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  typical circuit assembly

  by nowwhat? in

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  on the plus side there was good council about families and then there is that special feeling of the brotherhood you get.. on the negative side, the d.o.

  gave the "ol talk about the "busier we are, it won't seem like the new world is taking so long" talk.

  that's fine if you do'nt work for a living.

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  We had a CO over for lunch one time, he watched the cricket all afternoon as his afternoon appointment was 'cancelled'
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  Happy Hogmanay Everybody

  by cofty in

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  best wishes for 2013. .

  here is a scene from last year's hogmanay celebrations in edinburgh... .

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  happy@last

  Hae a guid yin
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  Hello

  by SunnyDays in

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  hello, you can call me sunny.. :).

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  happy@last

  Welcome, I don't see many sunny days where I live!
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  Long time lurker FINALLY joining

  by HBH in

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  hi, i've been lurking here for several years and i finally registered.

  first i would like to thank the hosts and members for all you do.. .

  i'll just give a breif history, i'm a single male mid 40's living in the southeast us.

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  happy@last

  Welcome HBH
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  My friend Stirling...

  by Londo111 in

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  my friend stirling, who lives about an hour away from me, has started making some videos.. .

  part 1 (his intro):.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3kzci3gb2o.

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  happy@last

  Thanks for sharing, all the best to Stirling and his wife, glad they are finding their way. I could relate to a lot of what was being said.
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  ex-jw-uk

  by bigmac in

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  i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

  i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

  i've already found several by reading older posts..

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  happy@last

  Another Scotland one here
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  They want it both ways

  by jeremiah18:5-10 in

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  several years ago the wts stopped announcing individuals who were df'd as, "so-and-so has been disfellowshipped" and instead began announcing, "so-and-so is no longer one of jehovah's witnesses".

  this seems to be rather important to me.

  undoubtedly this change was fueled by legal issues raised by someone who was df'd and impacted in some way perhaps financially.

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  The change was made in the revised OM book, and the CO pointed it out on his visit/checkup with the elders several years ago. Don't remember exactly when, and I don't recall anyone asking why the change.
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  I almost wished i took the blue pill....

  by 20yearfader in

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  since joining this site and having my eyes opened,i find i'm now dealing with a lot of emotions that were suppressed.one being the passing of loved ones,in the org we were discouraged from showing proper emotions due to the fact that if you did you were considered weak since they the dearly departed were only sleeping.now im being bombarded with dreams of my loved ones that i,due to my brainwashing never had the emotional release that i should have had.i'm just wondering how others on this site are coping,and dealing with the fact that everything we was taught was false almost as a way to keep up under control,as we lost years and decades of time.i almost wish i keep my head and the sand and had taken the blue pill.what has helped you all deal with this ...new religion......no religion...etc.

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  happy@last

  Do not suppress the emotions, your nervous system will suffer otherwise. As others have said it will get better, you need to go through the grieving process in order to assess things once you have gone through it. Once there concentrate on what you do have.
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  Anybody at an assembly right now?

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  i know this is a long shot and my identity as a witness is certainly at stake but anyone at a circuit assembly right now who is mentally out/disfellowshipped/faded who'd like to meet up?.

  i can't disclose the location but i'm curious though.

  i mean i know that there are assemblies and conventions all year long so i'm pretty sure there's more than one going on now but i'm extremely bored and annoyed and can barely keep from showing my anger at hipocresy and lies that are being said on the platform!

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  Not me, but I sympathise, I walked out of an assembly and knew I couldn't go through that anymore, and I haven't and am so much happier for it.
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  Hi All - Finally Posting Here!

  by Pyramid Scheme in

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  first off, i owe this site a tremendous debt of gratitude.

  i have been an inactive witness for 4 glorious years, and the spark that began my fade out of the organziation was this site and paul's jwfacts.com.

  it opened my eyes to a whole new world of insight, and i discovered that there were so many people out there like me - still a "spiritual" individual, but completely disgusted with the jw organization.

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  happy@last

  Welcome, you seem to be in a fairly good place, being true to yourself.