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  so when did disfellowshipping start? and what took them so long??

  by oompa in

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  i should know this but have been really slack as of late....i think it was the late 50's maybe?

  i would like to know what wt they introduced this new light in.. i also wonder how they kept the rank and file under their control prior to the implementation of df and their loving ways of shunning.....anybody know?....prior to df rules wt may have been a cool place to hang out (not).... i guess you could get drunk, fool around, do drugs all without ramifacations...sounds as good as christendom even................................oompa.

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  Magwitch

  Not sure when it officially started, but with my 100 + JW relatives that have all made a career of being DF'ed and occasionally Reinstated, the first one to get the boot was 1966 for homosexuality. He paved the way for the rest of us.....
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  Do You Blame Your Current Life's Issues Because You Were A JW?

  by minimus in

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  do you tend to blame your problems on the fact that you were a jehovah's witness?.

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  Yes, I spent too much time in the sun baking and burning. Now I have wrinkles. So I blame the Borg because they promised me everlasting youth.
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  Songs that remind you of your Mum . . .

  by nicolaou in

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  2. family

  i remember my mum standing at the kitchen sink preparing little cypriot meat patties in a beat up enamel dish.

  there was a window overlooking the small garden where me and my brother and sisters used to play (wonderful, wonderful times before the cult got its tentacles into our family).. my mum used to sing lots of tunes but this lynn anderson song is the one i remember .

  actually choking up a little .

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  My dignified, beautiful mother who always had such class when it came to music....http://youtu.be/vQVeaIHWWck
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  You'll lose your life and that of your children if you don't come back

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  it was a beautiful, sunny day.

  i was in the supermarket doing an early morning shop when i see an old friend of the family, a jw sister.. she asked me if i'd gone to the memorial and i told her no.

  she said that the end is so close what with all the earthquakes and brother truthseeker, you need to come back to jehovah otherwise you will die and so will your children.

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  Magwitch

  ASphereisnotacircle..."They think you are weak, and like to do naughty things, and that is the reason your not kowtowing to the society"

  They sum everything up to the above, especially the wanting to do naughty things. Why else would anyone leave the Borg?
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  Now my marriage vow is directly connected to remaining a witness...

  by DavinciCodeBreaker in

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  i recently informed my wife of 25 years (the love of my life) that i just cannot go on any longer with this facade.

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  She will be just fine - Stick to your plan - no weeknight meetings - let her know you mean business. There comes a time when we cannot enable our witness family anymore.
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  Wow! I am 3 years old on JWN today

  by Magwitch in

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  2. friends

  many thanks to all on jwn for all the inspirational readings, heartfelt love and support and most of all the good laughs.

  jwn has been such a healing place for me to come..

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  Magwitch

  Syl, I am about 20,000 posts behind you - I have a ways to go this year
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  Wow! I am 3 years old on JWN today

  by Magwitch in

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  many thanks to all on jwn for all the inspirational readings, heartfelt love and support and most of all the good laughs.

  jwn has been such a healing place for me to come..

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  Magwitch

  Many Thanks to all on JWN for all the inspirational readings, heartfelt love and support and most of all the good laughs. JWN has been such a healing place for me to come.
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  A request

  by kingseer in

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  2. bible

  i need scans of the following...and probably more in time:.

  insight volume 1 page 1223 (chart).

  equipped book (ep) page 143 (should be a timeline?).

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  Magwitch

  Welcome Kingseer! Tell us all about YOU
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  It is time to thank some important people

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  thank you randy for creating out of thin air the freeminds ministy reaching out to people damned and damaged by the watchtower.. you've been at it indefatigably and with little money for---what?

  thirty+ years?

  bravo!.

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  Magwitch

  Many Thanks to Terry, Randy, Barbara and Simon... What Brave, Intelligent, Genuine Human Beings!

  But, most of all Many Thanks to Mom for giving me life.

  HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY (6 days early)
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  OK, WHO HERE IS GOING TO WATCH THE ROYAL WEDDING???

  by Mary in

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  2. current

  i admit it----i plan on getting up at 4:00 freaking am to watch it.

  i remember getting up around that time 30 years ago .

  anyone else plan on watching it?.

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  Magwitch

  Annie and I got up at 1:30 and were glued to the TV until 7:00. Loved every minute of it. I especially loved Pippa's dress - oh if only I was in my 20's again

  Harry is quite YUMMY