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  Forget disfellowshipping, reinstatement is grossly unbiblical

  by sabastious in

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  disfellowshipping has a "measure" of validity since in the 1st century you could be removed from the christian congregation for practicing sin.

  (but not shunned outside of worship ceremonies).. the process in which someone is accepted back into the fold in the jw policy is completely made up.

  it's funny that witnesses will poke fun at catholics for making up purgatory when they have completely pulled the reinstatement process out of their asses!.

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  bez

  i agree completely ... food for thought that sebastious!! Well thought of !
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  Careful what ya put on FB!!!!

  by bez in

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  i changed my religion to hindu... (it was a jooookkkkeee).it should not have mattered seen as i dont have any nosey dubs left on my friends list.. i then get a phonecall tonight from a 'sister' in the congregation askin if it was true that i was a hindu?!!!

  as i had it on my fb!!!

  i asked who had told her this and she said she did not want to say, but i told her she should have got the person who had the question to ask me that rather than going to her!!!!.

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  I like that too. I told this 'sister' that it was a JOKE and that i dint wanna publically broadcast my whole life! I said if it was such a major thing, surley she should be phoning all the JWS to tell them that their religious status should be JEHOVAHS WITNESS!!! But the fact is that most do not put that out of embarrassment!!!!
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  Careful what ya put on FB!!!!

  by bez in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i changed my religion to hindu... (it was a jooookkkkeee).it should not have mattered seen as i dont have any nosey dubs left on my friends list.. i then get a phonecall tonight from a 'sister' in the congregation askin if it was true that i was a hindu?!!!

  as i had it on my fb!!!

  i asked who had told her this and she said she did not want to say, but i told her she should have got the person who had the question to ask me that rather than going to her!!!!.

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  bez

  lol nice_dream, i love your new avatar and name, i want to change mine too but havent figured it out yet and am worried if i do i will post a picture of myself and then be 'found out'!! lol, but i am interested to see if anyone really does use this site who i know in person, an i guess that by making myself public i would soon find out!! .. probably not a great idea really if i dont wanna be df'd!! lol
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  Careful what ya put on FB!!!!

  by bez in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i changed my religion to hindu... (it was a jooookkkkeee).it should not have mattered seen as i dont have any nosey dubs left on my friends list.. i then get a phonecall tonight from a 'sister' in the congregation askin if it was true that i was a hindu?!!!

  as i had it on my fb!!!

  i asked who had told her this and she said she did not want to say, but i told her she should have got the person who had the question to ask me that rather than going to her!!!!.

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  bez

  yeah your right. Just proved to me tho just how nosy and 'out to get ya' people really are!
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  Careful what ya put on FB!!!!

  by bez in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i changed my religion to hindu... (it was a jooookkkkeee).it should not have mattered seen as i dont have any nosey dubs left on my friends list.. i then get a phonecall tonight from a 'sister' in the congregation askin if it was true that i was a hindu?!!!

  as i had it on my fb!!!

  i asked who had told her this and she said she did not want to say, but i told her she should have got the person who had the question to ask me that rather than going to her!!!!.

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  bez

  I changed my religion to Hindu... (It WAS A JOOOOKKKKEEE).It should not have mattered seen as i dont have any nosey dubs left on my friends list.

  I then get a phonecall tonight from a 'sister' in the congregation askin if it was true that i was a hindu?!!! As i had it on my fb!!! I asked who had told her this and she said she did not want to say, but i told her she should have got the person who had the question to ask me that rather than going to her!!!!

  Point is, that person would have had to be searching for me on facebook to see that!! HOW NOSEY ARE THESE PEOPLE!!! We have made it clear we want leaving alone and yet people find the need to be sooo nosey!!! Guess their lives are full of theocratic activity eh!! NOT.
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  Our Independence Day - Getting Disfellowshipped Tonight!

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. watchtower
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  well, it's the big day.

  time to go over the checklist..... .

  shoes shined.

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  dysfunction... awww crap! Aw well, watch this space... im hoping that if that happens.. then people's eyes will be opened as to how unjust our df'ing was and therefore how much bs is involved in 'gods organization' and leave with us!!!!!
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  Our Independence Day - Getting Disfellowshipped Tonight!

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

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  well, it's the big day.

  time to go over the checklist..... .

  shoes shined.

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  Yeah i am guessing they are doing alot of investigating without us. My mother has pretty much told them everything they want to hear about us in an attempt to get us df'd! (crazy lady that she is)!

