Posts by sd-7

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I need some serious advice...

by confusedteenager in

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i'm almost a year out of high school and of course, i'm not in college.

i'm a pioneer (sigh) with little to no work experience and having a really hard time finding any work.

i want to go back to college, but it's going to be difficult now that i'm a pioneer, and my parents cannot really afford the loans that will incur should i pursue going to college.

There are plenty of resources available in terms of financial aid (FAFSA is a good start), but you will have to write a lot of letters/essays and do a lot of searching. How were your grades in school? That'll be a significant factor in being able to qualify for scholarships. I would think that having been out of school for a year might be factored into whether or not some entities will award you anything, but I may be wrong on that.

Better to do the work to find some aid now than to pay later. Were there any subjects in high school that appealed to you? They could give you some insight on what major you should choose. But be sure of what your major will be and stick to it. Changing your mind will only make graduating a lot harder. Best to choose something you're in love with, if possible, because it does require a very intense commitment to tangle with all those courses, even if you're part-time.

--sd-7

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Pics from Aposta-Gathering held last weekend in Madison, Wisconsin.

by Theocratic Sedition in

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Hey! Remember, they haven't been identified as goats yet!

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Well an old friend found me. Now I'm in her cross hairs to get active again.

by wha happened? in

ugh.

on one hand i'm glad she's ok. rather sickly.

but once she got word i've been inactive, she's all hot and bothered to get me back to meetings.. "did you attend the memorial this year?".

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Was anyone else told this?

They need to tell that to the elders that were on my judicial committee, 'cause they sure seemed to keep asking me if I wanted to come back, for like, 2-3 years so far...

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Committee Chairman: tell us about yourself

by crmsicl in

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sd-7

I don't always agree with the Governing Body,

But when I do, it's because I have no choice

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"We NEVER PROPHESIED about 1975"

by Honesty in

2:24 through 5:12 of the following video says they did:.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiezx74p5ck&feature=related.

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The Jehovah's Witnesses should not be allowed to forget about this talk!

Funny thing? That very badge is prominently shown in a display case at the Assembly Hall my former cong. goes to! So the truth about it is hiding in plain sight. I mean, when you say things in print, publish them around the world, and then deny that you ever said them, what more can you possibly say? Either you're lying, ignorant, or delusional.

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WT 15 July 2013 - "Look at the Artwork!"

by The Song Remains The Same in

was just browsing this new issue and trying to make head and tail of what they are talking about, and noticed the final article tucked away on-line;.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20130715/watchtower-artwork/.

not sure if anyone commented, but it takes me back to the discussions on god's earthly org chart here.. this is what they have to say.... "how many times have you said that to yourself or to others when you opened a new issue of this magazine?

sd-7

For example, give some thought to why the first illustration of each study article was chosen for that article. What does it portray? How does it relate to the title of the article or to the theme scripture?

So that picture at the start of 'Who Really Is the Faithful Slave?' A Watchtower Study that has, as its first illustration, a picture of a Watchtower...so the Watchtower Study is about The Watchtower? It means that the magazine is portraying itself as the answer to the theme scripture, which is sort of circular reasoning in photographic form. And maaaybe just a little self-worship there, too. I could be wrong.

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JW's like when tragic events the Boston bombing happen.

by El_Guapo in

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so i get a text message this morning from an elder (also an old friend) from my hall.

(mind you i haven't been to meetings in months) he says the following:.

elder: did you hear about what happend in bos?

sd-7

Interesting. I never really understood that kind of thinking. Of course, when 9/11 happened I was first starting to have some doubts about the JWs, though I didn't research it until nearly 8 years later. But even then, I wasn't thrilled, I was horrified at the death and destruction, and grimly aware that war was on the horizon, that people would be calling for blood. I did of course wonder if that could lead into the governments turning on religion, but nothing about the thousands more who would surely be dying sounded particularly good to me, that's for sure.

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Reviewing The Steve and Selma Saga from a Year Ago...

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

when i read my copy of the watchtower and read this "supposed" story of steve hitting selma, her jw "bible" teacher, reading her a scripture, telling her she needs to be a better wife, so this good hearted, god fearing, passive, already abused woman, who wants to be a christian, and wants to obey the "will" of god, stays with an abusive mate for 17 more years...then hallelujah...he becomes a jw!

what a screwed up scenario!.

what if the "bible" teacher said, "you need help!

sd-7

Abusers gotta abuse!

Sounds like something 00DAD would say. But good point. "It's called an oubliette. That's French for 'a place of forgetting'. No bars, no locks...just walls of air."

--sd-7

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Twin Explosions at Boston Marathon

by BizzyBee in

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/boston-marathon-explosion_n_3086665.html.

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right at the finish line - seems too coincidental to be anything other than a purposeful act.

sd-7

My bad. I put it under "Poitics and Current Affairs" - didn't see the "News and World Events" category.

Hey, no big deal. Probably inappropriate to nitpick about that right now. It has exploded into political fighting on MSN, that's for sure. I guess the way American culture is now, there's such a thing as being too divided to unite when it counts most, you know?

Speaking of MSN, they're saying injuries around 48 people or something like that. I'm guessing it may be much higher than that. Fox News has a headline saying that they have a 'person of interest' under guard.

--sd-7

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Reviewing The Steve and Selma Saga from a Year Ago...

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

when i read my copy of the watchtower and read this "supposed" story of steve hitting selma, her jw "bible" teacher, reading her a scripture, telling her she needs to be a better wife, so this good hearted, god fearing, passive, already abused woman, who wants to be a christian, and wants to obey the "will" of god, stays with an abusive mate for 17 more years...then hallelujah...he becomes a jw!

what a screwed up scenario!.

what if the "bible" teacher said, "you need help!

sd-7

It does seem odd that a woman who was hit by her husband for 'trying to make a point' is then told that she needs to be more loving. Would being more loving have prevented her from being hit? Leaving would probably work a lot better if your man is hitting you. Odds are it wasn't the first time and wasn't the last time, either. And since the WT rule is 'extreme physical abuse' to allow for separation, poor Selma is just digging a hole big enough for her now-JW husband to shove her into.

But this is nothing new. WT has been teaching a warped view of women for decades now (I'm sure there are still some women being interrogated by elders after being raped, to be sure they haven't 'committed fornication'), so...there you have it.

--sd-7