Thanks Rhett, I know your right. Sometimes, I'm embarrassed that I was ever a part of it myself. Like, what was I thinking wasting all that time in cult??? How could I stay there for so long??? Thoughts like that make me reluctant to share my past with anyone. Am I the only one who thinks that way?
ConnieLynn
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Who shuns you?
by Dawn inafter reading a number of posts it sounds like most of you have been shunned even by your immediate family members (parents, brothers, sisters)after you were df'd.. i am shunned by my sister-in-law - but she's it out of the entire family.
my uncle, brothers, mother, and father (an elder before he passed away) all continued to associate with me - we even go out to dinners together.. so here's my question - is my family the minority?
i thought that only non-family members had to shun you but family was ok as long as they don't discuss spiritual issues.
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Who shuns you?
by Dawn inafter reading a number of posts it sounds like most of you have been shunned even by your immediate family members (parents, brothers, sisters)after you were df'd.. i am shunned by my sister-in-law - but she's it out of the entire family.
my uncle, brothers, mother, and father (an elder before he passed away) all continued to associate with me - we even go out to dinners together.. so here's my question - is my family the minority?
i thought that only non-family members had to shun you but family was ok as long as they don't discuss spiritual issues.
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ConnieLynn
All my childhood friends shun me. My mom is also a shunner, except for the occasional phone call that involves crying and begging for me to come back to "Jehovah's Organization". One of my sisters hasn't spoken to me since 1994, and she had a baby that I haven't seen, when she had her baby,I cried, that one hurt pretty bad.She returned by baby gift and card. My aunts, uncles, cousins all shun me.
But, I have one sister who is now DF'd and we are pretty close. That helps. The whole thing is so ridiculous from an outsiders point of view, how do you tell non-Jw's why your family won't talk to you? Any suggestions out there?
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Disfellowshipped Friends
by Sunflower1982 inim sorry for filling up the boards with my mindless ramblings but, being new here, i have to so much to ask.. recently, two of my good friends were disfellowshipped.
i feel bad for them because they were raised as jws and now their relationship with their family and friends will cease to exist, but i also feel like this is the optimal time to talk to them about the truth.
ive told them both that i love them and that i dont care what standing they are in, but all they want is to get reinstated and become pioneers to prove that they love jehovah just as much as everyone else.
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ConnieLynn
I agree with Beck. When I first left, I still thought it was the truth. It took me a while to de-program. I would give them some time and then help the intergrate into the real world. I used to dream some of my old friends would leave, but it hasn't happened on the scale I had hoped. I totally can relate to feeling anxious to have some old relationships. Honestly, most of the people I have known that got DF'd, went back. One got DF'd a second time though and he stayed out.
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Did You Ever Read ????????
by YYHWH indid you ever read any of the following completley cover to cover ?.
watchtower.
awake.
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ConnieLynn
I read almost everything I was supposed too (ugh). I was such a good witness for a while, like age 15 years plus. You know what really bothered me though, the Creation book. It just seemed straange. The "nailing the coffin shut" stuff was so overused! "The lady (organization)doth protest too much, methinks." Other than that, I never made it through one whole Yearbook.
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Anyone from Knoxville, TN area or Hazard?
by ConnieLynn ini am looking for old friends that may have left the jw's.
i grew up in seymour, tn but knew lots of folks from knoxville area...1980's until 1990's.
was in hazard, ky for a while as well.
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ConnieLynn
I am looking for old friends that may have left the JW's. I grew up in Seymour, TN but knew lots of folks from Knoxville area...1980's until 1990's. Was in Hazard, KY for a while as well. Just hoping...
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Coke or Pepsi???
by Xena inlol sorry i am feeling fluffy tonight .
mulan started it!!!!!!!.
coke for me....the real thing or nothing!
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ConnieLynn
Coke with a bag of salted peanuts! yumm!
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More JW urban legends
by NikL inwell here is a new batch of jw urban legends (oops, i mean experiences) i just got in the e mail.
thought i would share the joy and lighten your day ;-).
a sister took her granddaughter to the circuit assembly with her.. later that evening at home, the sister told her granddaughter to get .
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ConnieLynn
I remember hearing one about two "sisters" who went to the door of a psycho rapist who did not harm them. For some strange reason the police asked why not and he said it was because of the huge man that was with them. Of course no one was with them. It must of been and angel!!!
Oh my God! I can't believe how many times I was told that one as I climbed out of the car at a scary house! AHHH! It never occurd to me to ask why the police were asking him questions after or how the witnesses ever heard about it to begin with.
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New Here... Just Saying Hi ...Getting to know
by Prisila inanyone want to share bio on leaving jws.
i'm confused a looking for comfort.
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ConnieLynn
Prisila,
Welcome. I am also new to the board. I read the board everyday for a long time before I posted though, I was so nervous. I think it is great that you are seeking out help. Leaving isn't going to be easy, but hang in there. Places like this will help you. I think reading the posts of some of the Ex-Jw veterns is powerful.I also lost all contact with my parents and sisters. It was hard at first, but now I have new friends and feel like I am being true to myself and what is right. I think that you have to do what your gut tells you is the right thing to do. Seek out other ex-JW's when you leave,either here or in your town. It is your key to strength.
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Do you Remember the Moment you Stopped Being a JW?
by Smoldering Wick in"it only takes a moment.
a moment of sanity.
clarity.
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ConnieLynn
My husband slapped me. He was an elder and I was a regular pioneer. I had been one for 10 years. But a young girl in our KH had been disfellowshipped. She was 17, and I thought it was so cruel. I didn't say anything, but I did made eye contact with her as she sat on the back row at meetings with her parents. The feeling in my stomach told me it was WRONG. So, I vocalized it. My husband was so appalled, he slapped me, I fell down and cried, then I began laughing hysterically. He said I was crazy and left. When he came home, I was gone. I never went back home, or to the KH. Opps, except for my judicial hearing. Of coures, I was soon disfellowshipped my self. My only regret is that I didn't leave when I first felt that prodding that something wasn't right.
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WHAT Kingdom Hall did Ya'll go to?
by thewiz ini was looking at another thread.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=24809&site=3.
and was wondering,if i'm not being too forward, what kh did everyone here go to.. i used to go to the cranston kh in ri, usa .
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ConnieLynn
South Cong - Knoxville, Tennessee ( to little to remember)
Seymour Cong-Seymour,Tennessee (?-1984)
Hazard Cong - Hazard, Kentucky (1984-1990)
South Huntsville Cong - Huntsville, Alabama (Last one 1990-94)Anybody out there from my neck of the woods?