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  Devouring the Forbidden Fruit - Higher Education

  by cappytan in

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  well, i told my wife over the weekend i was going to go back school to finish my degree.

  she is 100% supportive of it!

  apparently she doesn't think higher education is so evil either.. since my former major was computer programming and that was in the late 1990's, i was told i'd have to retake a bunch of classes since times have changed.

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  Mary

  "...Did the recent jw tv anti education broadcasts cement the deal for you to go back to college?"
  
  Can someone post the link to this? I've recently had 2 JWs (my sister and another old friend who has started going back to the KH tell me that they've changed their stand on 'higher education' and that university is a-okay now. I find this very hard to believe and I was wondering if anyone had read anything in the literature about this......
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  talk me off the cliff please

  by sowhatnow in

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  my son, at age 25 finally, was able to get accepted into a community college.

  but i dont have words of joy to share with him.

  im instead dizzy with fear of possible financial failure.

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  Mary

  sowhatnow, sorry to say this, but you really need to be more positive for your son's sake.  He's doing one of the smartest things a young person can do:  getting an education and learning some good skills.  If you endlessly look at the negative side of everything, it's going to end up affecting him and his studies.  Yes, he'll come out of college owing money.  Most people do.  My cousin came out of medical school owing over $150,000 in student loans, but he's a frigging doctor now and is glad he went to university.

  From what you've written, your son is smart, so there's no reason to think that he's not going to be able to get a decent job once he's done college.  So instead of worrying about what might happen down the road, you need to concentrate on the positive aspects of what he's doing.  He'll thank you for it in the long run. 
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  Blondie's Comments on the 1-18-2015 WT Study (HOLY)

  by blondie in

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  november 15, 2014 wt study issue.

  january 18, 2015 to be studied.

  opening comments.

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  Mary

  "...Of course, none of us should feel pressured to devote many hours to the ministry just to be able to turn in a larger report of our share in the field service...."
  
      
  
  
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  WT Library

  by MsTruthSeeker2014 in

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  does anyone have the link to dl the wt library?

  i was looking for some mag from the 1900s and see that the jw org site only goes back to 2000.

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  Mary

  Bookmarked!
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  Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any U.S. religion

  by new light in

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  well i'll be darned.

  serves 'em right.

  man does that put a smile on my face.'.

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  Mary

  Very interesting! Wonder if this'll be in the next Kingdom Ministry.
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  AAWA activists burst into a Kingdom Hall in Kent!

  by raymond frantz in

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  aawa activists burst into a kingdom hall in kent.

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  Not a good idea at all. All this does is feed the 'mentally diseased apostates' preconceived ideas that they have about us and they're not going to pay the slightest attention to anything that's said. We all know the mindset of Witnesses and this sort of tactic isn't going to get you anywhere.
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  Was justice served fairly in the Micheal Brown tragedy, whats your opinion ?

  by Finkelstein in

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  2. current

  the michael brown tragedy has garnered a lot of attention in the media recently highlighted.

  by the recent county court decision to not indict the lone officer who did the shooting which caused the death of micheal brown.. .. now after more information of the event has been released openly to the public, we can evaluate upon are self.

  in are own opinion toward was the law handed out in this particular event proportionately fair or to a professional standard ?.

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  Mary

  here is an established protocol to wait for assistance upon coming into a situation when you come upon an individual or a group of individuals that is being extremely aggressive

  The officer really didn't have the luxury of waiting for back-up. Michael Brown & his friend started running away. At that time, Officer Wilson was pretty sure that he was the one who had just robbed the store (he fit the description and had the cigars in his hand) and as a trained cop, he did what he was trained to do. Michael Brown appeared to be very aggressive (believable after seeing the video of him robbing the store and shoving aside the worker who tried to stop him) and if he realized that he was facing arrest, it's not too difficult to imagine his response. He was a very big guy too, 6'3" and nearly 300 lbs. He hardly needed a gun to be seen as dangerous, especially as he had already attacked Officer Wilson.

