well, as you all know, my wife (unstuck) and i are not df or da.. we just stopped attending several years back after my "apostate" online activity was found by a nosey employee of ours while she was working in our office (long story if anyone wants to know - it would have to be another thread).
we never met with any elders - no congregation judicial activity occurred (as we would never consent to do so anyway).
so our policy has been to be the same kind, loving, normal people we have always been.
Sorry about the treatment Stuck.
I cannot fathom how enormously threatening we faders are to the Org.
They thought they had the bases covered with the hateful disfellowshipping policy and then some of us come along and dont land in the coverage zone!
I hope it helps to know that you are not alone.
just wanted to say a quick hello.
this was a pic yesterday on nurses week at henry ford with one of izabella’s primaries.
the first pic was at her nicu graduation.
Shes a beauty and thank you for sharing the pictures!
many common phrases i've used all my life have been made obsolete by technology advancements.
"roll up the window" (car windows don't roll up any longer with a hand crank.).
"hold your horses.
Handle with kid gloves
(Gloves used to be made of young goat - very soft leather)
A stitch in time saves nine
(Does anyone sew/repair clothing still?)
Put that on the back burner
(another microwave casualty, who uses all the burners on a stove now?)
Hot off the press
(Digital printing and instant communication make this one self explanatory)
he was basically a good man, just a believer in the religion.
when we were both elders we were best of friends and then things deteriorated when i was not an elder for a while.
then after becoming an elder again, i slowly drifted away from the religion and he drifted further away from me.
Good for your brothers wife and daughter.
Sending you ongoing thoughts and support Min.
he was basically a good man, just a believer in the religion.
when we were both elders we were best of friends and then things deteriorated when i was not an elder for a while.
then after becoming an elder again, i slowly drifted away from the religion and he drifted further away from me.
How are you feeling about attending the service Minimus?
That can be additional stress for some of us and I was wondering how you are.
how do jws (rank and file) know when to commence shunning the victim of an internal judicial proceeding ?
what direction does the elders manual give to start the congregations participation in shunning?
when did you most recently see this process initiated in a hall you attend?.
Long ago they used to announce what you were disfellowshipped for.
If it was smoking - they said so.
Then when that became legally hazardous they changed it to
"So and so is disfellowshipped for conduct unbecoming a Christian"
when that got challenged they changed it to where it is today.
I think that because you "joined" when you got baptized, they are on terra firma legally to announce you are no longer part of the "group".
At least that is the way it was explained to me.
he was basically a good man, just a believer in the religion.
when we were both elders we were best of friends and then things deteriorated when i was not an elder for a while.
then after becoming an elder again, i slowly drifted away from the religion and he drifted further away from me.
((((Minimus))))
So sorry to I hear this. Thinking of you my friend.
i went on line looking for old jw songs and some of them were pretty good and some were just awful!.
did you ever like any of those songs?
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Drearyweather
No. That song is there in the new songbook. It song No 52, Christian Dedication
Does it still sound the same or did they bugger it all up like they did others?
I would say I havent heard it in ages but then again I havent gone to meetings in ages so that would make its own kind of sense wouldnt it?
we recently haven't heard much here about the caleb and sophia cartoon series.. is it still running?
or have the gb realised how pathetic they are?.
I dont know...do the Mormons still use their look a like Caleb and Sophia?
They both sprang up with clone kiddie cartoons within a year of each other,
There was an interesting thread here about the fact that maybe the Jws and the LDS were using the same consulting service to rev up sluggish followers.
i went on line looking for old jw songs and some of them were pretty good and some were just awful!.
did you ever like any of those songs?
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I liked the one they used to play at Memorial.
Cant remember the name of it.
It had the line
"Because Jehovah created the universe so grand, to him belong the earth and sky, the works of his own hand,"
It talked about the Israelites crossing through the sea and so on ,
I thought it was pretty and kind of gave a timeline.
Of course, they got rid of it.
The songs now are so inane and people just kind of mumble and stumble along.
