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  Former J.W. Now atheist?

  by Aculama in

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  2. beliefs

  just curious.... did the disallusionment of j.w.

  experience make you hate god or disbelieve everything about god?

  could it be god's grace that kept you from or freed you from their hold on you?

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  done4good

  Agnostic by one measure, atheist by another, (contrary to what many say I do believe symantics and definition play a part here).

  I tried to continue belief in a higher power after leaving jws, I'll even admit to vacilating somewhat on this. At the end of the day, there just is no evidence for such a being. Learning to think critically eventually allowed me to see this. Although I wanted to believe, I could no longer. Eventually, I became at peace with this.

  Now I'm a bit more like undercover...apatheist. Really don't care to argue the point anymore.

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  What Is Your Present Status In The Organization?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you disfellowshipped?

  disassociated?

  a fader?

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  Stopped cold in December 2005, (no real "fade", per se), after a moment of clarity in July of the same year. D/A'd in 2007, just to make it clear where I stood.

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  My Story: Part 9 – Journey’s End

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  part 1: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/163998/1.ashx.

  part 2: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/164136/1.ashx.

  part 3: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/164163/1.ashx.

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  done4good

  Just read all of your story! I'm very happy things are going well for you, truthseeker.

  As you know, I know your USA congregation well, as I attended there several years ago. My doubts became much more of a problem for me, as I saw how the pioneer group in that congregation was little more than a status symbol. They were mostly friendly, yes. But, I saw right through their real reasons for signing up. This was the cause of much strain on my marriage, (ex), at the time. My ex tried pioneering for a year there also, but it was painfully clear to me that she was doing this because it was "the thing to do". It was all downhill for my time in the WTS, and my marriage to my ex from that point onward, (Althouth it would take another 10 years for me to leave myself...)

  Best of wishes and keep in touch!

  done4good
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  I Live For Today - No Longer Fear the Future- After Exiting the Witnesses

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some know here - i was born in the witnesses .

  raised in it and stayed in for 44 long years !

  i don't believe in armageddon.

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  Life has never been better, Flip!

  I can't believe I stayed in until I was 32...(I really knew better).

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  Financial planning now that the world isn't ending?

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well since the world was always going to come to an end i never really studied much finance.

  anyone have any good advice on getting started?

  any good books that help?

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  Btw: Gary is dead right about Dave Ramsey.
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  Financial planning now that the world isn't ending?

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well since the world was always going to come to an end i never really studied much finance.

  anyone have any good advice on getting started?

  any good books that help?

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  Maximize your 401(k). If you can swing it, you are able to contribute $15,500 annually into it. It's pre-tax dollars, so it doesn't really hurt the paycheck too much.

  Diversify the investments within it. Try to put about 20% into 5 different equities based mutual funds each. Some large cap, some mid cap, some foreign, and perhaps some in small cap. Most should weigh on the large cap side, though.

  Open a Roth IRA, (above and beyond the max in your 401), if your combined family income is less than $150,000. If it is above that, then put the additional money directly into mutual funds.

  Don't sweat short-term market slowdowns. They are necessary, and allow you to buy shares more cheaply. It will pay off later.

  Typically, if your under 50, the above advice works well. If you are above 50, you will want to diversify a bit more conservatively, (larger amount in bond-based funds.

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  Your Favorite 1970's Music Groups/ Singers/ Songs ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the 1970's i was a teenager.

  i wasn't that big into disco- although i enjoyed kc and the sunshine band as well as earth, wind, and fire.

  but my really big love in music was always rock n' roll, blues , stuff like that !

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  Jeez..Where to begin?

  Any 60's carryovers

  Led Zeppelin, (yes, I know their first two albums were 1969, but they didn't make my 60's list).

  Genesis, (Also first album, 1969).

  ELO.

  Steely Dan.

  Kansas.

  The Clash.

  Early Chicago, (first three albums).

  A $h1tload of others...
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  Your Favorite 1960's Music Groups/ Singers / Songs ?

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  although i was just a kid pre-teens in the 1960's - still because of having older brothers and sisters i listened to some 60's music as well !

  groups : .

  1. the beatles.

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  Cream.

  MC5.

  Jimi Hendrix.

  Beatles.

  Doors.
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  The Very Best "Protest" Songs?

  by hillary_step in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  hard to believe that jackson browne wrote this piece twenty-two years ago.

  hard to believe just how apt it is for the modern america.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpfdbklumqk&feature=related.

  laura nyro - save the country.

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  Anyway, "Ohio", by CSN&Y gets my vote, hands down. Especially if you knew the "story" behind how they came to write it...

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  The Very Best "Protest" Songs?

  by hillary_step in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  hard to believe that jackson browne wrote this piece twenty-two years ago.

  hard to believe just how apt it is for the modern america.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpfdbklumqk&feature=related.

  laura nyro - save the country.

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  Hard to believe just how apt it is for the modern America

  Huge Jackson Browne fan here...

  I didn't read through all 7 pages of this yet, so forgive me if this has been covered, HS.

  Anyway, let's get some perspective. Things were not better in 1986. We we in the middle of the Cold War. Many things Reagan was doing at the time was not all that accepted, (to say the least), by many Americans, including the more "liberal" voices, such as Jackson Browne.

  Bush is over the top bad. It is far easier for many, (especially non-Americans), to see where things this country is doing presently is out of touch with what most citzens of the world consider fair and justified. In 1986, many may have considered Reagan's tactics justified, because many still believed the "Reds were Evil". We are a bit more enlightened today, and hence, are in a better position to realize where we ought not to butt into other's business.

  Let's not "boo hoo" over what is going on right now. Let's hope, (and vote), for change this November.

  Most American's don't support the idiocy our government is preaching today.

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