Wow, that's great news!
It does make me wonder though how many more couples are out there, both with doubts but worried about sharing them.
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Progess!
by Jon Preston inwell my wife asked me loint blank..."do you wanna be a witness anymore?
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we then went into 1914 and shunning and 1975 and she said sheswondered many times about it.. anyways she said "so what do we do now?
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I'm not trying to brag, but being an EXJW is awesome!!! Status Update-
by Coffee House Girl inhello jwn!
i don't get to check in here or comment as often as i would like because i have been working so hard at school...but i just have to share my news in hopes that newbees can see that taking the leap to enroll in higher education is worth it-.
i am graduating this spring with a bachelor degree in art history, minor anthropology...many people (including nonjw's have given me flack for choosing a "dead end" career path) but since leaving the watchtower organization's group-think mentality and "leaning on my own understanding" instead... i decided to say fuck everyone else's opinion...i am going to pursue my passion to work in a museum as a curator or archivist-.
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bemused
Well done! I've always been convinced that you have to study what you enjoy and not what might be most 'useful'.
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Who will win the premier league (footy or 'soccer') mine is liverpool fc
by Jon Preston inwhat a year it had been!!!
liverpool fc (forgive me for this losts one-sidedness) have gone leaps and bounds and luck to reach secknd spot but without games in hand to man city....i must say an air or cl against ac milan is in the air.
and lfc have a real shot at winning.
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bemused
Whoever wins, the best title race for many years!
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Who will win the premier league (footy or 'soccer') mine is liverpool fc
by Jon Preston inwhat a year it had been!!!
liverpool fc (forgive me for this losts one-sidedness) have gone leaps and bounds and luck to reach secknd spot but without games in hand to man city....i must say an air or cl against ac milan is in the air.
and lfc have a real shot at winning.
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bemused
It's got to be either City or Chelsea for me. Liverpool just don't have the strength in depth to cope with injuries, suspensions etc. If I had to choose one, I'd go for Chelsea as they have the best manager and, in Hazard, the best player in the Premiership.
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Arguments to prove Noah's Ark story is just a myth
by will-be-apostate ini've been thinking for a while about the topic mentioned in the title and came to the conclusion that the flood story from the bible provides a very good starting point for proving the bible wrong.. in the following paragraphs i'll be only presenting ideas and potentially logic errors, and possible answer.
i didn't do any serious research yet, for in order to answer various questions a good base in specific branch of science is required.. according to the bible (the internet) the volume of the ark was 137.16 m * 22.86 m * 13.716 m = 43006 cubic meters (roughly).
if we was to subtract the volume of the interior structure (elements like walls, stairs, etc.
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bemused
Here's a few:
1. Where did all the water come from? There isn't enough water on earth to flood up to the top of mount Everest.
2. Egyptian civilisation, for which there are detailed continuous historical records, pre-dates and post-dates the supposed flood.
3. Why didn't all the fish die? Neither salt water nor freshwater fish would have survived in the dliuted saline solution resulting from the flood.
4. How do you explain the diversity of human races (african, caucasian, aboriginal etc) in just a few thousand years? Human evolution isn't that quick.
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I did it !!!!
by snare&racket in7 years ago i started on a path i had long ago given up on as impossible.
i met with my elders and told them i could not justify carrying on as a jw.
i went and got my high school qualifications and my higher education diploma (a levels with distinction) in just 12 months.
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bemused
That's fantastic! Doing medical training when younger and with family support is tough enough but your performance is absolutely outstanding.
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hello
by fakefading inhello my fellow "apostates".
just wanted to say hi.
i'm still in the borg but mentally out.
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bemused
nmfr - TTATT stands for The Truth about The Truth.
Welcome fakefading. Not everyone on here is an apostate - there are a few people like me who have never been a JW but are concerned about JW friends and relatives. (A close relative of mine converted some years back and I use this site as ammunition for any discussions we get into.) As a never-in I'm not sure I can give you much advice, but what I would say from my reading of the postings on this site is that a slow fade may be the least painful exit route and give you the best chance of maintaining contact with family and friends.
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What are you reading right now??
by DATA-DOG ini am reading "stranger in a strange land" by robert a. heinlein.
i read it over 20 years ago.
now i am reading it from a completely different perspective.
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bemused
'What the Dog Saw' by Malcolm Gladwell. He has great insights and this collection of his writing covers a whole range of topics.
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I was a window washet...
by new hope and happiness inthete are a lot of derocatory comments sbout witnesses and cleaning windows.
as a former window cleaner i can say:-.
a. i started my self employment at 17.. b. i built the round with my own initiative.. c. i was soon making 4 times the average hourly wage.. d. i was afraid of heights, but as the round grew i employed 2 people.. e. it exspanded to gardening painting and decorating ect, ect,.
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bemused
Hi NHAH
As several people have said, the term 'window-washer' is often used to represent individuals such as elders who have an anti-education stance, while having influence over people's lives in roles that they have no qualifications or training to carry out. I agree with you that it is unfair to imply that there is anything fundamentally wrong with window cleaning as a career choice.
Through my relatives I met a JW elder (he is in fact a window cleaner - sorry!) who told me that he didn't believe in evolution. When I asked him which books he'd read on evolution he said he hadn't read any. I offered to lend him some but he declined on the grounds that he knew it was wrong so he'd be wasting his time!
He may be a great window cleaner, but his critical thinking capacities are clearly very limited and it's painful to think that he has a lot of influence at the KH.
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Girls can't do maths
by Laika ina story from my days as the accounts servant (not verbatim).
me: hello, [brother] here's your copy of the money slip for this meeting, i just finished the count.. cong.
secretary: thanks... who counter signed that there?.
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bemused
As a never-in, my only experience of a Kingdom Hall has been at wedding services. I found the old-fashioned sexism in the talks startling. One lady told me afterwards that she had seriously considered walking out at one point, and only remained to spare the feelings of the bride and groom.
It must be pretty weird being told that you're not capable of certain things and then going home and watching female politicians and business leaders on the news.