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  Funny shunning stories?

  by sherry123 in

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  ive had people nearly fall over themselves to get away from me?

  anyone?.

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  truthseekeriam

  Yes it does, I always walk out with my head held high and a huge smile on my face. Can't say the same for the shunner.
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  Thanks and Goodbye

  by brotherdan in

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  i really do appreciate all the help you guys have given me in this process.

  but it's time for me to leave.

  it was time for me to leave the wt (at least in my mind) when it became damaging to me.

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  Well Dan I'm sad to see you leave Many of your threads really had impact on me. I saw people coming together to support you and care for you when you needed it the most and it really touched me, mainly because when my little family went through what we did we did it alone... I hadn't found this forum yet and didn't have the loving concern and helpful words I seen so many giving you.

  I hope if you are gone for good you always remember those who reached out to you in your time of need..not because they had to, but because they really cared. Remember the good because there will always be something negative to look at.

  Peace out
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  Elizabeth Smart Cast

  by skeeter1 in

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  2. child-abuse

  wow, what a testimony she gave.

  she is one tough cookie to have gone through what she did.. her rapist, brian mitchell, appears to have been lds offshoot.

  not only did he rape elizabeth every day, he wanted to kidnap her cousin.

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  I think she is such a strong woman!!

  I bet standing up to that SOB in court is so healing for her
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  Funny shunning stories?

  by sherry123 in

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  ive had people nearly fall over themselves to get away from me?

  anyone?.

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  truthseekeriam

  Hi sherry,

  I have had some funny ones as well.

  Now I try to put the shunner on the spot... I make it a point to be as nice and loud as possible Huge smiles and a big "Hello so and so, It's so good to see you" Leave it in their hands to either look like a huge butt or to have the decency to say hello.
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  Oompa update

  by Robert7 in

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  i don't post much, so most of you don't know me.

  i live in nc near oompa, and he has become a good friend with my wife and i over the last few years.. so as an update, my wife visited oompa today!

  he's recovering, but has a long recovery to go.

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  truthseekeriam

  Sorry to hear about Oompa,

  I hope he has a fast full recovery.
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  Jehovah’s Witness in Iceland Accused of Sex Offences

  by betterdaze in

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  09.11.2010 | 15:30. jehovahs witness in iceland accused of sex offences.

  women who have been members of jehovahs witness in iceland claim that sexual and domestic violence is practiced within the congregation and that such offenses are hushed up.. .

  svanberg jakobsson, spokesperson for jehovahs witness in iceland, confirmed to ruv.is that suspicion of such offenses have surfaced within the congregation but denied that they are hushed up.. .

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  truthseekeriam

  I'm glad they are speaking out!
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  Elders Can Hide their Own Sins from the Past-Yet Continue as Elders? Read

  by flipper in

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  i was shocked ( though i probably shouldn't have been ) when reading the new elders manual concerning whether elders have to confess up about former sins from a few years earlier.

  notice this on pg.

  38 , paragraph 19 : it states, " if it comes to light or an appointed brother confesses that he has committed a disfellowshipping offense years in the past : the body of elders may determine he can continue to serve if the following is true : the immorality or other serious wrongdoing occured more than a few years ago, and he is genuinely repentant, recognizing that he should have come forward immediately when he sinned.

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  Pretty sick if you ask me!!

  It really bothers me that I actually thought elders were special and loving at one time..silly me.
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  Please share a quote that you enjoy...

  by nvrgnbk in

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  nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose--.

  a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.. mary shelley.

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  "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
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  Hi Everyone! My introduction.

  by cherrypye in

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  i am a former dub, born and raised and left at the age of 18. i was baptised at nine, aux pioneer, regular pioneer and around 16 started to see the light.

  my parents give me the heave-ho the day i hit 18 (at midnight, to be precise.

  ) i was marked at 17 for dating a "worldly".

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  truthseekeriam

  Welcome
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  Do JW's make people with Down's Syndrome go out in field slavery?

  by Mad Dawg in

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  just wondering..

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  truthseekeriam

  We had a young boy in the congregation with Down's and he would go out on service with his father.