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  My JW Friends reaction to the Vicki Boer press release

  by shiloh in

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  i forwarded the press release to my jw friend yesterday afternoon and we talked about later that evening when i saw her.

  i could see that she was confused and somewhat bewildered.

  she first wanted to know more details about the case itself and when i supplied them, she became even more confused.

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  Thanks. That is an unbelievable story. I will share it with my mom, but I will probably get a similar response as I did after I asked her about the Dateline show. She will claim it is just someone's personal grudge against the WT. Sad.

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  My JW Friends reaction to the Vicki Boer press release

  by shiloh in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i forwarded the press release to my jw friend yesterday afternoon and we talked about later that evening when i saw her.

  i could see that she was confused and somewhat bewildered.

  she first wanted to know more details about the case itself and when i supplied them, she became even more confused.

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  Where can I see a copy of the press release? I might want to share it with my mom.

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  What are you doing for Halloween?

  by iiz2cool in

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  what are you doing for halloween?

  since leaving the jw's, has anyone gone out to halloween parties?

  do you dress up in a costume?

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  Last year I was 8 months pregnant. We went to a costume party as a shotgun wedding.
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  sorry enough?

  by kj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there's something i've always wondered about- how do the elders decide when a disfellowshipped person is "sorry enough" for their sin to be reinstated?

  for instance, if someone is immediately repentant for something they've done, even turning themselves in, and they still get disfellowshipped for a set period of time.

  how is this scriptural?

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  Try to think of it this way- their shitty treatment of you is a blessing in disguise. You are free! I am so sorry for what you, and so many of the others here have gone through. I pray every day for my mom to get away from those people.
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  sorry enough?

  by kj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there's something i've always wondered about- how do the elders decide when a disfellowshipped person is "sorry enough" for their sin to be reinstated?

  for instance, if someone is immediately repentant for something they've done, even turning themselves in, and they still get disfellowshipped for a set period of time.

  how is this scriptural?

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  I think they let my grandma back in more or less for my aunts' sake. By the time she died, the cancer was in her brain and she wasn't even really thinking straight. I'm not sure how much she was even in touch with reality. She read her Bible every day, that's all I remember about her as a kid. All the years she was DFd, she always still read her Bible and was more of a Christian than any JW in good standing that I know. I only hope she found the truth somewhere along the way.

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  sorry enough?

  by kj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there's something i've always wondered about- how do the elders decide when a disfellowshipped person is "sorry enough" for their sin to be reinstated?

  for instance, if someone is immediately repentant for something they've done, even turning themselves in, and they still get disfellowshipped for a set period of time.

  how is this scriptural?

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  I remember one day my mom and my aunt (both JWs) were over to visit me and they were talking about the latest "disfellowshippings and reinstatements". I just sat there listening curiously, wondering how such gossip could be considered "Christian". My cousin (my JW aunt's daughter) got busted for sneaking to the prom. My mom told me about it. I mentioned it in conversation to my aunt, and she blasted my mother for telling me about it. I'm family for crying out loud! I now know they were trying to keep the whole thing hush hush, so my cousin would not get reproved or bring reproach on their good name. Give me a break. Poor kid.

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  sorry enough?

  by kj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there's something i've always wondered about- how do the elders decide when a disfellowshipped person is "sorry enough" for their sin to be reinstated?

  for instance, if someone is immediately repentant for something they've done, even turning themselves in, and they still get disfellowshipped for a set period of time.

  how is this scriptural?

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  My main question is, how do they decide how long you need to be punished before they consider reinstating you? I've heard stories about people trying and trying to get reinstated. My grandma, who was DFd for smoking, continued to unrepentantly smoke for years. Then she found out she was dying of cancer. She died within 3 months. They were so kind to reinstate her just before her death. I just wonder how they decide you are sorry enough, or how they even believe they have that right?
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  sorry enough?

  by kj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there's something i've always wondered about- how do the elders decide when a disfellowshipped person is "sorry enough" for their sin to be reinstated?

  for instance, if someone is immediately repentant for something they've done, even turning themselves in, and they still get disfellowshipped for a set period of time.

  how is this scriptural?

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  By public reproof, you mean they publicly reprimand you? Do they get specific about what you did?

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  sorry enough?

  by kj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there's something i've always wondered about- how do the elders decide when a disfellowshipped person is "sorry enough" for their sin to be reinstated?

  for instance, if someone is immediately repentant for something they've done, even turning themselves in, and they still get disfellowshipped for a set period of time.

  how is this scriptural?

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  There's something I've always wondered about- how do the elders decide when a disfellowshipped person is "sorry enough" for their sin to be reinstated? For instance, if someone is immediately repentant for something they've done, even turning themselves in, and they still get disfellowshipped for a set period of time. How is this scriptural? I already know the answer, it is not scriptural- but how did they decide these things? Just curious.

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  WT LIBRARY 2001 AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD !!!!!!!!

  by Hamas in

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  2. friends

  if i get a good response to this thread, i will show you the link from my website.

  so, who wants tha shiznit ?!?

  warning !

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  It took almost a whole day, but I finally got it Thanks so much!

  kj