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  Are you ashamed to admit you were a JW?

  by sleepy in

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  how do you feel about telling people you were a jw, does it make you feel like admiting you were a flasher or some strange perv?.

  i told a lady the other day who asked about what i was doing for christmas, that i used to be a jw, but i had to make sure she knew i was brought up as one by my parents , just so she didn't think it was my choice.. she thought i was very brave for leaving though.

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  I became a JW out of choice. I was brought up as a Catholic but I started studying in 1985 and got baptised in 1989. I am not ashamed to tell people I was RC or a JW - why should I be? It was a decision I made that seemed logical at the time. It also gave me a great insight into the workings of that organisation. I used to get annoyed when the WBTS constantly ran down the Catholic Church because I felt only an ex-Catholic could do that. After all, I knew what being RC was all about - I knew that religion inside out. It's the same with having been a JW - when people critisise them, I know exactly what the truth is behind the name and I am in a better position to give an informed opinion. I wouldn't know half as much about their warped doctrines if I hadn't experienced it first hand. So, despite all the anguish and pain I have experienced as a JW (plus the good times - and there were good times) I am glad I was one - this may sound weird to a lot of you but that's how I feel.

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  Probably a really silly question

  by rebel in

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  i have been meaning to ask this ever since i started posting on this board but i didn't want to admit i didn't know what it means......because you all seem to know....and i don't....but now i don't care if you all think i'm thick.....here goes..... what does 'dub' mean?.

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  Got it! Thanks - told you I was thick.

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  Probably a really silly question

  by rebel in

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  i have been meaning to ask this ever since i started posting on this board but i didn't want to admit i didn't know what it means......because you all seem to know....and i don't....but now i don't care if you all think i'm thick.....here goes..... what does 'dub' mean?.

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  Thanks - so it means someone who doesn't know what they are talking about. Or is it someone who is gullible - still not too sure.
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  Probably a really silly question

  by rebel in

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  i have been meaning to ask this ever since i started posting on this board but i didn't want to admit i didn't know what it means......because you all seem to know....and i don't....but now i don't care if you all think i'm thick.....here goes..... what does 'dub' mean?.

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  I have been meaning to ask this ever since I started posting on this board but I didn't want to admit I didn't know what it means......because you all seem to know....and I don't....but now I don't care if you all think I'm thick.....here goes....

  What does 'dub' mean?

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  The Bible Code

  by Lassie in

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  just curious.

  maybe this topic has been addressed before, but has anyone here read the book, the bible code by michael drosnin?

  i am reading it right now.... comments?

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  I agree with Farkel here.

  As I have said quite a few times on this board - why is the Bible so hard to understand? Why would a God who loves us, give us a 'letter', telling us how we can be happy and be saved, yet obscure it in riddles. I mean, take a look at Ezekiel, Daniel, Revelation etc - what are they talking about? Everyone has their own interpretation.

  Lassie - you say you don't think a God of love would trick us with a code - but hasn't he done that already? If I wanted my children to know everything about me, who I am, why I think the way I do, what I expect of them - I would tell them CLEARLY - I wouldn't give them a heap of puzzles, riddles and gobbledy-gook and expect each of them to work it out because I know they would each come to their own, different conclusions. This is exactly what happens with the Bible. I would love to believe it - I always used to, but lately I am having so many doubts. Initially my doubts were just about the so-called 'Truth' - now I am even doubting the Bible - mainly because I can't understand most of it.

  And I certainly don't think spending 40 hours a month on field service would matter to a God of love one little bit. What's the point of it? You influence people much more by your actions and conduct - by being loving, approachable, forgiving and kind - not by annoying the hell out of your neighbours by constantly plying them with magazines.

  Just my thoughts

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  Am I the only one who really didn't enjoy x-mas?

  by willdabeerman in

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  i may sound like a bit of a scrooge here but i really didn't get into x-mas.i honestlly didn't enjoy it.or better yet not enjoy it but i don't get why everyone is so excited over it.don't get me wrong it was cool as hell to see my lil step daughter get all excited over her tons of presents.but i just dont get it.

  you spend many hours and stressful days spending alot of money and you spend all this time setting everything up all for about an hours worth of actual celebrating it.the time ratio makes no sense to me.

  it is cool however to spend a lil extra time with the family.

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  I was looking forward to the break from work, the TV (although it was pretty dismal in the UK - nothing but repeats of repeats) plus spending some time with my family. As it turned out, I was all alone on Christmas day - well, for most of it anyway. I didn't really like it - I was a bit lonely. I had a lot of work to do and I was studying, but it was still sad and lonely. I had better stop now or I'll cry......

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  Fellow Posters ........And What They Accomplish

  by minimus in

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  have you ever wondered why a person posts the subjects that they do?

  in getting to know you, here, on this forum, i've come to appreciate certain things.

  each individual contributes to the makeup of this board.

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  I lurked for quite a while too. Then, I just thought "What the hell - if people in this cyber-world think I'm weird and don't like what I have to say, it's no different to the way people in the 'real' world see me"

  And I have been posting ever since - not for a very long time though - only a month or so.

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  Funniest/Most outrageous/Most Shocking/ thing...

  by Happy in

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  i was just wondering what was the most astounding thing you guys have had a jw say to you.

  whether it was while you were still in the borg or after you left.

  i've heard some rather funny stories on this subject.

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  Marcos & Mouthy - maybe we should start a "Should have been stoned" club. Isn't that a horrible thing for a 'Christian' to say? I am so sorry for you Mouthy, that those words were spoken by your daughter. It would cut me to the heart if my daughter said that to me. I hope your daughter has softened a little and, if not, I hope she realises the truth about 'the truth' one day.

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  Did anybody get The Bell?

  by Nickey in

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  during the thocratic school during our tuesday meetings, i dreaded hearing the bell.

  *ding* someone had run over 5 minutes and had to cut their talk short.. this part always disturbed me.

  nevermind the fact that these people worked hard to prepare their talk about something they felt was worthwhile, they have to be humiliated and cut off in front of the whole congregation.

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  Well, I never got the bell. My talks were always 2 or 3 minutes because I couldn't wait to get off the platform. I would speak at lightning speed and my poor householders were always so confused. I did knock the microphone off once and I fell down the steps to the platform on another occasion - not very ladylike you see!
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  Shunning

  by JH in

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  when a person is disfellowshipped, no one in the congregation can talk to him.

  why is it that in certain circumstances that an elder can talk to a disfellowshipped person?

  is there a place in the bible where it says that some can talk to df'd people and others can't?

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  It isn't just elders, elders' wives also talk to disfellowshipped ones in my congregation. These sisters also visit disfellowshipped ones. The whole shunning thing is ridiculous and so cruel and un-Christian that words fail me!