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  To help my cousin..maybe if you used to be an elder..

  by hereiam! in

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  i have a cousin who has been away from the meetings 5 years.

  she was baptized only a year before becoming "inactive" and moved to another state.

  then after some time she moved back to the area all the family is from, but wouldn't say a word of anything having to do with the religion.

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  daringhart13

  Glad I could help Hereiam......YES,.....always remember......silence is golden. Tell them nothing. Give them nothing. You owe them nothing.
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  Thought I'd take a Look

  by spawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have just spent some time looking for old friends on facebook without much success, then i thought i'd see if any of the robots from my old cong were to be found.. i found 3 elders 4 ms and about 15-20 rank and file now is it me or did the gb say that fb was not to be used?.

  have you found anyone you know to be going against the gb?.

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  daringhart13

  I have tons on my page that are still serving. Tons.

  However, I've put them on a special list so they know absolutely nothing about me......LOL......PERFECT!
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  To help my cousin..maybe if you used to be an elder..

  by hereiam! in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a cousin who has been away from the meetings 5 years.

  she was baptized only a year before becoming "inactive" and moved to another state.

  then after some time she moved back to the area all the family is from, but wouldn't say a word of anything having to do with the religion.

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  daringhart13

  To Doubtingbro,

  You're right about marrying an 'unbeliever'....however, they are likely coming after her to extract a confession of immorality during courtship.....or especially when they were living under the same roof.

  Ezekiel 34 ............ I just keep seeing it everyday.
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  To help my cousin..maybe if you used to be an elder..

  by hereiam! in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a cousin who has been away from the meetings 5 years.

  she was baptized only a year before becoming "inactive" and moved to another state.

  then after some time she moved back to the area all the family is from, but wouldn't say a word of anything having to do with the religion.

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  daringhart13

  Hereiam,

  First of all, .....sad isn't it??? They have 'all the power'.....and the wield it.

  I'm a former elder....recently fading. I have a great deal of experience on JC's (unfortunately).....Here is my advice:

  Tell her to cease ALL contact. Do not answer letters. Do NOT answer phone calls. If necessary, tell her to make a new rule for herself: if the number comes up on caller I.D. as one she doesn't know....do NOT ANSWER IT. If any JW outside of the immediate family she wants to keep make an attempt to contact her, do NOT answer them in any way! Especially not your mother!

  What state do you live in? Check to see if their are harrassment or stalker laws. If, for some reason, she comes into contact with them.....(she should avoid them at all cost)...... she can say "I don't know what you're talking about......do you have 2 witnesses to this?" If they say yes, she can say "according to Matt. 18 they can approach me.....".......but she should otherwise DENY anything.

  If they press her on "do you want to be a JW?"......tell her to respond with "I'll answer that if you can answer this: According to Gal. 6:1, if you felt I was making a false step, you were supposed to shepherd me YEARS ago........ why didn't you do that? I have nothing further to say to you..... My attorney has kept track of every phone call and letter..... the next effort to contact me will trigger him into action. I am going to let him know you attempted to communicate with me today. Have a nice day."

  Avoid them at all cost. But the hint of a legal complication will send the vast majority of inexperienced 'elders' running......
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  Making the leap - lurker to member - Hello!

  by Hadit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ive been lurking here for the past couple of months since i started researching the organization.

  i dont have many people to talk to and its been a saving grace to read your posts.. i dont really know where to start so here i go.

  its been a long journey getting here and it looks as if i still have a long ways to go to get somewhere healthy, stable and strong.

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  daringhart13

  Welcome.......sorry to hear about the difficulties you're enduring.
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  Some thing for woman to think about

  by is there help out there in

  1. jw
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  almost all woman want to get married and have children.

  if you are a faithful jw woman there is a good chance this will never happen.

  70% of jw are woman and 30% are men.

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  Odrade.....I can vouch for the things you learned later on. I watched it on BOE's all the time. Its very corrupt.....and I'm amazed that there are still those that believe it is 'holy'.......its not even close.

  As the joke goes, what do you get when you put a window washer, janitor and carpenter together? A judicial committee!!

  Your dad is a rare brother in the Truth.....is he still in??

  Forgive me, but I was roaring on your next to last paragraph!! I had to deal with several of those 'incidents' you mentioned...... it was so gross....and I still wouldn't go near some of those couples. And YES....if people only knew about some of those 'elders' that are currently serving in the Pac NW that liked to beat their wives up.....both physically and verbally.

  Its all so absurd when you think about it. At my last DC, I saw one of them giving a part at the Rose Garden....... I just shook my head.
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  Some thing for woman to think about

  by is there help out there in

  1. jw
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  almost all woman want to get married and have children.

  if you are a faithful jw woman there is a good chance this will never happen.

  70% of jw are woman and 30% are men.

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  Wow Odrade.....that really is sick. Why would any woman put up with such an arrangement?? Who are these controlling guys??

  Sick, weird stuff...... I'm glad to be free of it.
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  Rutherford's Unfinished Burial Crypt At Beth-Sarim

  by Bangalore in

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  Can you post that RR? Thanks!
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  How did you treat people?

  by captain in

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  do you ever feel guilty about the way you pre-judged others when you were a drone?.

  i feel guilty about it every day!

  people's lives are so complex, we know so little of their personal struggles and "thorns in the flesh" yet we're conditioned to prejudge on a checklist of criteria published by a few men in new york.

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  daringhart13

  I got counseled more than once for talking to DF'd people.

  In fact, I would call them on the phone.....even gave them a ride to meeting if they needed it.

  Yeah.....I was 'bad'
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  Some thing for woman to think about

  by is there help out there in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  almost all woman want to get married and have children.

  if you are a faithful jw woman there is a good chance this will never happen.

  70% of jw are woman and 30% are men.

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  daringhart13

  Brokenpromises,

  I have to be honest.....you're story makes me angry. You've been robbed.....lied to. It makes me sick that you have to be in that situation....not by choice, but by coercision.

  I'm so sorry...... I'm in my 40's as well..... I know it must be frustrating.