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  What a deal!

  by frozen one in

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  i was talking to my neighbor earlier today and he told me his daughter was buying a house.

  the house, a brand new 3 bedroom/2 bath built to energy star standards, has been for sale for over a year.

  it was built by a local low to moderate income housing organization funded with a mix of public/private dollars.

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  I think non-profits like this are great! From what I read in the original post, this is a private charity that solicits funds from various sources to promote home ownership for those that meet a specific criteria set up by the charity's governing board of directors. Apparently this young working mother qualified, not only for the home, but for other incentives as well that no doubt give the charity certain cred with the government by offering them. I hope this girl takes this opportunity and runs with it, making a great life for her and her child.

  I know that many get rankled and the thought of social programs being paid for by their tax dollars. Many feel forced to do it by their government and begrudge those who are recipients. However, it seems to me that many (and I'm not specifically saying "here on this forum"...but rather in my experience here in the US in general) seem to have the attitude of "I got mine...F**K everyone else." Sure there are charitable people, but by in large, I seriously doubt that in this age of self preservation in a struggling economy, that many would willingly part with their hard earned dollars to support programs for disadvantaged people on their own. So, someone has to do this. Of course, there is waste and fraud. My take on social programs is that while they can be effective, policing for fraud and waste should be made a priority. Some of these programs, given the chance, really do work and help to get people off of the welfare roles. Most people don't want to be forever dependent on the pittance they get from welfare. Given opportunities such as Clinton and the Republican congress legislated back in the 1990's, many take advantage of the programs and are able to make the move from dependent to self sufficient. I seriously do not mind my tax dollars being used for social programs ...FOR THOSE THAT NEED THEM. I'd rather they go to those that really are trying to change their lives than to Haliburton or Exxon's bottom line.
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  JWs and Star Trek...

  by Thylacine in

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  one part of my experience with the jw's was that many of the elders in my congreagtion were die hard into star trek...i figured it was isolated to that one kh, but as i went to different ones, i noticed it was a lot of them.

  one elder explained his fandom as: "it makes me think of the new system.

  we will travel to other planets when the earth is full, and colonize the galaxy.

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  Sorry, the debate about sci-fi series superiority reminds me of this every time....

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0sc-gS9AqM
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  To be a happy poster...

  by CoonDawg in

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  recenty there have been some threads about how some seem to be abusive and some may be overly sensitive.

  i think that it's best that we all keep in mind the difference in posters.

  no, not just that they are individuals or that they come from different locales, but that though we share a common experience, each of us is at a different place in our exit.

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  Recenty there have been some threads about how some seem to be abusive and some may be overly sensitive. I think that it's best that we all keep in mind the difference in posters. No, not just that they are individuals or that they come from different locales, but that though we share a common experience, each of us is at a different place in our exit. Each, as has been pointed out in the past by others, comes here for something different. Some are contemplating their exit strategy, some are newly "out". Others, like myself, have been out for a number of years and are well along in learning to cope with the emotional baggage that our shared experience gave us. Others, still, are long out, but still bitter or jaded. Sometimes when two of these meet in a thread, weird stuff happens.

  Just keep in mind that each person is different. Just because we share a common experience doesn't mean that we're all going to sit by the campfire singing Kumbaya. Some of us still come accross as loving and caring, some as brusque and all business. Some of us come across as saints and others as complete a-holes. I'm just saying that if you are looking for those who are emotionally supportive, you'll find those here...along with some who tell us things in plain terms that may rub us the wrong way. If you are looking for succinct answers and want them light on the touchy-feely stuff, you can find that too. If you are looking for someone to really mix it up and you have thick skin and don't care if someone is kind of an a-hole, you'll certainly find those here too. That's something that JW's many times forget. They buy so heavily in to the "brotherly love" crap, that they loose sight of reality. Sorry, but there are plenty of a-holes, control freaks, mean people, bitches, liars, theives, drunks and all around miscreants in their congregation just as much as there are anywhere else in the world. I just think that all of us should learn this lesson and not expect more out here in this group with something in common anymore than you would anywhere else in the world.

  Okay ... that's my 2 cents worth. Here's hoping that this thread doesn't get the padlock too.
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  I just replaced my garbage disposal...

  by zeroday in

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  it must be saturday night the highlight of my week was replacing my garbage disposal...it went out last week along with my refrigerator (replaced that last weekend a whole nother story) anyway poked my head under the sink and said "i can do that"...i like to think myself as mechanically inclined but after a week driving truck that is the last thing i wanted to do but the disposal cost me $118 and they wanted another $95 to install it...so i dove in and did pretty well untill it was time to lock the disposal ring into the setting...i tried and tried and tried and the mother ****** would not go on...i grabbed me a martini and said ok i'll finish tomorrow when it hit me i was trying to twist the damn thing the wrong way and as simple as that i did it...i am so proud of me.........

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  Way to go! It always give a sense of acccomplishment. I learned a long time ago when I was first working in hardware, after seeing all the bozos through the week who did plumbing and electrical for a living...it can't be that hard. Most of those type of jobs, I'll always take a crack at. My first plumbing job in my first house was replacing the waterheater. I was a bit intimidated, but I dove in. I put all copper in, check valves and shut offs in the proper places...sweated all the joints...(sloppy according to professional standards) and turned on the water. Voila....not one single leak! After that, I knew I could do any of it.

