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  The Disfellowshipping of Jane

  by jst2laws in

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  i was preparing comments on another thread and some strange memories started to surface.

  one that had haunted me years ago was the disfellowshipping of jan. she was a 30 something woman who had found herself single when her husband ran off with her good friend.

  jane was no angel herself though: a slim, suntanned, blonde headed, party girl who's life style had made her quite familiar with the judicial process, which is how jane and i became more acquainted.

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  Pioneers Bearing No Fruit

  by TOTH in

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  my father in law's sow has been a pioneer for what...twenty plus years now?

  she has yet to see any of her studies progress to baptism.

  i know this is an excellent thing but to jw's you would think it would be tragic.

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  well since learning the truth abouth the truth last month...i haven't been bearing any fruit... so this def applies to me
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  My rambling story

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  i am 18...my mother has been studying the bible with jw's for over 20 years now.

  she has never been baptised for various reasons.she wasn't married at the time to my abusive and drunkard father...when she started studying she got married to him--then she left him 4 years after.since then almost everywhere we moved mommy was approached by the jw's and she regularly had discussions with them .. when we bought our current home and the jw's appproached us 3 years ago,mommy was working day and night and so she told them to study with me.the next sunday we started going to meetings...all the meetings...i became a publisher in 4 months and was baptised 8 months after...i was told by everyone that i was progressing well...because of my mom's hectic work schedule ( single mother 4) we never had a close relationship so i immediately became really close to my study conductor...i was taught that religion and the people at the kh had to take precedence over any family members especially those who were a part of the world..from then on i never went to any family gatherings,concerts and i began to 'look down' on my mother.after all her heart condition wasn't right--why wasn't she baptised?

  our relationship plunged---i even told her that i wanted to leave this house...she knew that i felt closer to my study conductor and so she tried to start back her study and get baptised....again she was dating someone and contemplating marriage with him but my study conductor kept on drilling into her head 'marry only in the lord'.

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  exactly tornapart
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  My rambling story

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  i am 18...my mother has been studying the bible with jw's for over 20 years now.

  she has never been baptised for various reasons.she wasn't married at the time to my abusive and drunkard father...when she started studying she got married to him--then she left him 4 years after.since then almost everywhere we moved mommy was approached by the jw's and she regularly had discussions with them .. when we bought our current home and the jw's appproached us 3 years ago,mommy was working day and night and so she told them to study with me.the next sunday we started going to meetings...all the meetings...i became a publisher in 4 months and was baptised 8 months after...i was told by everyone that i was progressing well...because of my mom's hectic work schedule ( single mother 4) we never had a close relationship so i immediately became really close to my study conductor...i was taught that religion and the people at the kh had to take precedence over any family members especially those who were a part of the world..from then on i never went to any family gatherings,concerts and i began to 'look down' on my mother.after all her heart condition wasn't right--why wasn't she baptised?

  our relationship plunged---i even told her that i wanted to leave this house...she knew that i felt closer to my study conductor and so she tried to start back her study and get baptised....again she was dating someone and contemplating marriage with him but my study conductor kept on drilling into her head 'marry only in the lord'.

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  thank u all...this really is hard but i LOVE the new Jesus
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  My rambling story

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  i am 18...my mother has been studying the bible with jw's for over 20 years now.

  she has never been baptised for various reasons.she wasn't married at the time to my abusive and drunkard father...when she started studying she got married to him--then she left him 4 years after.since then almost everywhere we moved mommy was approached by the jw's and she regularly had discussions with them .. when we bought our current home and the jw's appproached us 3 years ago,mommy was working day and night and so she told them to study with me.the next sunday we started going to meetings...all the meetings...i became a publisher in 4 months and was baptised 8 months after...i was told by everyone that i was progressing well...because of my mom's hectic work schedule ( single mother 4) we never had a close relationship so i immediately became really close to my study conductor...i was taught that religion and the people at the kh had to take precedence over any family members especially those who were a part of the world..from then on i never went to any family gatherings,concerts and i began to 'look down' on my mother.after all her heart condition wasn't right--why wasn't she baptised?

  our relationship plunged---i even told her that i wanted to leave this house...she knew that i felt closer to my study conductor and so she tried to start back her study and get baptised....again she was dating someone and contemplating marriage with him but my study conductor kept on drilling into her head 'marry only in the lord'.

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  I am 18...My mother has been studying the Bible with jw's for over 20 years now. She has never been baptised for various reasons.She wasn't married at the time to my abusive and drunkard father...When she started studying she got married to him--then she left him 4 years after.Since then almost everywhere we moved mommy was approached by the jw's and she regularly had discussions with them .

