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  Have you Been Shunned Even Though Just Considered " Inactive " ?

  by flipper in

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  many of us here on the board are " inactive" , myself included.

  have not attended meetings or gone out in service for years.

  i haven't now for 6 years + .

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  Emma

  Immediately and actively shunned when family realized I wasn't going to meeting and wasn't going to talk about it. Cong had already effectively shunned us just because. It was the coldest, most judgemental and divisive congregation I'd ever been in. That was the reason I was finally able to escape. My family let all my oldest friends know I needed to be shunned.
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  New to this site....

  by TanCatLuvr in

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  i am so thrilled to find this forum.

  it is such a relief to know that all of us 'apostates' are normal people who had the nerve to question what has been crammed down our throats.. i am 4th generation ex-jw with family members at bethel, doing missionary work, and pioneering.

  even though i have been out for almost 20+ years, i still had guilt admitting to myself that this was a cult-like organization until just recently.

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  Emma

  You'll find many not in any religion, or with entirely different beliefs. Some are athiest, others agnostic, some born-again, etc. All are welcome here!
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  don't laugh

  by John Doe in

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  i'm toying with the idea of going vegetarian for a month, just to see what it feels like.

  my concerns are.

  costconveniencenutritionflavormy question is thus, is there a vegetarian diet that will meet these criteria?

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  Emma

  Fish and fowl are not vegetables! That's just cutting out red meat. That would be pescatarian or... fowlatarian!
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  don't laugh

  by John Doe in

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  i'm toying with the idea of going vegetarian for a month, just to see what it feels like.

  my concerns are.

  costconveniencenutritionflavormy question is thus, is there a vegetarian diet that will meet these criteria?

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  Emma

  I think going vegan would be a bit much to begin with. Try a good cookbook like one of the Moosewood cookbooks or Laurel's Kitchen.
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  email fwd from my mom: utter BS..bet the sheeple eat this crap up and MY REACTION

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  i received this crap from my jw mom today.

  i hope it doesn't "encourage" you to go back .

  you see, when i left, i immediately felt the relief of not being burned all the time by all of the gossip that occurs within the congregations, circuits, etc.

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  Emma

  I wonder if this started our as an illustration, as in getting a "G" for illustrations in the ministry school. Ich - I really don't like remembering all that!
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  NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower

  by Ultimate Reality in

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  from jw.org, here is the new definition of the generation from the april 15, 2010 watchtower.. .

  article: holy spirits role in the outworking of jehovahs purpose.

  13 third, holy spirit is at work in bringing bible.

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  Emma

  I would like to have been a fly on the wall when the GB took the vote on this one!
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  NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower

  by Ultimate Reality in

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  2. bible

  from jw.org, here is the new definition of the generation from the april 15, 2010 watchtower.. .

  article: holy spirits role in the outworking of jehovahs purpose.

  13 third, holy spirit is at work in bringing bible.

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  Emma

  I think my mom would have had trouble with this. I know there was a faint desperation in her as she got old. She and my grandmother came into the "truth" in the early 1950s because my uncle and grandfather had died and they wanted to see them again in "paradise" and also had great fear of death for themselves. There have got to be people who are in who are desperately trying to hold on.
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  NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower

  by Ultimate Reality in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from jw.org, here is the new definition of the generation from the april 15, 2010 watchtower.. .

  article: holy spirits role in the outworking of jehovahs purpose.

  13 third, holy spirit is at work in bringing bible.

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  Emma

  "I love the line He evidently meant?!? Why are you putting words and exagerated convoluted meaning into what Jesus said? "

  Amen. This is lukewarm swill; when will the members get sick of swallowing?
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  If the Watchtower truly collapsed, how would you deal with your JW relatives?

  by nicolaou in

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  imagine the best case scenario.

  the watchtower society implodes from within even making final printed admissions that it is voluntarily dismantling it's mission and legally dissolving the corporations.

  oh happy day!

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  Emma

  What Zoiks and Carpediem said.
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  Directory

  by Outaservice in

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  having been out of the organization for 20 years now and having visited/attended a few churches since then, i've noticed that most have a church directory listing the regular attenders, members or not.. this is handy in trying to learn about various ones in the church, and in the event you want to send them a card, invite them over for a meal, and or a host of other reasons.. i always wondered why directories never existed for various jw congregations?

  are they afraid of mass mailings of jw's that leave?

  cannot the 'truth' stand up concerning everything they teach?

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  Emma

  Why are they so paranoid?

  Because if the end comes you don't want the list falling into the wrong hands!

  And, you might also want to use it for something social; that's not allowed.