Wow you are so right! I wonder if M. Night Shyamalan had JWs in mind when he came up with the concept?
dig692
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Thriller Movie "The Village" must be based on Jehovah's Witnesses!
by Witness 007 inm. shamalan's movie deals with a village of "amish" type people who are too scared to venture outside the village since their "elders' tell them the forrest is full of demons.
they refuse to be "part of the world" and all medical care.
it turns out the village is in a nature preserve in the 20th century but the elders had bad experiences in the world and made up the demons to scare the young villagers into never leaving!
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Hi, I'd like to introduce myself
by dig692 inafter several months of searching these forums i finally decided to join.
i have to say i feel both nervous and excited at the same time.
but everything i have looked into so far has helped me come to many realizations about the organization so i'm overall very glad to have joined.
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no interfering mother-in-law!
LOL! Great point Quandry
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...Jehovah`s Witness Kids don`t miss Celebrating Birthdays,Christmas..ect..ect!!....
by OUTLAW injehovah`s witness kids don`t miss celebrating birthdays,christmas..ect..ect..!
!......................thats what jehovah`s witness parents,tell the outside world..my parents did.......the fact is..i did want to have a birthday party..i did want to get toys at christmas..i did want a tree with all the lights..i did want to go to the school christmas party..i did want to hunt for chocolate eggs at easter................tell that to your jw parents and you`ll get an ass-whopp`n..........i told my aunt i loved christmas,she always got me something...my aunt told my mom.....mom was not happy.......i did`nt support the jehovah`s witness lie....i paid the price..............when you were a jehovah`s witness kid,did you want to participate in celebrations?
...outlaw.
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From someone who spent the first 20 years of her life as a non-JW, spent 2 years in, and now am 4 years out and going strong, its been my experience at least with my family, that the celebrations weren't so much for the holiday as they were for getting the whole family together to fellowship and eat and laugh and just be happy.
It was always so difficult to get my whole family together for BBQ's or picnics or what have you because everyone worked different days and different schedules so there would always be a few people missing. But when the holidays came around it was guaranteed that everyone had at least 1 day off and that was when we'd have our family celebration.
I was lucky enough to never have to miss them as a child, but as a 20 year old adult I became the 1 missing familly member at every gathering. I know it hurt my family, and it pretty much ate me up inside, not that I had to miss the holiday (to be honest I didn't care if it was christmas or thanksgiving or easter) or the presents, but because I was missing my family. I don't know how it goes for young children but if they have some family in and some family out, I bet it hurts them just as much to not be a part of the WHOLE family. Just my thoughts.
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Any Experience with Two Judicial Committees?
by dig692 inhi everyone, just wondering if anyone that is or was df'd before has any experience with moving to a new congregation and having to meet with their old jc and a new jc at their new hall?.
a friend of mine who is df has been trying to get back in to reconnect with her family and is having a really hard time with the reinstatement process.
she has been attending meetings at the new congregation for about a year now and has asked the new jc to meet to discuss her reinstatement.
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I can't say that I disagree with you all. I tried reasoning with her that if she believes that Jehovah never changes and that his holy spirit is directing these men, why would there be a need to get input from the first JC, and how and why would the holy spirit give each group of men different direction?
I think she knows it's all a crock, but she feels like she has to put up with it in order to gain back her family. I try to put myself in her shoes but I was lucky enough that none of my blood family was in the truth when I left so it wouldn't be fair of me to say forget your family and just move on. I know many of you here have had to deal with that so when she finally decides to take a look her for herself I hope all those experiences will help her with her struggles.
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Any Experience with Two Judicial Committees?
by dig692 inhi everyone, just wondering if anyone that is or was df'd before has any experience with moving to a new congregation and having to meet with their old jc and a new jc at their new hall?.
a friend of mine who is df has been trying to get back in to reconnect with her family and is having a really hard time with the reinstatement process.
she has been attending meetings at the new congregation for about a year now and has asked the new jc to meet to discuss her reinstatement.
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Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone that is or was DF'd before has any experience with moving to a new congregation and having to meet with their old JC and a new JC at their new hall?
A friend of mine who is DF has been trying to get back in to reconnect with her family and is having a really hard time with the reinstatement process. She has been attending meetings at the new congregation for about a year now and has asked the new JC to meet to discuss her reinstatement. They told her that they will make a recommedation based on what they see, but that her old JC has the final say. Is that how it works? She hasn't even seen or spoken to her old JC in over a year and hasn't attended any meetings with her old congregation in almost 2 years.
She just spoke with her new JC about a month ago and they told her they couldn't tell what they would recommend to her old JC, but that whatever they decided could still be overruled by the old JC. Now I didn't want to put her down in away way because she believes its the truth still and wants to be back with her family, but it just doesn't make sense to me that one JC can be "directed by holy spirit" to give a good recommendation that she be reinstated, but the other JC can also be "directed by holy spirit" to disagree and decline her request.