  I dont have caller id on my phone either so its impossible at the moment to see if they are calling. I am just waiting now for us to have them turn up at the door uninvited. Maybe they wont and will leave us alone. I have heard tho from a friend who has remained my friend from the 'troof', that there was a talk given at the circuit assembly at the wkend about 'marking' apostates in a way like the mark of the wild beast!! or something like that... in other words apostates are like the devil so dont talk to us... I am not sure if that talk was a 'needs of the circuit' talk or what, but looks like if that talk wasnt just to steer folk away from speaking with just us, there must be a few in our circuit who are taking the same stand!

  I do know that there is a circuit visit coming up for our hall in the next couple of weeks so i was wondering after being left alone by our elders for the last couple of wks, if when he visits they will resume there attempt to get us outtt!! So maybe then depending on what he says they may df us anyway! who knows...

  Part of me thinks so what if they do , at least im not looking over my shoulder every time i go and buy a birthday card for my lil girls school friend, but then the other part of me could not bare not speaking with my best 2 friends who have said they would not mark me this way and ignore me, but if it was publicaly announced we were df'd then it would make it extremely awkward, as one of my mates hubbys would be absolutely against her ever speaking to me under these circumstances. ...

  So its rubbish basically and we cant win... tho we are thinking of moving to the south of the country to start our new life with family who are not witnesses and wouldnt judge us. I really hope your lives are good and you are happy
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  Our Independence Day - Getting Disfellowshipped Tonight!

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  well, it's the big day.

  time to go over the checklist..... .

  shoes shined.

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  bez

  SBC, i have just sat and read your whole story... and i its so sad, and very similar to mine and my husbands situation.

  We have not as of yet been called to a JC, and my husband seems to think even if we were we would not attend and it would mean they would not be able to disfellowship us. Did you not think of just not going to your JC meeting to avoid being disfellowshipped?

  Sorry you have had to go through all of this and have like us probably lost some great (conditional) friends.

  We too have 2 young children, and i think for us we have made the best decision for them and their lives. I hope everything is going well for you now despite tonight being D DAY!

  Bez
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  Anyone any profound experience?

  by bez in

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  since leaving the borg a couple month back i have as some of you know seemed to get lower and lower.

  my friends have slowly but surely drifted and we (my hubby and i) are treated very much like 'apostates' now and have been tried to be shoved out by them trying to get us to da ourselves.

  and now i feel quite lost and am really struggling.. at first i continued to pray to god, believing he was listening and i could draw comfort from the inner peace i seemed to feel???

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  bez

  Thanks everyone again.

  I will check out the link LL , and thankyou CL and Loz for giving me some hope that perhaps my prayers, thoughts and feelings will be heard.

  I know as you said Lady Lee, that it has just been a couple months and a lifetime of 'abuse' if you like is not gonna just disappear overnight. Its good to know the anger i feel is just part of the recovery process... proving that i am recovering hopefully.

  Im always intrigued to know of peoples experiences with their new found relationship with God after the WT, as obviously as Elder PAtrol mentioned, it is something we are told when leaving the WT that we are basically going into Satans world an therefore no God for us... I remember a friend saying to me.. and hearing many a talk from the platform that stated that you are either in Gods 'organisation' the JW's or you are in satans world.. how petrifiying.

  I know i need to continue praying and see what happens from here......

  Bez xx
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  Anyone any profound experience?

  by bez in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since leaving the borg a couple month back i have as some of you know seemed to get lower and lower.

  my friends have slowly but surely drifted and we (my hubby and i) are treated very much like 'apostates' now and have been tried to be shoved out by them trying to get us to da ourselves.

  and now i feel quite lost and am really struggling.. at first i continued to pray to god, believing he was listening and i could draw comfort from the inner peace i seemed to feel???

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  bez

  lol mmxiv, yes it sure would!

  Thank you everyone for your replies!! Im truely touched! Funnyface i will check out your link when i have picked my little girl up from school. Your experience sounds really familiar. I once read of someone else saying this prayer and having the same experience. I would love to feel it work for me too!

  I am greatful for this site. I really do not know where i would be if i at least didnt have here to come and rant. I have even felt like ringing the London branch and venting my frustration at the whole sham! But i know that would not get me anywhere and thats all they want so i just want to keep a dignified silence while still feeling in touch with God ...

  Thank you all again love to you all Bez xx