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  What was your first taste of "apostasy"? Mine was Bonham, Texas

  by donny in

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  besides the folks walking with signs at each convention, what was your first taste of "apostasy"?

  my first interesting experience happened within the kingdom hall.

  my congregation in dallas (farmers branch) was in the same district as the bonham congregation which was about 70 miles northeast of dallas.. http://governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/2008/04/who-owns-kingdom-halls.html.

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/11218/1.ashx

  one of the previous threads on this subject. I believe this one was from 06.
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  My grandson is 5 (pic)

  by garybuss in

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  his father's mother took this picture this noon at his birthday swimming party picnic.

  i'm extremely proud of my sons and their families.

  i'm glad to support those who welcome me.

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  I saw a sign once that said "if I had known grandkids were so much fun, I'd have had them first" lol grandkids are wonderful and precious.
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  When you left? Did you think that you were gonna get struck by lightening?

  by MsMcDucket in

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  it shows how deeply this stuff is drilled into our heads!.

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  as Blondie said, by the time I left I knew it was a joke--that is God's spirit knowing anything that was going on at the KH. I did however fear the jws themselves b/c they often take it upon themselves to the the sword of Jah.
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  ~ Just found out that my dad has died ~

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  my jw brother in law is one the phone with me right now.

  when it rains it pours when it comes to sorrow.

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  FHN i ma so glad you were able to cry. I know it does not reverse anything, but sort of cleanses your soul a bit. I have never read what crying acting does, but it must release some endorphins . Sometimes people go for years after someone death and they cannot cry. I believe it is a bit like being too tired to sleep, one can be in such sorrow they cannot cry. Sometimes ptsd develops this way.

  ONLY TIME ENYA

  I see your brother.

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=-xt1lgBgd7c&feature=related
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  JFK Assasination

  by Big Tex in

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  i am now a reformed conspiracy theorist.

  i have been wrong, i see it clearly now.. lee harvey oswald, acting alone, fired 3 bullets on november 22, 1963 wounding gov.

  connally and killing president kennedy.

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  I have always liked Meat Loaf, the rocker from Dallas. His father used to work on the Dallas PD. He has always had interest in the Kennedy assassination. He wrote a book and one chapter is devoted to it. He says that as a High School kid at the time Kennedy was shot he was actually at Parkland ER when Kennedy was brought in. I have his book, can't recall the name right now, something like "to hell and back" He's only written one so not hard to find.
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  ~ Just found out that my dad has died ~

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  my jw brother in law is one the phone with me right now.

  when it rains it pours when it comes to sorrow.

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  Try putting on a song that always makes you cry and see if it will help loosen you up. It has worked for me. I listened to Tom T. Hall's " that's how i got to Memphis". It worked, i was able to shed the tears i needed to.

  I know it sounds very simple, and it is. I have also gone somewhere I'll be alone and have privacy and just dialogged with the person that i needed to talk with. It can be very therapeutic.
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  When Disfellowshipping extends outside the KH; shunning that never ends

  by Layla33 in

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  i was talking about this the other day to a friend that is an attorney for abused children and we started discussing strange family practices and how they affect children.

  it was during that conversation that i remembered something i hadn't thought about in years - when i was 12 years old my step-father and mother tried to practice a form of shunning (disfellowshipping) in the family.

  of course it wasn't my mother's idea, it was my neurotic mentally deranged stepfather that decided because my mother and i had disagreed about something in a silly judicial meeting, that i was to be shunned from the family.

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  Jws used to do what they call personal marking. It is more or less DF'ing. They can decide to mark someone and thereby exclude them. It may not be DF but the effects are the same.

  There were always the spiritually weak who were marked and this was supposed to I guess encourage them ?

  I have seen this kind of behavior among jws for many years. It is most commonly done to family members. Your family members can be your worst enemies.

  also, I have heard people say they did not care if someone was reinstated, they did not have to talk to them or have anything to do with them.

  People do personal Df'ing all the time.

  I am terribly sorry for what happened to you. That is horrible abuse and indeed your step father was deranged.
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  What does your congregation do socially now?

  by truthseeker in

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  if you're still in or hear about jw social activities through the grapevine, what does your congregation do now socially?.

  my hall does absolutely - nothing - with the exception of high school graduations.

  i read a few posts about jw socialising in the 70s and 80s and honestly, reading about it is completely foreign to me - i grew up in the 80s and never experienced the "good times" of jwdom.. it seems most people do their own thing.

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  we once had a group of elder MS + wives who went dancing all the time. Very exclusive club. Went dancing and drank. I always wondered if any infidelity occurred?
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  Even active witnesses think this is way over the top.....

  by yourmomma in

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  there were gasps after watching this.

  i heard the anti college talks at the dc this year, and while many people i know didnt agree with them, this following video stunned many of them.

  there are many people on this forum, many have gotten to where they are many different ways.

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  as several others people have said, that is the same "talk" I heard 35 years + ago. The " going out of business " line has been around a long time. this is so ancient. They ruined all our lives, our kids, now they want to foul up the grandkids lives.

  i agree, F*ckers
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  Well, it finally happened...

  by truth.ceeker in

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  ... i was stuck sitting next to a witness on the plane.

  i knew it was only a matter of time before it happens as i am on a flight every week for work.

  well, where do i start.

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  wednesday

  about two acres each once they are in the new order?

  2 acres and a mule.