I was a born-in. As I grew up I bought into the religion. It was not until I was in my mid-30 when I began to have doubts. My exit took well over 10 years. I have read enough experiences on this board to simply say my experience was not anything extraordinary.
NewYork44M
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Why did you choose Jehovahs Witnesses?
by vinman ini'm wondering why ones on this forum initially became jw's.
if you were born in, why did you make it "your own"?
if you became one later, what was your draw and driving force?
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Independent living for Senior facilities are thru the roof here. What about your area??
by James Mixon inwe checked on a new senior facility, just to get in your must shell out $200.000.00 and.
don't get that back.
two hundred thousand up front and payments from $2500.00-$5000.00.
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Also, James - I agree. Seniors are easy targets for scams. So, be very careful. There are honest players and there are those not so honest. -
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Independent living for Senior facilities are thru the roof here. What about your area??
by James Mixon inwe checked on a new senior facility, just to get in your must shell out $200.000.00 and.
don't get that back.
two hundred thousand up front and payments from $2500.00-$5000.00.
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James ask:"What happen if the unforeseen take place, all your savingis wipe out and you can't make the monthly payments, do they still kick you out even though you gave them $200000.00 for the privilege of living there???"
I was not involved in this part of the sales process. My guess is that they are looking for not only the upfront money, but sufficient resources to support your payments in any unforeseen event. I am not qualified to tell you what level of reserve you need. But I think if you are investigating, this is an excellent question.
I live in a Co-op apartment in Manhattan, if someone wants to buy into our building we requires a validation of income and a specific reserve. I am sure it is as strict - or even more so - in these buildings. In my opinion it should be. If I am in the building I don't want to subsidize a deadbeat.
As you know, ask many questions and investigate options. I am sure there are different levels of service - some may not be of any value to you. So make sure you are not paying for these. Good luck. Personally, I would seriously consider moving into one of these facilities. I see nothing wrong with spending the money I worked hard for my whole life so that I can have a comfortable experience in "god's waiting room" (just a little inside nursing home joke).
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Independent living for Senior facilities are thru the roof here. What about your area??
by James Mixon inwe checked on a new senior facility, just to get in your must shell out $200.000.00 and.
don't get that back.
two hundred thousand up front and payments from $2500.00-$5000.00.
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The only thing Medicare pays for is skilled nursing care - this is not extended care - but the short term convalescent care after a hospital stay. In my consulting activity I worked with these facilities to help with their Medicare billings.
These facilities are all - out of pocket expenses to the resident.
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Independent living for Senior facilities are thru the roof here. What about your area??
by James Mixon inwe checked on a new senior facility, just to get in your must shell out $200.000.00 and.
don't get that back.
two hundred thousand up front and payments from $2500.00-$5000.00.
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Getting old is an expensive proposition. If you have the money the other option is to leave it to your kids or someone else - you cannot take it with you. If you don't have money these places are not for you.
For a few years I worked as a consultant to nursing homes and senior living centers where the they provided care from independent living, assisted living, through to end-of life nursing care. The places I visited were upscale living centers that had fine dining, golf, and just about anything you can imagine. When I was on an assignment, instead of staying in a hotel, I generally stayed as an overnight guest in these locations. They were far nicer than a hotel.
Expensive - yes - but then again they serve a purpose, especially for those with no family and plenty of cash.
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Anthony Morris III: Jehovah Blesses Obedience
by wifibandit inhttp://tv.jw.org/#video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201509_1_video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9j7qs7bvm.
obey.
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The Last Time I Set Foot in a Kingdom Hall
by Oubliette insaturday, september 19th, 2015: .
earlier today snugglebunny posted a pic of today's "daily text" which is based on a paragraph from the november 15th, 2013 article.
that magazine contains the now infamous maxim: .
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NewYork44M
We each have a defining moment when deciding we cannot live this lie. Mine was when the Circuit Overseer said in a very strong voice - "we don't think we have the truth - we ... KNOW..... we have the truth."
F* this - I was out of there and never returned.
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Where have all the spiritual men gone?
by ToesUp inthis photo was on jw-archive.. sisters are now passing microphones due to a lack of qualified brothers.
this was in a english speaking group in slovenia .
i feel sorry for the guy in the blue shirt!
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I thought the bible says you cannot pass a microphone without a penis. This congregation must be really desperate to use non-penised members to do the work of the penised members.
I digress, sorry. I once remember setting in a mind-numbing elder's meeting and kept thinking that the only qualification these idiots met is that they had a penis - although in some cases I doubted this qualification.
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The new teaching on "this generation" is ... real good. And the next one will be real good too. It's real good that their able to keep coming up with new light on this ... just please don't send us into the corn field.Wow flamegrilled! you captured the essence of the new light concept.
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Generation changes chart - 3rd edition
by truthseeker ini started working on this chart 5 years ago.
i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .
linky in case image doesn't show below.
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Thank you for putting this together. It makes a very obvious point:
The light certainly is getting brighter as we move closer to the end of this wicked things. The clear implication of this chart is that we should never give up on the nearness of the end.
I, for one, have ceased buying green bananas in anticipation of the end.