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  *sigh*

  by C.O.B.E.Beef in

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  this is my first time participating in a site like this , so please.

  forgive me if my approach is clumsy.. my story is not extraordinary and hardly interesting, so thanks.

  in advance to this forum for extending the bandwidth for my own.

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  Emma

  I had the same feeling when I watched my eldest get baptized at about 15. My heart just sank and I was awakened to how many doubts I had. Just when he was entering a time when normal teens question, act out, and seek their independence, he would be disfellowshiped for those normal actions and I would have to shun him! That was never going to happen, I knew it in my very being. Fortunately, we all got out, not without initial guilt and loss.

  And I have to make a comment about the term "wifey." I happen to personally find it demeaning and condescending and hope something more dignified can be found so describe wives!
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  Counting time

  by Emma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i may not have put this in the correct spot, but i do think it's scandalous the way time gets counted now.

  i've seen a cart at the edge of our farmer's market, never anyone close enough to talk.

  yesterday was a drizzly day and there were two carts set up, covered in plastic, "witnessing" on their own.

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  NewYork 44M, "I, on the other hand, am jealous. Why did I not think of that trick when I was trying to "get my time in."

  I know, I was such a diligent pioneer. It was impossible for me to keep it up. How about just taping mags in the window and count time endlessly.
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  Counting time

  by Emma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i may not have put this in the correct spot, but i do think it's scandalous the way time gets counted now.

  i've seen a cart at the edge of our farmer's market, never anyone close enough to talk.

  yesterday was a drizzly day and there were two carts set up, covered in plastic, "witnessing" on their own.

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  I may not have put this in the correct spot, but I do think it's scandalous the way time gets counted now. I've seen a cart at the edge of our farmer's market, never anyone close enough to talk. Yesterday was a drizzly day and there were two carts set up, covered in plastic, "witnessing" on their own. The Jdubs were in the car yacking away. I almost knocked on the window to ask if they were "counting time or making time count." I am disgusted that anyone thinks this really is witnessing.

  
  
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  The 1975 Generation---are they still around?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was raised as a jw and 1975 expectations were pretty intense.

  as i recall, most people did not leave after the failed expectations but many s l o w e d down.

  now, i think most of the 1975 witnesses are gone or barely in.. is the older generation still around in the kingdom halls or are they much gone?.

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  I very clearly remember it. Not just our congregation or circuit or district. Everyone I knew was caught up in it. A family in one congregation was in sold their house and moved to a remote area to pioneer. How those children suffered! The family ran out of money, eventually living in a house that should not have been inhabited. I don't think there was electricity or heat. I hope they all recovered.
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  Detroit TV station expose' on JWs

  by Emma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  here's a link to a brief but good, four-minute piece on jehovah's witnesses.

  wdiv in detroit filmed it.

  there's a place for comments so please add helpful info.

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  Emma

  I always take the opportunity to tell people the truth about JWs. It sometimes does come up in conversation, especially when talking about holidays, childhood, etc. They are not the harmless group they would have anyone believe.
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  Detroit TV station expose' on JWs

  by Emma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  here's a link to a brief but good, four-minute piece on jehovah's witnesses.

  wdiv in detroit filmed it.

  there's a place for comments so please add helpful info.

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  Here's a link to a brief but good, four-minute piece on Jehovah's Witnesses. WDIV in Detroit filmed it. There's a place for comments so please add helpful info. I gave a link to this site and jwfacts.

  http://www.clickondetroit.com/lifestyle/man-shares-difficult-decision-to-leave-religion-
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  Shunning: is it still practiced?

  by FinchAndWeston in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  are df, da and apostates still shunned?

  are each treated differently?

  i heard a secondhand report that they seemed to have eased up on this practice ...

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  It can depend on the congregation. I have a friend whose family is in Florida. She said their belief is that the borg has loosened the teaching based on love. I told her that is not the way it is in most places. That congo is also full of EMTs and, I think, some police officers. I don't know how they get away with doing their own thing.
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  Anyone from Plymouth MI or Wayne/Westland or Howell MI.

  by firestillon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just found this site and still finding my way around.

  seeing if there are any old acquaintances here from the areas above.

  i and my wife were in those cities till around 1989. drop a note if you were too or know us.

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  Emma

  Hello, I'm in Ann Arbor. I attended the Romulus congregation for a while, also Livonia. Emma is not my name, btw. Welcome!
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  Angelo Catanzaro

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently heard angelo catanzaro, a rather prominent figure in the organization .. a long-time district overseer and a favorite of knorr's, died recently.

  there was some indication that he and his wife figured out ttatt in their latter years and turned "apostate"... .

  does anyone out there know what happened to them?

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  Emma

  Tiki, me too! That's where and when I was baptized. I was 17. Maybe we were on the bus together, lol. I remember someone got motion sickness, that wasn't you was it!
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  YHWH Demoted from Desert God, to be Known as the Tennis God Now!

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/serena-williams-secret-weapon-jehovah-god_55a06ed9e4b0ecec71bc445b.

  serena williams' secret weapon: 'jehovah god'.

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  Emma

  I hope this gets wide distribution.