I always hated DFing sooo bad I am sure I would have gone out of my way to speak to a DFed person. It's been so long I'm having a hard time remembering specific instances of people outside the family.
There was one cousin, a biological sister, a nephew. It did not change my friendship/relationship with them at all.
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Describe your encounters with a DFed person
by Nosferatu innow, i'm not talking about now where you're free to talk to anybody you like, but your experiences as a jw where you encountered someone who was dfed.. i recall one.
i remember answering the phone, and a former friend of my mother (dfed) called.
i passed it to my mother and one of her first questions was "have you been reinstated?
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What will it take for me to stop this?
by sibboleth ini have lurked for over a year.
i keep coming back here - everytime i do - it's like witnessing a car wreck.
the things i don't want to read or believe are right here before my eyes - it's like a drug.
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Welcome!! Yes, this board can be kind of addictive. I just found it last summer and I have learned so much. I've been out for almost 30 years (faded) but I'm beginning to think some of the effects may never really go away completely.
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My Debut
by TheMan inafter lurking for who knows how many months now, i finally did it.
i posted!!!!
i'll have to share my story at some point, but here's what made me do it.
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Welcome to the board. I just found it last fall myself and have been amazed at all I have learned from the people here.
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Why don't YOU believe anymore?
by Crumpet insomeone on another site was asking "what if they are right?
" which made me think about why i know that they are not and i wondered what was your epiphany or road to damascus moment or moments that just made you realise - hey i've been led up the garden path here!.
here was my response but i really think a list of reasons on one thread for easy reference for newbies would be good.
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During the time of Jim Jones and Jonestown there was a long newspaper article telling all about that cult. I kept that article for a long time and read it several times.
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Watchtower Society Embarrassments.
by Vinny in" {ga jul 14 1926 644} .
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Welcome Vinny. I found this list on Freeminds.org back early last year and was amazed at all the things the WTS has printed over the years.
I had printed out the full thing to keep and recently ordered one of Randy Watters booklets "Spiritual Food at the Proper Time" and it is the same list.
It's very good info to have - it even included info on the Jimmy Swaggart sales tax issue.
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Scandal of former Governing Body member
by BrotherChitty ina number of men on the governing body have been bachelors all their life, and are believed by people who worked at headquarters to have been homosexuals.
leo k. greenlees was forced to resign when his homosexuality became public.
he then moved to new orleans.
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Sorry, didn't mean to do 2 posts - my fingers hit the wrong key.
I find this topic interesting. I saw some information on Greenlees & Chitty on freeminds.
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Scandal of former Governing Body member
by BrotherChitty ina number of men on the governing body have been bachelors all their life, and are believed by people who worked at headquarters to have been homosexuals.
leo k. greenlees was forced to resign when his homosexuality became public.
he then moved to new orleans.
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Nope, just curious since the topics were pretty much the same.
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Scandal of former Governing Body member
by BrotherChitty ina number of men on the governing body have been bachelors all their life, and are believed by people who worked at headquarters to have been homosexuals.
leo k. greenlees was forced to resign when his homosexuality became public.
he then moved to new orleans.
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Former JW-Masonic Temple being made into a landmark
by lonelysheep infollow up to previous threads..... http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=exjpcnk3zjczn2y3dnflzuvfexkzntcmzmdizww3zjd2cwvlruv5etcwnjg3mtimexjpcnk3zjcxn2y3dnflzuvfexkz.
paterson -- the masons built their paterson headquarters to last.
in justifying why the former masonic temple should be considered a local historic landmark, gianfranco archimede, executive director of the paterson historic preservation commission, pointed to the building's mass.
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It looks like the Stanley Theatre the JWs have is in Jersey City NJ and the Masonic Temple in at 224 Broadway, Paterson NJ.
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Ever hear an experience at an assembly that you KNOW was slanted?
by Bonnie_Clyde ini remember one at a district assembly.
a brother was being interviewed as to why he never chose over time work at his job.
he said he worked for a small printing company and that he was content with working regular hours.
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I was a young adult before I found out those experiences were not true.
One in particular I remember is a couple that got up and told how their 3 kids all grew up to be wonderful faithful JWs. I grew up with those kids and knew nothing could have been further from the truth.