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Edited by - Smartgirlpw on 23 January 2001 16:37:41
is there anyone out there who is df'd and desirous of returning?
i am and would like to talk with someone of like mind.
i was an elder who did something stupid.
To whom it may concern:
I must say that i feel for those of you who were associated with congregations that were so .......shitty. The congregations that I was affiliated with were and are "simply marvelous". I recently went to a congregation to request reinstatement and I was told it would probably be three months! Boy, I remember a time when there was no "time limit". I knew a brother who took two years of faithfully attending meetings to get reinstated. (His crime was heineous)But, nonetheless, he was reinstated. Btw, no charges were filed, however the victim's unbelieving father wanted to press charges and was discouraged from doing so. I know first hand as I was engaged to the offender and I had to sit in on his JC because the brothers wanted to make sur that i knew what he had done and that I had the option of getting out of the marriage. I opted out.But I think that was a terrible violation of his right to privacy and at the same time I'm forever grateful that I was informed. After two years, when he was reinstated, we became engaged again (I had fallen into inactivity by then, depressed over the whole thing), so he said that if I started going back to the hall, we could get married--and then he decides I'm not good enough for him because of MY conduct. Go figure and good ridance.
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Edited by - Smartgirlpw on 23 January 2001 16:36:33
i have been reading all of your postings for a couple of days now.
i find this site to be very interesting and helpful (not to mention all of the people seem to be very intelligent, nice, and innately good).
therefore, i decided to join in.
NickL,
I agree 100% with you,too.
Edited by - Smartgirlpw on 22 January 2001 7:36:59
i have been reading all of your postings for a couple of days now.
i find this site to be very interesting and helpful (not to mention all of the people seem to be very intelligent, nice, and innately good).
therefore, i decided to join in.
Thinker's wife,
I agree 100%!
i have been reading all of your postings for a couple of days now.
i find this site to be very interesting and helpful (not to mention all of the people seem to be very intelligent, nice, and innately good).
therefore, i decided to join in.
MissGuided,
When I was a witness, there was a time when I felt that I shouldn't (nor should anyone else for that matter)enter a church, no matter what the occassion. However, I have since learned that compassion should lead you in the decision of whether or not..but certainly I know that Jehovah knows our motives and afterall, he instilled us with these "human" emotions. It's cool.
thanks everyone!
you were very supportive and helpful on this subject.. <with the exception of the idiot at the end lol>.
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Edited by - Smartgirlpw on 23 January 2001 16:41:21
thanks everyone!
you were very supportive and helpful on this subject.. <with the exception of the idiot at the end lol>.
edited by - eyes_opened on 23 january 2001 19:40:40
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Edited by - Smartgirlpw on 23 January 2001 16:40:12
thanks everyone!
you were very supportive and helpful on this subject.. <with the exception of the idiot at the end lol>.
edited by - eyes_opened on 23 january 2001 19:40:40
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