Congratulation, and I am happy for you. I left WT nut house when I was in my early 20's, attended university and earned B.S. when I was just over 30. I secured good job and steady income, went for my M.S., changed major due jobs and earned two graduate diplomas. I continue back where I started, working on my masters and have one year left. I am well over 40. Time is not lost. I am planning to go for DR or Phd as well or even earn another M.S. in Mathematics. My local university also has post-master degree that is half way to PhD. Options are great.
Posts by kaik
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44I now have a law degree!
by digderidoo inhi guys, i don't really post on here much anymore, having been on here since 2001. this site helped me out in the early days and has been a great support system for all of my past jw issues.
like many others i was discouraged from an education so that i could window clean and pioneer in my youth during the 80's.
having spent many years post my jw exit in alcoholism and periods of drugs, i decided to clean myself up 7 years ago by attending aa, i was still a window cleaner ... at the time i wrote extensively on here about my issues.
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The King of the North is getting Angry...
by rhodesboy inthis topic is of a theological nature.
if you have some scriptural insight, please share.
grievances are not welcome!.
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Don't cry vidiot, the end is comming for everyone one day or another, we will arrive at the end of the times for us.
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Sleep Aid Recommendations
by LV101 inin addition to the recent thread, "how to shut your mind down .
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LV, under OTC supplement I ment melatonin or kava kava, no medication like Lunesta, ZzzQuil, or Unisoms. Lunesta, ZzzQuil and Unisoms are available without prescription . I would be very carefull to reach out for them to treat long term insomnia, and I would talk to doctor first. They may have long term side effect, and they are difficult on liver. When you have a prescription look out how it works on you; it may work differently on everyone else. In the 1990's I was prescribed some anti-insomnia drug that happened after my car accident. I had developed severe reaction, could not even stand on my feet, felt drowsy for three days. I do not remember the name of it, but it was nasty.
I sleep well when I getting dim light, warm cup of herbal tea, hot aroma bath, and I am out while listening to these type of music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtSCCFVuxrw
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Where was the dead body of Jesus? Did the disciples disappear it?
by opusdei1972 ini am currently an skeptic, but i have to admit that i can't assure that all the stuff of early christianity was false.. for instance, we know that the genuine letters of paul were written before the destruction of jerusalem.
so, paul affirmed that jesus resurrected, though he was not there when it supposedly happened.
but, if jesus did not resurrect, why didn't the jews expose this falsehood?.
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designs, you are correct on that. NT does not fullfill OT Messiah. There was no restoration of the throne, temple, and state of the Jews, and ushering a period of peace for mankind.
Jews do not believe in Devil. Satan is someone who works under supervision of God as a public accusser, and collector of evidence for anyone misdeed. This was/is his job. He is not tormentor of damned souls in hell as is invented by Christians. Some schools of Judaism have a similar version of purgatory, whee souls needs clensing and purification before they entered the holy stage. I remember being told that this process is like washing soul of any impurities and no punishment is ethernal. Some rabbis also believe that citizens of Sodom went through similar cleansing process after their death. From Jewish point of view and belief, Jesus sacrifice does not make sense. They do not have need for atonement, nor anyone can buy out anyone sins. Everybody is responsible for their own sins only.
What happened to body of Jesus? If he was a real person, it decayed after his death as dead body tends to do.
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What would you do if JW's lifted the shunning policy?
by bsand20 inhave you guys asked yourself that question?
what if the gb decided that "new light" revealed to them that disfellowshipping was wrong and they would do away with it for current dfd members as well...... .......16 years of my life.
would i welcome my family back?
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It will be good for the people who are in, but for as who lost 10-20-30 years of contacts with relatives, it would mean nothing. My nieces and nephews do not know me, so do my cousins. My biological father is dead. I would gain nothing from the end of the shunning policy.
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The King of the North is getting Angry...
by rhodesboy inthis topic is of a theological nature.
if you have some scriptural insight, please share.
grievances are not welcome!.
