by jazz 31 Replies latest jw friends
Go, and when your name is read out, stand up and take a bow. Better still, rush up to the platform and do a gushy Julia Roberts-style thank you speech[/quot]now that is DAMN funny
[quote]Pioneer! Pioneer! Pioneer! it just doesn't pay the bills!
i will pioneer when the WTS or jesus pays my bills
Mmm I remember my "reproval" announcement VERY well. And I must be honest I truly did want to run up onto the stage and thank them! And to say that I truly believe there were others in the cong that deserved this far more than I did and felt special to be chosen!!
"Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story"
They announce my DF'n (apostasy) about 2wks ago.
I sat in the 2nd row from the front. The elder who announced it sat directly in back of me.
He was very mad at me and it showed in the way he announced my DF'n.
I think he was so mad because the WT granted me an appeal.
Btw it was also on the CO's visit.
When singing the song at the end of the meeting the elder and his family had a singing contest with me to see who could sing the loudest I really had fun with that.
When the meeting was over and I turned to leave everyone that I made eye contact with would try to look the other way, I think they only felt safe looking at me from the back.
On the way out I started a conversation with a DF'd (I think he was still DF'd) individual. He was limping and I asked him what was the matter, and we had a short conversation that lasted as we walked to our cars. I told him that in case he was woundering who I was, that I was the guy the announcement of DF was about. He stop dead in his tracts, fright came to his face, and immediatly would have nothing more to say or do with me.
It hurt supprisingly little and I feel so much better that I went.
hold on there doggy........now this is interesting
They announce my DF'n (apostasy) about 2wks ago.
I sat in the 2nd row from the front. The elder who announced it sat directly in back of me.
He was very mad at me and it showed in the way he announced my DF'n.
the wt granted an appeal?....are you saying this went past the c.o. and up to bethel?...kewl
what were the circumstances concering your 'apsotacy'
did you attend that meeting out of spite??
I sent 3 copies my appeal letter to the Society and gave each of the 5 elders a copy. So if the WT or CO granted my appeal I don't know.
My appeal letter was posted in this forum several weeks ago.
I went to show I had nothing to be ashamed of, and to make some think.
I feel I have to face my fear to conquer them.
I'm not saying everyone should do this, it's what I personally felt I had to do.
I did not attend the meeting when they read that I DA'd myself. I was out of town that week. I wish I would have went. While I was a witness ,over the years, there were several DF people present when their names were read. I admired them for having so much courage. One in paticular was a single sister with 4 small children. Her JW husband had recently left her and she had commited immorality with another brother. She sobbed through out the whole meeting. It was heart breaking. I wanted so bad to give her a hug. That was my first squirm over shunning someone and feeling crappy about it. She continued going to meetings for awhile but eventually stopped. I cant imagine how she did it as long as she did . She had no JW family and her baby had health problems. That incident sat on the shelf in my brain and later when I doubted I thought of her again from a different perspective.
jurs
I most decidely would not go! However the thought of going to the stage and giving a speech is VERY funny :) Would you dare? lolol.
I personally will refuse to jump through any of their procedural hoops, including any more shepherding calls, judical commitees, etc. I told my husband last night that i have officially washed my hands of the whole lot. I admire the courage of those that do go however. I would have liked to hear that singing contest d_w
I, too, had more and more trouble (with my conscience) in ignoring DF'd and DA'd people at the meetings. I know what the scripture says about "not even saying a greeting," but I also know Jesus at times overrode the letter of the law with love.
Also, it seems to me if someone who is DF'd or DA'd is present at the announcement and continues meetings thereafter, then perhaps they have not totally abandoned the Truth, as others might claim.
In any case, I don't usually know the circumstances of the DFing or DAing. I still care about them as a fellow human created in God's image. Is saying a greeting to a DF'd or DA'd one condoning the wrong any more than talking to people at their doors is condoning their way of life? I know the answer usually given is "But the DF'd or DA'd one KNOWS what's right." However, the Bible also condemns judging our brother and says to forgive up to 77 times. So it doesn't seem all that clear cut to me.
So this is something I need to pray about.
when my da was announced i did not go to the meeting. i think i went out partying with my "worldly" friends, hehehe
seriously, i was 17 and although i was happy with my decision, i just could not face all those at the KH i had grown up with. i could not face the disappointed looks i knew would be on their faces. my friend was their that night, said there were some tears. i guess my brother was crying too, had to leave the main area...that broke my heart. i never wanted to hurt my family. it's too bad he hasn't realized (9 years later!!) that there is no need to shun me, that his reasons for shunning me are so absurd. that he is following the words of a bunch of dumbasses in brooklyn.
anyway, whether one attends or not has to be your decision, depends on the circumstances, i think.
love
harmony
"If God has spoken, why is the world not convinced?"
..........Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (1792-1822)
Right now we are trying to fade away. When ones are DFed my son tells me. I have to ask who the hell they are. So if I got DF, I would send a 8x10 picture of me and a dozen red roses because nobody gives a pooppppppppppppp.
