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  Old Friend Disfellowshipped - Would Like Advice

  by adelmaal in

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  i have been away from "the truth" for quite some time (about 6 years) and i heard from my daughter and friend the other day that someone i knew back when had recently been disfellowshipped.

  he was actually one of the elders on my original committee when i was having drama with that religion.

  he was a good guy, always having gatherings at his house (superbowl, etc.

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  I'd be cautious at this point. Speaking from experience.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses...... A Connection still...

  by ScoobySnax in

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  when you bump into a jw who you've known previously, do you still feel any connection at all?.

  i seem to be a magnet for them at local supermarkets, i always stop and chat and can't help still feeling such a connection with them.

  they were my "brothers and sisters" after all.

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  How can you NOT feel a connection with people you've spent all that time with? If you spent any amount of time in the organization and then say "Every person I ever met was a piece of crap." Everything I was ever taught was crap. Who really has the problem? I'm just saying. Nothing personal.

  While people are being "trained" in any organization...be it the army (not JW's)...police department( not JW's)...ect, they usually will not question things. Why did all those people drink the poisoned kool-aid? Or give it to their kids? Some were shot because they refused. So they couldn't have all been "dubs". Saying they were also a "cult" is a cop out. Again just saying. My opinion.

  There are good and bad people in every facet of life. Please don't tell me everyone you ever met outside the organization treated you like a King or Queen.

  Ask yourself. "What makes me different."
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  Were You Affected By Racism In The Congregation???

  by minimus in

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  i grew up in an inner city area with many ethnic groups.

  i saw very little racism or prejudice in the hall.

  i'm wondering if my experience is isolated.

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  The only times I've seen prejudice shown toward other Witnesses was when English speaking elders would deride the Spanish (Puerto Rican) congregation that shared the KH. I second this. Over heard the PO say, "They (with that tone...you know) weren't paying their half of the expenses." I was the literature servant and was told not to give them any english literature. I got what ever I asked for from them....they were glad to help. Also heard a couple of other comments by some about the spanish....nothing overt though. I did hear a visiting elder use the word colored people in his talk one Sunday. I think most people bring their "baggage" in with them. This hall was on a mostly white / spanish side of town.
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  Hi Everyone...I'm New

  by exjwshell in

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  just wanted to say hello to everyone on this forum.

  i've "lurked" for quite some time, thought it was time make my first post.

  my story is long and boring and too complicated to remember so the short version is this:.

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  bronzefist

  WELCOME exjwshell. "And the Cheeseheads shall inherit the earth."
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  Hello

  by sweet tee in

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  this is my first forum post though i've been out here reading yours for a while.

  i didn't know how to post my bio.

  i became a jdub at the age of 16. i had a child out-of-wedlock who was 1 year old at the time and i was searching for answers - i wanted my son to have a future and the one the witnesses portrayed was better than anything i'd ever heard!

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  Welcome.... sweet tee.
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  What's your greatest coincidence?

  by ozziepost in

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  well, haven't you had things happen and you just know they're not accidental ...... or are they?

  some people don't 'believe' there are such things as coincidences but whatever, what's the greatest of coincidences that has ever happened to you?

  kinda like "what's the most coincidental of coincidences", eh?

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  One day I smell this overpowering scent of blood.( I think I was told sometime later that there is a plant that gives off a scent of blood.) Anyway I mentioned it to my wife, but she didn't smell it. A few weeks later I get a phone call late at night. It's a reporter and she says she's sorry about my loss. Would I be willing to give a her a little information about my sister. I asked her what in the world she was talking about. She got real quiet..said she was sorry and hung up. The next call was from the police. My sister was a police recruit and was shot by her boyfriend she was about to break up with. He was a cop and shot my sister in the back, while my niece was watching, and then killed himself. Hence the call from the reporter...it was a big story in the papers for a while. Not only did I have to ID my sister's body but also had to go to her apartment to clean up all the blood and body tissue.
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  What I remember from 1975

  by Big Dog in

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  since i am sort of late to the party this has probably been beaten to death and if it has just kick this thread to the curb.

  i was 11 years old in 1975 and i remember being scared silly the whole year.

  i mean there was so much hype about it and the tension in the air was so thick it was unreal.

