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  Question for elder/ex-elders

  by TweetieBird in

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  2. friends

  why do elders, in judicial committee meetings when dealing with immorality, have to ask so many personal questions, i.e.

  how many times, was oral sex involved, anal sex, how many times, etc.

  is it really necessary or are the elders just getting off asking about someone else's sex life?

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  Why do elders, in judicial committee meetings when dealing with immorality, have to ask so many personal questions, i.e. how many times, was oral sex involved, anal sex, how many times, etc. Is it really necessary or are the elders just getting off asking about someone else's sex life? What does it really matter? Sex is sex, immorality is immorality? Just curious! I have a JW friend that has been involved in having a sexual relationship with someone and wants to tell the elders about it (only because she does not want to be a hypocrite) but does not want to divulge all of the details.
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  hangover cures please

  by highdose in

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  i got no sleep at all last night... this was mostly because i was dancing on tabletops in nightclubs.

  and also because i'd had way too much to drink, but mostly because i was having a great time!!

  i got home around the time that everyone else was getting up.. it was soooo good!

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  McDonalds hashbrowns and coke followed by lots of sleep always does the trick for me. Had to make a run this morning actually but not for me, for my JW friend.
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  Funniest new show on TV

  by JimmyPage in

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  i've been watching "modern family" and i love it!

  anybody else catch it?.

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  I missed it when it originally came on but I got to watch it at www.Hulu.com
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  Dealing with a 'molested child' in a Judicial matter.

  by dissed in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'm trying to respect the privacy of this individual, so forgive me if i'm a little too vague in my descriptions.. this for me, was the most emotional and difficult judicial matter that i have ever experienced.

  its been many years since this happened and i'm still troubled, and troubled for this individual.. a young sister had committed fornication and i was chosen to sit on the judicial committee.. the case didn't make sense at first.

  she was a faithful example in the congregation and was very much liked by all.

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  That is so sad! But what's even sadder is that this whole thing is repeated over and over again. How many people get disfellowshipped each year because they are weak but not wicked. The whole disfellowshipping thing is wrong on so many levels.

  As believing witnesses we were all guilty of perpetuating this obscene practice by going along with the shunning part of it. I think we all can look back and regret treating disfellowshipped ones badly because we were doing what we thought was right at the time.

  Please don't beat yourself up too badly for this. I agree with the other poster, if you can track this girl down and apologize it would be good.
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  can you really ever fade with immediate family still in?

  by oompa in

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  i am beginning to think not....elders still want to call on me rather than befriend me in any way.....and with a "good" wife and son and parents in, it seems like i still have one foot in only because of the overlap with my other "free" self........it is hard to really feel free in this situation, and is still have desire to just run the fluck away.....which would mean pretty much giving up my family in nearly every respect.

  some here really miss their family and wife, others so love the freedom they seem able to move on and start fresh....as you know, i dont seem to have the balls for that, and at this point in my life the price seems to high to fully start over........it is the "one in one out limbo dance"......oompa.

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  I've been fading for 10 years or more. Even living in a different area than family is hard because when they come to visit, they want to go to meetings. If you haven't been to the hall for a while you're found out when nobody in the hall knows who you are. Fortunately, my husband and kids do not believe the bs anymore so if the rest of the family disowns us, so be it. I'm tired of playing the game.
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  Please nominate your favourite film and say why you rate it so highly.

  by lifelong humanist in

  1. jw
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  i've just watched all 3 parts of francis ford coppola's epic godfather once again.

  it is a superb achievement on many levels.

  each viewing reveals something new and fresh.. i recall, as a good jw at the time, not seeing it when released as it was not certified as 'suitable' given the content for jws.

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  Without a doubt... Shawshank Redemption

  Then Green Mile

  Both great acting and great story.
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  You're Not the Only One Whose Made Mistakes.....

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  one of my favorite singers is billy joel, and his song, "you're only human" has one key verse that is as good as anything solomon ever put up for public consumption.. "you're not the only one whose made mistakes.

  but they're the only things, that you can truly call your own".

  one of the key (almost obsessive) focuses of jehovah's witnesses is sin.

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  Great post, ATJ. I am dealing with a situation involving one of my (believing JW) friends who's on a path toward personal happiness but will probably get herself df'd in the process. She's riddled with guilt and having a really difficult time. I want to scream out that it's all BS but not sure if she will pursue her own happiness or get sucked back into the cult so I have to walk a fine line.
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  Read a New Book You'd Like to Recommend?

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  http://www.amazon.com/cuisines-axis-other-irritating-states/dp/1599212862#.

  cuisines of the axis of evil and other irritating states: a dinner party approach to international relations .

  editorial reviewsfrom publishers weekly.

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  "The Noticer" by Andy Andrews
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  Jesus Found Him

  by passwordprotected in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was asked to give the sermon at our church's family service today.

  i did it on the theme "jesus found him" where i consider the impact that believing in jesus had on the man born blind.. you can listen to it here;.

  direct download.

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  Excellent talk! The BEST talk I've ever heard. It really resonated with me. Thanks for sharing!
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  Need newest updated info on societys view of Disfellowshiped one

  by annalice in

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  2. friends

  i have heard from a friend that this most recent assembly had a new publication released that has some info in it discussing the treatment of disfellowshipped ones.

  i know that a new song book was issued out but had not heard of anyother new publications.

  at this time what is the society telling their flock to do pertaining to those disfellowshipped ones.

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  The first sentence of that article chaps my arse. First of all, while unrepentant ones are disfellowshipped, I know of several people that have gone to the brothers to confess their sins because they feel bad about what they did and are also disfellowshipped. The whole thing is whacked.