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  Could you get reinstated?

  by Gadget in

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  if you wanted to, would you be able to convince your local elders to reinstate you?

  you'd have to go to every meeting, sitting at the back, showing 'the right attitude' and not talking to anyone.

  you'd have to do this for 6 months to 1 year.

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  Even if I decided to go through with it, I don't know if I could. This afternoon I cut and pasted an appropriate thread into word, took out all references to jws, and emailed to my gf. Straight after the meeting my mam and dad got a phone call from her parents, and after that my dad had a chat with me about apostate websites, and did I know I should only look at the official Watchtower website because all the others are apostate. It was totally out of character for me dad to do that, and he was so uncomfortable until we changed the subject. Coming straight after I sent that, I think someones reconised it and I've been sussed....

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  Need some suggestions.... thx

  by thebeliever in

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  i am disfellowshipped and recently went to the kh.

  i have an older brother (32 yr) who i was very close with who desperately wants me to get reinstated.

  or that i can't babysit your child.

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  Hi thebeliever.

  which I did just to have an "offense".

  What made you make an 'offence' just to be df'd? What part of being a jw did you not like? Do you think that after 10 years not being a jw you would be better able to cope with it and be able to fake and get reinstated? Or do you think that you will notice more things and it will bug you even more?

  If you want to try and talk your brother round, ask him what it would take to persuade him that the witnesses were wrong. Or if you've been out for 10 years, ask what new light there has been, including the new direction from the CO about df'd people. If the elders/wtbts are just Jehovahs spokesman, why have they been telling everyone to do something that is wrong, and need new light to change things to do Jehovahs will?

  I would be very careful in how strongly you put it across, because if he thinks your apostate he'll run a mile from you. Ditto if he knows your on here. But if you question things in the right manner it may be enough to make him think. It might not be enough to bring him out of the jws, but it may make him think enough so that he doesn't shun you anymore.

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  New Ontario Overbeer Sighting!

  by Valis in

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  "and lo it came to pass, that when overbeers where appointed round the world, barmageddon would commence.

  a heavenly host of hosts n' hostesses would reign over the flock and spiritual food would flow like fresh brew from a newly tapped keg.

  drink, rejoice and fail not to heed the sage advice set forth in jeremiah 25:27.

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  Such great beer...

  Doesn't come much better than Newcastle Brown Ale for me.
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  Stupidest thing a JW ever told you

  by Nosferatu in

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  what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?

  we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.

  for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.

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  someone told me once that jehovah would resurrect the dinosaurs in the new system....

  You mean he hasn't already? I thought that was where he got my local elders from... Gadget
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  The real reason 9/11 occurred (not what you think)

  by berylblue in

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  fruit punch.".

  "there is no fruit in it.".

  "there is no fruit in here!!!

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  Gadget

  A call comes in , and you don't know what's going to hit you.

  That makes it harder to deal with. I've worked with a lot of phychopaths (Literally...), and I don't find it hard to deal with because I know what to expect in there and am prepared for it. In another aspect of my job I work with the public and get a mixed response. I find that harder to deal with because it can catch you off guard.

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  Could you get reinstated?

  by Gadget in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you wanted to, would you be able to convince your local elders to reinstate you?

  you'd have to go to every meeting, sitting at the back, showing 'the right attitude' and not talking to anyone.

  you'd have to do this for 6 months to 1 year.

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  What would be your ultimate aim in doing so?

  I'm trying to get things sorted with my gf, but being df'd is just making things worse. She would fade(Wouldn't have much further to go...), but not be df'd. Trying to get myself reinstated is the only solution I can see that would result in us staying together.

  ask yourself if you will be able to keep your true feelings about the Organization to yourself, even from your girlfriend, as you try to live all of these lies.

  Thats the problem I've got now, been doing it for 6 months, I don't know if I can do it anymore.
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  Could you get reinstated?

  by Gadget in

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  2. friends

  if you wanted to, would you be able to convince your local elders to reinstate you?

  you'd have to go to every meeting, sitting at the back, showing 'the right attitude' and not talking to anyone.

  you'd have to do this for 6 months to 1 year.

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  If you wanted to, would you be able to convince your local elders to reinstate you?

  You'd have to go to every meeting, sitting at the back, showing 'the right attitude' and not talking to anyone. You'd have to do this for 6 months to 1 year. Every time an elder came up to talk to you you'd have to say the right things, and the correct level of repentance, then have to sit through another judicial committee, telling them how much you love Jehovah and are so sorry for breaking the rules of the wbts and how the most important thing in your life is to get back in favor with them(And Jehovah presumably...).

  Then you'd have to act like a good witness for quite a while until it wouldn't be suspicious for you to start fading, which in itself might take a year or two so as not to arouse to much suspicion/heat.

  I don't mean would you want to, because obviously if your here its not very likely you're in that frame of mind. But if you had a strong enough reason, would you be actually able to put yourself through all of this, listening to all the stuff from the platform, licking up to all the elders, and keeping it up for quite a long period of time?
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  Has anyone given up love for the organization?

  by Victorian sky in

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  hi all, just wondering how many have given up the man or woman they love for the borg?

  i know it's a painful subject for some.

  i gave up my first love when i was studying.

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  It looks like my gf/fiance is going to.

  We've been on and off for the last 6 months since I've been DF'd, because of pressure from the elders to split up. Last week when I talked to her she told me she'd rather I cheated on her than left jehovah/turned apostate.

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  WriteAPrisoner.com (pen pal)?

  by mouthy in

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  i have read in the paper that susan smith who drowned her two children in a car she is 31 years old serving a life sentence -is seeking people who would like to write her.

  she was a jw for awhile ?

  ?dont know much about that -but i saw her husband on jw -( larry king live) he stated there >>he was a jw>>> not one anymore.. so if you would like to be unjudgemental.

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  http://edition.cnn.com/EVENTS/year_in_review/us/smith.html

  So if you would like to be UNjudgemental.

  It sound like shes had a very difficult life, people do a lot of things they later regret when they're near the breaking point. Things like this are a big step in rehabilitating people.

  If anyone does decide to write, get in touch with the prison for guidance on what to include in your letter. Don't include any personal information in your letter, and think about using a mailing address. She's doing a long sentance, but how would you feel if her cell mate got parole after a violent offence and turned up on your doorstep?

  Things like this can make a big difference for a prisoner, but write to the jail for guidance first to make sure you don't cause any problems for yourself. The jail will be pleased that you've taken an interest and will help, encourage and support you.
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  If you know from which song these lyrics come, you are too frigging old

  by berylblue in

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  "it's written on the wind, it's every where i go.

  so if you really love me, come on and let it show.".

  if you can gues this....well, you're at least my age (or you know a hell of a lot about pop music.).

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  Gadget

  They played that in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"!!!!

  Wet Wet Wet released it in the early 90s after they sung it for Four Weddings and a Funeral, and it was a big hit over here. I still much prefer the Troggs version even if I am too young to remember it comming out.

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