Posts by Sirona

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Premonitions and Prayer - Explained!

by Seeker4 in

yesterday and today i had a couple of things happen to me that i think tie in well with why many people believe in the supernatural, or in their ability to foresee events.

yesterday, i had to travel a few hundred miles to do an interview for a magazine article, and i knew stormy weather was coming here in vermont.

i had a bad feeling about the trip and the possible weather complications, so much so that i actually called my insurance company and checked on my coverage.

Sirona

Good point.

I agree that some people look at everything as though its of divine origin.

However, despite the fact that we can't point to these things as proof of God's existence, I do believe strongly in certain extra sensory perception. Scientific experiments have shown significant results (beyond chance) which indicate that human beings may be able to sense something prior to it happening, or perceive something from a distance without using the ordinary senses.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Sirona

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my family that are not even jws get annoyed about me coming on jwd

by looloo in

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do any of you have this problem ?

my hub is disfellowshipped and not in the least bit interested in this site , which i find amazing considering everything that has happened , its not even a case of him being to scared to mix with apostates because he doesnt like jws and does not believe they have the truth , when i try to tell him anything , he tells me hes not interested, end of conversation .

there is so much i want to discuss with him (regarding the child abuse thing that has affected our lives ) do any of you identify with this ?

Sirona

Its been my experience that some individuals who say they are "over" the JW experience are not.

For instance, I met a man who had left the JWs at 16 and was now about 50 years old. He said he was over it. Then when people started a discussion about JWs he got very angry and blew up about it saying we should stop talking about it! He wasn't over it at all. He stormed out and wouldn't go anywhere near Ex JWs.

Sometimes talking about the JW issues will trigger these people.

Sirona

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APOSTASCOTLAND

by Dansk in

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would someone seriously consider arranging for an apostafest up in scotland next year?

i know i'm asking this early but i feel it would be good to put the feelers out now.. obviously, it would have to be a location easy to get to - so that means stornoway is out!

sorry, ross & xena.

Sirona

In the next few days I'll try and compile the list of those attending and post it here....

Dates are the same then.

Sirona

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What type of person are you attracted to now?

by Layla33 in

i was just thinking about this the other day, about how my ideas of a romantic partner have changed since being a jw.. growing up, i thought i would marry a very upstanding jw, we would pioneer together, do missionary work, have children, see the world.

(never had any thoughts about bethel, though.

) so what it boiled down to was a stepford husband, up tight, not the least bit sexual, closed minded bore.. so now that i have grown up, seen the world, been married (and actually picked a good man the first time, although it didn't work out), i just contrast that with what i am attracted to now.. i like them open minded, earthy, i love artistic types because i am a published writer, hair doesn't matter to me (long/short, bald, etc), challenges convention, very sexual, still like a traveling man.. i am just curious if you anyone else can compare and contrast how their ideas have changed since breaking out the group-think of the jw organization..

Sirona

DB1974

Sexy, Intelligent and not afraid to call bullshit when she sees it, earthy, spiritual, passionate, full of expression, must also like trudging round stone circles and have a love of the land and nature. The shallow stuff: dark hair, blue eyes, and curvy.

Thats me, isn't it?

What type of person am I attracted to now? DB1974! LOL

Sirona

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APOSTASCOTLAND

by Dansk in

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friends

would someone seriously consider arranging for an apostafest up in scotland next year?

i know i'm asking this early but i feel it would be good to put the feelers out now.. obviously, it would have to be a location easy to get to - so that means stornoway is out!

sorry, ross & xena.

Sirona

I'm perfectly happy to arrange a hotel somewhere even outside the city,

The issue I think is whether other people will be put off from attending because of accommodation problems....

If we can be sure that people can make it I suppose it will still be OK

??

Sirona

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APOSTASCOTLAND

by Dansk in

jw
friends

would someone seriously consider arranging for an apostafest up in scotland next year?

i know i'm asking this early but i feel it would be good to put the feelers out now.. obviously, it would have to be a location easy to get to - so that means stornoway is out!

sorry, ross & xena.

Sirona

HI EVERYONE

Someone emailed me to say that the weekend we picked might pose some problems....it seems Scotland are playing football in Edinburgh that weekend and the whole place is booked up!

We might find it exceedingly difficult to get accommodation!

Has anyone already booked their hotel and would it be OK if we changed the date?

I need feedback from you all so that we can make sure everyone can make it....

Thanks

Sirona

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Sirona & DB74 are having a Baby!

by diamondblue1974 in

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for those that know us and that have been following our jwd love story...we cannot contain the news any longer, we have known now for over two weeks but wanted to wait until we had the last early pregnancy scan to confirm everything was ok. .

today we witnessed a miracle in the making and the ultimate in creativity - the scan confirmed a strong heartbeat and considerable growth since the last scan a fortnight ago.. we are going to be parents .

gary (db74) & dawn (sirona).