  When we bought our current home and the jw's appproached us 3 years ago,mommy was working day and night and so she told them to study with me.The next sunday we started going to meetings...ALL THE MEETINGS...i became a publisher in 4 months and was baptised 8 months after...i was told by everyone that i was progressing well...because of my mom's hectic work schedule ( single mother 4) we never had a close relationship so i immediately became really close to my study conductor...i was taught that religion and the people at the kh had to take precedence over any family members especially those who were a part of the world..from then on i never went to any family gatherings,concerts and i began to 'look down' on my mother.After all her heart condition wasn't right--why wasn't she baptised? Our relationship plunged---i even told her that i wanted to leave this house...she knew that i felt closer to my study conductor and so she tried to start back her study and get baptised....again she was dating someone and contemplating marriage with him but my study conductor kept on drilling into her head 'marry only in the lord'. she got tired and gave up...while I stopped talking to friends that i'd had all my life.i changed the way i dressed,the way i tlked...i stopped listening to music that i loved. before i started studying i was really close with a young man whose parents were witnesses. After i got baptised i put sooo much pressure on him to get baptised and go meetings or else i can't be his...he kept on telling me that he has many unanswered question about the org...i didn't care...it was like this-----get baptised or GET OUT OF MY LIFE!! even though he was my closest friend ,helped me through all of my stuggles, my victories, my EVERYTHING...He was my friend even before i was baptised or ever had any intentions too....well he didn't get baptised and so i stopped talking to him.

  All of this was favourable in the eyes of my 'bros and sis'. One year after i was baptised i was a regular pioneer. I really thought that JAH was happy with what i was doing.However, my relationship with my mother and siblings continuedd to decline...There were times when i felt happy but more often than not i felt shackled...when reading about the Pharisees i would beg for forgiveness because i ALWAYS saw the similarity with God's organization...i saw how different people were treated differently...i felt it...i was given respect while my mother was given none...i felt how persons felt that they can't speak about certain things ---the fear...i had questions but i couldn't voice them..if we are the happy people WHY AREN'T WE HAPPY? i missed my friends...i felt as if i was only liked because of the outward appearance that they saw...

  I would watch how the kids who grew up as jw's were all leaving and i wondered why? if it's the truth then why? i had many questions but i would always tell myself 'it's Jah org,everything will be right in his time'. I always wondered i we were no longer under law but love now, then why was the truth so strict and left hardly any room for conscience.I had many,many questions.

  Things hit the fan when i realised that 'jehovah' would not be happy with me if i decided to pursue a 4 year degree to support myself...What is so wrong with it...so i stumbled upon jw.net....read,read,read....read Coc, reading christian freedom but more importantly reading the BIBLE...getting to know the real Jehovah and the real Jesus...i am convinced that this isn't God's org...i willl tell you why and what i intend to do in another post.
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  I genuinely love them

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  i love these people so much!

  we had kh cleaning last weekend for the memorial and it felt just like old time and brought back soo many memories...i share my struggles, my joys ...everything with my bros and sis... they are my friends...i really truly do love them...how can i leave?

  that feeling just made me feel like abandoning all this reasarch and go on living blindly .

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  I love these people so much! we had KH cleaning last weekend for the memorial and it felt just like old time and brought back soo many memories...i share my struggles, my joys ...EVERYTHING with my bros and sis... they are my friends...i really truly do love them...how can i leave? That feeling just made me feel like abandoning all this reasarch and go on living blindly

  But, too bad i don't live by emotions! On with my research....

  Any1 ever hhad an experience like this?
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  I can't remember the 'Most Important Date of My Life!' Can you?

  by Diest in

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  i honestly cant remember the exact date when i was baptized.

  it does not bother me one bit.

  i didnt have it stamped in that shitty reasoning book/babel that i got at the time, so i guess the only place i could find it would be my cards, which are far away..

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  November 28th,2010-----I was 17
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  Sooo Armageddon comes....

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  so let's say armageddon comes,do you believe that all jw's would be destroyed because jehovah knows it's a false religion...it can't be denied,for the most part,they try to live by the bible...if anybody has to be punished i would say it's the leaders...i know that god wouldn't judge a whole organization but persons individually....so what i'm trying to ask is....do you think you're in a better position right now not for freedom but for salvation than the witnesses??

  if by the time you're finished reading this post armageddon is here...would u wish that you still were a witness or are you satisfied that you've made god proud?.

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  thank you all for all the info and suggestions---i know that my thinking needs adjusting in some areas...i'm sorry if i offended anyone

  This is the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my entire life...thank you all and i'll continue to do research.
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  Sooo Armageddon comes....

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  so let's say armageddon comes,do you believe that all jw's would be destroyed because jehovah knows it's a false religion...it can't be denied,for the most part,they try to live by the bible...if anybody has to be punished i would say it's the leaders...i know that god wouldn't judge a whole organization but persons individually....so what i'm trying to ask is....do you think you're in a better position right now not for freedom but for salvation than the witnesses??

  if by the time you're finished reading this post armageddon is here...would u wish that you still were a witness or are you satisfied that you've made god proud?.

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  leaving wt...i wasn't aware of allllllll of those claims,thank you
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  Sooo Armageddon comes....

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  so let's say armageddon comes,do you believe that all jw's would be destroyed because jehovah knows it's a false religion...it can't be denied,for the most part,they try to live by the bible...if anybody has to be punished i would say it's the leaders...i know that god wouldn't judge a whole organization but persons individually....so what i'm trying to ask is....do you think you're in a better position right now not for freedom but for salvation than the witnesses??

  if by the time you're finished reading this post armageddon is here...would u wish that you still were a witness or are you satisfied that you've made god proud?.

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  nope broken promises.....I cannot believe that persons haven't really thought about it...and it's the same question---i was just clarifying for persons who misunderstood.......

  somehow i get the feeling that this is a question that a lot of people have doubts about...and may even be scared to face

  the same witnesses that you always bad mouth just might be in a better position based on FAITH and CHRISTIAN WORKS AND BEHAVIOUR with Almighty God than you free people????