Posts by Lantana

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I went head to head with my family and I lost

by noontide in

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just got done with a 3 hr.

argument with my family.

the essence of the conversation was that since im not going to the meetings, aka: in the organization, im not a good person.

Lantana

What you did took a lot of courage, to stand up to your family and challenge them. Bravo! I wouldn't dare do the same, and I only have JW friends not family.
Your opening paragraph made my heart sink. I wish you all the best on life after the witnesses.

Jim.

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If a JW girl falls pregnant to a 'worldly person'...before marriage??

by Lantana in

i've had many encounters with jw's throughout the years and i've found them to be decent, caring people.

i've attending meetings, read a number of awake!

and watchtower publications and so on and so forth.. the book 'crisis of conscious' by ray franz was really eye-opening for me and served as a strong warning for those about to enter the organisation...its easy to fill in the blanks from there -- i never became a jw.

Lantana

All these stories are so different from each other. Actually, I was hoping for a one size fits all answer, even though I knew that wasn't the case. The word 'depends' keeps comin' up.

To combine examples for a second...say if the Elder is a hard-liner type at home, has anyone heard of an instance where the Elder has kicked his daughter out of home, due to embarrasment or failure to control his family? The second part to the same question is: What if the Father of the daughter was not an elder? Yes, she is more inclined to get D'FS, but what about getting kicked outta home? Anyone heard of that happening?

Btw, dorktacular...I was thinking about ur recruitment tactic, haha -- nice one. JW's must hate the Internet...all that information floating around just waiting to be read.

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If a JW girl falls pregnant to a 'worldly person'...before marriage??

by Lantana in

i've had many encounters with jw's throughout the years and i've found them to be decent, caring people.

i've attending meetings, read a number of awake!

and watchtower publications and so on and so forth.. the book 'crisis of conscious' by ray franz was really eye-opening for me and served as a strong warning for those about to enter the organisation...its easy to fill in the blanks from there -- i never became a jw.

Lantana

interesting insights all, and thanks for the warm welcome :)

I take it being baptized determines whether you are ousted or not. Amazing, just amazing. I've been out of touch with the Witness camp for 2 years now and I started the wonder recently what would happen in this case. It's a delicate issue, not for me personally, but rather the people who must adhere to a certain set of rules. I couldn't do it.

By the way, is the minimum age to get baptized still 12 years old? I'm not sure if it was 12 or 13... so long ago.
Back to my example, suppose this girl of 16 was Baptized, told her parents she was pregnant and was disfellowshipped by the organisation. Are there examples of parents overriding the organisation, or is it simply get disfellowshipped -- have the baby -- then get reinstated if repentant? If the parents wish to control it instead and rail against the rules, are they given the boot too?

It seems there's a question inside a question here.

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If a JW girl falls pregnant to a 'worldly person'...before marriage??

by Lantana in

i've had many encounters with jw's throughout the years and i've found them to be decent, caring people.

i've attending meetings, read a number of awake!

and watchtower publications and so on and so forth.. the book 'crisis of conscious' by ray franz was really eye-opening for me and served as a strong warning for those about to enter the organisation...its easy to fill in the blanks from there -- i never became a jw.

Lantana

Hi everyone, this is my first post.

I've had many encounters with JW's throughout the years and I've found them to be decent, caring people. I've attending meetings, read a number of Awake! and Watchtower publications and so on and so forth.
The book 'Crisis of Conscious' by Ray Franz was really eye-opening for me and served as a strong warning for those about to enter the organisation...its easy to fill in the blanks from there -- I never became a JW. 10 years on, I'm not positive where I'm at spritually. I'm just relieved my family was not involved. Being as I was, young and naive, desperate for life's answers, I took notice of anyone preaching truth...and well, I'm sure this story has been told thousands of times.

To my question: If a JW girl falls pregnant (say aged 16) to a worldly person before marriage, whats the process in place for her set by the Governing Body? I hail from Australia, so the legal age here is 16.
Any responses are appreciated,

Cheers,
Jim