  We all have 20/20 vision in hindsight. Officer Wilson wasn't give that luxury; he had to make a decision in probably less than 5 seconds. The tragedy is that none of this needed to happen. Had Michael & his friend not robbed the store, this wouldn't have happened. If he hadn't been acting like a smartass walking down the middle of the street, refusing to move when ordered to by Officer Wilson, this wouldn't have happened. His own actions, unfortunately, cost him his life that day and now his parents and family have to go the rest of their lives without their son. We can only hope that maybe this tragedy might be a lesson for other teenagers who might think they're above the law. It can cost them everything.
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  Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

  by Simon in

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  after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

  let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

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  Mary

  Up until last night, I had no idea that Officer had been physically attacked by Michael Brown. While I was surprised that the Grand Jury decided not to indict, what I found so ironic is that, prior to this, the protestors were pissed off that the National Guard were called in, in anticipation of the aftermath, because "it made us look like we're violent". So what happens? This morning, Ferguson is in flames, stores are being burned to the ground, and looting all over the place.

  While I feel terrible for Michael Brown's family for their loss, this entire mess could have been avoided had Michael Brown just moved off the road as requested by law enforcement.
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  How Do You Answer Someone Who Says JWs Are Not False Prophets?

  by minimus in

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  it used to bother me that people would say that about my well meaning religion.

  how do you prove that witnesses are indeed, false prophets?.

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  Mary

  Simon said: The onus is on them to prove that they are *not* false prophets which should be easy if they really have the genuine mojo: "Give us one conclusive clear prophecy that has been correct"

  Have you not seen their newest claim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ6405yjZfo
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  Doctors and surgeons say no to blood transfusions

  by Mr Negative in

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  2. medical

  my mum recently told me that even surgeons won't have blood transfusions, but the common people don't get told this.

  i have also seen or heard others say that a bunch of doctors/health officials/surgeons were asked, at some point, if they would accept a blood transfusion and they all said no.

  is this true?

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  Mary

  They say politics makes strange bedfellows, but so does religion. I went to visit my mom's best friend recently. She's in the hospital with a malignant tumour in her bowel that's bleeding. Her blood count has dropped to 79. They want to go in asap to remove the tumour, but because her blood count is so low and because, as a JW, she won't take blood, then the risks of her dying are A LOT higher. Anyway, the doctor came in while we were there and he went through everything with her (she wanted us to stay) and told her that while he respected her religious beliefs, he had to tell her of the potential consequences. He asked if there was anything she would take, but because she didn't have her blood card with her, she had no idea at all as to what she could and couldn't take.
  
  I stepped in and told the doctor that there are some things they can take, but none of these 'fractions' would be of any benefit to her in her condition. She needs packed red cells that carry the oxygen to the lungs and of course, this is on the 'do not pass go' list. I asked if there was any treatment, drugs or therapy that can replace the oxygen in the red cells, even though I was 99.99% of the answer even before he told me. Bottom line is: we won't have that technology for a few more decades at least.

  After the doctor left, she said she was so happy we were there to help because she wouldn't remember anything that he said. I thought "well isn't this ironic: an apostate trying to help an elderly JW through a life and death decision.'
  
  What was so sad and pathetic is that she started preaching to the doctor about how it was a 'conscience matter', etc. etc. I thought "oh god, this is the definition of insanity: preaching to the doctor who's trying to save your life, about how great the cult is that is, more or less, forcing you to possibly commit suicide.'
  
  I actually had a conversation with a Witness about the blood recently on-line. They of course gave me the old: 'if the doctor told you to abstain from blood, would you inject it into your veins?' I said "if it was going to save my life? Absolutely'. I then said to him: 'If your doctor told to abstain from eating organ meat (which means no liver & onions or steak and kidney pie), and then 6 months down the road you were told you needed a kidney transplant, would you refuse on the grounds that "my doctor told me to abstain from eating organ meat"?
  
  Never heard back from him.