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  Nothing in Reasoning book about Disfellowshipping

  by Goldminer in

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  i had a talk with my father last night about the practice of disfellowshipping.my father is an active jw with privileges in the local hall.he doesn't seem in total agreement with the shunning practice of the wts,and he brought out the example of the prodigal son.we had a good discussion and i'm going to research it some more through the chapter on the misuse of disfellowshipping in the book in search of christian freedom.. anyways,i thought i'd look it up in the reasoning book to see what the wts reasoning on disfellowshipping was.it turns out it's not in the table of contents or in the index.i thought this odd;how would one reason on this with a householder who asks about it?

  why is there nothing in the reasoning book on a subject every jw says is scriptural?.

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  I so agree with Garybuss, I love being shunned by the jws these days. it means I'll never have to listen to their bullshit again. If I'm in a town where I'm not known and a jw approaches me, I take pleasure in telling them of my da'd status, so they leave me alone
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  4 year birthday ????

  by mouthy in

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  i am still here wow!!

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  dedpoet

  Well done mouthy.

  I look forward to the next four years
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  Do you believe that Religion benefits mankind?

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  or is it a detriment to society?.

  i'm sure this has been asked before, but since there are so many new people here i'll ask again.... j

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  dedpoet

  Imagine there's no countries
  It isn't hard to do
  Nothing to kill or die for
  And no religion too
  Imagine all the people
  Living life in peace

  I would like to see a day when John Lennon's words come true.

  So no, I don't think religion is particularky beneficial to anyone, it didn't do me much good.
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  Sexual Abuse Memories are implanted by Satan, so Forget & Endure Them

  by Gerard in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this article is ourageous!

  and it is on the first page of the wt's web site!

  comfort for those with a "stricken spirit"

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  A brother in my former cong was suspected for years of child abuse of his own children and others. This first came to the attention of the elders in 1997, but of course nothing was done, and he was later appointed an elder himself, but was later removed from the body in 2002 as he was not attending regularly at that point. He then apparently began attending again, and "rebuilt" his life to such an extent that he was about to be re - appointed last year, but the police stepped in and arrested him for........child sexual assault! He is now doing a 7 year prison sentence, but last I heard he had "repented" and is still a jw, having been forgiven by the elders, and will be welcomed back into the fold when he is released.

  As for his victims, and they are quite numerous, the ones still in the org have been told to trust in jehovah, pray a lot, get to all the meetings and be regular in the service. The ones who have left the org don't count.

  As disgusting as the sexual abuse article is, none of us should be surprised by it. To me, it's just another reminder of the kind of organisation I was once involved in, and how glad I am to be well out of it.
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  John Bunyon's description of the AntiChrist - does it fit Jw?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. bible

  of antichrist by john bunyon .

  published in 1692.

  antichrist is the adversary of christ; an adversary really, a friend pretendedly: so then, antichrist is one that is against christ; one that is for christ, and one that is contrary to him: (and this is that mystery of iniquity (2 thessalonians 2:7).

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  Fits them like a glove.
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  Do you believe the bible is true?

  by skyman in

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  i would like to know how many of you believe the bible is true?.

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  dedpoet

  Parts of it are historically accurate, so I suppose you could say it's partly true.

  As for the so - called future prophecy, that's bullshit in my book.
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  Instead of a letter - sent this just like it is......

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. experiences

  to a former witness elder, still in the organization, who 'shuns' me.

  he also 'shuns' his daughter, the subject of the little piece i wrote here.

  he might know who it came from, i have no clue.

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  dedpoet

  Great post Jeff, I know of a few people who ought to read that, but I doubt they'd take it to heart anyway. Thanks a lot.
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  Pioneer budgets:the simple life

  by Virgogirl in

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  for those who pioneered, how did you support yourselves?

  did you struggle to pay household expenses, or live at home?

  how did you get by without starving?

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  dedpoet

  I washed windows and did cleaning jobs to pay the bills, and lived a very simple life, without a lot of support from my loving brothers. I don't look back on my pioneering days with any affection at all.
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  Armageddon falls on what day of the week?

  by JH in

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  i say tuesday.................because it sounds like doomsday

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  I heard at the last dc I attended, 7 years ago now, that it was right in front of us. Guess it must have been a long way in front of us.
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  when you hear christian do you think of jehovahs witnesses?

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  like when you hear someone say they are christian and talk about jesus lot do you relate them to being like jehovahs witnesses on instinct?

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  dedpoet

  The words "christian" and "jehovahs witnesses" don't belong in the same sentence as far as I'm concerned, so no.