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  They came swiftly and left like a speeding bullet, JW.ORG

  by jam in

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  i was in the den when the old lady yell, "your friends are here".. at the door stood a jw.

  hi sir (no good morning sir) we have a web site,.

  jw.org in different languages.

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  Finally-Free

  we have a web site,

  Who doesn't? They need to be reminded that we're no longer in the mid '90s, when having a web site was less common.

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  RIP: Timothy Campbell

  by Wild_Thing in

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  this is old news, as it happened six or so months ago, but i just found out today.

  timothy campbell died of kidney cancer in november of 2013. he started one of the first ex-jw forums, beyondjw.

  i met him in person once.

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  Finally-Free

  I'm sorry to hear this. I was a frequent poster on his forum, and I met him a number of times at ex-jw meetups here in Toronto. I'll always be thankful for the encouragement he gave me as I exited the jws.

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  Did you ever write your disassociation letter?

  by make yourself in

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  but never gave it to the elders or anyone in the congregation?

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  I DA'd in 2003. Ejecting the cult from my life was no different than ejecting someone from my home. It was not 'playing by their rules'. It was asserting and enforcing my own.

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  How I Ended Up On JWN...

  by Divergent in

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  this is the story of how i ended up here on this site.... .

  i was stuck in a situation where reaching out took forever, an eternity.

  it was ridiculous - no matter what i did, there was always more to do.

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  Finally-Free

  I joined the JWs at 25 and was a JW for 20 years, pioneered, and married a pioneer sister. I was never an elder or MS. My ex was told that I wasn't "maleable" enough to "make progress".

  I took that as a compliment.

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  If you are thinking about "Stepping Down" you better do it QUICK!

  by Comatose in

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  2. beliefs

  the new arrangement for co's to handle deletions (and appointments) means you no longer will be able to give your friends on the body an excuse and step down.

  you will have to answer to the co and most likely have a long uncomfortable chat about everything with him in order to step down.

  so if you have been thinking about stepping down, you need to do it quick before the new arrangement..

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  The next time you're on the platform just make a short announcement saying that you're no longer serving as an elder, MS, whatever.

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  Yahoo answers for the question: Why do Jehovah's Witnesses shun former members?

  by DuvanMuvan in

  1. watchtower
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  why do jehovah's witnesses shun former members?.

  loads of jws answered on this one.

  kind of old but thought people would still wanna see it..

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  Finally-Free

  For the most part they shun because they are told to. Very few JWs know what my "sin" is. They only thing they know is that they must shun me or suffer the possibility of being shunned themselves.

  My "sin" is that I dislike child molesters, and I'm not afraid to say so.

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  An Anti-Witnessing Campaign, Please Join Me!

  by What Now? in

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  2. beliefs

  in the past few weeks, the shunning issue has become a very personal one for me, and i have begun to realize that it is not just enough for me and my family to fade out.

  after some recent events, i am motivated to start some anti-watchtower activism of my own.. i, like many others, have hoped that there would be a scandal of epic proportions within the organization, something that would wake others up and trigger a mass exodus.. while i am still hopeful that this may happen, it seems that the organization is too good at damage control, and heightening the paranoia surrounding apostates.. but what if the ex-witness community tried a different approach?.

  what if, to borrow a hockey term, a sort of shut out situation was created?.

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  Finally-Free

  I used to get JWs coming here. I've told them to mark me as a DNC. I've told them that I'm an apostate. I've told them I don't want to associate with child molesters. I've told them to f*ck off. Sooner or later they'd come back again.

  One bright May morning I was doing some work on the exterior of my house, and I took a break around 11 AM. I was sitting on my front step, tired, unshaven, sweaty, filthy, cigarette in one hand and mug of Guinness in the other. A couple of JWs came up, and I was too tired to be my usual obnoxious self. I was polite, took the magazines and even gave them a donation. That was five years ago, and I haven't seen them since.

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  Do Facebook "Friends" That Constantly Brag, Irritate You?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  there are a few people who are fb friends that constantly brag about themselves, their looks, their accomplishments, their bodies, their job---etc.. one particular person is too close to ignore but it's never ending.

  i am thisclose to telling her, to please stop it.. any thoughts?.

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  Finally-Free

  Not any more. I deactivated my account 11 months ago. I don't need FB "friends" and I don't need to be aware of every coffee they drink. A real friendship needs quality, in person, one-on-one time. Anything else is crap.

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  Were you 'alive in '75' and how was that year for you?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. experiences

  i was a junior borgite in 1975. i remeber looking at the calendar at work in october and thinking: 'armageddon isn't here yet.....and it doesn't feel like it will be here anytime soon either!'.

  i was surprised that jehovah hadn't obeyed the superior command to bring the big 'a' as instructed to him by fred franz.

  how dare god disobey the jw leader!!!!!.

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  Were you 'alive in '75' and how was that year for you?

  I had 6 girlfriends that year and they all dumped me.

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  Should I allow my mom to see the grandchildren?

  by confusedandalone in

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  so i am not officially da/do yet and my family has shunned me hard.

  today crying my mother calls me to beg to see my children... should i let her?

  i feel that if you can speak abusive of your own son and wife and shun the.

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  Finally-Free

  The WT promotes the idea that shunning is the most loving way to bring someone back into the fold.

  That was something that never made sense to me, even when I was a JW.

  If my bird shit on the floor I could do the same thing - shun him. I could put him outside of the house and stop feeding him or caring for him. No contact whatsoever. Then in 6 months I could go outside, look around stupidly, and wonder why he's not there waiting for me.

  JWs are often too stupid to know that eventually people will move on with their lives.

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