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  Will I be disfellowshippwd

  by Sydney in

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  y'all i am an unmedicated bipolar.

  i had a mania streak and slept with my bf who is of the world.

  i am pregnant from this.

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  Sydney so you're basically in a full relationship with your long term boyfriend and you both hope to marry.

  Unless you can convince the elders you won't continue to fornicate and you will marry asap, cash strapped or not, it looks like you will be DF. However weddings cost the price of the marriage licence, money isn't necessary. You can have your wedding celebration once you've saved up (maybe as a 'blessing' or renewal of vows etc).

  I think that's the only way around this if you don't want to be DF and/or leave the religion. It's more likely - as others have said - you will have the 90 dAy DF.

  You haven't said if you have witness family. In my experience this will also affect how they treat you. They're harsher if they have you by the short and curlies with a witness family to loose!
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  To those JW's at age 10 and above who read it, understood it, got played, and survived. 😇

  by was a new boy in

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  everybody plays the fool.

  lyrics.

  'okay, so your heart is brokenyou sit around mopin'cryin' and cryin'you say you're even thinkin' about dyin'well, before you do anything rash, dig this.

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  3rdGen, New Boy, BalaamsAss that Charles Sinutko circuit Ass. talk led to an American called Peggy Special pioneering in England and finding us through the door to door work.

  Folk guitar playing, educated professionals but Hippy peace-nicks during the Vietnam then nuclear proliferation era, ripe for the plucking. The women bringing in husbands who wanted to initially keep an eye on their wives and kids, but then caving to keep the family together.

  What could it hurt, after all? Sunday service with these friendly, honest people? A great community in which to raise your young family?? CSA , the blood ban and shunning a million miles away from your mind when you're in a good Christian community & healthy, happily married with very small kids🤷🏻‍♀️
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  To those JW's at age 10 and above who read it, understood it, got played, and survived. 😇

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  everybody plays the fool.

  lyrics.

  'okay, so your heart is brokenyou sit around mopin'cryin' and cryin'you say you're even thinkin' about dyin'well, before you do anything rash, dig this.

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  Well I was a baby of 1 when that was published. No one I knew was even a JW...yet! That didn't happen until the 70s🤷🏻‍♀️

  3rdGenThe old joke holds true: "If I would have known I would live so long I would have taken better care of myself!"

  I love this! It's so true😂😭😭
  
  
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  Beautiful photos

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  so, i thought i'd start a thread about any beautiful photos of places you've been to, or just beautiful photos.. i'll go first .... .

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  copyright: daniel burton.. this is bøur, a little village in the faeroe islands, population 74.. i've never been there but i'd love to visit one day.

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  Scenic viewer that's absolutely stunning!

  Karter my husband's family were originally from just near Hokianga.
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  June 2024 WT: Don't talk about Anthony Morris

  by neat blue dog in

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  the latest study edition mentions hypothetical scenarios of jws who are no longer serving at bethel or no longer elders, etc.

  and says we shouldn't speculate, as defaming them could border on slander.. we could unintentionally defame someone by spreading negative information.

  ..... would it be proper to speculate on the reasons why these adjustments were made and to share that opinion with others?.

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  Remember the talk Samuel Herd gave with the enigmatic reference to “suggestments”? Such an appropriate Watchtower portmanteaux.

  😂😂😂I didn't know about that....that's so funny Slim. Fancy you picking up on that....great catch👍🏻
  
  
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  Lloyd Evans Patreoff Pool April 2024

  by DerekMoors in

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  you know the drill.

  here's an updated chart and i'm using 356 because that's where he's at today.

  please let me know if there's anything you think might be added.

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  Can I do 350? Is it too late?
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  Will I be disfellowshippwd

  by Sydney in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  y'all i am an unmedicated bipolar.

  i had a mania streak and slept with my bf who is of the world.

  i am pregnant from this.

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  NB you won't be able to continue the relationship..unless you marry. Have you been together very long? It sounds to me as if the mania caused you to get baptised!!!

  Btw you mention you're unmedicated. Does that mean you're not diagnosed properly? I only ask because sometimes younger people can be mistaken for bipolar when they're actually ADHD.... particularly girls. Females with ADHD can present quite differently.

  I've never heard of anyone's baptism being annulled but if you can prove you were unwell when you got baptised it's possible....we need the ex elders on the board to weigh in on this one. Apparently rules have become more relaxed recently.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  He's at 368 paid patron members so regained what he lost the beginning of this month, plus just one.

  Yup. Plus I don't trust his numbers at this point. It's likely he has well off members splitting their donations in order to give the appearance of stemming the tide of leavers. They're like lemmings, once they see numbers nosedive they figure sommut's up and take off.....

  Cedars probably wants to give the appearance everything is fine....nothing to see here....no drama and definitely no sordid history of sexting under age girls, so keep that coin coming!!
  
  
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  Alternative Military Service is Now OK

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  but i wonder: how many jw's went to prison during the years that the wt did not allow them to perform community service as an alternative to military service?.

  anyone care to take a stab at the numbers?.

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  I knew some french JWs who were imprisoned for 2 years for refusal. Including one I knew pretty well and used write to in jail

  Terry on our board has experienced this.
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  JW Expanded Volunteer Activities?

  by doinmypart in

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  i think the gb needs to expand publishers' volunteer activities beyond door knocking.. gb has shifted away from door-knocking to more varied forms of witnessing and no longer counting time for publishers.

  my prediction is that the gb will start encouraging jws to participate in broader community volunteer efforts: clean-up drives, food banks, senior citizen support, and other non-proselytizing activities.

  this move could help them gain goodwill with government agencies and the public.. expanding volunteer activities could significantly shift how jws are perceived by the wider community.

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  I agree they need to come up with something seeing that world governments seem to be on to their worldwide Scam plcwork