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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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  I don't blame you, Found Sheep. I wouldn't either!
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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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  Scarred for life

  Great post, Oubliette.
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  Has anybody had JWs call on your home lately?

  by Scarred for life in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  sir82, Hilarious!
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  About Shunning

  by lostinnj83 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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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  Good question! And I'd love to know the answer.

  But I think the answer, based on my particular extended family, is that they just pretend like everything is normal.
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  Has anybody had JWs call on your home lately?

  by Scarred for life in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  Really?! 48! Wow! I didn't know about these changes. I haven't been on here a lot lately.

  Mum, Funny!

  I don't talk to them at all. I actually wasn't even dressed this morning and I talked to the woman through the door. She slipped the brochure throught the crack in the door. But I never engage in conversation with them or argue with them. It's not worth my time. I am just thankful to be free from their enslavement.
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  My response to any one who asks why I am fading

  by Skinnedsheep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  This is a great thread. I agree that you do not owe them anything. Just tell them you are taking a break. Good luck to you.
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  Has anybody had JWs call on your home lately?

  by Scarred for life in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  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. Everything I have ever seen in the past seems exactly like it was back in the 50s and 60s and early 70s when I was a JW. But this brochure had a new logo: JW.ORG, a website, and a smart phone scanner thingy. (I'm sorry, I don't have a smart phone and I don't know what you call them.) But I just about fainted when I saw this. Do they have a new, young President or something? What is going on?
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  DFing and shunning causes 22-yr old to murder friend

  by Scully in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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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  DFing is DESIGNED to destroy a person mentally and emotionally, so that they will return to the cult. It is probably the single most disgusting, evil practice that WTS has.

  I'm actually surprised this does not happen more often. It seems to more often have the effect of depression and withdrawal and extreme low self-esteem. At least, that is what I have observed. More suicides than homicides. The shunning damages and hurts people to their very core.
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  Second fire at Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall. 666 written on the door.

  by whereami in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  click link for video.. http://www.cbs8.com/story/16417179/second-fire-at-jehovahs-witness-kingdom-hall?autostart=true&topvideocatno=default&clipid=6595835#.twxsvk-zvmc.facebook.

  san diego (cns) - a fire broke out at a church in university heights friday for the second time in 10 days, and arson was suspected, authorities said.. the non-injury fire at kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses in the 2000 block of adams avenue was reported at midnight, according to a san diego fire-rescue dispatcher.

  it took firefighters about 15 minutes to knock down the blaze.. a fire was intentionally set at the same structure around 11:55 p.m. dec. 20 by one or more burglars attempting to destroy evidence of a break-in, sd fire-rescue spokesman maurice luque said last week.. damage from last week's fire was estimated at $50,000 to the building and $25,000 to its contents.

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  They destroy families and they destroy lives. I'm very surprised it doesn't happen more often.
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  What do JWs REALLY worship?

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it sure isn't the truth!

  no, it's all about loyalty to the organization.

  it doesn't matter that their teachings are an incoherent, incomprehensible, contradictory pile of crap.

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  Scarred for life

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