Posts by breakfast of champions

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University Application Personal Statement dilemma - Should I mention my jw past?

by will-be-apostate in

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i am applying to chemical engineering course in the uk through ucas (a lot of things changed since i've posted last time).. i have a lot of skills i developed while regular pioneering, like public speaking skills, ability to reason (even if it's bs), presentational skills etc.. i feel it would boost my personal statement a lot, but i'm also afraid they would say "this guy beleives in god, and loves science, he must be creationist.

away with him".. how could i mention that i gave interviews front of thousands of people and did voluntary work in my hometown without giving a bad impression?.

i don't want to go into details and start explaining myself that "however i don't beleive in god", or something like that.

breakfast of champions

Sorry for the delay. . . . I've been in classes all evening!

It was applying for admission to the university. Just looked up my essay. Here's the pertinent info in the essay:

"When I graduated from High School in 19**, I decided to volunteer for a local ministry work as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. . . ."

later in the essay. . . .

"My volunteer efforts reached a high point in 2***- 2*** when I was privileged to serve as a congregation elder at the ******* congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. During that time I was regularly involved in local proselytizing efforts, offered guidance to congregation members wishing to achieve personal goals, and presided over the Theocratic Ministry school, an in-house public speaking and teaching program designed to help individuals improve their personal ministry and teaching skills. . . ."

So yes, I was very specific, and of course, full of shit.

I never said, "I now fully reject that religion and am an atheist." What I think I was trying to say or explain in all of this was What the hell I had been doing for the past twenty years since graduating HS!

Honestly, for an engineering program I don't think they'd think twice about your religious background. Even though engineering is based upon science, it probably has a higher percentage of believers than most of the sciences.

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University Application Personal Statement dilemma - Should I mention my jw past?

by will-be-apostate in

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friends

i am applying to chemical engineering course in the uk through ucas (a lot of things changed since i've posted last time).. i have a lot of skills i developed while regular pioneering, like public speaking skills, ability to reason (even if it's bs), presentational skills etc.. i feel it would boost my personal statement a lot, but i'm also afraid they would say "this guy beleives in god, and loves science, he must be creationist.

away with him".. how could i mention that i gave interviews front of thousands of people and did voluntary work in my hometown without giving a bad impression?.

i don't want to go into details and start explaining myself that "however i don't beleive in god", or something like that.

breakfast of champions

I put my JW experience in my essay: public speaking, leadership role, volunteering. . . That's all they care about.

Got my #1 pick first try.

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Chlostridium difficile infectiion...

by titch in

i suppose that this question falls under the topic of "personal experiences.

" so, i have a question for the members of the site: has anyone had any experience with a malady called "chlostridium dificille infection"?

either yourself personally, or a relative or a friend?

breakfast of champions

Never had it, but was reading an article about treatment the other day:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/11/355126926/frozen-poop-pills-fight-life-threatening-infections

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-11-2014 WT Study (

by blondie in

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united nations http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm.

opening comments.

the word of god is alive and exerts power.heb.

breakfast of champions

Wow. . . my wife warned me this was a dreadful WT study - and it sure is!

You have a stomach of iron BLONDIE!

Thanks for the info.

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Account of Jehovah's Witness Women Prisoners in Auschwitz (very creepy)

by objectivetruth in

a book titled written by a long ti me ss member .rudolf franz ferdinand hoess.

here is a quote from this book : .

"a pleasant contrast to this type were the female jehovah's witnesses, called "bible bees" or "bible worms.

breakfast of champions

Very interesting stuff, ORPHANCROW..

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Terminology the Society Hates?

by toweragent in

in my most recent talk, i got counseled for using some terms that were not prefered.

for example i said "new testament" rather than "the christian greek scriptures".

i also used the term "gospel", but even worse, i made reference to the "synoptic gospels" and the "gnostic gospel".. i guess i never thought of it before, but when i looked at the societies information on the matter they always say things like, "the so-called new testament..." or "the so-called synoptic gospels..." why with all the "so-called?".

breakfast of champions

Fundamentalists.

From their site:

Are you fundamentalists?

While we have strong religious convictions, we are not fundamentalists in the sense that the term has come to be used. We do not believe that every passage in the Bible is to be interpreted literally. We do not pressure political leaders to promote a certain point of view, nor do we resort to demonstrations and violence against those who disagree with us. The Bible teaches Christians to be kind, good, mild, and reasonable—qualities that do not allow for the kind of fanaticism that is sometimes associated with fundamentalism.—James 3:17.

So a straw man argument: they redefine and/or narrow the definition of fundamentalists to Fred Phelps and then say "we're not that."

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United Nations Gender Ministry Conducts "Jehovah's Witness" Campaign to Combat Ebola

by rebel8 in

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is there something to this?

or is it nothing?.

.

breakfast of champions

I don't know whether this is true or not, but I've checked on unwomen.org and haven't found any information about a "Jehovah's witness" campaign with respect to the ebola crisis.

The other links I find that reference the JWs seem to be reproducing the same information. . . and don't seem particularly reliable. Remember, even though they claim to be "news" it's still Garbage-In-Garbage-Out.

I guess I would be more condfident in the veracity of this report if it was reported on the unwomen.org website itself.

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Apple Cider Vinegar

by poppers in

i've been drinking 1 tbs with a glass of water twice daily for digestion for about 3 weeks now.

i've found it helps, but it also acts as an appetite suppressant; i've lost several pounds since using it.

i'm consuming fewer calories because i'm just not as hungry as before.

breakfast of champions

Hmmmmm. . . .Interesting!

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Is This ALL the Society Meant By Big Stuff Coming?

by millie210 in

ok, internet tv, some new songs and updates on a couple obscure prophecies no one cares about.... .

i for one was so disappointed at the smallness of it.

i guess i bought the hype that when they said "big", they meant it.. .

breakfast of champions

That's only half the news. The other half is you have to bring it from home. Recipes and instructions can be downloaded from JW.bOrg

Actually, rumor has it that tv.jw.org will be broadcasting a new cooking show entitled "Cooking for a New World."

The recipes for convention hoagies, burritos and Muff-n-Eggs will be featured in the first episode. It is not known which GB member will host the show.

Soon thereafter, a spinoff cooking show "Grillin' and Witnessin'" will be released, starring Tony Morris (III). The premiere episode "Burnt Hot Dogs" is not to be missed.

From what I understand, Tony is anti-propane and pro Royal Oak Hardwood Charcoal, a.k.a "Kingdom Coal."

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Is This ALL the Society Meant By Big Stuff Coming?

by millie210 in

ok, internet tv, some new songs and updates on a couple obscure prophecies no one cares about.... .

i for one was so disappointed at the smallness of it.

i guess i bought the hype that when they said "big", they meant it.. .

breakfast of champions

And we get to know who Gog isnt?

Yeah, right. A lot of information there.

Gog also isn't: Santa Claus, Ghandi, a pair of handcuffs, Park Avenue, Tahiti, copper tubing, linoleum, Han Solo, spaghetti, or a 1970 Volvo P1800 Coupe.

Actually, it is possible that Gog is spaghetti, now that I think about it.