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  Letter to FB JWs after I found out I was DF'd

  by Momma-Tossed-Me in

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  2. friends

  so i said that i would post this letter that i sent out to fb jws who were still my friends on fb at the time.. a little background might be in order here.

  i was called to meet with two elders in the hall because i had filed to run for political office.

  i knew that sooner or later i would have to agree to do so.

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  mamalove

  Interesting. So your wife knew about this and only told you once you asked? Maybe I read your post wrong. Did anyone respond?

  Most importantly, did you win the election?
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  Did your spirituality improve after confessing to wrongdoing?

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was reading this thread, http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/220730/1/had-my-jc-today-oh-sugar, and morbidzbaby mentioned their husband confessed to uncleaness because he did not feel he was getting blessed by jehovah.

  however, blessings did not increase after the confession.. it made me wonder about the whole idea of confessing so that you do not loose jehovah's blessing.

  when i was in bethel i confessed about a couple of menial things.

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  mamalove

  Most of my knowledge of the confession and JC stuff surrounded the fact that it was not confidential whatsoever. My most recent cong was known for being super loose with the lips and we all knew what people got in trouble for.

  I think for some caught up in the org, it can be a release, but those smarter know it is just a man-made rule meant to police things. I know plenty of elders who were going to topless bars at lunchtime, and sleeping with their sister in laws, and nothing ever happened to them, they still gave talks, etc. So Holy Spirit, Moly Lirit!
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  Changing plans...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  fading,.

  ive been going over it so many times in my mind.

  it seemed like a great idea before but things have changed, i have changed.. the more i learn and the more awake i become, the more i feel like fading is becoming less and less of an option.. the only reason i wanted to fade was to keep communication with my family, mainly my parents, but i've come to realize that they would shun me either way.

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  mamalove

  I just quit going abruptly after a semi- fade. But I was married to a regular...we started the seperation and divorce process and I never went back after my last assembly in Aug 2009. I was never DFd. Although it was attempted many times. My ex recently told me that they are going to leave me alone because I don't want to talk to them. My JW family shuns me with extreme hostility. I hear things once in a while they have allegedly said. My life is 1000 times better now. I am glad I did what I did and understand what I do now.
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  Hubby has finally come around....had to share!

  by meangirl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  some of you may or may not know but i came out before my husband.

  he has not been to the meetings in 4 years but still acted like a witness.

  i know it has been hard on him as he was raised a witness and i was not.

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  mamalove

  OMG you are so fortunate! Congrats!!
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  Two Elders just left.

  by mouthy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how wonderful it was... i saw two women over the road knocking on doors .

  i could see they were jws...i prayed & asked they would call here... but no!!!!

  the lord sent two men!!!!elders!!!!

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  mamalove

  What a cool experience. Great job! How old are your kids?
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  A shout out to all those shunned by family...

  by Luke in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello people.

  i am a new poster here, although i have lurked for about 3 years now.

  so most people will not recognise me.. .

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  mamalove

  Hi Luke, so what has made you wane on the meetings? What influenced you to study? Do you get pressure to come back to the hall?

  Welcome and looking forward to more posts!
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  An elder dropped by 2 weeks ago with the two 607 rags (OCT & NOV WT)...

  by Alfred in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ...and a big smile on his face... as if to say "i can finally shut you up".... rewinding a bit.... about 18 months ago, i read "gentile times reconsidered" and discovered this doctrine had more holes than swiss cheese.

  but it didn't end there, i read several studies in the scriptures, the even tide by john aquila brown (not all of it) and then proceeded to write multiple letters to brooklyn, all of which were responded to by dodging simple questions such as: "if the 70 years ended in 537 and jeremiah says there would be 70 years of servitude, which babyonian king were the jews serving between 539 and 537?".

  i showed all three of the society's responses to an elder in my congo (even though he received copies of these himself) and he could see that they were "canned" responses that in no way anwered my queries.

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  mamalove

  LOL about the wife comment!

  Interesting account here. It just goes to prove that you can make your mind hurt trying to slice and dice something until you understand it up and down, and to a JW who wants to be there, it does not change anything.
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  60 yr. old needs chaperon????

  by red21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, a female relative of mine who is 60 but inactive in the truth had their mate dying in the hospital.

  the older sister + husband and old brother (of dying man) (active witnesses) come to visit and stay at their home.

  the old sister is staying at the hospital around the clock for the duration of the visit but tells her sister-in-law that she must have a chaperon at the house if she is going to be there with her husband and her dying husbands older brother?

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  mamalove

  It's always about the private parts with those people. Just so wrong on so many levels.
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  Is it fair to label everyone who quotes a scripture as "self-righteous ?

  by caliber in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  self-righteous...one definition....... self-righteousness (also called sanctimoniousness, sententiousness, a holier-than-thou attitude[1]) is a feeling of (usually)smugmoral superiority[2] derived from a sense that one's beliefs, actions, or affiliations are of greater virtue than those of the average person.. the term "self-righteous" is often considered derogatory (see, for example, journalist and essayist james fallows' description of self-righteousness[3] in regards to nobel peace prize winners) particularly because self-righteous individuals are often thought to exhibit hypocrisy due to the belief that humans are imperfect and can therefore never be infallible, an idea similar to that of the freudian defense mechanism of reaction formation.

  the connection between self-righteousness and hypocrisy predates freud's views, however, as evidenced by the 1899 book good mrs. hypocrite: a study in self-righteousness, by the pseudonymous author "rita.".

  or criticism can be form of self-boasting (self-righteousness ) but does it not all come down to knowing the persons intent ... are all persons.

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  mamalove

  It is all in the delivery....

  Most certainly can be smug and self righteous, or the opposite.
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  Is this any way to get a convert??

  by tenyearsafter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have relayed how "broken" my mother is when it comes to reasoning on her beliefs as a jw...and my not believing the jw story any longer as an ex-jw.

  it seems to be a common story of cognitive dissonance, etc., etc,.

  now comes a classic new angle that really has me scratching my head.

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  mamalove

  I have never had that experience. BUT, your mom didn't really think that one out!! Geez Louise, did she think your wife, who was not a JW would agree with one iota of what your mom said? Is your mom older? Maybe she isn't as sharp as she once was.