Posts by avidbiblereader

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Credit

by sandy in

ok, i put this under jokes and humor because my credit seems to be a joke at the moment.. ok, so i've been working at repairing it.

anybody have any suggestions about how to do this on my own.. i've been doing ok so far but i ran into some difficulty with a couple comapanies that i paid in full.. they say they cannot ask the credit bureau to erase my info from my report.

is this true, or do they just do not want to bother with me since i paid them back all their money?.

avidbiblereader

Good info Enlightened, good suggestions

If you haven't already, pull a copy of your credit report, and first make sure that there are no errors on it. Then you can get in touch with the credit bureau yourself and if the bill you paid off is still showing as "unpaid", you can file a dispute, and the credit bureau will look into it. (Just a tip: I would file a dispute on any bad stuff that is really old. I did this, not knowing whether I had a valid dispute or not, but I got some old stuff taken off of my credit report, which really boosted my score!) You can get one free report each year from www.annualcreditreport.com

In writing about your dispute the creditor has so many days to dispute your dispute, if they don't respond I "believe" it gets dropped.

However as a realtor, the first things that I would do is what we call in our business, writing "cry baby letters" ask them to remove certain marks against your credit because of reasons, CRY BABY REASONS

Tell them you changed jobs, you were laid off, you got injuired, you were going through bad times, ect...

See if they remove them, if not then go to the dispute with them.

I would send dispute after dispute until the creditor doesn't respond and hopefully it will be removed.

Also ask a mortgage officer to give you suggestions on how to best fix your credit, we deal with this and many times in 6-12 months the person is back with sufficient credit to purchase a home.

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My Master's turnoff -- disgusting. What's yours?

by Fatfreek in

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yesterday, i witnessed something disgusting, a personal turnoff i hadn't seen for a long time -- this on national tv and during the masters golf tournament.

here, the best player in the world (you know who he is) takes a finger with his right hand and closes off his right nostril, then blows his left nostril toward the ground.

no handkerchief, no kleenex -- nothing.

avidbiblereader

Overall I hate filth, hate a dirty home, no reason for it and especially if it is just adults living there without kids and toys.

I also hate derogatory words such as the n word, I hate when women are referred to bitch.

I hate disrespect.

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Holidays

by BR25 in

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i am a former jw, but i still believe what they do about the holidays?

i have already talked about origins and all that stuff so i wanted to ask something without bringing up scriptual or historical backgrounds for a change.. my question is (whatever your beliefs may be) what % of people who celebrate christmas, if you took the presents out of christmas would still acknowledge christmas as much as they do now?

note: as much.

avidbiblereader

I dont celebrate the holidays and my wife and family is fine with that. I have my father in law who says as soon as he can stop he will, he said he envys me, but I studied the about holidays without the witnesses and whether it is ok or wrong, I see the many who hate the holiday season for the MONETARy reasons.

I have no problem as Jgnat, said to get together for family and friends, but I don't celebrate with gifts or decorating.

Why start now I ask myself/

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JW's sat beside me at lunch, didn't say a word!

by WingCommander in

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unbelievable.

*** note: i grew up jw, never baptized or df'd though.i haven't set foot in a kh in 2 years, ever since i gave some so-called friends my new telephone # and address, and asked them to stop by and chat about our beliefs with my new wife.

i had taken her to the memorial and 2 meetings, and of course she got love-bombed, but no one ever called, or came around to speak to her, or me!

avidbiblereader

Wing Commander and Horrible life, thanks for sharing

I am DF'd and get that treatment all the time, what I take from it is this: We all have the resposibiltiy to act Christlike or at least human to our fellow human beings. There is too much emphasis put on JW and how they are suppose to act toward us like they are the measuring bar. Prove them wrong and act as Christ like as we can, remember as Christ said, by their fruits we will be recognized.

Just because they act that way is no excuse for me to act the same. I try to make eye contact and nod my head as respectful as possible. they can say what they want about me but they are not the measuring bar or judge.