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  My ex wife joined in early 1974. I was opposed. I remember her telling me that something BIG was going to happen in 1975. She tried her best to get me to go to the meetings even to the point of tears. She told me she didn't want me to die. I also worked with a brother that was totally upset about the 1975 fiasco. He said a lot of people sold their homes and quit their jobs to spend all their time out in service to better the chances they would be spared. It stumbled him.

  The WTS apologizing for something??? Can I see that in writing as the saying goes. I remember articles like some were jumping ahead of the organization explaining 1975 away. Blaming others not themselves.

  David2002...as for show me the WT article stating that 1975 would be the end. I say, if this mistaken mindset was so wide spread with so many kind hearted friends, show me the WT article telling these people to calm down nothing was going to happen in 1975. Don't be selling your homes, or quitting your jobs, or sending all your money to the organization. Ok maybe that last one would have been left out.
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  A little more about me

  by Ticker in

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  hello everyone, you have probably read some of my posts but i wish to tell a little more about my story, not all of it but just to give a mindset of where i stand and how i feel.. i had been a witness since childhood as i had been indoctrinated at a very young age by a zealous grandmother who had devoted her life to an organization.

  like i had stated before i have come to realize she was serving a image of god created for her consumption by imperfect men, but none the less i know she meant well in her actions.

  i have always had a good heart toword others and god, and though at times it troubles me to think of how i used to carry the jw mindset of judging others viewpoints and faith, not intentionally but because of being molded into such a form through misdirected thinking.

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  Took the time to read your entire post. Your family has been officially added to the Kicked to the Curb group. Welcome to the " Millions Living Will Not Die" group. The words are different but the story remains the same.
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  Is it appropriate for a women JW to wear..................

  by HEAVENS DESTINY in

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  never was a jw but studied for years.

  is it appropriate for a jw female to wear a nose ring or maybe have a visable tatoo that maybe she cant take off do to $$$$$.

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  Nose ring. Not acceptable unless you have just started to attend meetings. My son was a part of the congregation all his life......became inactive. He called me up and wanted to come to a meeting. He took out his nose ring, his eyebrow ring, his ear ring, and covered his tatoos. Even wore his suit. The "friends" came running up to him to welcome him back. When they noticed the holes from the rings they all moved away from him with open mouths. After the meeting everyone stayed away from him. He had tears in his eyes when we left the hall and never came back. I did notice a study at the assembly last month with a face full of metal...I mean big time. I didn't see anyone talking to him so Iwent up, shook his hand and said, "Finally someone with more piercings than my son!"

  Ear rings. There was a sister that wanted to pioneer. At that time she had three or four piercings on each ear. Elders would not let her pioneer even if she only wore one ring in each ear. The reason.... pioneers were special and the extra holes made her look "worldly".

  An older brother wanted to pioneer, but had arms full of tattos. The PO said no. The brother upset said to him, "Would you let me pioneer if I cut my arms off?" Another elder recommended Br. Tatto and he eventually was able to pioneer.

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  Wanting to leave JWs & Spouse problems

  by doinmypart in

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  are you trying to fade or otherwise distance yourself from the org, but have a spouse that is a loyal jw?

  on various posts i read about some that are staying in the org, or having a difficult time because their spouse doesn't understand the change.

  i'll begin...my wife doesn't understand how i can turn my back on all the good things i've gotten from the org.

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  bronzefist

  doinmypart,

  I totally agree with those saying you have to continue to show your wife love. I would even say to double it. Buy her some flowers and candy. Show her by your example you are not suddenly going to be possessed by a hundred demons filling the empty spaces of your mind. For some reason people are convinced they suddenly appear when you start to think differently. Sisters in the congregation will to start to advise and "comfort" her about her situation. Remain positive and kick the dust off of your shoes.