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  The Bible Fraud

  by sammielee24 in

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  2. bible

  has anyone read the bible fraud?

  it looked like an interesting read and just wondered if any of you read it and what you thought of it.

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  Has anyone read the Bible Fraud? It looked like an interesting read and just wondered if any of you read it and what you thought of it.
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  Whatever happened to Watchtower Lynette?

  by sammielee24 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you recall lynette from the watchtower - the only example that they ever used of someone who was df'd and claimed it was a good thing?

  did this girl stay in the truth or did she fall out later?

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  Thanks...I thought I heard that she was out now but I wasn't certain. Of course, the WT still likely uses the story to prove it's point of how 'good' disfellowshipping can be for us.....
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  Whatever happened to Watchtower Lynette?

  by sammielee24 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you recall lynette from the watchtower - the only example that they ever used of someone who was df'd and claimed it was a good thing?

  did this girl stay in the truth or did she fall out later?

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  Do any of you recall Lynette from the Watchtower - the only example that they ever used of someone who was df'd and claimed it was a good thing? Did this girl stay in the truth or did she fall out later?
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  Mom politely declines to answer my DC Q's

  by chrissy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother, a witness, is at her dc in cleveland this very moment as i type.

  i spoke with her on the phone a few days ago as she was preparing to travel and so by coincidence the topic came up in conversation.

  now, she doesnt know exactly why i stopped serving the tower, as we live along a dont ask, dont tell policy, and other than the fact that each and every time we talk there is a gigantic elephant on party-line with us, that otherwise works just swell.

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  geez.....you mean there are family members that will actually talk to you or with you????? I happened to be in the same room as my mother and sister a few months ago and even though it's been over a year since I saw them or heard their voice - they didn't say a word to me. It was a long couple of hours....and of course the same can be said for my kids - avoid me at all cost or I might taint the air they breathe in......c'est la vie as they say....
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  Bogus Reinstatement...

  by sammielee24 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ..okay..would this work?????

  here's the story.. i was df'd over a year ago.

  i was raised in the truth and was an elder for 23 years.

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  Thanks all....I have accepted that I won't change everyone's point of view but I can't sit back and not try..I sat through one of the Sunday talks about a month ago (the day I walked out for good) and the talk was about the act of lying. How wrong it is and so on. Well, as we all know, lying, as far as the Society teaches, is NOT wrong when it is considered as part of theocratic warfare, so I guess I feel that if this is the game that they want to play, then why not play it? I'm not setting myself for any disappointment because nothing can ever match the pain and disappointment that I felt when I realized that I had just spent my entire life adhering to the whims of a body of men who were never inspired by anything. I gave up my education, goals, youth, friends and family for an organization that I believed in to the exclusion of all else and to have to come to the grips that I was decieved for so long and so easily, was hard hitting at the very least. I however, don't feel bitter - I just want to find a level playing field where I can do the most good. At this point, I see that as being in my own family. I see it as a challenge and an opportunity to assist and/or enact change....I have kicked myself already for my part in any of the destruction that I might have played a part in regarding any persons life by virtue of my past position - I don't intend to kick myself again for not using what I know now to help my family...
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  Bogus Reinstatement...

  by sammielee24 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ..okay..would this work?????

  here's the story.. i was df'd over a year ago.

  i was raised in the truth and was an elder for 23 years.

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  Thanks Satanus...have read the info ....caring is sharing...lol..
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  Bogus Reinstatement...

  by sammielee24 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ..okay..would this work?????

  here's the story.. i was df'd over a year ago.

  i was raised in the truth and was an elder for 23 years.

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  ..thanks for all your messages...

  Unless I'm mistaken, in all the time that I was an Elder, it isn't the GB that reinstates you, its the original congregation. All we did was mark it on the df'd card and send notice to the GB and then put the documents in the 'dead' files. Once the person was reinstated, we simply marked it as such and notified the GB. We did NO background check nor did we say where the new congregation was. In addtion, the GB was notified AFTER we made the decision to reinstate the person.

  As for 'why' play the game...because we all take different paths to get to where we need be and although different or maybe longer and with more obstacles in the way, this is the one that I feel I have to use.

  I do not have the faith any longer so I can't sit in a meeting and be part of something so wrong again. I also have an elderly mother and siblings who I want to discuss the real truth with. I come from a family of lifers and most men in the family are Elders, so there is NO chatting with me unless I'm reinstated. Only then will the lines of communication open enough to introduce the topics that they need to think about.
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  Bogus Reinstatement...

  by sammielee24 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ..okay..would this work?????

  here's the story.. i was df'd over a year ago.

  i was raised in the truth and was an elder for 23 years.

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  ..okay..would this work?????

  Here's the story.

  I was df'd over a year ago. I was raised in the truth and was an Elder for 23 years. My entire family are JW's. I've thought of a lot of ways to try and show my family what the truth really is (and it's not the Society!) but as you all know, it is a long, hard road and although for some it is not important, to me it is. I originally thought that I could go back to attending the meetings, get reinstated so I could once again get speaking privileges with my family and then 'move' from my geographical location and fade entirely. In this way, my reinstatement would bring about the communication that I need to make the changes and my fade means that I would be able to do this without stepping another foot inside a KH. I started out on this path until I sat through another Sunday meeting a few weeks ago and then got up during the Watchtower session and left. Can't stomach all the BS anymore. Since then I've been trying to figure out a way to achieve this goal and I might have it.............

  The WT corrupts and decieves...thus.....in the name of theocratic warfare...couldn't I?

  Does anyone know of a bogus congregation? I can draft my letter of request for reinstatement if I have a bogus Elder who would send it for me. My imaginary friend might have to take a call from them, but that's doubtful..they just have to send a letter to them with the request. Anyone think this could work????? I mean, lets think about it!!!!!....let's have our own virtual congregation, complete with Elders and get whoever wants to be paper reinstated - in - play the game....how about it????
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  Elders

  by sammielee24 in

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  2. friends

  just curious - it seems like there are quite a few ex-elders around the site....how many are you?

  i enjoy reading stories from the inside...

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  Just curious - it seems like there are quite a few ex-elders around the site....how many are you? I enjoy reading stories from the inside...
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  Attracted to a Jehovah Witness

  by AJNG99 in

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  2. friends

  i am new to this board.

  i am not sure where to post this, so i'll give this place a try.

  don't ask how i stumbled across this board.

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  sammielee24

  Okay...I just have to come out of lurk to share this one!

  I'm currently with a lifer - he was df'd over a year ago - his entire family including mom, siblings, ex wife, kids - everyone he knew was a JW and it goes without saying that he is dead to all of them- he was an Elder for a long time so his punishment is a hundredfold.

  Anyway, when he was called up before the judicial committee, one of the comments made by an Elder to him was that 'of course worldy women want Witness men, they're an excellent 'catch'..okay catch was my word but you get the idea. ......now .......I don't know what mirror this man is looking in but to my way of thinking they don't have women lined up to take a number for these guys.....