a wee scots lass

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  Heeeeeeeeee's baaaaaaaack...

  by Jim_TX in

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  well, as most know... last week i was in italy... texas (i just love the effect that has on some... *grin*).. i got there on monday around 6pm - past their office closing time, but decided to swing by the main office anyway to check out the domes there.

  when i drove up, there was already a new dome on-site, and the work crew were rolling up hoses, and pretty much shutting down for the evening.

  my heart sunk!

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  Jim,

  That looks fantastic - just what I need for the scottish weather!

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  New to the forum and willing to discuss everything with you

  by Left_Field in

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  hello folks,.

  i decided to start a new topic and introduce myself.

  then rattle on about a few things too.. bare with the long intro.... i have already made a couple of posts and before i go on any further i decided to introduce myself to you all.. my name is nick and i live in canada.

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  welcome Nick!

  best wishes

  Lass
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  wasted life

  by littlemike in

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  left 2 years ago and surf nearly every night.

  i was an elder for 11 years did circuit assembly items etc.

  in fact i did everything the society said.

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  Welcome littlemike,

  leaving was very hard - i walked away form my family and friends. I felt i had wasted my entire youth. was brought up jw most of my life - then pioneered. i have had to rebuild my life - with real friends. Peole who have something in common with me not my religion. please believe me when i say that you have made the biggest and hardest step. take all the good bits about your life to date and forget about the cr*p. These feelings are hard to deal with - i can relate so well to how you feel - but it will get better.

  looking forward to getting to know you,

  Welcome to the World - come in and enjoy all it has to offer.

  Kind regards

  Lass
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  Make up your own Young People Ask titles

  by doodle-v in

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  put yourself back in a dub's kids shoes and make up your own young people ask titles.. here's mine:.

  young people ask:.

  why do i have to go to these lousy meetings five times a week?.

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  YPA - Why do elders wear cheap suits?

  YPA - Why do only poor people pioneer?

  YPA - What?s a homosexual? ( this was a true question asked in front of the whole congregation during a public talk by a 9 year old boy - you can imagine the response)

  Lass
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  JW Suicides

  by dmouse in

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  i heard some sad news today.

  an old friend of my mum's has apparentely committed suicide.

  i remember the woman well, a devout jw with an amazing sense of humour and a lovely personality.

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  Dmouse,

  I am sorry to say that I have known quite a few jw who have committed suicide. Most have had their funeral in the KH as the elders felt that they must have been mentally ill to have done such a thing therefore not accountable. I agree - this degree of sympathy has been a reflection in the persons standing in the hall prior to their death.
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  A Gathering of Love and Joy for ex-JW's!!

  by Anne Marie in

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  dear brother or sister, .

  my name is anne marie.

  i used to be on the forum a lot until i lost my internet service.. last august, through god's grace, i finally "got it" and turned my life over to the care of jesus.

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  Sorry Anne Marie - a bit far for us to travel,

  But thanks for the information,

  Lass
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  I'm new, Hello everybody !!!

  by Rodin in

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  i have been lurking for quite some time and thought i would finally drop in.

  as my alias might suggest, i am somewhat of a history buff.

  i have enjoyed reading metatron, farkel, maximus, blondie, and countless other posters insightful threads over the past several years.

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  Welcome Rodin,

  Looking forward to getting to know you

  Hope you enjoy your time here,

  Love

  Lass
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  After 20 Years.....I Can't Believe It!

  by RAYZORBLADE in

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  no surprise, i don't post here much these days.. but today, i have to.. when i first arrived here back in january 2003, i remember looking at this very section of the board.

  personal experiences & reunions.. well.....i got the shock...the absolute shock of a lifetime.

  some of you, i'm sure, when you remember folks in your jw past, there are those whom you thought you'd never ever hear from.. last night, i get home from work (4:00 a.m.) and i go on-line, open my e-mail, and i see a name i have not seen since my jw days of 1983/84.. how did i feel?

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  Ray,

  I have not met you yet so HI all the way from Bonnie Scotland!

  What a fantastic story!!!!!

  You have given me the courage to contact my friend who after we got DF together - went back. I have since heard that she has fallen away again so I am going to contact her and tell her how much I miss her in the hope we can be like you and pick up where we left off.

  Such good news for you - thank you for sharing that it made my day!

  Lass
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  JW Lingo..

  by Sassy in

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  we've talked about this subject several times since i joined this site... .

  time and again i will get together with xjws and they still refer for instance to being a jw as being in the truth.. .

  i've talked to people who have been out 2 or 5 or even 10 yrs and they still refer to it as that in their conversations... .

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  Sassy,

  You are so right! lol

  My parents are still JW's although my mum has not attended meetings for a while. I am very careful never to refer to it as the 'truth' anymore and tend to refer to it as meetings or the hall - as in - 'is xxxxx still going to the hall? My dad who is still attending still refers to it as the truth.

  I think it would be quite easy to slip back into that lingo if you were not careful.

  Kind Regards

  Lass
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  Religious meetings once a week=enough

  by JH in

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  of all the religions i know of, the one that is the most time consuming, is the jw religion.

  it's not just the fact that there is a meeting every 2 days, but these meetings have to be prepared ahead of time.

  being a jw, is almost a full time job.

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  One meeting a week is more than enough!

  My friends belong to a church group that sounds fantastic - they are basically just Christian and live their life in a Christian way. We were trying to organise an outing one weekend and they were quite happy to miss their meeting that day - they thought God would be quite happy for them just to be out enjoying his creation. I kept saying - ' but what will the church leaders say - will they not be too happy with you? - They just laughed and said there are no rules about attending church - people go because they want to and if they don?t feel like it they don?t!

  I remember having to go to meetings even when I was unwell ? everyone was terrified of missing them, as gossip would start as to why you were not there!

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