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  About Shunning

  by lostinnj83 in

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  i wonder how jw's who shun their family members explain such behavior to "outsiders" like coworkers.

  i mean its natural that co workers get to know each other and about their families etc...so when they topic comes oh how's your daughter or son?

  how do they explain that?

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  Has anybody had JWs call on your home lately?

  by Scarred for life in

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  i did today.

  the woman brought a small brochure inviting me to the district convention here in gwinnett county, georgia on july 5, 6, and 7th.

  the surprising thing to me is that the jws have modernized a little bit.

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  DFing and shunning causes 22-yr old to murder friend

  by Scully in

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  so i was randomly watching a show on investigation discovery today - the show was called killer next door, and the episode was called murder without motive.. the show is a french-canadian program that has been translated into english, and this particular episode had to do with a homicide that took place in ste-croix-de-lotbiniere, near quebec city, in november 1999 of a young man named victor lemay.. the confessed murderer was his friend, andre roy, then aged 22.. in the year or so that preceded the murder, andre roy had been disfellowshipped from the jws and had, as a result, been kicked out of his parents' home.

  he had no social support outside of the jws and had to start making new friends.

  the psychologists on the program felt very strongly that the shunning he experienced by the jws in general, and his family in particular, contributed to increasing rage, and that his friend, victor, became a convenient outlet for his rage.

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  My response to any one who asks why I am fading

  by Skinnedsheep in

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  i have thought a lot about what to say when i am approached.

  it will kill my fade, but oh well.. "after the new light i had to test my faith and i couldn't prove to myself that the slave was limited to the governing body.".

  if cornered by an elder...."can you prove to me from the scriptures that matt.

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  Have You Given Up on JW Friends or Family Ever Seeing The Light And Getting Out?

  by minimus in

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  i'm always hopeful but mostly doubtful that they will get out of her..

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  So, my husband would not even meet the elders who just happened to drop by this morning.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  he stayed inside and kept going about his business like they weren't even there.

  i engaged them on the verandah hut politely explained that they'd caught us at a bad time as we were doing a big cleanup of the house.

  the elders had even bought a pack of chocolate cookies around, so they were expecting to be invited in and offered coffee.

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  Got a angry letter from our oldest son today we are very hurt from it.

  by TotallyADD in

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  when i got home today from work my wife showed me a 5 page letter from our oldest son.

  he basically said he does not what anything to do with us because of all the wrong things we did as parents to him and his brother.

  he blames us for not being there for him and we are toxic parents.

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  Your earliest doubt?

  by Apognophos in

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  this might be an unfair question for those who have been out of the organization for decades, but i'm wondering if any of you remember your earliest doubt -- maybe something odd that occurred to you as a kid (if you were a jw then).

  please try to limit to two doubts at the most :-).

  i think my first "doubt" was simply realizing that at the time of the flood, every animal that wasn't in the ark died (well, besides the fish, supposedly).

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  JW Petty Stuff

  by EmptyInside in

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  i had a nice visit with a relative of mine.

  he's very active in the religion, unfortunately.

  but,in conversation,(he has no idea of my fade),he mentioned some issues in his current congregation.

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  For all the newbies.. the Belief-O-Matic...what religion should you be? Test your religious beliefs.

  by jemba in

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  2. beliefs

  i noticed that this thread has been done before by blacksheep but i loved doing this test and i loved the results i got... apparently i need to look into reformed judaism.

  jemba .

  sorry firefox wont let me cut n paste but heres the website:.

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