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Rubbish theory. China and Russia are NOT allies. I remember during communist times when everyone hoped that China will defeat USSR and will take over Siberia. For Russians, China until 1985 was one the most dangerous place to visit. China plays its own role and will not itself manipulate by Russia. Russia is nowhere near to be a superpower. Its economy is the size of Italy and have very low export turnover which is made mostly of commodities. Europe depends somewhat on Russian energy, but EU is much diversified, having access to oil and gas from all over the world. Soviets, and Russia did invade its neighbor in the past 200 years and EVERY capital of Europe east of Paris was some point occuppied by Russia and USSR since 1800. So did every Slavic capital. There is not new. I used to walk to school as boy with Russian and Soviet troops pointing their machine guns to us in in post 1968 Czechoslovakia for the next 20 years.
Western Europe does not care about Eastern Europe or Ukraine, and actually they would be delighted if Russia will take everything east of Germany. It is not for nothing when NYT said that Germany is Russian butt-boy and Germans are in love with them. War at Ukraine is actually weaking Russia even more as it lost control over country of 45 millions. Take into consideration of Moldavia, Georgia and unpredictable Central Asia, Russian influence is wanning since 1980's and has less alllies than USSR.
King of North is nothing more than speculation. Daniel could not write anything about Christians as they did not live in his lifetime. It could only mean Jews. However, both Russia and Western world has good diplomatic relationship with Israel than there are not fitting your description. 1/6 of Israel's citizens have birthplace in Russia. USA, UK, Italy and Germany have also good relationship with them. So anyone who tries to model Daniel's nonsense with modern world needs to at least make an effort to understand a bit about it.
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Half Of US Can't Come Up With $400
by metatron inhttp://wealthydebates.com/half-americans-cant-come-400/.
there are a number of such observations being recently made - such as a large number with debts subject to collection and people facing retirement with no savings.. i advise the wts to 'take the money and run'.
hard to see this situation getting better.. .
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There is two reasons for it, one is easy available credit and second low return on savings. Some countries have very high saving rate like in Europe or East Asia, but does not mean that people are living good or do not have financial issues. If your saving rate is bellow the inflation that there is no much need to save in cash. Majority of semi-liquid money in USA are in retirement accounts like 401K which are among the highest in the world. Germans have very high saving rate but also 2/3 of them are renters, yet their retirement portfolio is among lowest value in EU.
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Sleep Aid Recommendations
by LV101 inin addition to the recent thread, "how to shut your mind down .
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LV, St. John Wort has benefits, but it can be dangerous for people who are photosensitive like me with pale, nordic skin. It will really quickly turn your skin red on sun exposure. St. John Wort was used as punishment during ancient and medieval times as people were forced to drink it and tied to the pole which would cause them to get really painfull sunburns. Other herbs can be dangerous as they can cause issue with other meds. My father once suffered poisoning after making a tea from herbal extract that he purchased at store. He ended in emergency room having his stomach pumped out, pale, shaking, and profoundly sweating.
I would still recommend combination therapy like relaxing tea, background sleeping music, hot bath with minerals, and OTC items in low dose that can work just for you like kava kava or melatonin.
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Is or were there Sin in Heaven??
by jam inwhere was satan when he sin???
if there was or is sin.
in heaven, why would the earth be any different.
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Angels according to OT have a free will, but lack a desire to sin. However, they may and choose to do so on their own will. Judaism does not know notion of original sin and believe that angels do sin and face punishment. Angels who destroyed Sodom were banned from entering Heavan for 120 years because they misrepresented God's judgement.
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weird: passing around literature fragments in prison
by Magnum ini dont have any specific references, but over the years i remember reading in the mags and hearing in talks stories of imprisoned jws who would somehow get a piece of a page of a jw magazine or an article or something like that and pass it around and get spiritually nourished by it as if it almost had a magical or supernatural nature.
does anybody else remember such?.
i always thought it just didnt make sense.
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Generally what I heard during Czechoslovakia from elders who were imprisoned during Stalinist years, there was never really smuggled entire magazine, but rather extract of informations like what verses to debate, etc. Some elders we had were in forced labor camps in the 1950's and felt entitled on truth and how much the sufferred for the faith and lived on several biblical verses passed from the Mother in Brooklyn. It is unlikely that people would be able to smuggle entire print although it was possible if you bribe someone. First there was not enough publications, we had to share. Any smuggling would require tearing up the magazines. So the information were passed by form of letters, small notes, and extract from WT. It would not be much different from note exchange that was used by imprisoned Catholic clergy, or by dissidents within communist party. Pretty much all these information are well documented and available in the DoJ archives in most of the Eastern Europe.