  When I bought my current home, we had to replace all the appliances in the kitchen...including the kitchen sink and faucet. I put in a built in mircrowave, a dishwasher, an new gas stove (that had to be converted to LP) a fridge w/ icemaker & water dispenser and the new disposal.

  It was a piece of cake....and I saved a ton! The worst that can happen is that I have to call in a pro...but if I don't, I'm way ahead.
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  Do the religious have higher morals than the non-religious?

  by digderidoo in

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  ok, i was going to ask whether christians have higher morals, but i thought that other religions have the same kind of morals too.. when i look at those who sincerely follow their religion, i think that they do have a higher morality than those who do not follow some sort of scriptural guidelines.. this is not to say that the religious have a monopoly on morality, or to say that some religious people are not hypocritical in doing what they say, rather than what they do.

  but as a whole it seems to me that someone with a religious upbringing has higher standards than someone without.. now some would say that higher standards or lower standards are defined by society, so therefore by whose definition do they have higher morals.

  this would be a fair assumption.

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  In some respects, I think "moral" is a subjective term. What is moral for one person may be seen as immoral by others. Is "moral" merely observing social mores or is it greater than this? I think, as many others have stated, that there are plenty who are not religious who are "moral" by the loose definition that seems to be accepted in this thread. I think it's more a character issue. How much respect do you have for how your actions impact those around you? Is that impact positive or negative? Do your actons coincide with your personal beliefs and convictions? I think all these aspects play into what a person deems "moral" action and "immoral".
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  Friday Morning-First day of DC-I am so excited!

  by treadnh2o in

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  i am gong to work.lol

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  Assholes down where I live have completely plugged up my regular parking - and now their is NO PARKING!!!!! Traffic sucks ass as I work by the convention center and the asshole dub parking attendants are trying to tell me how to drive and which way to turn. I told one last week to go fuck himself (when he was telling me to make a right, when I had to make a left to get on the freeway) and that I was going home, and that I didn't see a goddamn badge on his chest... That's so funny I nearly woke my wife up in the other room from laughing! She just got back from a weekend of spritual bliss in which her blood pressure was sky high from all this "spiritual fellowship". I think she's glad she's flying out of town for work tomorrow. She told me "Jeez, it just reminds me why I hate traveling in groups." I reminded her that I warned her and had told her that she didn't have to go. I figure next weekend, when she gets home from NC, I'll probe her to find out what she thought of the BS...because she admits that at least a portion is BS.
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  sex before marriage in the borg

  by heyfea in

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  (i don't know if i posted this already, since i got errors every time i tried) .

  do you think that a lot of engaged jws have sex before getting married?

  i think so, only a few fall into the guilt trip after they're married, and ultimately confess.

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  With my first wife, no we didn't...but yes, we should've. I groped her (had her top off and lots of heavy petting) and ended up telling an elder about it. No reproof or anything. He ended up asking me if I " intened it to go further or if I was just grabbing a feel."...of course, he gave me an out so I told him I was just copping a feel.

  I'm firmly in the camp of "hump before you jump." Me and my current wife definitely did before. I'm glad we did. Neither of us have had any regrets and she hasn't felt the need (10 years later) to confess diddly shit to the elders.

  While I do not advocate promiscuity, in a committed monogamous relationship I feel it is very appropriate to make sure of this aspect of your life together before you sign the papers that, shoud things not work out on that basis, entitle your partner to half of your stuff, and your lawyers to half of the half you get to keep.
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  visiting Richmond, Washing DC, Raleigh NC , Nashville IDEAS

  by Champion in

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  hi everyone, i figured what better place to get the" truth" jwd.

  i am traveling with my sons to visit a few colleges june29-july5.

  my 16yr old son is looking at colleges and i am taking his younger brother(13) along with us.

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  While in Nashville, You gotta go see the country music hall of fame. It's right downtown. And while you're at it, since you'll be at Vandy, you won't be far from Music Row. I wish your son luck at the Bluebird. Wow, that place is an icon. And you gotta go to the guitar store downtown. I can't remember the name of it, but when you go, everyone will know which one I'm talking about. If you do go out to Opry Mills mall, you can go to Gibson's place there. It's a cafe, but they also have some of the stuff being built there. It's kind of neat.

  Have fun while you're there.
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  June 2008 KM Yawnfest: Is Your Family Preparing for Survival?

  by truthseeker in

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  every two years or so, the society includes a frontpage doom and gloom survival article.. here's the latest.... .

  is your family preparing for survival?.

  1 fulfilled bible prophecy gives convincing evidence of the fast-approaching end of this wicked world.

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  [quote]"Adult children in one family recall how their father applied suggestions received from Jehovah's organization. For example, he conducted a family study every week and took the family in the ministry every weekend as recommended. He endeavored to have one of his children accompany him in the ministry each week. His steadfastness in doing "just so" made a deep impression on his children, and all six of them grew up to be loyal servants of Jehovah."[/quote] The thing they don't tell you is that when he got home, he took one of his kids and molested them that night and threateded to harm them if they told. He knew he could count of Jehovah's organization to handle the matter internally rather than having him locked up in prison like any other common criminal. Another who used this advice for his family ended up penniless and without any retirement. His kids couldn't help him because they were all too busy trying to make it on their wages as a janitor and a window washer.
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  Bill Maher hates religion !

  by lancelink in

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  some pretty bizarre stuff on this site :

  be sure to read up about holy land in florida !

  http://disbeliefnet.com/

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  I love his blasphemous take on religion. People take offense because there is much truth in his jests.