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  How Much is Personal Responsibility vs WTS' Fault?

  by Prisca in

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  the current discussion of an ex-gb member has prompted me to ponder this question:.

  just how much of our personal circumstances can/do we take responsibility for, and how much do we blame the wts?

  you may have grown up as a jw, coerced into leaving early to pioneer, not go to university, have no kids, even stay single for the pursuit of singleness in the kingdom work to pioneer or go to bethel.

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  Jim_TX

  Good questions Prisca,

  I really do not sit around pondering things like this too much anymore... although I _will_ admit that I have given many - if not most - of these questions thought in the past.

  I feel that the experiences I have had in the past are now part of me - and make up who I am now.

  I do not blame anyone - or any organization for where I now am.

  I was once complaining about how my mom took me out of a junior college - saying that I did not need to go anymore (after 1 semester).

  The friend I was telling this to told me that while I lived at home and was under the control of my mom - I could rightfully complain... but since I had left home, I could not rightfully do so anymore. I could go back to college and get my degree if I wanted to.

  No better words were ever spoken. I have since realized that the only one that I can now 'blame' for my successes or failures is ... me.

  Have I gone back to college and gottem ny degree? No - but I now know that I can if I want to - and if I don't - then it is my own bloody fault - no one elses'.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Fluff - Funniest Movie Quotes

  by El Kabong in

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  what do you think are some of the funniest movie quotes ever.

  the one's you can hear over and over again and still laugh.

  just a couple of mine are from these movies: .

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  "We've just got to get organized!" Johnathan Winters in 'The Russians are Coming'

  <sounds of horses neighing - and nervously moving about>

  "More beans Mr. Taggart?" <says cowboy from group around campfire>

  "I'd say you've had about enough!", says Mr. Taggart (Slim Pickins) - <waving his hat to clear the air>

  Blazing Saddles - 1974

  There are others - I have a million of 'em

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  WT Press release - Possible sale of 360 Furman St Bldg in Brooklyn

  by proandcon in

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  for immediate release .

  may 29, 2003. watchtower opens way for furman street property development.

  the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc., a legal entity.

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  "...If that's the case than I suppose they are safe on account that noone eats the stuff any way."

  Heathen... well, since all the 'good' lil' JWs do what they are told, the way it will happen is that one year they will ALL be told to partake - sort of 'the last supper', if you will. (Complete with attendants posted at the doors to prevent anyone from leaving prior to partaking.)

  It is a very real possibility. That is why I shudder when I hear about those who have not been involved with that cult say that they STILL go to the 'memorial'.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  WT Press release - Possible sale of 360 Furman St Bldg in Brooklyn

  by proandcon in

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  for immediate release .

  may 29, 2003. watchtower opens way for furman street property development.

  the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc., a legal entity.

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  "Who knows maybe they are getting ready for a big move to the Jim Jones compond .Kool aid anyone?"

  Well... they seem to be all out of Kool-Aid at the moment.

  You will have to settle for 'partaking of the emblems' on Memorial Night. (Which have been laced with arsenic.)

  (Think about it folks... it could happen. How many still attend who have drifted away? - Not I!)

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  License Plates

  by Jim_TX in

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  ok - another thread got me to thinking about this.... how many of yall memorize your license plate number by making up an acronym to remember it by?.

  for example... my plates are... .

  b52 kdp.

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  Jim_TX

  Ok - another thread got me to thinking about this...

  How many of yall memorize your license plate number by making up an acronym to remember it by?

  For example... my plates are...

  B52 KDP

  I remember it the following way...

  B52 = a bomber in WWII

  KDP = Keep Driving Please

  Care to share yours?

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Do you think will see "The Jehovah's Witnesses University" ????

  by run dont walk in

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  i'm amazed the watchtower hasn't started one of these, a guaranteed way to sucker in the youth of the borg.. with oral roberts university as successful as it is, how long to the jw's start one ??????.

  what do you think the classes would be called ??????.

  - new world translation 101.

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  RE: "How do you get rejected from Bethel ??????????"

  Well, in my case, I was naive - I did the 'application' - and gave it to the local 'elders' - who were supposed to send it in.

