a little bit humorous to look back on this one...

  When I was still a hyper-conscientious newbie JW, I once applied for a server position at a restaraunt. I just about had the job, but in a phone conversation with the manager, I asked if I would be expected to sing "happy birthday" to my customers. She was a little surprised at the question, and said that they do have a customary thing they do when a customer is there celebrating a birthday. I proudly told her that as a JW I couldn't do this. She said that she would look into it and call me back. She called back the next day and said I'd do better to keep looking for a job. The whole thing was kind of embarrassing really. She thought it was so weird. And it was.
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  OSU-Michigan - the best rivalry in sports

  by DanTheMan in

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  go bucks!!!!.

  if they can beat those wolverines, it's off to tempe.

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  In Columbus where I live, Ohio State football is front page, "we interrupt this broadcast" news. And the dubs around here get into it as much as anyone else, which is kind of funny.

  I'm trying not to get my hopes too high. Michigan has played the spoiler too many times. And I think that the Buckeyes, while they certainly are an excellent football team, are lucky to be undefeated at this point. It isn't like they've been dominating their opponents. They barely beat Purdue and Illinois, both unranked teams (I think).

  I think that if they end up in the Fiesta Bowl vs. Miami, they'll get blown off the field. Then again, Jim Tressel is a hell of a coach, he may surprise us all.
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  OSU-Michigan - the best rivalry in sports

  by DanTheMan in

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  go bucks!!!!.

  if they can beat those wolverines, it's off to tempe.

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  GO BUCKS!!!!

  If they can beat those Wolverines, it's off to Tempe. Wouldn't that be something!
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  Shakira Better Than..... Britney??

  by Latte in

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  http://www.shakira.com/ .

  i have just bought her new cd washed & dried...it's ace!

  the video to objection is really good also.

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  LB:

  There are sensitive persons on this forum that are, ahem, trying to overcome an obsessive-compulsive cleavage disorder. You are not helping their cause.
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  Changes in Watchtower Literature

  by FrankRaven in

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  3, p. 228).. rewritten.

  "this calculation shows a.d. 1874 as marking the beginning of the period of trouble; for 1542 years b.c.

  rewritten.

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  I've wondered about that 1/1/89 WT.

  Was the writer really making a prediction, or was it something said "off the cuff" without enough thought, but that they later realized could be misconstrued, so they changed it for the CD-Roms and bound volumes?

  The damnable thing about the matter is how Orwellian they were about changing it without any explanation. They could at least have been honest.

  "In the January 1st 1989 Watchtower, there was a statement made that unfortunately is possible to misconstrue...it was not our intention to make any prediction or to set a time limit..."

  That'd be asking way too much of them I guess, to admit having made any sort of blunder. Gotta keep up the facade of infallibility.
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  As a JW Did you want Christmas?

  by LovesDubs in

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  did you guys suffer the way i did every xmas?

  did you want it as much as i did??

  what things went through your mind and soul?

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  I grew up Catholic, and of course Christmas was huge around my house.

  Christmas was always a big letdown for me. I was kind of a weird kid. I would spend months anticipating getting that coveted toy at Christmas, but then when I did get it, it never fulfilled my fanstastic expectations. Living in a somewhat affluent area, I was very envious of many kids I knew. Their parents would buy them just about whatever they wanted. It was never like that in my family.

  When I first became a JW I was glad to give it up. I still think that so much of Christmas is kind of stupid. As a matter of fact, I thought that JW's were geniuses to discard Christmas celebrations. But as time went on, I really started to miss seeing my family. Especially when I knew that many of the JW's in my cong would gather with their JW families on Thanksgiving & Christmas and engage in a lot of the feasting and merriment, and here I was couped up alone in my apartment.

  I think that Christmas is fun in moderation, but moderation isn't too popular with many Americans I guess.
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  Why the Ambivalence?

  by Robdar in

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  for the past day or two, i have been having conflicting feelings of hatred and then nostalgia for the org.

  after reading bay64me's thread entitled "crisis of wardrobe!

  ", i fondly recalled shopping for those dowdy dresses, trying to find the perfect match between what i liked and what the society dictated for me to wear.

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  I feel nostalgic for the fantasy, that nothing bad is gonna happen to me, that just when things are looking their worst Jesus-Michael is going to come riding to the rescue.
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  Dalai Lama's Instructions For Life

  by ThiChi in

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  this is what the dalai lama has to say on the millennium.

  all it takes is a few seconds to read and think over.

  instructions for life .

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  11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

  I like this one.
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  Nuking America

  by ashitaka in

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  front page

  the roving eye

  " "second-rank" operatives arrived in the past five years and "have no idea about the plans".

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  DanTheMan

  well...that's, um, nice to know
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  I didn't get fired!!!!

  by DanTheMan in

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  oh, i am so happy.

  my stomach has been in knots the past 2 days.. i received a stern warning from hr - i'm outta there if anything like what happened happens again.

  no worries, believe me it won't!!!!.

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  Luckylucy:

  My female colleagues have nothing to fear. For the most part I get along great with them. Did you see my other thread where I explained what got me into this pickle in the first place? It really wasn't anything that was a big deal, it's just that my company has an extremely strict and actively enforced policy.