I've had a few JWs unfriend me yet I see them making comments and being "friends" with other worldy people we went to school with. I guess the worldly people aren't as "mentally diseased" as I am.
mercedes_29
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my workmates jw friend of 30 years has deleted her from facebook
by looloo inthis lady is quite new to my workplace and we got chatting and she asked how i met my husband etc ... after i finished telling her of my jw experiances she said i could write a book and i really should !
she said she has a friend who shes known for 30 years and she became a jw about 15 years ago and this friend had recently deleted her off her friends list !
she also said this friend likes to play bingo which she presumed wouldnt be allowed in the religion so had thought it cant be all that strict in that religion !!!!!
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Introducing Mrs Cedars...
by cedars ini just thought you should know that mrs cedars has finally taken the plunge and joined the forum.
she was able to log on for the first time yesterday.. though we both "awakened" at different stages, mrs cedars was very supportive and non-judgmental when i first began exploring my beliefs from a critical standpoint.
she is currently in the process of reading crisis of conscience and aquainting herself with some of the facts of witness history that were hitherto unknown.
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mercedes_29
Welcome Mrs. Cedars!!
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Questions about disfellowshipping and 'non-sanctioned' shunning
by Steve_C inbasically, i have a couple of questions about the current rules regarding disfellowshipping and shunning.
by current i mean since 1999.. sorry, but i have to put a bit of my history to clarify my situation.. i was a born-in who was baptized in 1983. got married to a sister in 1984. then the kids came.
by the mid-1990s my wife and i had become increasingly irregular, so that by 1999 we were both inactive and only went to the memorial and conventions.. in 1999 i committed adultery, confessed to the elders, and had a judicial committee.
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mercedes_29
My mother faded and when certain JWs see her in the store they shun her. Some still show up at her door during Memorial season, but these same people will turn their backs on her when not in "service".
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I told my daughter I was leaving "the truth" this weekend.
by whathappened inlast week, i told you i was going to tell my daughter that i was leaving the truth this weekend and you all gave me sound advice.
but, i cannot keep a secret this heavy from the person i love most on this earth, my only daughter, who is beautiful inside and out.. well, i have always had an open and honest relationship with my daughter, and i guess it paid off.
this weekend i visited my daughter (who lives in another state) and i told her i was leaving "the truth.
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mercedes_29
Wishing you the best, What Happened. When I DA'd myself I was terrified my mother would have to shun me. She told me that she could never turn her back on one of her children. She faded sucessfully and we are much happier for it. I hope your daughter follows your courageous lead.
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Focus: Who is JOEL GOTT?
by sf inwhois information for watchtower.org:.
registrar: network solutions, inc. .
organization: watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc. .
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mercedes_29
I remember Warrenchuck coming to the Westery Congregation. He screamed at us from the platform. He called us lazy and even the elders couldn't answer his questions correctly. He was taken out of service due to untreated diabetes right after he left our congregation. We then had Kent Karres for a while. He was an uber JW who had no concept of what it was like to work and have a family and pay your own way. He and his wife Becky had lots of dietary requests too. After them we got John Crispin who was probably the most humble of all the COs I can remember. He and his wife were always kind. They also would accept whatever meals were offered to them without complaint which was a huge difference from the others.
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JW Longo Story on ABC TV July 11th "Final Witness"
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20120611abc02/.
final witness*.
air date: wednesday, july 11, 2012. time slot: 10:00 pm-11:00 pm est on abc.
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mercedes_29
Mr. Flipper is right. While I was watching the show my friends were tweeting about how they couldn't understand why Mary Jane didn't just leave her husband and go back to her family. I tried to explain that the JWs teach women to be obedient to men, especially their husbands - even if they lead the family into ruin. Women really are second class citizens in the JW world and this "training" cost Mary Jane and her children their lives. Only her sisters were interviewed on the show, I wonder what her parents and "friends" in the congregation thought of everything that happened.
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JW Longo Story on ABC TV July 11th "Final Witness"
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20120611abc02/.
final witness*.
air date: wednesday, july 11, 2012. time slot: 10:00 pm-11:00 pm est on abc.
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mercedes_29
I'm watching it on the East Coast. The depiction of JW meetings is fairly accurate as is the description of being disfellowshipped.
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Has Anyone Seen "Prometheus"?
by Low-Key Lysmith ini loved it!
but then, it went right along with my own personal beliefs concerning mankind's origins, so i'm a little biased.. wondering what a religious person's thoughts would be?.
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mercedes_29
I saw Prometheus and I thought it was a creative way to explain human origin. I don't know what to believe anymore so I watched the film purely for entertainment.
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My not-so-grand arrival.
by Trismegistus inthis is mostly a test to see if the forum will allow me to write.
it didn't on a different browser that i was using- here's hoping!.
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mercedes_29
Welcome!
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Was There Anything You Actually Enjoyed About Being A JW?
by MrFreeze ini'm sure this question has been raised a lot but it is always good to look back.
the last 5 or 6 years of me being a jw, i did not have a very good go of it.
one thing i actually did enjoy was going to the international convention.
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mercedes_29
I liked having an excuse to buy expensive suits and shoes. I also thought I had one really good friend who was like a real sister to me. Apart from that I don't miss anything.