I know the feeling. Not only by my sister, but by all my family and my wifes family. It hurts when you see a familiar face at wal-mart and they avoid eye contact with you. When before they would see you from across the store and come over to talk to see how you are doing. And then there is the phone calls at home. When the phone rings, I hardly answer anymore. I know it's probaly not for me. If I do answer sometimes there's a pause on the other end, and then a cold "can I speak to ____ or ____". It's like their talking to a complete stranger. And what was the big sin on my part? Not accepting every teaching of their's. Looking to God and Christ and the Bible as the authority. The winter weather outside is no where as cold as the treatment the disfellowshipped experiance. All I can say, is you're not alone. seek2find
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How can it be? It's so cruel...
by Newborn in...that my only sister shuns me????.
sorry but i feel so miserable and i miss her enormously:-(.
it hurts when i write her (e-mail, letters, sms) but she doesn't reply.
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How do you keep track of your post???
by seek2find inwith the new board format, how are most of you keeping track of your post?
i used to click on my user name and search by post or topic, but now that it's gone, how is the best way?
anyone found any tricks?
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Thanks to undercover for showing me how. Thanks again, seek2find
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How do you keep track of your post???
by seek2find inwith the new board format, how are most of you keeping track of your post?
i used to click on my user name and search by post or topic, but now that it's gone, how is the best way?
anyone found any tricks?
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With the new board format, how are most of you keeping track of your post? I used to click on my user name and search by post or topic, but now that it's gone, how is the best way? Anyone found any tricks? seek2find
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Apostasy Now
by easyreader1970 ini have no evidence to back up what i am about to say.
i have no paperwork, no recordings, no photos, no nothing.
and yet this nags at me.. i have this sneaky feeling that soon the wbts is going to broaden their view of "apostasy" and begin to include people who don't currently fit into their apostate views.. i have this itch that's telling me that, basically, if you present anything negative concerning the truth, you are at risk of being hauled before an elder body and punished for this somehow (disfellowshipping, reproof?)..
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I think something will be done sooner or later about inactive ones who have slipped through the cracks. I know of several people who should be disfellowshipped but haven't been, because they drifted away before getting envolved in wrong conduct. It doesn't sit well with the R&F. The "double standard" term is often thought of when thinking of such ones. Something will have to be done to stop the fade and drift process. Personaly I wish the organization would just drop the silliness and just become more mainstream. I doubt that will ever happen tho. seek2find
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Poppers: On you mac is the font color the same when reading someones bio as the text of a regular post? On my PC with firefox, the bio font color is grey and the post fonts are Black. Might just be my PC. I use firefox because my family uses the same PC sometimes and they use internet explorer and I dont want them to see my history. We are still divided religiously and I don't want problems over what sites I visit. I keep firefox hidden so it's not easily accesible, except by me. seek2find
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untill today the fonts were a real light color and hard to read. They are still that way when reading bio's but the text in the main post are nice and crisp, at least using firefox on my PC. seek2find
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Messages are much easier in firefox now. seek2find
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I've always wondered something about the Memorial
by heybaby ini wondered this even when i was a gung-ho jw: .
where in the bible do jws find the format for how the memorial should be celebrated by the "other sheep?
" i just don't see anywhere in the bible where it says that those not partaking should pass bread and wine.
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Blues Brother: The point of my post was that the memorial celebration isn't compatible with the teaching about 1914. seek2find
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Vinyl repair and pin stripping cars......
by Gram inbesides the two above mentioned jw businesses, what other ones swept through the congs?
not counting janitorial, house cleaning and window washing.
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How many of these people in these enterprises stayed current on their taxes? It always seemed like the thinking was "maybe Armageddon will come first and I won't have to pay them" seek2find
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Vinyl repair and pin stripping cars......
by Gram inbesides the two above mentioned jw businesses, what other ones swept through the congs?
not counting janitorial, house cleaning and window washing.
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Back in the 70s and 80s it was Shackle and then for a brief time period another product called re-live. Natural products seem to be a favorite trap for the witnesses. Also reflexolgy and other wacko health care remedies. There was a few who died experimenting with natural stuff instead of getting professional medical help seek2find