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  Seeker4 Invited to a Committee Meeting Tonight

  by Seeker4 in

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  yup, they are going ahead with it.

  i spent most of yesterday, sunday, writing what turned out to be a 10 page letter to the body of elders about why i feel they are out of line in seeking to disfellowship me (for those new to this situation, i've been seperated from my wife and living with another woman for the past six months.

  i've not been an active witness for a decade.).

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  has this happened to you???

  by donald in

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  back when i was in high school i was in deca...i won national trophies for public speaking.......upon gradrution...i was offerd a scolarship to a major college....for public speaking.....but the elders conveinced me to go into the pioneer service...i did a dead end job to cover expenses...and it became my permant job when i got married a copule of years later.....with no college...and almost no help to find another job...to rake care of my wife and three kids...i feel i might have thrown my life away....well onr good thing about being on dialsys is ill get an education.donald

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  Please help me understand about JWs as I have no idea about this religion

  by unknown in

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  i am looking for some one to help me understand a particular issue as a jw would see it.... if a single practicing jw was to have an affair with a married person (not a jw) knowing that they were married what would come of them or how would they feel about this being brought with a strict jw background?

  i am trying to understand this as i have no knowlege of this religion.

  any help would be appreciated.

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  When you're fed-up and Miserable.......

  by ScoobySnax in

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  i just spent 5 days down in devon in the south west of england and had a fantastic time unwinding and seeing my 2 nans, catching up with my cousins, having a couple of beers in a pub with my extended family the other side of the country.

  it was fantastic to see them all again.

  i'm a sucker for being made a fuss of.

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  Does WTBS believe in UFOs???

  by ShadowX in

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  i personally don't really believe in it, well certainly didn't see anything yet that would convince me otherwise.

  but browsing wtbs cd-rom i've come across quite deliberate reference about ancient ufo sightings which are intriguing.

  even though later article goes through usual wtbs reasoning that tries to put a lid on any inquiry by "faithful christians" i cannot but wonder if they are themselves actually believing it.

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  AN EXCUSE TO HATE?

  by Terry in

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  i ask this question rather seriously.

  isn't religion actually an excuse to hate?

  you quickly learn us vs them and who is who.

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  just asking???

  by donald in

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  i posted my story...and it got deleted...why just asking...thanks...donald

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  left out in the cold

  by donald in

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  hello im new to this...my wife and i are still baptized....but weve not gone to meetings regulary...for some time now...even though we still go to the memorial.....and we are wondering if to go back.....here without being too specfic is our story.

  i was rasied in the truth...she was not...she got baptized...about 3 years after we were married..i was made a m.s.

  in 1990...but becuse of personal reasons i stepped down shortly after..i conecentrated on raiseing my family..and had to work 2 jobs to support them......3 children.....then a few years later my wife left me for some one else...and then i got very sick...and was told my kidney was failing....a elder came to my house and told me that if there was anything i neede that all i had to do was ask...well...a few weeks later i asked this elder...if he could get a couple of young brothers to hep me get rid off some boxes of stuff my wufe had left behind..because i could not lift them...he told me in a reproachful tone...get your family to help you...this after he had told me weeks before...to ask him for help........i thought at the time its no big deal....but then something else happen to call into question all about jw.

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  Thought it was about time I spill my guts...

  by Krystal in

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  i have already posted bits and bobs about my "story"... i like the companionship i have found here and i feel it about time i get this off my chest, so here it goes.

  i am a 20 year old montrealer (it is me above!

  ) who was brought up a witness from the day i was born.

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  Name Things You Can Get Counseled,Reproved or Disfellowshipped For

  by minimus in

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  since the jw religion is sooooo restrictive, it is good to think about just how wacky this cult is.....for example, you can get counseled for buying a 2 door car as opposed to a "pioneer" car (4 door).

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