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  How much is the Bethel allowance now? It used to be $14!

  by Maryo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am wondering how much the bethel "allowance" is now?

  it used to be $14!

  is it true they really sign a vow of proverty now?

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  Oh, coco, I'll bet you saw that as Jehovah providing?
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  After leaving what did you Major in?

  by Luther bertrand in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am curious if my observations are correct.

  i noticed alot of exjws end up majoring in the social sciences.

  i am also interested in what educational choices people have made either while fading or while completely out.

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  Elementary Education

  In the US, community colleges will accept everyone with the caveat that you take placement tests and may have to take remedial classes first for no credit.

  Once you have an associates degree from a community college, it is fairly easy to transfer to a larger university.

  Fill out the federal student aid form, the FAFSA, and they will determine whether you are eligible for grants, which do not need to be paid back, or loans. It's based on your family income.

  I was eligible for loans to cover tuition and a little bit extra. However, I did not have to pay room and board as a commuter student. Living on campus might have presented a financial gap.

  They seemed to give out these loans freely. My husband made a decent income at the time, so it seems likely that most people could get their tuition covered with loans.

  And, I now owe the federal government a giant pile of cash!
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  Our COBE(Coordinator Of Body of Elders) Cried at the Kingdom Hall

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was announced recently, that "bro.

  z is no long the coordinator(76 years old), bro y(60) is now the new coordinator of the body of elders".. you see, bro.

  z has been an elder for 43 years and 35 of them as the cobe/po.

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  It also, maybe unreasonably, makes me angry that they promote apple products that are so dang expensive.

  Those older folks are likely on a fixed income and could buy comparable devices in other brands that are much less expensive.

  It seems like they're just adding insult to injury, especially if these devices will cause frustration and remain unused.
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  What song explains what you have gone through in life?

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is mine....watch "coolio ft. l.v - gangsta's paradise (official music video)" on youtubehttps://youtu.be/cpgbzylnz7c

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  "Brain Stew" by Greenday from the album Insomniac

  I can do some major insomnia and sometimes nothing will knock me out.

  Story of my life: never getting enough sleep.

  My workweek goes like this: Monday is good. I've caught up on rest over the weekend.

  Tuesday I'm tired, but I can still function.

  Wednesday I'm really dragging. It's hard to do my job efficiently and well.

  Thursday I make it through the day in a fog, and know I will have to nap after work to be able to get up Friday. However, in the past few years I have no longer been able to nap during the day. I am a zombie.

  Friday the alarm goes off and I think I'm going to die. No way I'll make it through the day. I usually do, but am utterly miserable and unproductive.

  Saturday I can sleep in a little, but I still don't catch up on all my lost sleep from the week. I'm mildly productive at housework.

  Sunday I sleep in and finally catch up on my sleep. I feel energetic and get stuff done in the afternoon.

  Then it all starts over again.

  I really do often feel like "my eyes are gonna bleed" and that "the clock is laughing in my face" at night.
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  Long time lurker, first time poster ...

  by LettMorrisSplaneit in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i finally had the guts to create a profile to be able to post.

  i've been lurking for a few months and have read all your experiences and comments dutifully.

  you have been a great help in my process of waking up from this cult posing as the one true religion.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Welcome. I'm also on the east coast. Near DC and Baltimore.
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  Lady drives car into Kingdom Hall

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  right smack into (what looks like) the front entry!.

  http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-13/78yo-female-driver-crash-jehovahs-witnesses-church/7243268.

  this was in australia, but the khs i've seen (in the us) are designed so that you'd have to almost intentionally want to ram a building to cause this kind of damage.

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  My MIL sleeps and drives, but our state doesn't have mandatory retesting for older drivers. She won't voluntarily give up her license. There's no public transportation here, either.

  She's not allowed to drive any of the grandchildren around, though.
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  CLAM - JUNE 2016

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  first week focuses on utilizing videos in combination with tracts.

  for the wtbts, this is a low cost approach to placements and prosyletising.. .

  second week focuses on those who are ill. this is somewhat surprising in that the subject was discussed recently in the wt study (dec 15 2015 edition - "jehovah will sustain you") considered at the end of february this year.. .

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  GrreatTeacher

  CBS: Congregation Book Study
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  What would we all do if the watchtower collapsed tomorrow ?

  by stan livedeath in

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  2. friends

  i would probably collapse laughing.

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  My parents would just assume it was the Great Tribulation and the work would be driven underground. They would find like-minded people and meet together in their homes.

  Just because the organization collapsed wouldn't mean they would give up their faith.
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  My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.

  i posted my sad status on facebook.

  guess who saw it?

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  GrreatTeacher

  Hope you didn't lose any important files.

  Yeah, these Chromebooks are what our school system uses for the middle school population. They do the job.

  Maybe invest in a surge protector?
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  Feeling A Bit Down Today

  by jacobm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey y'all, .

  i'm not sure about you, but i occasionally get those days where i feel a bit down, as if i have no friends.

  i do have a number of great friends, though, and am very thankful for them.. i think it might have to do with the residual programming of having a "worldwide brotherhood".

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  Yes, crazyguy, exactly this!

  My parents moved congregations and I would ask them about so-and-so from the old congregation whom they had known for decades, and I'd get an answer something like, "Well, I think they're doing okay."

  It was clear they hadn't spokem to them in a long while.