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  Elder visit after being DF'd

  by Evesapple in

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  has anyone ever been re-visited by the elders after being df'd or da'd for some time?

  i was once in arizona about 5 years ago, fortunately i was not home, my roomate was, they asked if i was home and she said 'no', they said they were from the local congregation of jehovah's witnesses and would like to invite me back, they also asked her if she was aware that i was once associated with the witnesses and she said, 'yes, i'm very aware'....they then asked when would be a good time to get me home, she was very vague and said "i don't know really, she's training for a marathon and is very busy with school, i never really know when she's home"....they never came back, i think they got the hint, or were just too lazy to try again.

  i'm sure my mother had something to do with it....her last hope i guess.

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  Immediately after I was DF'ed I got tons of visits from my congregation and the one my dad belonged to. I didn't want to talk to them so I didn't open the door. Finally my dad came to my apartment at about 2am and started beating down the door, so I called the police and had a restraining order put on the witnesses in our area. I also wrote the society and threatened legal action if they didn't leave me alone. That seemed to take care of the problem. The only time I've heard from them since then was when my dad came to my house about a year ago, because he was broke and needed some cash.

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  I'm ill

  by ball. in

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  thanks ex-jw and valis. I don't have any whisky in the house - but that certainly sounds like a good idea!

  Rum also works very well!!! Ciara
  
  
  
  
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  Convention Time!! Tis the season for your butt to fall asleep

  by Nosferatu in

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  so, who's going to the convention this year?

  are you going to attend all of it?

  the last year i went to the convention, i only went for one day.

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  I would like to go to some of it, just to satisfy my curiosity on a few things. Only problem is that I'm out of touch, so I'm not sure how to find out what date the darn thing is. Do they still print a list of dates and times on the back of a WT issue? If they do, maybe one of you guys that still gets the mags would PM me with dates and times for Birmingham, AL.

  Thanks,

  Ciara
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  I'm so glad!!!!

  by Ciara in

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  a week ago my father-in-law had a serious heart attack.

  he's been wonderful to me since my jw parents disowned me.

  he went into the hospital and had triple bypass surgery to correct the blockages, but first they had to cauterize a bleeding ulcer in his stomach.

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  Thanks, Guys!!!

  
  
  
  
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  Are any of you from......

  by KKLUV155 in

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  the livingston parish louisiana area?

  i would really love to get in touch with old friends.

  i sometimes miss my old friends from my old hall.

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  I lived in Webster Parish as a child, but I was born in Baton Rouge.

  Now I live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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  What first gave you doubts ?

  by rick1199 in

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  we all know the big problems with the wts, but what was the first thing that made you realise there were problems with the organisation ?

  with me it was realitivly small stuff like an 8 year old getting baptised and a comment my best mates made about another of our friends asking if we should be hanging round with her as she might be bad assciation (she had just been reproved, but they had been mates 20 years).. .

  how ever the first time i ever thought something was really wrong was when i was about 11 and my grand farther died, and mu mum wouldn't go to the funeral, i remeber thinking that surely it was better to say good bye properly than worry about if the service was in a church.. .

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  My first doubts came at 12 when I had questions about things I didn't understand in the bible. I talked to my dad (the P.O.) about it and found out that he didn't know the answers to my questions. So I took my questions to the C.O. Suprise!!! He didn't have any explanations either.

  A week later when we had the district convention, I went up to the Gov. body member that was the special guest speaker and asked him. Well, my folks were absolutely mortified and I was told that I didn't have any faith and I should pray about my spiritual weakness. After that it was a slow slide toward disfellowshippment.

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  Why do they still have an effect on me???????

  by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

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  i was at work today and i noticed a tradesman walking through the building wearing a t-shirt with a company name on it.

  i knew it was a dub's trade name and felt sick in the stomach.

  i didn't recognize the man wearing the shirt and thought maybe the business had been sold to someone else.. at lunch time i sat near a door and saw the boss of the company.............yes, it was the dub!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

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  the pedo (who has since been df'ed for smoking not sexual abuse)

  That's sick. What a bunch of schmucks.

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  Euphemisms for cursing among JWs

  by gaiagirl in

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  in an effort to show that they had put on a 'new' personality, many who joined the wtbts would adjust their speech patterns to avoid common expressions of cursing or profanity.

  yet there would still arise times when they would become frustrated, angry or disgusted at someone or at a situation, and wish to express their feelings.

  here are a couple of substitutes for cursing heard among jws ...... forget you.

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  My P.O. father, and my mother never used euphemisms. They were more than content to use the real words. F*ck You was a common occurence between my parents, with the usual B*tch, Bastard, and kiss my A*s

  If I didn't know better, ohiocowboy, I'd say we grew up in the same house.

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  Co-worker Died

  by simplesally in

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  a couple of weeks ago, one of the nicest men in the world passed out at work at one of our other stores.

  his airway was blocked by cartilege (sp?

  ) build-up in his trachea.

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  I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, Sally. You're right, though. I don't like all that "it was their time to go" baloney, either. People just repeat it over and over, but it dosen't make anyone feel better about the death. My prayers are with you and the family.

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  What Happened to Romans 3:34?

  by Dolllie in

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  i was reading a "bible teaching sheet" printed of the cbn website this morning.

  i went to look up a scripture they refered to, romans 3:34 in my father's black j.w.

  bible, and it was not there.

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  Try comparing the Lords Prayer in Mathew to the KJV, they leave off the entire closing.

  Mathew 6:13b - "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen." (KJV)

  Ciara