i have some family that would continue to associate with me even if i were disfellowshipped.
it is known by them that i am not truly an apostate (from yhwh and jesus).
i have come to a different conclusion than them after three years of intense activity at the hall.
LayingLow ... your family who are still members in good standing would most certainly be df'd if they continue association with you if you get df'd. Even if you fade they would not welcome your association. If you have been an active member you know all this though.
Rosalee, I don't agree with you. Before I faded I knew a lot of JW's that still associated with df family members. It's not a certianty that your family will be df for talking to you.
i have some family that would continue to associate with me even if i were disfellowshipped.
it is known by them that i am not truly an apostate (from yhwh and jesus).
i have come to a different conclusion than them after three years of intense activity at the hall.
Welcome to the forum. I hope you find what you're looking for.
To answer your question, it all depends on the body of elders in your family's congregation. They seem to vary quite a bit from congregation to congregation. Your family should try and avoid association with you, but I haven't heard of family members getting df for talking to df family.
here's hoping-that you're not moping-it's all good-if i could cure it-i would.
not!!!.
sylvia.
LT, I also thought this thread was about you! I thought you were ill or something. Good to see you're ok.
someone set a day.
someone choose the theme.
everyone finds a pic that relates to the theme, or subject.
Sound good to me. Where do I sign up?
my ex sister in law called me this morning to tell me that bother had shot himself.. he was raised a witness but stopped going at 18. he was my favorite brother always level headed and smart.. except lately.
apparently he has been robbing banks in ca this summer.
he led the police on a freeway chase and decided to shot himself instead of go to jail.. now i am wondering how well i know anyone at all anymore.. .
Sorry for your loss.
plain white t's lyrics .
"hey there delilah" .
hey there delilah .
I love that song and so do my two kids.
hello all, i have been attending meetings for about two months, but have been reading about the truth for a year now.
our firstborn was on oct 7th, this year ;) however, my wife is in a c.o.g.i.c.
and because im not as humble as most, i often argue with her about the lies being told in her babylonian church.
I really don't see any difference in baptizing an infant as some religions do or baptizing children as young as 9 years old as the JWs do.
Neither child has any understanding what his life is being dedicated to. Jesus was not baptized until he was 30. Sounds about the right age to me.
We have heard of situations where JWs baptize young children then disfellowship and shun them when they are still young children. The Watchtower Society holds disfellowshipping over each member's head as a threat to obey them completely.
I attended my cousin's baby's christening the other day. The babtisim of a child is a promise by the parents and godparents to God that they will raise the child up in the doctrin of the church (this one was catholic). Confirmation is done when the child is older confirming that his/her parents have done what they promised to do and that the child accepts this religion as his/her way of life. Not really the same as JW babtism.
I'm not catholic so please don't ask me more questions. Just telling you what happened.
my siblings who have left (3/7 last count) have no desire to talk about or hear about much less read about what the deal is witht the org our parents decided would bring them everlasting life.
it is head shaking to me - and i try not to bring it up at all- but when they ask, or it comes up and they are all freaked out about me being interested in it all i just shake my head.
even friends i grew up with in the org have no desire to know - they are just not interested.
My brother faded long before I did, but he doesn't care about finding out the truth about JWs. His ex wife still takes their kids to the meetings and he sees nothing wrong with that! He doesn't want to be a witness but doesn't see anything wrong with the religion. I don't get it.
note my post numbering!
and its halloween!.
does this mean i am the anti christ?.
You, my dearest Crumps, have far too much heart to be the anti-christ!
i love this quote and often find myself using it on the kids and my dog.
it is from cats and dogs and james earl jones doing the voice over.
"not for you young puppy, for you the war is over".
When Harry met Sally
Not so much a quote but the whole fake orgasm scene while eating a bite of her sandwich.