How can the holy spirit be directing both groups of men here? How can the previous JC decline her request if they don't even see what she does anymore or how many meetings she attends or any of that? Does anyone have any advice I could give her other than run for the hills and don't ever go back? I really don't want to lose her as a friend either so I really have no idea what to tell her.
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Ugly cars!
by crapola ini have seen many ugly new cars.
what is the ugliest new car you have seen?
my pick would ne the nissan cube!
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dig692
The PT Cruiser is pretty unattractive to me, especially the convertible edition. "Box" cars are up there too. Anyone like those new SMART cars? There is just something about those cars that rubs me the wrong way
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weight loss
by John Doe inhow fast is too fast?
i decided i'm tired of being overweight last week, so i went on a diet and started exercising.
i'm eating anywhere from 1,200 to 1,700 calories per day.
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dig692
I had a personal trainer once and he said the first week you generally lose a good amount of weight, mostly being water weight of course, but after that about 1/2-1 lb a day is what you want to strive for. Anything above that might be too much and you may want to up your caloric intake (especially proteins) to ensure you are building muscle and not losing it.
Of course he also said that the best way to lose weight is by investing in a great work out program with an experienced trainer such as himself, and after 6 weeks at $350 a week I would see some great results...well isn't that something!
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Hi, I'd like to introduce myself
by dig692 inafter several months of searching these forums i finally decided to join.
i have to say i feel both nervous and excited at the same time.
but everything i have looked into so far has helped me come to many realizations about the organization so i'm overall very glad to have joined.
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dig692
Thanks all for the kind words and support. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that I am truly happier now that I ever was when I was "in". I have the freedom to actually think for myself and reason on what I learn rather than just swallow it down like a mindless zombie. I am no longer under the constant scrunity of the "friends" or surrounded by two-faced, manipulative, holier-than-thou, gossip loving, horrible people. And they say "wordly" people are bad association. HA!
Heaven-I don't mind you saying that at all. I wish I could go back and tell them that my personal business is MY personal business. They made me feel so embarrassed and ashamed and worthless all at the same time and NO ONE should ever have to go through that kind of ordeal. And to know that they probably all told their wives, who told their friends, who were overheard gossiping about it by others, who then told their friends, until finally every JW within a 30 mile radius knew that I had said...it just makes me sick to my stomach.
I haven't read "Crisis of Conscience" yet but I see that many people here have and it really opened their minds so I definitely plan on reading it. I'm interested in seeing how the Governing Body really works and how everything fits in with the org. Thanks for recommending it.
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Hi, I'd like to introduce myself
by dig692 inafter several months of searching these forums i finally decided to join.
i have to say i feel both nervous and excited at the same time.
but everything i have looked into so far has helped me come to many realizations about the organization so i'm overall very glad to have joined.
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Thanks for the warm welcome!
JWDaughter-well my spouse was the reason for me being DF'd Actually the blame is not all on hime, it was both of us...we did things before marriage that only married people are supposed to do. He isn't baptized though so I got the big punishment and he got off pretty easy. Oh well.lavender-i love that I don't get shunned at all from my family, and they are actually thrilled that I can join them for holidays and things now, but the problem is my DH's family are all in so I still get the shunning from that side.
--Here's more of my story. I grew up in a totally non JW family environment, never even heard of them until I was a senior in high school. After I graduated some friends (who are no longer friends of mine) persuaded me to study and I was baptized a few years after when I was 20. Shortly thereafter, I met my future husband. He isn't baptized but he was raised in a fully JW environment. We fell madly in love from day one and well, we got caught being naughty, I had to confess to the elders (worst experience of my life) and I got DF'd and he was removed as a UBP. After I was announced, we moved in together, got married 2 years later, and have lived our lives happy as clams just the two of us ever since!
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Hi, I'd like to introduce myself
by dig692 inafter several months of searching these forums i finally decided to join.
i have to say i feel both nervous and excited at the same time.
but everything i have looked into so far has helped me come to many realizations about the organization so i'm overall very glad to have joined.
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Greetings everyone!
After several months of searching these forums I finally decided to join. I have to say I feel both nervous and excited at the same time. But everything I have looked into so far has helped me come to many realizations about the organization so I'm overall very glad to have joined. I guess I will post on that stuff later. For now, just an intro.
I'm 26 yrs old, baptized 6 years ago, married for the past 4 years, and currently DF'd :gasp:: lol. No one in my family is in the org but me, sadly, but then again not so sadly when I really think about it. Anyway, I am really glad this site exists and I look forward to meeting new people and sharing experiences, getting advice, blowing off some steam, etc.
Thanks for reading