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  Not invited

  by dmouse in

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  i am alone at home tonight.

  my wife and children are busy having dinner and 'spiritual association' with an elder and his wife.. i wasn't invited, even though i am not da or df, just inactive.

  and although i've made my position clear in that i'm not interested anymore i've never made any trouble really.. i didn't think it would hurt but it does.

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  bay64me

  Dmouse, that is a nasty thing to do, not inviting you.

  This elder is not excercising love and his behaviour is very rude
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  Self-righteousness = Mental illness

  by whyhideit in

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  i was living in a congregation in northern california when i was in my early twenties.

  in doing so i got to know this one family pretty good.

  they were the typical self-righteous witness, with a elder father and a pioneer son and daughter.

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  There was a family just like you describe in my old congregation.

  Dad was PO, kids were missionarys, pioneers. I swear I have never seen such a miserable git in all my life as the Dad. I honestly can't recall seeing him smile. I remember doing my baptism questions and he was one of the ones appointed to go through them with me. At the time I felt that it was such an honour to have him grace my home I'd like to see him get through my door now

  Your observations about self righteousness = mental illness, i'm not sure about, but I bet a good dose of prozac wouldn't go amiss with the holier-than-thou-bigots that I know.
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  Whats your favorite music?

  by Stefanie in

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  whats everbodys favorite band, or song?

  i like rock.

  favorite song of all time is jumper from third eye blind.

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  Number one favourite for me has got to be Nirvana.

  I also like Foo Fighters, Oasis, Sterophonics,R.e.m, The Hives, Queens of the Stoneage.

  On the lighter side, Badly drawn boy, Starsailor, Coldplay, even Robbie Williams has been known to entertain me!
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  Why do JWs kiss Elder butt?

  by Smiles in

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  we have all seen it... .

  many jws kiss elder butt.... .

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  For approval.

  Kissing arse is the only way to get it! Once your true personality and identity is stripped away, one then becomes dependant upon these arseholes for it!
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  How do you glue together a broken home

  by Methof15 in

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  i'm 17. i was disfellowshipped almost two years ago.

  i am the youngest of four kids and am the only left at home.

  i live with my dad who has sort of faded from the jw scene.

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  Meth,

  I'm so sorry to hear about your predicament. It must feel really bad for you.

  I wish I had some words of wisdom to pass on to you. But I'm just "riding the storm" myself.

  At least you will find some encouragment and similar types here.
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  any ex jws from liverpool uk here?

  by dannywalsh in

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  bay64me

  core,

  I think we have something in common
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  Should Christians Expect Divine Protection?

  by Kenneson in

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  this is one of the current topics at http://www.watchtower.org  .

  we are told that sometimes jehovah intervenes for his people and sometimes he doesn't.

  i'm wondering if this is a shift in thinking or whether jws have always believed this.

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  That kind of thinking used to really wind me up.

  A pioneer sister with no children or responsibilities apart from knocking on the doors of empty houses, would regularly declare how jehovah had provided this or that for her. She even said that jehovah had kept her husband in work and attributed this to her faithfulness

  On the other hand, I knew of plenty of people, good, faithful and obedient, that had to live through and endure some of the most painful and sometimes horrifying circumstances.

  It just dosn't weigh up!
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  Question for Americans

  by bay64me in

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  i have just got the address of an old friend that moved to the states some time ago.. is the name frederick a town?

  and do the letters md, in the post code mean anything?.

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  ha ha ha
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  re: lastest fuss on getting rid of inactives

  by bay64me in

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  a lot has been discussed here of late about the disfellowshiping of inactive ones.. in my old hall i know a sister that started smoking again and when found out she insisted that her reproof must be private and not public otherwise she would never return to the hall.

  she pulled it off.. i know a brother that became inactive and started smoking.

  the elders appeared to leave him alone, but one day they pounced and he is now disfellowshipped.. i know a ministerial servant that caused a great deal of upset in the congregation because of his lies and decietfulness, (causing divisions).

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  JH,

  I totally agree with you. I can remember the fear that I felt when I first discovered sites like this one on the net. One of them, if I remember correctly, gave you a choice as to whether or not you wanted to enter. I did not, I was terrified of what I may have found there.

  I wonder, that if I had had the support that I expected from the elders, or even members of the so-called-loving-brotherhood, then perhaps I would still be in now!

  They are losing people to the real truth, out here, because they aren't looking after their sheep.
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  any ex jws from liverpool uk here?

  by dannywalsh in

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  bay64me

  Do either of you know Keith and Louise Johnson?

  Or Brother Underwood?