LOL, good advice from the OP. Over a lifetime, property probably is the best & safest investment. I threw away my chance to make money- to become a redneck/hippy; but even being a hippy costs money these days and I think that as I get older, not only is it harder physically to do everything myself but mentally it's increasingly a drag as well. Driving a clunker and fixing things myself isn't too bad, but having money to throw at an unsolvable problem is a good feeling too. Sometimes I wish I wasn't such a socialist... in a capitalist society.
transhuman68
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What does money represent to YOU ?
by new hope and happiness infor example does money represent to you power, love, joy and much more or does money represent to you feelings of worry, guilt, anger, sadness.. for myself i have always enjoyed living largely on little, and i can appreciate that the best things in life are free.
having said that i am glad i have been fortunate and sensible enough with money to never have exsperienced the anxiety of debt.
and it may sound silly but i dont think winning it big on the lottery would improve the quality of my life nor my family.
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Who is the biggest Loser JW you have known
by Clambake init seems every cong seems to have some guy who is 35 and never had a job or moved out of mom and dads basement.. i knew a guy who just hand out magazines at work so he would get eventually fired and could sleep in till noon everyday.
of course his elder father though he was a real matyr cause he kept losing jobs for jehovah.
i have an electrican friend who apprenticed some jw kid till he got his ticket and he quit him to pioneering.
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transhuman68
Probably me, lol. I keep finding all these books about god & religion that I should have read 20 years ago that would have helped me to de-tox from the JWs; instead I've been the typical 'ex-jw gone wild', and never really got my act together. Very silly.
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When we die...
by Finallyfree12 indo you beleive our spirit lives on in other dimensions or are we really just dead?
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What is "spirit" made of?
It depends what you start with- but you will need a distillery to get the real thing.
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JW Literature... Lots of it... what to burn and what to keep?
by ILoveTTATT ini have lots and lots of watchtower literature... and i don't know what could be useful in the future to have as a reference or as a keeper.
i am definitely keeping the 1993 and 1994 bound volumes of the awake!
(no, we are not false prophets... down in the same page, the generation of 1914 will not pass... also the youths who put god the watchtower first).
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transhuman68
LOL, you're not going to like this, but... burn the lot in the biggest bonfire you can make; forget everything about the Witnesses- forget they ever existed, and live your life. This religion just wastes people's time; and their lives. Do something useful with your time, lol. There is nothing to research- its just wall-to-wall BS.
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So...Assuming God exists, if he were on trial and you were the prosecutor, how would you present your case?
by androb31 infeel free to skip the intro down to the actual purpose of the thread lol!!.
i'm a born in, 32 years in and almost 6 out.
i've been out of the jw's since october of 2008. i came out due to a variety of factors, blood, historical roots, false teachings etc... my older sister helped me out back in 2008 and i subsequently helped my brother exit and the 3 of us became "born again" christians.. i've been mostly lurking but occasionally posting on jwn for around 5 years.
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transhuman68
LOL, this is a nicely-written page:
http://www.trevorburrus.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/05/1345329-10-reasons-why-christianity-is-wrong
Good reasons, lol.
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Gotta love the internet!!
by ILoveTTATT ingotta love the internet... you can find out the watchtower deception in minutes.
this is an awesome example of cherrypicking:.
*** w79 2/15 p. 13 insight on the news ***.
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transhuman68
Excellent research! Its a keeper, lol.
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I'm only in contact with my JW mum & sister really, and they don't talk about the religion much anymore, so I just get the 'hot goss' about the people in the cong- although, after 25 years, its mainly news of who has died. Other than that, I'm in a Witness-free zone.
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Contemplating a Major Life Change.
by Joe Grundy innever was a jw, but been here long enough to have made some friends and respect opinions.. retired in 2004, lived in cyprus 2005-2010. back here in wales since then.. just back from a holiday in france (most recent of many).
love the country, the lifestyle, can get by in the language.. just seen an advert for a country estate (british-owned) they want someone to live on site, do a bit of handyman stuff, etc., look after (mainly brit) holiday visitors in return for zero rent (only utitlties).
family would be abe to come and stay for free.
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transhuman68
LOL- funny story. My brother & his girlfriend were in France a couple of years ago, and they ran out of money- trouble with their bank. Anyway, they met a guy who gave them food & accomodation for a couple of weeks in return for a bit of work. Later, this guy made an offer to anyone of food, accomodation, use of a car, and some spending money for people to come and help him restore his chateau. France is full of big old houses that need work, and often the owners have bitten off more than they can chew! So lol, I don't think there is any shorage of opportunities!
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So...Assuming God exists, if he were on trial and you were the prosecutor, how would you present your case?
by androb31 infeel free to skip the intro down to the actual purpose of the thread lol!!.
i'm a born in, 32 years in and almost 6 out.
i've been out of the jw's since october of 2008. i came out due to a variety of factors, blood, historical roots, false teachings etc... my older sister helped me out back in 2008 and i subsequently helped my brother exit and the 3 of us became "born again" christians.. i've been mostly lurking but occasionally posting on jwn for around 5 years.
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transhuman68
LOL, I have to say lol, because the answer is incredibly simple: but because we are raised in Christian countries, surrounded by churches, taught that the Bible is holy- even to be sworn on in a court of law- and surrounded by Christians all professing their belief... it is almost impossible to view the Bible with a rational, 'open mind'. Bur seriously, have another look at this book full of Babylonian myths, meaningless genealogies, scraps of letters, and all the other old bollocks that fill the pages out- and ask yourself this: why would an omnipotent creator of the entire universe f**k around in such a foolish way with a tribe of sheep-herders in the Middle East? Given what we now know about time & space, the idea is ludicrous.
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How did HQ handle the increase of new JWs leading up to 1975?
by Zoos inthis new donation arrangement under the pretense that so many new halls are needed to accommodate the worldwide increase has me wondering.
the numbers in the current annual reports don't show anywhere near the increase as there was leading up to the 1975 debacle.
so how did the gb of the time handle a genuine need for more kingdom halls?.
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transhuman68
Oh well, let's just say 'more careless with other people's money' then. In the past, the money was earned- in a way- through sales of publications, and seemed to be all put to a good use. Now, the money will just stream in; added to a big pile of cash already there- which seems to be going into 'churn' - change for the sake of change, and hedge funds etc. No different to any other religion I guess, but I'm starting to really dislike all religions, lol.