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  JUSTICE #17 - DFing by PHONE

  by Amazing in

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  justice #17 dfing by phone .

  the telephone can be so useful, yet in some ways so cold and impersonal.

  i wonder how the sister in the following account must have felt when she was df'd by phone: .

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  most embarrasing thing ever at a meeting ...

  by alliwannadoislive in

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  hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?

  ... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...

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  How do you get DISASSOCIATED ?

  by philo in

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  i just want to catch up on the latest da policy.

  i know if you have a blood transfusion, or send in a letter of da you get kicked out, but are there any other situations where the elders can da?.

  philo

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  Conditional love

  by noidea in

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  being raised a jw sometimes you feel you only know conditional love.

  you are only loved if you tow the line.

  i only have one thing to say,.

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  regret my "former" life as a Witness

  by Richie in

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  disassociating yourself slowly or quickly is a matter of perspective; think about it: you lose either way, i.e.

  the witnesses will treat you like you've become part of the "bodysnatchers" of the world and no matter how you rationalize it, there is no honorable way out in the eyes of the witnesses.. i was df'd about 1.5 years ago (as they said that i left the organization so it was entirely my fault, but little do they know that their organization left me, as i appealed the gb's decision), and the sudden break-off of family and friends in the truth is always devastating to say the least - it's an emotional explosion which in your wildest dreams would normally never ever happen....i can now understand what death means, at least in the beginning....yes i was dead though living - even though when i went back to the meetings afterwards, i could feel the lonely emptiness, the non-existence of myself.

  yet when by accident i would be gazing straight into the eyes of one of my (former) friends, he would just stare past me as if i didn't exist at all even though i attempted to smile at him in indicating respect to him....how convenient for them to ignore a fellow friend and instead make me feel like the lowest person on earth - but then..of course they were taught to respond in this manner to anyone who is df'd.... then i though to myself...what would happen when eventually i would be re-instated: yes, then after the announcement most would want to see me at the end of the meeting all happy and oh so loving and wanting to be my best friend all over again - in a heartbeat they'll change from zombies to angelic like mortal creatures of love.... for this very reason i cannot return to the meetings in the hope of wanting to be re-instated and have this hypocrisy again heaped upon me like tentacles.

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  DFed Persons - Some Questions

  by Stephanus in

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  regarding dfing policy:.

  is it true that those wishing reinstatement sit up the back?.

  in an average congregation, how many dfed would be sitting up the back?.

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  when jdubs accuse!

  by zev in

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  tonight i was at a fellow jdubs house.. there was 3 couples.

  my wife was in the can.

  somehow, in the split second she dissappeared, the conversation turned to pedophiles, catholic priest and how they cover it up.

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  Will the WT defend by default?

  by Jim Lad in

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  hi, folks, my wife is taking legal action in alberta against her pedophile stepfather who denied everything (when reappointed a ms), and since made an elder despite "unprovable accusations".. will, the society automatically step in to make a defense just because he's an elder?

  we already had this go through all the "proper channels" right to the legal dept.

  of canada in 97/98, so this story isn't new to them.

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  df'ing in absentia...

  by MoodyBlue in

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  i was wondering... can the elders df you in absentia if you haven't admitted to doing anything wrong??.

  my ex wanted his scriptural grounds for a divorce and i told him he had them.

  he went to the elders with this info and they called me up last night to try and get me to confess ( which i didn't- i told them it was none of thier business) they told me that they were having a judicial for me wed at 7, and i said i wouldn't be there.

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  D.A. vs. Slow Fade

  by Black Man in

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  which is better in your estimation?

  hit the borg with a d.a.

  letter or do the slow fade.

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