Good work Soledad! It sounds like kindness in this case worked best. Maybe they will one day realize that those who leave are not evil horrible people.
freedom96
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Visited by JWs today
by Soledad inmy mom had an accident about two weeks ago, fortunately she is ok. im living in my parents house now after my husband (yet again) threatened to "beat the crap out of me"---that story in another post some other time.
needless to say, ever since she got out of the hospital the phone rings about 50 times a day, mostly calls from the "hermanos.
" today a couple that i have known for about 15 years comes to visit, and their "discomfort" with my presence (i am da) is quite noticeable.
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What do you expect for the new year?
by JH inwhat are your projects, hopes and dreams for the new year?
do you expect next year to be better for you than this one?
do you expect your problems to go away just because your changing calender?edited by - jh on 14 december 2002 22:4:25.
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freedom96
Live life to the fullest, enjoy my family and friends. Maybe even meet in person a few from the board here.
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what happens now?
by Tyler_Durden inhey folks.
just bumped into my father & mother in-law, cool as cucumbers they ask if i'm screwing around behind their daughter's back (we've been apart 8 months), yes i am says me, i we go our seperate ways!!.
a visit from the elders?
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freedom96
If you want so desperately to get out of the organization, DA'ing yourself would certainly be telling them all where to put it!
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Initial Reactions-Assisting Inactive Program
by twain30 ina tremendous push has been made to help the inactive in our cong.
there is now an official list assigned to each book-study conductor which they must follow up on.
to me the obvious intent is to jump start the inactive or to label them as bad apples.
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freedom96
It makes you wonder how many of the hours counted are actually real? I know I would always round up, but I never made up huge amount of hours.
A friend of mine growing up, one summer month did the auxillary pioneer thing, and reported over 60 hours when it was actually about 1 hour.
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What is the best thing .............
by freedom96 inwhat is the best thing that has happened to you, from being on this or other ex-jw sites?.
mine is meeting my wonderful bride.
it was another site, and i was just looking around.
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freedom96
What is the best thing that has happened to you, from being on this or other ex-jw sites?
Mine is meeting my wonderful bride. It was another site, and I was just looking around. She had left her story, and I responded to it. We had gone through similar situations, and so I wrote some words of encouragement. Much to my suprise, she wrote back, and though I was not looking for a relationship at the time, my thought was, "Wow, this girl is pretty cool!"
We e-mailed back and forth, and ultimately talked on the phone. I thought to myself, I better not let this one go. We eventually got married, and I know that looking at that website that one day was the best thing I ever did. I am very lucky. I just wonder where the hell she was years ago!
After my first disaster, I never thought marriage would be this awesome. I am going to keep this one!!
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Watching the World......Six got shocked
by SixofNine inwe have so much negative to say about the wt, that sometimes we forget to look for negative things to say about the world.
well sometimes it just reaches out and slaps you.. today a man made an offhand comment to me that has me fantisizing about murder.. i've been working on the exterior of a house for the past couple of days, and the woman next door, who comes out to her car every now and then for a ciggy, is, well, slammin.
front to back.
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freedom96
Us guys have all enjoyed looking at a good looking gal, but to say something that crude is ..... I can't find the right words for that.
I swear sometimes some people need a good ass kicking!!
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Just be disfellowshipped - need to chat
by CraigSA inhey all - new here.. well i have now just bee shut off from my family and branded disfeloowshipped and an apostate.
sheesh anyway - for those of you who have been through simular - let me know.. craig.
jhb south africa
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freedom96
Hi-
Welcome to the board. Hope you enjoy yourself here.
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Do all witnesses shun you?
by JH inthere are always a few tender hearted, who know that shunning is stupid and keep on talking to df'd people, when no one is looking.
are there still a few who keep on talking to you, even if you are df'd?
i'm sure that elders wouldn't shun you if you talk to them, so why do others have to shun you?
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freedom96
I am not df'd or da'd, so people will talk to me. I do associate with a df'd person, who I think is very grateful that I don't follow the WTS policies.
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Boosting Attendance or Hunting Apostates?
by Elsewhere in.
recently, and reportedly in coming months, elders will be contacting inactive members.. it has been suggensted that their main objective is to hunt for apostates.. i'm inclined to think that "finding apostates" is just a side effect of their main objective, which is to boost meeting attendance.. any thoughts?
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freedom96
I think that it just might be that they are looking for apostates. The fact is, never has it been available to find so much damning evidence as it is now. We can all sit at home behind the computer and find out what is really up. I think a lot more witnesses have looked at a site such as this than will openly admit it. So, with all the info so easily available, I think they are cracking down on the apostates.
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1 for all, and all for 1
by JH injust for fun, imagine if all of us here on this forum were in the same congregation.
i could just imagine the poor overseer's face.. "brother farkel, would you say the opening prayer"?
edited by - jh on 12 december 2002 20:26:33.
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freedom96
LOL I don't think they could handle it.
I think there are a lot of fiesty people on the board. I mean that in a good way.