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  Disfellowshipment

  by larc in

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  on the subject of disfellowshipping, there is something i don't understand.

  many here have told their stories as to what happened to them.

  i have to ask this question.

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  My experiences at the assmebly....

  by airwlk149 in

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  hi guys!!!!.

  as most of you all know, i was going to the district assembly in san francisco, with my parents.. well, i went, and it was interesting.... here it goes....... i left on thursday night.

  my friend pam came to pick me up.

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  YES!!!!!! Shunning has backfired!!

  by Dawn in

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  i was df'd a number of years ago.

  my parents never shunned me - they didn't feel that df'ing broke the family ties.

  but when my brothers or uncle were in town i was "allowed" to come visit at certain times when their other jw friends would not be around.

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  Were you ashamed of being a witness?

  by sleepy in

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  were you ashamed of being a witness?.

  how did you feel about identifing yourself as a jehovahs witness to others?.

  i often used to hide it because of the stigma attacthed to it.. was anyone actually proud to be one?

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  Concerning Violence

  by metatron in

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  i'm glad to see open frank discussion on the subject of violence within - or caused.

  is seen as a recent provocation.

  failure to appear has always been a df'ing in absentia.

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  Thanks to all on this board!

  by writerpen in

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  i joined this group in february, however had been surfing the various websites that expose the witnesses' lies since being disfellowshipped last august.

  the support from those sites and this board have been invaluable.

  today, i no longer have the fear of having left the organization.

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  Can only fellow apostates understand us?

  by sleepy in

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  can only fellow apostates understand us?.

  as a witness i often felt that i could only really get on , on a deep level with fellow witnesses.. they shared your outlook on life , and had similiar experiences and problems.kids who grew up as witnesses had been through the same things in school as me.. so even though i could get on with other people , in a way i felt connected to other witnesses.only they could understand me.. but know i feel an instant connection with apostates.. we now share the same things.in a even deeper way than when a witness , as what we have done has effected us even more.. is it possible to connect in the same way with people who havent been through the same things as us?.

  do you feel closer to others like you , and find it easier to make friends with such people?.

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  Phobias - Agrophobia and Demophobia

  by invisible in

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  any other past/post sufferers who can describe these symptoms related to within the jw upbringing and comparison to outside, any improvements or no?.

  also anyone with any strange physical manifestations of 'strange' illnesses whilst a witness?.

  plus mental states, then and now, and what do you aspire to, to enable future happiness?.

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  Are JW Kids Worse Disproportionately?

  by patio34 in

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  in a conversation with my son, we were going over all the young people he grew up with that were jws.

  there seemed to be an inordinate proportion of felons among them, compared to the "worldly" people in his school.

  and also compared to the people at work that i know whose kids are doing fine now.. our tentative theory is that raising kids as jws can be very damaging to many of them.

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  30+ years of Field Service Observations

  by Tulsi Das in

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  some very random thoughts based on 30+ years of field service activity.

  would especially enjoy responses by jt, alanf, amazing, & others.. why they do it.

  1. guilt.

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