There were children baptized all through the 20's on, so the 18 isn't true. Not saying it shouldn't be, it even should be 21 or 30
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Kids being disfellowshipped
by Nikki collins inso some ex-jws and i were at dinner last night talking about how some of the ones baptized this year were so young.
a few under the age of 10!!
can you imagine if a kid got dfd at that age.... would the congregation shun them?
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Singing and dancing only at international? Another reason to be glad you don't qualify
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Didn't mention shunning. Did say you could still give money; that probably ly holds true with wt too
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Anyone drop out of high school or not focus on grades becuase the end was near
by rockemsockem ini dropped out with 3 months left to go of the 12th grade.
my uncle offed me a job and the end was only a few years away.
my mother even though she was dyed in the wool at the time said she would only go along with it if i took a correspondence course out of american correspondence school out of chicago.
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Didn't drop out but didn't put effort into college bound either. Ended up in a deadbeat job, later managed to find a skill I excelled at and did ok if not super
I will put some blame on guidance counselors as they think everyone has money and want an office job. I went into trades. I did not have money or way to pioneer even if I wanted to
It did cost me loss of a possible wife as I couldn't support even myself. I did very well a few years later with a different girl and in retrospect am probably better off with second serious girl friend
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Political leaning since leaving the Org.
by Olig inas you are completely barred from talking or being involved in politics while in the org, since leaving has anyone started any political campaigning or activism?
also what way would you lean?
left?
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Secret Republican leanings (pimo) independent and should actually be dem if they would quit pulling left
One of the few things wt got right is not trusting nobles scripture. I know they have their own nobles they can't recognize
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Kids being disfellowshipped
by Nikki collins inso some ex-jws and i were at dinner last night talking about how some of the ones baptized this year were so young.
a few under the age of 10!!
can you imagine if a kid got dfd at that age.... would the congregation shun them?
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Usually it takes until around age 15 or so. Puberty and discovering sex drive is number 1, and unhappily drugs or booze. They will indeed be shunned, given no support for maturing.
In spite of being bible based(sarcasm)the local boe may encourage kicking them into street or pawning them off on non jw relatives.
I have known a lot. A few smart alec snots make it all the way to becoming superfine bigwigs pushing their own way without getting caught
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No longer Hidden
by HiddenPimo ini wrote a letter some time ago and to my surprise and despite the elders manual saying that a letter is sufficient for establishing 'wrongdoing' they would not announce me as no longer a jw until i met with 2 elders to verbally acknowledge that the letter was written by me.. .
well yesterday i met with them and the meeting lasted 2 minutes.
"did you write the letter?
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Technically the letter could have been sent by someone as a revenge or trick with your name. They did get the 2 witnesses now
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Kingdom halls.. the demise of..
by zeb inwould some kind soul create a site listing as best they know the names of and the countries where kh have been closed and sold.. ie 31-6-2017, mount tall cong, north kameria.. it seems like the kh are being sold off in a lemming like rush to the cliffs..
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Jehs hand in the crowding and impersonal congs
I think it is the GBs thumb in the pie.
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Losing a loyal friend of 14 years
by Still Totally ADD inthis last tuesday was one of the most stressful and sad days of our life when we had our lab morgan put to sleep.
she was so sick and out of it we just had to do it.
when i called the spca on monday to make a appointment to have her put to sleep i felt like i betrayed her.
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We all been there and will again. Biggest fear now is a dog may outlive me if I get another
Remember the " need greaters " who gave up their dog. Comment from wife was how comforting the dog had been after a hard day
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The Unbelievable Just Happened!
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara infrom my cong .
something uneblievable just happened.. i am pomo for a while not too long though.
while we were away (i and my best friend for the weekend), i received several texts from my 2 friends, from my ex-cong ,who are pimi(but starting to have doubts) who have been asking me questions about the jdubs.the texts seemed quite urgent n serious, so got the lowdown .at the weekend meeting , 3 families walked out!.
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Heard if a cong where the elder on the stage reprimanded an elder in audience, pretty harsh. 2 families walked out
No idea if any details of who was right or wrong. Apparently 2 big guys are deleted over there