Does anyone remember years and years ago that they did indeed "disfellowship" unbaptised publishers? I realize the big difference between me and my cousin is that I'm baptized and she is not but she has clearly told her father that she isn't interested at all but he still has a relationship with her nontheless. I just hate the fact that she can have a normal relationship with my family and I cannot.
Lynnie
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Non JW's and DF's JWS
by Lynnie inmy uber witness cousin has 3 daughters, 2 that are very much jw's and one that isn't (she never went for it at all).
how does it work that he can see his way clear to have an almost normal relationship with her even though she's living "in sin" with a man and has several times in the past and she also has dabbled in drugs along the way.
i thought you weren't supposed to hang out with fornicators???
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Non JW's and DF's JWS
by Lynnie inmy uber witness cousin has 3 daughters, 2 that are very much jw's and one that isn't (she never went for it at all).
how does it work that he can see his way clear to have an almost normal relationship with her even though she's living "in sin" with a man and has several times in the past and she also has dabbled in drugs along the way.
i thought you weren't supposed to hang out with fornicators???
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Lynnie
But the daughter "knows she is sinning" since she was born into the JW's and just never went for it. But of course my cousin isn't willing to cut her off completely and when there are family gatherings when her sister comes home from Bethel with her husband she's always invited. I guess you can pick and choose who you want to cut off and who you don't.
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Non JW's and DF's JWS
by Lynnie inmy uber witness cousin has 3 daughters, 2 that are very much jw's and one that isn't (she never went for it at all).
how does it work that he can see his way clear to have an almost normal relationship with her even though she's living "in sin" with a man and has several times in the past and she also has dabbled in drugs along the way.
i thought you weren't supposed to hang out with fornicators???
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Lynnie
My uber witness cousin has 3 daughters, 2 that are very much JW's and one that isn't (she never went for it at all). How does it work that he can see his way clear to have an almost normal relationship with her even though she's living "in sin" with a man and has several times in the past and she also has dabbled in drugs along the way. I thought you weren't supposed to hang out with fornicators??? Many years ago you would have been disassociated which was the term for unbaptised people in the Kingdom Hall. Me, I was DF'd 35 years ago; I hadn't attended a meeting in 2 years but the elders tracked me down looking for any evidence they could find to DF me and they did.
I just find it so very interesting that my elder witness cousin can justify this relationship with his daughter but of course won't have anything to do with me in 35 years!
Shouldn't he get reproved or something for hanging out with his worldly daughter? I love how the preferential treatment abounds in this whacked out religion.
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Continuing story of relative's funeral
by Lynnie ina couple of weeks ago i posted about how my uber witness cousin told me i wouldn't be welcome at my aunt's family gathering after the memorial service at the kingdom hall.
(i've been df'd for 35 year now).
he did invite me to the kingdom hall for the service but it was clear i wasn't welcome at the family gathering afterwards since i asked him flat out.
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I think what bothered me the most was that my cousin wouldn't acknowledge that he did indeed tell me I wasn't invited; that I drew my own conclusion about attending the gathering!!! Yeah with your help! but in his mind of course he didn't do anything at all just agree with me???
Oh and the part about being welcomed at the KH?? Really? I don't think they have changed their policy on DF'd people.
and yes I'll concentrate more on my non JW side of the family and eventually there will be another gathering and I'll attend and see how Mr Uber Edler acts then with his non-witness family members and me. Should be entertaining to say the least!!
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Continuing story of relative's funeral
by Lynnie ina couple of weeks ago i posted about how my uber witness cousin told me i wouldn't be welcome at my aunt's family gathering after the memorial service at the kingdom hall.
(i've been df'd for 35 year now).
he did invite me to the kingdom hall for the service but it was clear i wasn't welcome at the family gathering afterwards since i asked him flat out.
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Lynnie
A couple of weeks ago I posted about how my uber witness cousin told me I wouldn't be welcome at my aunt's family gathering after the memorial service at the Kingdom Hall. (I've been DF'd for 35 year now). He did invite me to the Kingdom Hall for the service but it was clear I wasn't welcome at the family gathering afterwards since I asked him flat out. And half of my family are not witnesses, his sister was a JW but married a nonbeliever and was allowed to leave the JWs without any consequences. In fact at the time (36 years ago) she told be that you could leave the JW's anytime you like. Of course that didn't happen to me, I had elders stalking me 2 years after I left and then they finally had enough evidence to DF me. Anyway, I decided to write a letter to my uber witness cousin telling him how hurtful and cruel his treatment of me was on this sad occasion and why couldn't he find it in his heart to invite me to the family gathering when half the people there weren't even witnesses. His oldest daugther is married and working at Bethel and his youngest is a pioneer and the middle daughter won't have anything to do with the JW's. funny!
Well he actually replied to my letter but somehow turned the whole situation around on me saying "just for the record, I'm not the one that brought up the issue of you coming and it wasn't my judgement call since the gathering was at my dad's house (my uncle who is not a witness)" He also said "I recall you saying that it probably wouldn't be a good idea if I showed up to the gathering and I agreed with you." Well of course people hear what they want to hear and that's not what I said at all!! I asked a direct question to him after he so graciously invited me to the KH where no one would speak to me; " I would be much more interested in coming to the family gathering, would I be invited to that?" That's when he shrugged and held his hands up and said NOTHING, meaning NO you would not be welcome. then he went on to say in the letter that "I drew my own conclusion that I shoudn't come to the family gathering" and "we would love to have you come to a meeting anytime and we would welcome you with open arms and it would be a very happy occasion for us" WTF? Really? What a bunch of political double speak from my uber elder witness. Very frustrating for sure but in his mind he didn't tell me not to come and he can justify it anyway he wants to let himself off the hook! Next time there is a family gathering with my cousin's sister and her family around and his family too I'm not asking permission anymore I'm going to show up and see how that flies! HA HA! Wonder what he'll do then?
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Women and Pants
by Lynnie ini'm still amazed that the wtbts still don't allow women to wear pants to meetings etc.
is this a disfellowshipping offense?.
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Yes I remember when we couldn't wear them in Junior high but by the time I got to high school they had given up on that rule. I couldn't even wear jean to the movies according to my mother.
It's just such an annoying rule, especially when you are out in service in 20 degrees freezing your butt off! It boils down to what I hate the most about the JWs, that men have all the control and make sure the women know it. I've always had a problem with men in religious power since they tend to use it for their own agendas. I've always thought women were much more spiritual then men at any given time.
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Women and Pants
by Lynnie ini'm still amazed that the wtbts still don't allow women to wear pants to meetings etc.
is this a disfellowshipping offense?.
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Yes I am serious about it possibly being a DF offense, a new rule could have been put into place for all I know!
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Women and Pants
by Lynnie ini'm still amazed that the wtbts still don't allow women to wear pants to meetings etc.
is this a disfellowshipping offense?.
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I'm still amazed that the WTBTS still don't allow women to wear pants to meetings etc. Is this a disfellowshipping offense?
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Check this website out! Pretty pricey stuff for the JW
by Lynnie inhttp://chbook.stores.yahoo.net/2006items.html.
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This stuff they are selling is really expensive I think! So much for passing the savings on to your fellow witness. I've been out for 35 years and when I was in my family went for the embossed leather binding bibles big time but they were at least affordable! This stuff is outrageous if you ask me!! And yes how nice for the owners of the company to be raking in the $$ just in time for Armageddon!! HA!
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Check this website out! Pretty pricey stuff for the JW
by Lynnie inhttp://chbook.stores.yahoo.net/2006items.html.
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