As Christ said about those in his day Matt 5:43-48 43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. 44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. 46 If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. 47 If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. 48 But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

One of my favorite sayings is this, " We can't change others but if not careful, others can change us"

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Personal Revelation

by Briguy in

sorry i do not post much but i do not have much original things to share because everyone here seems to cover it all.

i have had something strike very close to home and i thought i might share it incase someone out there might be thinking the same thing and is trying to put their finger on it.

i should give a small history on it to set it up.. growing up in the truth i was a model young man.

avidbiblereader

Welcome Briguy, I just read your thread and found it very encouraging, and you say that you don't have much to offer, thanks for sharing

I just got done reading Crises of Conscience... and WOW this hit me hard. Ray Franz at the end points out about how a very active organization like this may "cloud" ones personal relationship with God. What ends up happening is we as people get so wrapped up in- mettings, study, making your watchtower looked intensively studied, talkes, pioneering, daily text, apointments in the congregation, and many more things, that people get wrapped up more into their service to a organization rather then their service to God Almighty himself.Not that the above things are bad, the focus gets very blurred.

Very well put, nothing wrong with doing things that bring you closer to God but it is not bringing many/most closer to God but rather the organization.

So now I know why I never went back. My heart was never motivated to go because something was blocking my personal relationship with God himself. It is me and him. Not me, the organization and him. SO now I take a different approach and am working on really getting to know God. Not getting to know God through a channel made by humans.

I too feel so much closer to God than ever, I spent the first two years out taking it out on God, now I try to read daily from various translations and study websites or programs that I bought. It is between you and God, nicely stated. since I now have left, first time ever that I read the entire Bible because I wanted to.

I wish you success in your personal relationship and keep sharing your thoughts and ideas.

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Creating a new gym soundtrack

by Satans little helper in

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so after the diet thread i'm finally getting round to moving my fat arse back to the gym regularly.

i need to freshen up the mix of tracks on my ipod so i have something to give me a little boost while i am on the cross trainer or the running machine.

anyone got any suggestions?

avidbiblereader

I workout usually 5-6 times a week, I don't listen to music as I work out as I need to concentrate on what I am doing, I went from 202 lbs with 26% body fat Jan 1, 2006 to 180 with around 9-10% body fat, doesn't get any easier with age that I know.

However a song that always inspired me was Rocky, I also like Guns n Roses, Anything to do with Rock, good beat that moves you but that is my age time also.

Wish you the best and maybe we ought to start a exercise thread, share ideas for mixing up the routines, the best exercises, something as we move into spring and skin showing time as everyone heads to the beach or vacation. It is that time of year when people get moving.

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IN YOUR OPINION...

by LittleToe in

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...what kind of thread topic produces the longest threads?.

what interests you, and are you put off once the thread reaches ten pages??.

lt, of the "starting a minimus-style thread" class.

avidbiblereader

Good thread LT, funny I was thinking about this over the weekend, same thoughts and wondered about this myself.

I think Minimus has a gift with thoughts or what others might want to give their opinons on. I think sex thread do well, opinions for either woman/man

Newbie threads always seem to do well

"New Light" threads or anything from the GB do well.

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Again we don't know- May 1, 2007

by architect in

folks this may have been posted, another thing to add to the "hummm, is this gods organization list?".

the may 1, 2007 question from readers brings new light to the subject of when was the year the call for the anointed ended?.

1935. new light alert -------the bible does not say ( this could have raised some issue especially in lieu of the age of new gov body members added last year or so).

avidbiblereader

I think the Society has made signficant changes already to doctrines or prophecy related scriptures because they had to, time has passed without any major fulfillment,

However I think they must stick to the core of their teachings no matter what such as 1914, blood, disfellowshipping because of the problems both legally and otherwise it would make.

They will hold certain things forever.

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Altering reality where do you stand......

by fifi40 in

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to fill you in and explain my post....... i was raised as a jw but left (not baptised) at 16. i started studying again at 24ish and was quickly baptised and got disfellowshipped aged about 32ish.

whilst i was active as a jw i socialised plenty, but it did not involve copious amounts of drink or drugs.

during my times out i have very very occasionally smoked a little dope and have been drunk more often but by no means frequently.

avidbiblereader

I have been around plenty of people who were never witnesses and they feel the same, I don't think witness mentality has anything to do with it, some like the party scene.

I am just not that relaxed around people who are excessive and I cant seem to go with the flow on it

I too was around drunkenness and violence, I too don't care for it and many times when a "happy drunk" is around I still find it annoying, but not every time as I dont want to think any less of someone who may have had too much to drink.

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Since You Left The "Truth" Did You Get Into Any Trouble???

by minimus in

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as in with the law or in the community????

were jws able to say, see!

they should've stayed in the truth!

avidbiblereader

No not yet but one never knows what tomorrow brings or circumstances we find ourselves in. Just trying my best to live the life that Christ would want me to.

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