Topics Started by sosad

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That's what's missing from our family
by dissonance_resolved in
1. jw
2. experiences
tonight as i was putting my son to bed, we were looking out his bedroom window from his bed, down upon the neighbors' house across the street.

they have a beautiful, big sparkly christmas tree in their front window and my son gazed at it and said, "that's what's missing from our family.

" talk about daggers through the heart!.
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a young 14 year old girl was disfellowshipped in my former congregation last week
by alexandre in
1. watchtower
2. bible
a baptized girl from my former cong.

was expelled out because she participated in more than one porn videos with classmates in the school and theses videos became public.

she is 14 years old and grew up as witnesses.but anybody knows she had many boyfriends and she-, but that thing was unbelievable!
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Donations aren't coming in from Western Countries: more confirmation
by Julia Orwell in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
in talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.

he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.

the elders would also make up the shortfall.
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Quick Poll - How many are...
by mrhhome in
1. jw
2. friends
how many here are (a) ex-jw, (b) non-jw with jw relatives or spouses, (c) inactive jw, or (d) active jw who stay in for your own reasons?.
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Elder's attitude to dating a non-believer vs acting like a Christian
by ItsMyLife in
1. social
2. relationships
i've not been on here for quite some time, due to personal reasons.. i have been dating a wonderful man for nearly 11 months now.

he's a non-practicing cofe christian.

i am a recently inactive jw (oh, how i regret getting baptized at 15).. my dad is an elder.
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Gifts for C.O.'s and D.O.'s
by sosoconfused in
1. jw
2. experiences
does anyone else find it funny that the circuit overseers and district overseers go to a new congregation every week, have all their bills paid and then for some odd reason the elders always find a way to give them extra money.

on top of that there are atleast 10 families in every hall that give them a green handshake.

then the people who give them expensive gifts (i am ashamed to say i participated in this) like watches etc... yet these guys still act like they are giving up so much.... .
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Canadian radio station plans show re: new book re JW's being a cult
by sosad in
1. jw
2. friends
the talk show host had family that was jw - he is pretty non biased when i have heard him speak about the witnesses but straight shooting.

he is sure to get some attention from some current jws if he raises this as a topic.

the local producer has been unable to get any response from "the local chapter" of the organization.
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At This Point In Your Life Would You Care If You Were Disfellowshipped or Disassociated?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm curious..
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I think we are being shunned
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
it seems like lately we have been missing out on a lot of invites to congregation gatherings and our field service group has gatherings but we never seem to get invited.

btw this is not a bad thing.

hoser.
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DO YOU BELIEVE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES "SHUNNING" OF MINORS IS CHILD ABUSE?
by Balaamsass in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i have been reading countless heartbreaking accounts on this site of children of jehovah's witnesses being "disfellowshipped" and shunned by entire families, their congregations, basicly everyone they have ever known for simply questioning their parent's religion!!.

some have been tossed out of family homes to live in cars!!!

this is not christian.