there must be a reason jws stay or people join..
Why do they join?
What is presented to them sounds good. But people don't ask the right questions about what they are taught. Ex. What happens in detail if later I decide to not be part of this organisation that I am joining?
As a result, they cannot truly evaluate the pros and cons of what they are getting in to.
And they cannot be faulted for not knowing the right questions to ask.
i couldn't decide which section best fit this - so decided to put it here.
i apologize if i am wrong.. .
i am hoping to get information / advice from someone on here that is a real estate guru.. i own a small piece of land in the hill country.
Another thing to realize is that the appraised value on your property, and I am assuming that we are talking about the county tax assessors appraisal, may not be anywhere close to what the current selling price of the land actually is. It could be lower or much higher. I have property that the acreage is appraised at less than 20 percent of it's current selling price, and no time soon am I going to contest my estimated tax value. The easiest way is to check asking prices of like property in that area. Call a local realtor or check online listings.
i couldn't decide which section best fit this - so decided to put it here.
i apologize if i am wrong.. .
i am hoping to get information / advice from someone on here that is a real estate guru.. i own a small piece of land in the hill country.
Jim_TX-
I live in the Houston area and a couple of years ago had been looking for acreage around the hill country, Wimberley, Blanco area. Everyone it seems has been purchasing land for vacation homes or 2nd homes over in that area. Prices have not fallen despite hard economic times. That area is still one of the fastest growing in the US. You might try checking on other similar lots that are for sale in the same area, with similar utilities and road access etc.
The offer from your neighbor sounds like they are trying to lowball you, and see if you will bite, maybe they think that you have to sell or need the cash. Usually most people if adjoining lots come up for sale around them, they will pay a premium for them in rural areas, just so people can't build right next to them. After all that is sometimes why they moved to the country.
Also, you can't always rely on the appraised value. Could be that you need to contest the appraised value. One of the easiest ways to find what people are paying is to just call up a realtor on a piece of property that is similar property, and see what they want for it.
Hope this helps.
i am glad some people are saying the things i have thought about a mormon running for president of the usa:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemmttjeuo8&list=uunzitcpd7wgvn80trrb8rcq&index=1&feature=plcp.
I would have to agree with Qcmber's #5 point. An election of Romney would only tend to give legitamacy to the Mormon cult, and the bleedover would naturally tend to give the same tacit approval to other cults and high control groups, or religions that outwardly appear mainstream and clean but are actually dangerous and destructive.
this one's important, we need as many people as possible to help.
wot (web of trust) is a website rating site that is used by millions of people as a browser plugin.
no need to make anything up, tell it like it is.. http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/watchtower.org.
bttt
i've been involved with the witnessess since 1976. my ex-wife was a baptised sister who fell in with the wrong crowd and left the fruth when she should have been disfellowshipped.
thats another story.
after returning home in 1980 from working in the u.s. navy, i contacked her parents and in 1982 started studying for ernest.
ThomasK9:
If you just have to be a member of a group join beards.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CTjHcUyEDS0
You won't get any nonsense from these guys.
there was a youtube video that contained an excerpt of ciro aulicino's talk "you will be with me in paradise".
at some point it was removed by youtube.
it now shows the message, "this video has been removed as a violation of youtube's policy on shocking and disgusting content.".
I think that it would not set a good precedent to start having things pulled from archive.org, particularly things that are in the public domain. The site admins on archive.org need to be told that these recordings are important to have to be used critically to expose hate speech, not to promulgate it.
It is easy to set up an acct there and voice your opinion about its being removed. If enough people do so, and clearly state reasons why, I am sure it will be re-listed. Only takes a few minutes to do so.
hey people it's been a tough couple of weeks for me, my wife and i have seperated i expected this, but it has been much more difficult than expected.
my family has gotten a million times more distant because of my inactive status and questioning ofthe org.
i do have wordy friends but still feel pretty bad being alone i have even contemplated returning to meetings for the sole purpose of not losing y family and life, but i cannot fathom the thought of bowing down to their rules and sacrificing my own integrity.
Greetings Freeof1914,
Our situations are similar in so many ways. About a year and a half ago I just could not stand for any more of the nonsense. My son was DF for about a year and I had been closely monitoring his status, talking with him regularly, watching him become more distant and depressed, to where I actually feared for his life. I reached out to him and we came to the same views as to the unscriptural, pharisaical, criminal dealings that comprise being in the Watchtower.
In doing this I had to sacrifice the love of my life, my dear wife. She chose to be a faithful JW. In the climate of last year's witchhunt mentality, unquestioning obedience to god's earthly organization, the cry against "mentally diseased apostates", she chose to abandon our family and our marriage of almost 30 years.
The best thing to come out of this so far is that I am growing closer to my son as never before, without the dysfunctional influence of the borg. But I so miss my wife, and daily I second guess about what I could have done different, or what magical line of reasoning I could have said to help her to see the malevalence that is this evil cult. I truly hate these bastards that have done so much damage to people's lives and their families.
It is not easy I know, because after seeing clearly the lies and clear deceptions, you know that you would have to give up a piece of yourself, the part which makes you a truly moral person to go back and live a lie for the sake of your own well being.
Hang in there, and take each day as it comes. Know that others have been where you are at, and there is a lot of support to be found on this forum.
neverscreamagain
go after them and prosecute them - there is a new precedent that was read today!.
philadelphia a roman catholic church official was convicted friday of child endangerment but acquitted of conspiracy in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial, becoming the first u.s. church official convicted of a crime for mishandling abuse claims.
read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/22/jury-reaches-verdict-in-pennsylvania-priest-abuse-trial/#ixzz1yzdn1v3r.
I think that it being a criminal case is the pertinant feature of this. Many similarities with this case and the Conti case. This case couldn't have culminated at a better time, the 2 cases seem to go hand in hand.
Let's see if the Watchtower files a brief in opposition to verdict, or friend of the court? Edited- Can this be done if case is Appealed?
Any elder who has ever been involved hiding an abuser or on a child abuse JC should really be looking out for what could happen next.
we are always urged to "make sure of all things", namely, that anything we preach or teach is verifiable and true.
especially when we are referring to the bible.. at our convention, two things which came from the platform made me cringe, especially as one of the statements came from a regular and experienced convention speaker.
first; "over a quarter of a million new brothers and sisters were baptized last year - doesn't this show love on jehovah's part that he is allowing time for such ones to get to know him".
Hamsterbait-lol!
Reminds me of a New Yorker cover illustration from last year showing Steve Jobs impatiently waiting at the "pearly gates" while St. Peter tries to find his name on an Ipad. Funny Stuff!
