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  Youngest Known Disfellowshipping?

  by Taylor S. in

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  hey guys ... what the youngest known case of disfellowshipping?

  and what's the story behind it if you know?.

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  jillbedford

  McMinnville, TN

  We also marry young and to first cousins.
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  Elders disfellowship my cousin

  by YellowLab in

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  just a little background, my cousin is 38 and hasn't attended meetings for nearly 20 years.

  then, a week later, another elder and the circuit overseer came knocking for the same reason, so she decided to go to the thursday night meeting.

  then on sunday, she went for the talk, and was told she had an elder's meeting at 12:30 that afternoon.

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  jillbedford

  Dear Sweet Cindy,

  If you ever need an ear to listen, I am here for you. You can e-mail me anytime at [email protected]

  I wish you peace and strength. Please know that life has a way of executing it's own justice. What goes around comes around.

  I started running to sort out my own issues growing up JW. I run several marathons each year. That is 26.2 miles non-stop. Lots of issues...

  Please know you are not alone. You are a good person. You do not need a cult to make you feel valued and important. It is all manipulation.

  With all Sincere Love and Concern,

  Jill
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  Fading into oblivion

  by truth_about_the_truth in

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  ok. how many of you here still go to the meetings, etc.?

  if you do, are you in the process of or planning on fading out completely?.

  what is your "fade out" plan?

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  There is a thread about fading on another sight. I was am a fader. I slowly started missing meeting. Stopped commenting. Stopped being available for meeting parts. I had a new baby. I wasn't able....

  I quit going almost completely in 1994 after the "new understanding" about the generation. I remember my heart dropping to my feet. My gut had been right all along.

  It is not hard. If you have family, do what you need to do to not be disfellowshipped.
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  Do you know of any "apostates" or "evil slaves" that went back to JW's?

  by booker-t in

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  i remember years ago when i was a "devout" jw there was a co-worker of mine that spent every waking minute trying to convert jw's to born-again christianity.

  i was abit afraid of him because i thought he was demon-possessed.

  he had all of the old wt publications and spent many hours debating with jw elders.

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  jillbedford

  I would thank him for all his hard work and patience with you when you knew each other in years past. You now see the light. That will start him thinking. Enough said.
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  Youngest Known Disfellowshipping?

  by Taylor S. in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey guys ... what the youngest known case of disfellowshipping?

  and what's the story behind it if you know?.

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  jillbedford

  I had a friend who was disfellowshiped at 9 for smoking, then for making out with another girl.

  P.S. She was re-instated later, stole my boyfrined, guess she either swung both ways or was un-decided, then had sex with him and they were both disfellowshiped.

  She was baptised at 8.

  She was mature at 8.
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  Sister-in-law reproved!

  by Nosferatu in

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  well, it finally happened.

  my brother was talking to me and he told me his wife had been put on reproof (not sure if it was public or private).

  her mother caught her smoking and reported her to the elders.

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  The difference between private and public reproof is how many people are aware.

  Of all the things to get in trouble over, smoking is not the one I'd pick. Go for broke and question authority! Ask, "Hey! Where is that Armageddon anyway? The one I did not go to college because of? The one I pioneered for 5 long years for no pay, while struggling with a full time job? Or best of all, how about the witness husband, who never worked and slept around on me? I married as per the organization required? In the Lord, right?
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  CoC and Search of Christian Freedom came yesterday in the mail

  by ithinkisee in

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  time to swallow the red pill.. right now both books remain unopened - sealed in the amazon.com box buried in a backpack in the trunk of my car.

  i feel like i'm smuggling drugs or something.. i'll be starting coc tomorrow ... .

  this is more of a vanity post than anything.

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  I sounds like you just got something illegal.

  You have a right to make your own choices. Break free.

  I was able to make these choces w/o reading the Franz books. But it is definately my goal to get them read this spring before I go see my uncle. A long lost uncle due to his reading, and them leaving the Franz literature. Smart man he is. He has been missed.
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  Bethel wants lawyers!

  by zack in

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  at this week's service meeting it a letter was read to all congregations in usa:

  bethel wants lawyers, lawyers specializing in tax law, and cpa's.

  if you are in any of these professions you were supposed to talk to the po that evening.

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  jillbedford

  Great posts and thoughts! Great to be back!

  You are right on target about the "spiritually strong youth" do not go to college. If they do, they do not go for degrees in law. Too bad! So sad! Wonder what kind of "brothers" they will be getting??? Hope they aren't related to Franz or anything. Better be careful when you invite intelligence in the the WTB&TS.
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  JW Family...UPDATE! Please advise!

  by Ghost of Esmeralda in

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  my ex husband just told me that he will continue to facilitate visitation between my child and my jw family who is shunning me (see my other thread "i didn't think they could find another way to hurt me but...") he says i'm the one with the problem and that i should be "ashamed of myself".

  it's not like i thought he'd cooperate, but for him to stand there and tell me that he will allow my sister full access to my child and there's not a damn thing i can do (and probably, legally, that's right) makes my blood boil.

  makes me just want to swallow every fricking pill in the house.

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  I certainly can understand your concerns as my daughter has to go to "meetings" for her visitation as well. I have been divourced for some time now and my daughter has learned to think for herself and to stand up for herself.

  She even went to a meeting dresses "goth". I am so proud.
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  What's your best day of the week?

  by JH in

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  we always say the week end are the nicest days of the week, cause most of us are off.

  but other than that, what is your nicest day of the week and for what reason?

  i always liked mondays and wednesdays and fridays because there were no meetings on these days.. how about for partying, drinking and having fun, which night did you rather?

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  jillbedford

  Monday is the best day for me. I work Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, so Monday is the busiest day (goes by fast) and my last day of the work week. Whoohoo!!!