Aphrodite

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  Do you have to speak out to be DF for apostacy?

  by MissingLink in

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  i'm a bit confused.

  i've been worried that i'm going to be df for apostacy because i no longer believe core jw teachings.

  i don't have an intention on protesting or strirring things up, but i'm worried because i will not lie to elders if they ask me what i think about things (in a shepherding call).

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  My OH got disfellowshipped because he told his mum he didn't believe any more and had a bit of an argument with her about evolution. "Somehow" this got back to the elders, the elders rang and asked him if he believed in god or evolution, he said he didn't know for sure one way or the other. They then asked him if he would meet with them he said no way, you can stuff that up your shirt. They df'd him shortly after. Mind you this happened roughly 6 years after our last meeting.
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  My only problem with the JWs

  by dawg in

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  besides the fact that jws are pious, think only they have the truth, won't read anything with an open mind... hell won't read anything at all minus wt magazines... .

  after all this, my only real problem is the shunning... almost everyone i love gets on my nerves from time to time, i get on theirs.

  the fact that the jws beliefs is annoying isn't the problem, it just that after they are wrong as hell becasue of their ignorance, they won't talk to you.. i'm not trying to get my family to eradicate their beliefs, i'm just trying to get them to stop shunning those of us that don't believe like them.

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  Aphrodite

  Yep, absolutely agree with you. I couldn't care less what they believe as long as families can still treat each other with "natural affection".
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  Trash THIS!

  by Farkel in

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  here is an interesting challenge for the folks.

  this thread revolves around one subject, and that is thomas paine's brilliant critique of the bible written in about 1795. he did most of this from memory, while in prison in france.. http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/thomas_paine/age_of_reason/.

  the challenge is this: critique his essays.

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  Aphrodite

  Ahhh what the heck... lol a prophecy of course. The Miracle is that it didn't die because I posted to it and the Mystery is why we keep on replying with fluff.
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  Do you sometimes feel really disconected from people?

  by Aphrodite in

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  i thought i had been going really well in my life until my mothers recent attempt at shunning me.

  now im feeling like i don't want to connect with anyone.

  i'm kind of disconnecting myself from my friends even, withdrawing.

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  Satanus, I do that too, I sometimes dont answer the phone for a whole day, just take it out the hook. I think my friends think Im a bit odd.
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  Newbies - Tell Us What You Dealing with - Getting out of the Witnesses

  by flipper in

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  hello newbies and all others !

  with all of the newbies the last few months joining the board i wanted to provide a thread for them to express what stresses they are going through in exiting the jehovah's witness cult .

  so please all newbies- we are happy you are here , tell us what you are going through , and some of us will help if we are able to.

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  Aphrodite

  It gets loads better. Sometimes though when you think you're perfectly normal, some old JW stuff comes up. and you go "what the...? where'd that come from?"

  I have so many true friends now though, they are wonderfull. Some I had as friends before I left the JWs but they were "wordly" friends I had made through work.

  Its funny, I told my friends that JW's consider them worldly people and they said they take that as a compliment. lol
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  Do you sometimes feel really disconected from people?

  by Aphrodite in

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  i thought i had been going really well in my life until my mothers recent attempt at shunning me.

  now im feeling like i don't want to connect with anyone.

  i'm kind of disconnecting myself from my friends even, withdrawing.

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  Aphrodite

  Thanks everyone for your hugs, it helps to know others are going through/been through the same thing.

  SireNose Thats exactly how I feel, numb, and numb to life as well. Not depressed or sad or anything, just like "Whats the point." I feel like I only keep going for those around me (husband and kids) but Im not suicidal or anything. Just drifting, numb and a pointless existence.

  You know, I think Im going to tell my story, I think that will help. There is so much to share. We should do a compilation of ex JW stories and publish, Im sure it would be a best seller, so much juicy stuff!

  (Just noticed I am no longer a Newbie, lol)
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  Trash THIS!

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is an interesting challenge for the folks.

  this thread revolves around one subject, and that is thomas paine's brilliant critique of the bible written in about 1795. he did most of this from memory, while in prison in france.. http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/thomas_paine/age_of_reason/.

  the challenge is this: critique his essays.

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  Aphrodite

  Who IS Thomas Paine? All I can say after speed reading the first part, is I agree with him.

  Its very interesting, thanks for posting it. I remember Thomas Paines name from somewhere, lol, probably from the movie National Treasure.

  Its very well written. I don't believe in the bible anyway, so of course I agree. (pick me, pick me!)
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  Do you sometimes feel really disconected from people?

  by Aphrodite in

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  2. friends

  i thought i had been going really well in my life until my mothers recent attempt at shunning me.

  now im feeling like i don't want to connect with anyone.

  i'm kind of disconnecting myself from my friends even, withdrawing.

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  Aphrodite

  I thought I had been going really well in my life until my mothers recent attempt at shunning me. Now Im feeling like I don't want to connect with anyone. I'm kind of disconnecting myself from my friends even, withdrawing. It must be something to do with the hurt of being abandoned and rejected by your family I guess.

  I was Df'd when I was 18, none of my family would speak to me at all. I spent a year basicly alone. Thats got to have an affect on a young persons emotional development. Maybe I need therapy?
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  My story: "Pop!" goes the Little Circuit Breaker

  by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

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  i guess it's about time i write my story.

  i've put this off for a long time... primarily becuase, while i thought my story was bad, i've read so many worse and heart-rending stories here.

  i think, though, there is some therapeutic value in 'letting it all out' with others who know what 'it' was like.

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  Aphrodite

  ((((TJ)))) Looking forward to part 2 can definately relate to your story. Maybe it will give me the courage to write my own?
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  WT SOCIETY IS WRONG ON BLOOD

  by Vinny in

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  still not sure the jw's are wrong on blood?.

  still not sure the jw's are wrong on blood?

  still not sure the jw's are wrong on blood?

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  Aphrodite

  Thanks, this is just what Ive been looking for.