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  I'm a Newbie!

  by LucidDreamer in

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  i've been lurking for about a year, and have finally decided to introduce myself.

  i've been df'ed since 1987 and have been helped tremendously by various ex-jw websites to get the jw garbage out of my head.

  i returned to college and am one class shy of graduating-in pr of all things!

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  dmouse

  Welcome aboard Rita,
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  The WTS & the Pyramid of Paradox

  by Nathan Natas in

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  the 1859 publication of john taylor's book, "the great pyramid: why was it built?

  and who built it?

  " ushered in the late 19th century diversion called "modern pyramidology.

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  dmouse

  Stephanus, chasson,

  No problem.
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  Please help new ones with the board's Acronyms

  by Cappuccino OC in

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  i'd greatly appreciate help with the acronyms on this board.. for example, what does lol mean?

  where i buy channel #5 it means "little old lady" as in channel is a lol fragrance.

  but i know it has another meaning here.. help!.

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  I'm getting in practise for when (eventually) we move to Canada

  You're joking!

  Why ever would you and Simon leave this fair land? On second thoughts...
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  Please help new ones with the board's Acronyms

  by Cappuccino OC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'd greatly appreciate help with the acronyms on this board.. for example, what does lol mean?

  where i buy channel #5 it means "little old lady" as in channel is a lol fragrance.

  but i know it has another meaning here.. help!.

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  dmouse

  LOL @ Simon! Must be a funny donkey!

  I thought it might also be useful to have a Handy glossary for newbies:

  JW = Jehovahs Witness

  DFd = Disfellowshipped

  DAd = Disassociated

  Dub = Jehovahs Witness. (Stems from the W in JW.)

  Borg = JW Organisation. Stems from cyborg race in Star Trek, which tries to assimilate everyone and bans individuality. All members are part of a collective as drones.

  Drone = JW (see Borg)

  WBTS = Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

  GB = Governing Body (JW leaders)

  Any others that we tend to use without thinking?

  Edited by - dmouse on 9 June 2002 14:20:26
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  The WTS & the Pyramid of Paradox

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the 1859 publication of john taylor's book, "the great pyramid: why was it built?

  and who built it?

  " ushered in the late 19th century diversion called "modern pyramidology.

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  dmouse

  The book goes on to discuss the pyramid placed at the center of the Bethel plot in the Rosemont United Cemetary in Pittsburgh

  Here's apicture of it my wife took while visiting in the 80's:
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  Please help new ones with the board's Acronyms

  by Cappuccino OC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'd greatly appreciate help with the acronyms on this board.. for example, what does lol mean?

  where i buy channel #5 it means "little old lady" as in channel is a lol fragrance.

  but i know it has another meaning here.. help!.

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  dmouse

  ROFLMAO - Roll on floor laughing my ass off

  BTW = By the Way

  IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

  Really Angharad, have you been watching too much American TV?; It's ARSE where I come from.
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  Hi, I'm a newbie

  by creamypink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wanted to say hello and sort of introduce myself.

  i am usually on another jw posting board.

  i found wonderful friends there and i was hoping to find more here.. i've not been df nor have i da'd myself.

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  dmouse

  Hiya Creamypink and Buffy.

  I'm not DA or DF and strangely enough I'm not shunned either. (Perhaps it's because I live in the UK).

  So many newbies these days, I can't keep up! Perhaps this increase is a sign of God's blessing!
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  Hypocracy with DFing policy!

  by gumby in

  1. jw
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  since the sept. 15th 1983. watchtower about "how to treat disfellowshiped ones", no change in policy has taken place.. in spite of this....many ex-dubs still have family members who still smile, wave, or talk to us.....why?

  did they forget the policy?

  do they have their own opinion on how tht handle this?

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  dmouse

  There certainly doesn't seem to be any unity in the religion on this one. It seems to depend on which congregation you are in, and which country, as to how DFd ones are treated. My nephew was DFd and all of our family talk to him, in fact he remarked to me the other day that JWs are nicer to him now than before he was DFd!!!!

  European JWs seem a lot more relaxed about this sort of thing than the U.S. We seem to be able to re-structure what the WBTS say into a more user friendly version.
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  I measured mine - 9 inches !

  by Simon in

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  what were you expecting when you clicked that topic ?!?!.

  actually, i read an interesting bit of trivia somewhere that said mens nipples are always 9 inches apart.

  i measured mine and i'm spot on.. of course i'd be disappointed if all my vital stats were just 9 inches

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  dmouse

  Mine's 6 inches but I don't use it as a rule.

  oh!, nipples eh... yep, nine inches.
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  England vs Argentina

  by ballistic in

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  .. is in 1 hour.. now lets see, i'm going to be watching it at work and getting paid for it, but the problem is there's no beer.. what would you say?

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  Yaaaaaaaaahhhoooooooooooo!!!!!!!

  My God! Was the last ten minutes tense or what?

  A well deserved win.

  Well done England!!