  I was under the impression that - even if you were not accepted by the 'Bethel' folks - that you'd get a letter stating so. (I envisioned a large 'REJECTED' stamp across the first page of the application - at a 45-degree angle - in red ink.)

  Well, I got nada, nothing, zip, goose-egg - in the way of response.

  I suspect... and to this day believe, that the local 'elders', 'reviewed' my application - and filed it in the circular file. I don't think that it left this city. I inquired about its' 'status' later, but was assured that it was sent in. Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.

  In any case, it's just as well. I wasn't really 'Bethel' material... it was just something to do - at the time.

  (It was kinda funny - at those 'meetings for Bethel' that they always had, where they recruited the young naive kiddos? Well, I went to one, about 6 - 9 months after I had sent in my app. I mentioned to the 'representative', how I hadn't heard back from them, one way or the other. He suggested that I 're-apply'. "No thanks", I told him. "I know when I'm not wanted." I think that it shook him up a bit. <grin> )

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Do you think will see "The Jehovah's Witnesses University" ????

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm amazed the watchtower hasn't started one of these, a guaranteed way to sucker in the youth of the borg.. with oral roberts university as successful as it is, how long to the jw's start one ??????.

  what do you think the classes would be called ??????.

  - new world translation 101.

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  Ummm... doesn't this already exist? Isn't it called 'Bethel'?

  While they may not have the 'course load' of a regular college - or get 'credits' like at a university - since they are 'no part of this world' - the credits that they _do_ give pertain to their own organizational structure.

  (I.E. Some 'graduate' and become elders.)

  Heck - it has similarities to universities... one has to 'apply'... and some do not get 'accepted'. (I was a Bethel reject. <grin>)

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Is it just me...

  by arrowstar in

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  we datewe marrywe divorcewe put a personal ad out there and we start it all over again.

  are we scared well be hurt?

  weve all been hurt.

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  Relationships are a complicated thing. After being married for 21 years - and then getting a divorce (1.5 years ago)... well, it isn't easy. But it was necessary.

  Currently, yeah. It would be nice to have someone to share with - the sunsets with, the stars at night, heck! just the company of someone else (of the fairer sex) would be great!

  But! While I am not that picky - I am, to a certain extent choosy. I am not going to settle for anyone who, I feel, does not share a lot of the same ideas and goals that I do. Hard to explain, that. I guess that goes back to my first statement. Relationships are complicated.

  Meanwhile, I will keep busy. If there is one thing that I have learned from the past, it's that you will find 'the one' when you least expect it, and usually in a place that you would have NEVER thought you would have met someone. <shrug> <wide grin>

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Did you pioneer?

  by JH in

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  did you ever pioneer in your congregation?

  i was an aux.

  pioneer 4 or 5 months a year when my seasonal job was over.

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  No. (I think that's also why the lil' sisters never looked my way... I wasn't one of those 'great catches'. You know... the 'pioneer brothers'. <rolls eyes>)

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Anybody ever try the Atkins Diet?

  by El Kabong in

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  ok, this has probably been discussed before, but, how many here have tried the atkins diet?

  did you have a good/bad experience with this diet.

  the reason i ask is because i went to my doctor and my bp is way up.

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  Jim_TX

  Okay - while I - personally - have not been on it, my ex-wife went on it a while ago - while we were still married.

  If anyone decides to go on it - please consider your loved ones. While YOU, on the diet are picking meats from the menu, your mate may be sitting there wondering what they can have to eat. (Long story - we _used_ to share plates of food at restaurants)

  What made it worse... well, for me - was that the ex-wife was on a 'meat' diet, and the daughter was a vegetarian. Sooooo... they would already have in their minds what to order, and then they would swap items that they could/would eat.

  Meanwhile... look over at poor Jim... lost - not able to share with anyone, and having to buy a lot more food than he ever wanted to eat.

  Okay - not what you wanted to hear, but to this day, I have a low opinion of that diet. While the ex-wife _did_ lose weight - I do not feel it is a healthy diet - especially if you do not take the vitamin supplements to offset the lack of vitamins and minerals that you are not getting in other foods not on the diet.

  Just my .03 worth.

  Regards,

  Jim TX