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  Retirement Planning for ex-JW's

  by Simon in

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  this is something i think about a lot, possibly because i'm just getting older.

  it seems that not only should i finally one day decide what i want to do with my life, but i should also be planning for retirement.. hands up everyone who feels their future has been royally screwed by the wts experience?.

  if you were a good jw and followed the wts advice you could well be finding yourself facing middle or even old age without much or anything put aside in retirement savings.

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  Save $1,000 a month for 25 years and get 7% returns and you will have nearly $1m to retire on over and above any state provisions you may be entitled to. Simon.

  Many savers can not reach that goal of 7% not when the prime is .5 % and the banks give mortgages under 3%. Too much saving might cost you in reduced government guaranteed old age supplements. Move to a country with publicly financed health care. apply to be a refugee.

  Be wary of mutual funds, charging 2% per year, In 25 years it will eat away half your investments, compounded.
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  Jeb Bush would kill a baby !

  by Simon in

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  2. current

  ok, specifically he was talking about hitler.

  apparently he was asked whether, if he could go back in time, he would kill him when he was a baby.. and he said "hell yeah !".

  but still wtf?

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  killing babies seems to be a favoured passe - time of some in power. Solomon was ready to do it, greatly increasing the fear he instilled in his subjects. The angel at passover time certainly showed his power that way. and then the camps, the cities. not just Sodom either.
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  Holy Grail of Free Energy Might be Possible

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  every chloroplast in every green leaf on planet earth is wonderfully efficient at absorbing energy from the sun.

  in combination with a complex protein enzyme h2o molecules are gently eased apart and combined with co2 to produce energy and oxygen.. a synthetic version of this process would make unlimited, clean cheap energy possible but it has so-far eluded chemical engineers.

  until now..... researchers at florida state university have discovered a method of using manganese oxide also known as birnessite to capture sunlight and then use that solar energy to create an oxidation reaction read more....

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  from the stored energy in plants we can ferment, distill alcohol, so, are there any life enhancing substances in the pipe line from this process, and is it pretty like plants? or can the plants that do this be made pretty like plants?
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  Possible reason for cancellation of book study in homes.

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this was posted on fb.. so guys, i'm gonna share something with you all that i think you should know.

  i've only told two people about this (one being john cedars) for fear of getting this guy into trouble, but it's very telling and will reaffirm your "ttatt faith!

  a couple of weeks ago, i had to have an "ability to protect" assessment by a gentleman from a company that also investigates child protection policies etc.

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  kookie Wish some legal would look into elders escorting known criminal pedophiles out in field service like they are the police, I mean if they believe they are repentant and allowed to witness why escort them in case.

  The elders always have the option to assign the questionable and troublemakers to the "hall group" and assign the children to the safest homes around. . but these assignments would make the leadership liable, if the householder too lost control or even were unaware of the situations. should have never happened in spiritual paradise.
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  Possible reason for cancellation of book study in homes.

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this was posted on fb.. so guys, i'm gonna share something with you all that i think you should know.

  i've only told two people about this (one being john cedars) for fear of getting this guy into trouble, but it's very telling and will reaffirm your "ttatt faith!

  a couple of weeks ago, i had to have an "ability to protect" assessment by a gentleman from a company that also investigates child protection policies etc.

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  In some third world countries, all meetings were held on one afternoon in sequence, publishers really could not afford the time and expenses to come 3 times a week. but in other places, the book study was a great occasion to get out, you were already bathed and dressed up, so why not make a few calls, even H2H coming and going? and then it was always fun to see the conductor sweating by questions, comments. It forced all the "servants," elders to really be prepared, whereas now with only one "conductor" and 30 second comments, the heat has been turned off. less spiritual thinking, interaction. The same with the cancelled circuit Overseers extra day, the 8 day conventions , the 2 day circuit meetings. isolate, isolate ;isolate. divide and conquer.
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  Blondie's Comments on the 11-8-2015 WT Study

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  blondies highlights from the 11-08-2015 wt study (july 15, 2015).

  excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

  paragraph 11-15 recreation.

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  re evolution: “My conscience would not let me

  share as fully in class discussions as I normally do"

  yeah, my mind is closed and will remain that way. I am going to wt university. Jacqueline, jolie Jacqueline.

  Many have concluded

  that a measure of regular exercise

  promotes good health and refreshes the

  body and mind. If we want to enjoy exercise

  in a group, should we share in it

  with just anyone? ( exercise clubs) , watching all those bodies in tight pants, low tops tony's spandex?
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  Headline: "Islamic Invasion: Europe now scrambles for guns." How true is this?

  by cappytan in

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  2. friends

  a year to a year and a half ago, i would have taken this article at face value and believed it.. now, i realize this article comes from a dubious source.

  world news daily has a die-hard right-wing bias.

  so, in an effort to get real information, i'm asking my european exjw's, is this article all true?

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  Government upset about Teacher union newspaper urging educators to warn girls about masses of young foreign men in sexual pursuits.
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  Possible reason for cancellation of book study in homes.

  by Amelia Ashton in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this was posted on fb.. so guys, i'm gonna share something with you all that i think you should know.

  i've only told two people about this (one being john cedars) for fear of getting this guy into trouble, but it's very telling and will reaffirm your "ttatt faith!

  a couple of weeks ago, i had to have an "ability to protect" assessment by a gentleman from a company that also investigates child protection policies etc.

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  The meeting in homes churches was one practice to be traced back to the acts of the apostles, letters. . My take of the cancellation? the separate book study proved to be the breeding ground for interesting comments. better to regain centralized power. as to this "revelation"? a real ego trip, to single handedly change the course of 8 million believers.
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  What causes new light? Embarrassment, unsustainable doctrine, a desire to affirm FDS status or avoid liability??

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  i am sure its a bit of all four.

  do you think they are embarrassed by old doctrines as time goes by that become ludicrous?

  (beth sarim 1925 resurrection).

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  For deep true believers, if they are, they imagine they use a kind of scientific approach to doctrine. : 1) you have a theory /hypothesis, 2) you conduct experiments to verify it. 3) if there is no match ( the past wt experience 100%), you have another stab at it. 4) repeat with another set of ideas, aka new light.

  1914 was a lucky hit, but only the date. Every detail of what they predicted was wrong.

  It is like They are throwing balls in an amusement park, trying to get a hit for a useless toy, with publisher picking up the tab, an illusion for the players and the payers, somebody is laughing all the way to the bank, if you wake up, it is with indigestion from the cotton candy " food in due season"

  trying to affirm status. desperately.
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  Sub CO and Wife, both Reg Pioneers, go back to NC to live with his Parents

  by James Jack in

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  2. experiences

  this couple both in their mid 30's, lived with me for awhile and i gave them employment, because they are both regular pioneers and married right out of high school, also because i am that kind a of guy that likes to help people.

  various friends have been helping them out for years, so i guess it was my turn to help them out.. the brother got stupid with me, so i told him i had enough of them both and that it was time for them to go elsewhere.. the co loved them so much, the pioneer elder was made cobe in another congregation and a sub co. the brother also got to conduct pioneer service school.

  (so he is a hot shot now).

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  JustVisting

  So, why would immigration question his past? did he or the wt hide his undocumented background?

  You can get a Social Security Card for tax purposes, even if you are an alien, but can't legally earn money through work.

  so this man might fit the pattern, some wt beneficiaries have never earned any money through work in their lives