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  New Apostate here

  by skitt in

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  2. experiences

  i did not know where to start, but figured the personal experience section was a good place to begin.

  won't bore you with all the particulars today....but i was raised in "it" (wont call it the truth, cause it ain't) from about 1968. baptized in 1985, faded about 2001.....woke up from the insanity after reading ray franz forbidden book a few years ago(crisis).

  only sorry i did not read it earlier....but there was that fear factor instilled in me.

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  How would the diehard witnesses view this ?

  by man in black in

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  this video was sent to me earlier today, and it really hit a nerve with me,,,,, i just couldn't stop applying it to the witness belief of df and da.. i've known quite a few witness parents over the years who just left their kids "on the roadside" because they no longer.

  wanted to be a part of this religion.. why is it that genuine human reaction/emotion is dropped when children no longer want to be a jw ?.

  this father seems to be quite a guy, notice how he yells at the security/medical person near the end no doubt to leave his son alone !.

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  M I B,

  How can this cult have so much power over people?????? I was born into it in 1960 and when my daughter was dfs about 5-6years ago I stopped going, (saw all the hypocricy more than ever before). When she got re-instated she was very distant towards me, not speaking to me even for about a year, (because of he husband). We were very close and it breaks my heart, we talk, but not like before. How can a religon or rather cult hvae so much power, that it tears a family apart????????? I would always defend it. but now I will speak my mind and the truth........,.

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  YOU KNOW IT'S THE TRUTH BECAUSE, THE WATCHTOWER TELLS YOU IT IS

  by elm in

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  2. bible

  the study editionof the watchtower for september 15th 2010, p13 states "similarly today, a governing body composed of spirit-anointed christians contributes to the unity of the worldwide congregation.

  the governing body publishes spiritually encouraging literature in many languages.

  this spiritual food is based on god's word.

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  Hi Elm, I hope you post what happens when the "elder" comes back to you.

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  I would like to hear your experiences with being SHUNNED

  by jwfacts in

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  2. experiences

  i am going to put together a page of short experiences of how shunning has affected exjws.

  you do not have to be disfellowshipped, even if you were shunned after being marked or after fading.

  all comments are welcome, such as who shunned you, how long since family have spoken to you, what your situation is, why you are being shunned and how it has made you feel.

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  sallysue, aquagirl and moshe and everyone else, I feel for you all. Please lets not forget how horrible and insensative all this shunning is and may we never be like that.

  Love to all Etna
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  I would like to hear your experiences with being SHUNNED

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am going to put together a page of short experiences of how shunning has affected exjws.

  you do not have to be disfellowshipped, even if you were shunned after being marked or after fading.

  all comments are welcome, such as who shunned you, how long since family have spoken to you, what your situation is, why you are being shunned and how it has made you feel.

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  To Boyzone,

  I'm so sorry for what shunning has done to your son. They are B#ST#RDS. I've faded and have been shunned and I didn't realise how much effect it has on you. I don't even want to meet ex-jws, sometimes I just want to stay in a cacoon and not move. Again I feel for you and your family boyzone and hope you find true friends as you and all of us deserve.

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  I feel so discourage

  by Desilusionnee in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

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  Desi, I feel for you and Hadit, I'm sorry for what you've been through and what you will be through. I was lucky, cause my wife just didn't believe anymore of their rubbish, but I did. What has helped me is this site and advice from others and reading crisis of conscience and search of christian freedom and then also reading awakening of a jehovahs witness and realising why I couldn't let go. (I was born into the "truth").

  Careful what you say and who you say it to. Its a shame we can't speak up and be true to ourselves, but eventually you will.

  Etna
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  Remain Close to the Governing Body DC

  by gutted in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just finished all 3 days of the dc and, for what it's worth, wanted to get down some of the highlights i enjoyed.

  i went with family and i only did it for them, and hope to never attend another assembly ever again.. .

  the whole thing was pretty boring and uncomfortable due to the stadium style seating which doesn't favour my long legs and ac being blasted too high.. .

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  Bane, you really sound like a cult member.

  Gutted, I feel for you, the last assembly I went to, 3 years ago, opened my eyes. The main talk, the speaker was saying how all interested and newbies should research there own religions and ask lots of questions and if they are not answered, it was a false religion. (They shouldv'e been talking about their own religion). Then he went on to say how everyone not a witness would be destroyed, and the whole audeince just clapped and clapped, I couldn't stomach it and that was it, no more for me. Another thing, I was asking my daughter (who was brought up in the "truth") about the "new generation" and she just didn't understand or could be even bothered to get it. Hang in there Gutted, things only get better.

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  Numbers of memorial

  by etna in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't know if anyone has this or if its available yet, but does anyone have the numbers of the partakers of the memorial this year?.

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  ok, when is that coming out?

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  Numbers of memorial

  by etna in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't know if anyone has this or if its available yet, but does anyone have the numbers of the partakers of the memorial this year?.

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  I don't know if anyone has this or if its available yet, but does anyone have the numbers of the partakers of the memorial this year?

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  A Responsible Discussion on Ray Franz's Role in the Lives of Former JW's

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since it was learned that ray franz went to the hospital and then passed away, most threads have in my opinion, correctly tried to give some honor and respect to a courageous, honest, and principled man.. some borderline trolls, who know many former jw's are easily upset (and they know this.

  i know this...) try to take advantage by hitting on a hot button.

  in this case, its to call you a follower of ray franz.. we all know that isn't true.. but i think that a legitimate discussion on this is in order.

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  I was out of the religon when I read his 2 books and I wrote to him and he kindly replied. I thought, back in the 80's that he must have done some terrible things to leave the organization. Thankfully I realise that he was just a humble, decent christian (in the real sense of the word). I am saddened about his death and his books will be a reference for me forever.

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