Posts by jukief

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what job could you have had?

by sleepy in

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hi i've just come home from cleaning windows.what an absolutely soul destroying job.. when i think of the things i could have done.. i remmember how my teachers in school used to tell me i would surely go to university and get a good job.i remmember the shock on one teachers face a few years after i left school when i told her i was a window cleaner.. i was also intrested in art and quite good at it.my grandfather who wasn't a witness offered to help me and my brother get good jobs in the art world.. we turned him down.. arrmegeddon was so soon.. anyone else like me ?.

what do you do and what could you have done?

jukief

Sleepy, when I was 30 years old I went through a divorce and quit going to meetings. I had two young sons to support (my ex wasn't the least interested in custody and paid me a lousy $300/month child support). At the time I was working in a glass shop (the only woman glazier). It had absolutely no future; when things got slow they'd send me home. I had no benefits. I didn't know what to do to raise my kids because I'd never gone to college and had no training.

My sister suggested I go to college. I didn't think there was any possible way I could do it because I had to work to support my children, right? Well, that's when I found out about financial aid. Because I was head of a household, I qualified for the highest level of aid. The whole time I was in college I got a Pell grant that covered my tuition (and at first, my books). I also got work study and I took out students loans. I worked full time during breaks and I managed to get by. I got my degree and have had a really good career.

Don't give up. If you really want to do it, you can find a way. Look into grants and loans and scholarships.

Good luck!

Julie F

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Best urban legends, you heard in the org?

by Nicolas in

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personnally, i heard a lot of urban legends about the presence of a devil in a house.

it was always the same kind of story about a devil who lived in a house and then the jw arrive and they pray jehovah and suddendly, the demon go away...

jukief

Other than the normal walking Smurfs and demonized troll dolls, here's a couple of local ones I heard growing up.

For years I was told this story about my sister's aunt-in-law. She was a special pioneer and was rooming with a "worldly" woman. She started having demon attacks at night, when she was in bed. During the attacks, she couldn't breathe and felt like someone was choking her. She soon discovered (ta da!) that her roommate was involved in satanism and she threw the roommate out, but the attacks continued. After searching the house, she found hidden away in a closet a picture of the roommate. When she took it outside to burn it, the picture burned down to the woman's face and then wouldn't burn any more. After much praying and many doses of lighter fluid, the face finally burned and the demon attacks stopped.

Sound familiar? I've heard many similar stories. Well, a few years ago I met up with this woman's daughter and I told her about this story. She laughed and said that nothing like that ever happened to her mother.

Another one that happened in our congregation about 20 years ago was that one family was attending the district assembly in Texas (we lived in Colorado) and a friend of theirs reported that the mother of this family had personally witnessed Glen Campbell getting baptized. The congregation waited in anticipation for herto get home so they could hear all about it and see if she had pictures. When the family got home, the woman didn't know what people were talking about and where the story came from. :-)

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Any interest in a meeting in the Northeast?

by ChuckD in

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would anyone be up for some sort of cookout / barbeque sort of thing somewhere in the northeast in the next few weeks, perhaps around labor day?

being in providence, just about anywhere from ncy to boston would work for me.

we could drink beer, make smores, and tell stories.

jukief

Oh no, Chuck! It's not going to be a lobsterfest, is it? Now that we left NY; you wouldn't do that do us, would you? :-) Wish we were still there. I bet you can get the old gang together.

Julie

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Am I The Only One................................?

by Big Jim in

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am i the only one that catches myself either whistling or humming kingdom songs?.

usually i catch myself before i go to far as not to embarase myself.. my wife who is still very active gets a pretty good charge when she catches me at it.. you would think after being away for almost six years that would not happen.. just wondering if it happens to any of you?

jukief

I've been out since 1984, and I occasionally start to hum a JW song. But it's usually a really old one--like from the pre-1969 green song book. Those were my favorites. I have a copy of that songbook and still like to play them on the piano once in a while. I have fond memories of my early JW days (back in the 50s and 60s). It wasn't until the 70s and 80s that I got disgusted with the organization. I'm not nearly so fond of the songs from that era. :-)

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A Question thats troubling me........

by aud8 in

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"this good news will be preached for a witness to all the inhabited nations and then the end will come" nobody else is preaching any good news as far as i can see?

what do you think?

jukief

If the good news is "Convert to my religion or god will kill you," then, yes, the dubs are preaching the good news.

Lots of other religions have ministries. Have you ever talked to 7th Day Adventists? They have an impressive preaching program and publish a lot more literature than the dubs do. And they're just one example.

I agree with others comments that going door to door and trying to place magazines isn't preaching. Neither is sitting in the car gossiping while others in the car group makes not-at-homes that still aren't home. Preaching work? Bah!

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God?!? hahaha. that so funny.

by d0rkyd00d in

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here is a little post for all you people who believe in god, or at least the god that the bible presents to us.

first off, why would an all powerful being thrive on his creation's worship?

that is a little selfish if you ask me, and a little childish.

jukief

Anyone who believes in god should read Mark Twain's "Letters from Earth."

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Blood and RANK dishonesty!

by Marvin Shilmer in

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the thread started by maximus named gb admits it has no answers, blood ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=9056&site=3 ) is chock full of good information and is what this thread stems from.

if you have not already read maximus thread, you should.

i felt like adding my two cents about one aspect of that discussion.

jukief

You're quite right, voltaire, that there is a measure of community responsibility. I know for a fact that the Society has received a number of letters questioning their claim about Richard Lewontin's remarks. They have completely failed to acknowledge that anything is wrong, much less to correct their errors. Thus they have compounded the initial misrepresentation. Again, this is standard procedure for JW leadership -- they simply do not admit error to anyone, unless they're forced into it.

AlanF

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To Dunsscot from AlanF

by jukief in

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i thought i could finish a response to your last reply to me in the "freedom of thought" thread, before i leave on vacation.

no such luck; i'm leaving for more than a week in just a little while.

i'll post a complete response after i get back, probably in about two weeks.. alanf

jukief

I thought I could finish a response to your last reply to me in the "Freedom of Thought" thread, before I leave on vacation. No such luck; I'm leaving for more than a week in just a little while. I'll post a complete response after I get back, probably in about two weeks.

AlanF

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Alan Does the Twist

by Rex B13 in

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it never ceases to amaze me seeing how alan's various toadies here fawn over his posts and kiss his behind up to the brown spot.

evidence of this is in the responses to his post about ot & nt morality.. alan uses his own lack of context to twist scripture as well as any jw writer.

a case in point is his notion that adultery and fornication are primarily related to an economic loss (with a woman as property) and not a violation of a clear moral code.

jukief

Well, Rex, for any of your points to be relevant you first have to prove that God exists. Go for it.

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Apostate Swimsuit Calendar

by SlayerLayer in

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we would like to take this opportunity to recognize those that were just too ugly to make it into aour calendar.

we thank you for your audition photos, but we're afraid that you would hurt our business.

again thank you for auditioning.

jukief

One time I put Jan's head on a nude photo of Yul Brynner. We called him Jan Brynner. :-) Hmmm. I wonder if I can find it. I did it years ago--about three computers ago, too. If I manage to locate it, I'll post it. I know Jan would love it.