Hortensia

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  What Ailed Those Pilots ... ?

  by snowbird in

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  the pilots and crew of the missing plane, was something wrong with all of them?.

  sylvia.

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  Hortensia

  Thanks Under the Radar for that info. I agree that the talking heads are not clearing anything up, just fomenting lots of theories. My guess is that something went terribly wrong with the plane and it's at the bottom of the ocean.

  I actually heard an FBI person today say on television that if they find something out that could reveal the capabilities they have for surveillance, computer stuff, whatever, they might not reveal their info because they don't want other nations aware of their abilities.
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  Do any ex JW' s/ God believer's, Agnostics or Atheists believe in Karma? And WHY?

  by rip van winkle in

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  2. beliefs

  just reading a thread and the mention of karma popped up.

  ( it happens, lol).

  a lot of people believe in karma: what goes around comes around.. some months ago, while on another exjw site, karma was mentioned and i thought it a little odd, as they are atheist.

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  No, I don't believe in karma -- no one is keeping score and making sure you get your just deserts. I am surrounded by people who claim to believe in karma. What I have noticed is that it gives them a fabulous excuse to not show compassion, not care about others. In fact, one person here told me that starving babies in Africa are paying for sins commited in another life. So, she doesn't have to suffer thinking about their suffering -- they deserve it. That is contemptible in my opinion.
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  My son has made his decision

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  this is the followup to this thread:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/276119/1/well-its-march-and-the-college-answers-are-coming-in#.uyjdu_ldv2e.

  the financial aid offer came in.. the first year of attending is actually cheaper than what we were going to pay at the state university after their scholarship offer.. i mean, really cheaper.. we would be fools to turn it down.. they are even flying him in for the preview week.. .

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  You must be so proud! It's wonderful, isn't it?
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  What if I am a disfellowshipped public school teacher?

  by bsand20 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  could a parent put in a complaint to the school district and request that their child be transferred out of my classroom because i am exjw?

  if they give me the jw school brochure (do they still do that?

  sorry its been 16years since i've been out) can i just tell them i'm familiar with their teachings or should i just pretend i'm new to their teachings?....i'm a freshman in college so i have still a long ways before this situation is presented, however i"m trying to get prepared for it.

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  I don't think that it's your problem at all. No reason to tell them anything about yourself, you don't have to answer to JWs. If a parent of any religion writes a request that the child not participate in some activity, I think you have to go along with it, but maybe school policy would have some effect on that too. Don't think you have to follow JW rules, just because you know what the rules are. Outside the KH, they have no real effect.
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  Where Do You Think That Plane Is?

  by minimus in

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  what do you think happened?

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  Hortensia

  Well, whatever craziness happened on that flight -- and it does sound like some sort of hijack was happening -- I imgaine that plane is at the bottom of the ocean. Poor passengers -- how frightening it must have been.
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  Where Do You Think That Plane Is?

  by minimus in

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  what do you think happened?

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  Hortensia

  Well, it's just weirder and weirder.
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  Well, it's March, and the College answers are coming in....

  by CaptainSchmideo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of you may remember what i posted back in january:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/271786/1/my-son-has-had-two-very-big-university-interviews#.uyrnovldv2e.

  well, it's now march, and we have been getting answers:.

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  Hortensia

  Wonderful!
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  Over 7yrs as a JW and I just found out I'm not supposed to buy Girl Scout Cookies?

  by Maat13 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm still in the matrix(the truth), but 'morpheus' and his team are valiantly working on a way to get me out.

  in the meantime, everyday i am discovering so much about being a jw i never knew, like don't buy girl scout cookies, that i keep asking myself "what have i got myself into".. maat.

  really lame for a first post, but i figure i should start some where.

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  Hortensia

  Hi,

  I like your first post -- it's as good a place as any to start. Lots of minor ridiculous stuff and some major crazy stuff in that religion.
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  My Window Cleaner

  by happy@last in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my window cleaner is a jw and as i am always working when he comes to my house i haven't seen him or spoken to him in years.

  the other day i was in my local town and went into a cafe for some lunch.

  who is sitting there but my window cleaner and his wife.

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  Hortensia

  I agree, pay him for the job. Then tell he his services are no longer required. If he asks why, just say "piss off."
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  Where Do You Think That Plane Is?

  by minimus in

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  what do you think happened?

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  Hortensia

  Simplest explanation is probably true -- went down in the ocean. Very sad, and terrifying for the poor people on the plane.