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  GB now the FDS

  by l p in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone have this in writing from the borg?.

  need it as evidence.

  lp.

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  This site really needs a like button. Outlaw rocks!
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  Awful case of shunning

  by daydream1900 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw8yu-r8g-8.

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  It's getting worse. I cried for this poor woman.
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  Update & Moving on with life

  by Coffee House Girl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello all, just wanted to update you all on my further steps in the exiting process (a process that may never end in some respects).

  to set up a context for my update: my story in a nutshel-.

  did a quick fade in the fall of 2009 to start going to university and escape a very unhappy living situation.

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  So how is college? I know it must keep you on your toes... let us know things are doing.
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  DA used to be used for unbaptized DFing

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does anyone remember this, or was it just a local thing?

  all the time i've spent on these boards, i've never heard anyone mention it.

  just curious.. when an unbaptized publisher was in a situation "warranting" dfing, they would announce from the platform that the person had been dad.

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  Bump
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  Update on "DA'd/DF'd"...

  by Suraj Khan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since many of you were kind enough to give your responses, or at least share in my confusion, i wanted to take some time to share things that went down in the last few days in my family.. to recap, i was born-in but thankfully the hogwash never took.

  i was actively dodging meetings by age 13 by faking illness, usually missing 20 to 25 days of school per year.

  i left my family to attend college and was told by a family member that an announcement was made in my local congregation the following year that i was disassociated.

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  It was well before the 80's when I left as a teenager... I also can remember the definitions for DA were different. I am glad you have some answers to the "DA" .

  Hope you can ask more questions about changes in the policy and get your brothers to actually think!
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  Hello

  by newdawnfades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am a long time lurker who has finally decided to post.

  i am still in along with my wife, kids and extended family.

  i am in my 40s and was raised in the org.

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  Welcome to the rest of your life!
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  Fun Comparisons Redux

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the "star trek" comparison thread got me to rememberin' some of the other comparison topics i've done over the years.. this is for newer ones here who may like er, "punchy" comparisons.

  hope you have some fun with them.. gangs and dubs.

  al capone vs. judge rutherford".

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  Give me a break it takes a while to read all that stuff!
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  What is your Favorite coffee, mocha, latte, cap, etc?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am a rather old fogey on the matter - just black and hot.

  but i like the occasional mocha.. what use of this universal bean is your favorite?

  how many do you drink a week?

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  Columbian, I stock up if its on sale. My husband is a Philistine and buys whatever is cheapest.
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  How do I tell my husband?

  by dissonance_resolved in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm a born in, baptized as a young teenager, whole family is jw.

  i just recently woke up after the new understanding of the fds was announced and it seemed to me to smack of power-grabbing.

  i started looking at all the websites we're not supposed to, and now i know why.

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  As someone said, Armageddon is not around the corner, you can take all the time you need.
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  How do I tell my husband?

  by dissonance_resolved in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm a born in, baptized as a young teenager, whole family is jw.

  i just recently woke up after the new understanding of the fds was announced and it seemed to me to smack of power-grabbing.

  i started looking at all the websites we're not supposed to, and now i know why.

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  Ask him why he thinks it's the "truth" sometime when this stuff comes up.... ie when he mentions something that irritates him. Go slow and figure out what makes leaving more attractive than staying for him.

  Cantleave and his wife Nugget are here on the board... He got her out, cantleave

  If you have kids then go to a member called Amazing's posts Amazing check his posts about bringing family out. He got most of them to follow him here. Another thing, we do have a search option at the top of the page, lots of stuff here to research. You can do it!

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