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  Can You be announced DF w/Out a JC Meeting?

  by mama1119 in

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  my parents just got a phone call from a longtime inactive witness who heard from his very active witness wife that they were announced df'd.

  we don't know if its it true or not becuase none of us go to meetings anymore and have no inside sources at the hall to tell us (as we are apostates, who would tlak to us????

  ) the elders have tried a couple times to talk to them but my dad avoids them.

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  ann in Texas

  the elders can and most certainly have where I am from.

  For about two months before i stopped attending, i was attending a different congregation. My work schedule had changed and the nights on which i had meetings were the same nights i had to work. well, at the same time, i was seen walking around with my disfellowshipped fiance. I was constantly busy and i wsa working 12 hour shifts. I was never home to answer the phone, i wasnot allowed to answer the phone while at work, and if someone went to visit, i was not there. Well when i did not anwer the elders phone calls, they left a note on my back door that i was suppose to be at a judicial committee meeting on a particular date. Well, i never entered the house through that door and i never saw the note.

  A week later, i came home early from work for lunch, and they left a note on both doors saying that i was going to be disfellowshipped the following appropriate meeting. I was very upset with them and I went to complain. At the time, i still wanted to be there.

  In essence, yeah; they can disfellowship you without a j/c
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  A partial email from a j-dub regarding the convention.

  by Highlander in

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  i can't post all of it and it's not going to be written exactly as i received it cuz i don't want to expose myself.

  another thing that i came away with was the realization of how close we are to the end of this system

  it was brought out that the great tribulation will strike suddenly, without warning, and that we should

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  If you have attended the meetings, you will of heard the scripture 2 Timothy 3: 1-5

  But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, loves of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, wothout love of goodness,betrayers, head strong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power and from these turn away.

  All of these things are becoming more and more visible every day. People are lovers of money. Why else would gas prices be rising? Disobedient to parents - children are committing horrible crimes against their parents. Someone I grew up with killed his mother, whom he was living with, because she flushed his drugs down the toilet. That shows disrespect, bertayers, without love of goodness, lovers of themselves, no natural affection, lover of pleasure, and no love for God. All these things are occuring more and more as time continues. Plus there is the scripture Matthew 24: 7-8.

  For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there will be food shoortages and eaerthquakes in one place after another. All these things are a beginning of pangs of distress.

  THere are more occurances of natural disasters everywhere. The flooding that is occuring all across the United States. i don't pay attention to the weather in other areas of the world, sorry. THere are more earthquakes occuring. Hurricanes, tornados, tusinamis, etc. There is more violence as time continues.

  So when they say the end is coming soon. By prediction, that is true. The bible states so. What is not always stated is the fact that there is no time schedule for the end to be here.
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  Describe your Spirituality after Leaving JW's please

  by esw1966 in

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  what has been your attitude toward religion after leaving jehovah's witnesses?.

  did you search for religious truth?

  scoff at religion?

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  My spiritual journey has not taken very much direction. In fact, I have not made any attempts to look.

  On another note, since I have quit, my personality has changed drastically. I guess that is expected, but it can be a bit scary sometimes.
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  At the last assembly...

  by ann in Texas in

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  at the last assembly, the circuit overseer made the comment, "people should not look for justice within the congregation.

  instead, people should do what is necessary to keep the peace within the congregation.".

  what is that suppose to mean?

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  ann in Texas

  A further question:

  What if the supposed wrong has nothing to do with offending an individual?
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  At the last assembly...

  by ann in Texas in

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  at the last assembly, the circuit overseer made the comment, "people should not look for justice within the congregation.

  instead, people should do what is necessary to keep the peace within the congregation.".

  what is that suppose to mean?

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  ann in Texas

  At the last assembly, the circuit overseer made the comment, "People should not look for justice within the congregation. Instead, people should do what is necessary to keep the peace within the congregation."

  What is that suppose to mean? So, say someone tells the elders that so-and-so did something wrong or bad. Is the person accused suppose to say, "yes I did it", just to keep the peace of the congregation? What do you think?
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  The cruelty against me can be classified as fair or unfair?

  by ann in Texas in

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  first excuse my spelling throughout this piece.this issue has a lot of back history that is needed to understand it, so please bear with the long summary.. i am currently still a jehovah witness, on paper; i have not attended a meeting for over 6 months.

  i was reproved about 7 months ago.

  because i questioned their actions, and i had influence over others.

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  Currently, my fiance is also in limbo. He does not want to be there personally, but his family is there. That is what is holding him back. Other than that, he has no desire to be there. Pretty much, we are at a stand still because of a lack of "decisiveness". He is also very upset with the elders. More upset than i am. He actually moved away from the town after it all happened. I am glad he is happy gone, but sad for me because we grew up together, over twenty years to be exact!

  About the whole mail issue with the elders. They are my neighbors. If I leave my blinds open they can see right into my room and vice versa. That is why it is so easy for htem to watch me. Plus, there is the fact that we belong to a community mailbox. So all mail is sent to the same area, which makes it a whole lot easier for them.

  Parents: They support us either way. Either way they will be there at the wedding. It is just the fact that they continue to make comments that hurt. They believe that Jehovah will act when the time is right. WHen that will be, I have no idea.
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  Bloodless surgery....Anyone know of anybody that had this procedure?

  by hubert in

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  does anyone know of anybody that had bloodless surgery/transfusion free surgery and died, but would have most likely lived if they had received a transfusion?.

  any stories?.

  thanks in advance.. hubert

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  Yeah! I know of one girl.

  When she was a tween, she was diagnosed with osteoporosis. By the time she got into middle school, she had a large hump on her right shoulder. She soon went into home school so that no one would look at her. But then she found out about the surgery where they place two iron rods on both sides of your spine. Because we are from a smaller community, they sent her to San Antonio for he surgery. It was a pretty extensive surgery. She has the scars still up her whole back. She was on medication to raise her blood count, and she had to drop a lot of weight for the surgery, but in the end it was a success.
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  Does anyone else have high Cholesterol?

  by nicolaou in

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  turns out i've inherited this genetic condition whereby my body doesn't regulate cholesterol properly.

  even though i eat quite sensibly and exercise my cholesterol is at 7. i'm not overweight, i don't smoke and i only drink with friends.. now the doctor tells me i have 6 months to bring my cholestorol under control or i'll be on pills (statins?).

  no red meat!

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  I use to high cholestrol. Mine is also probably genetic. All the women in my family have it. Yet, for the past three months my cholestrol has been under control. In fact, it has never been better. What helped me and in a sense cured me was a diet. Well, it's not really a diet, but more like a change in lifestyle.

  BLOOD TYPE DIET!

  It seriously works.
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  The cruelty against me can be classified as fair or unfair?

  by ann in Texas in

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  first excuse my spelling throughout this piece.this issue has a lot of back history that is needed to understand it, so please bear with the long summary.. i am currently still a jehovah witness, on paper; i have not attended a meeting for over 6 months.

  i was reproved about 7 months ago.

  because i questioned their actions, and i had influence over others.

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  Hi. First excuse my spelling throughout this piece.This issue has a lot of back history that is needed to understand it, so please bear with the long summary.

  I am currently still a jehovah witness, on paper; I have not attended a meeting for over 6 months. I was reproved about 7 months ago. Why? Because I questioned their actions, and I had influence over others. Atleast that is what I feel is the truthful explanation.

  Over a year ago, i was engaged to a "brother" in the congregation. He was a ministerial servant. We started off as one of those "all around" couples in the congregation. Always out in field service and always active. Yet, about a year ago, he was wrongfully accused and arrested for robbery. Any way, the elders in the congregation treated him as though they had seen him commit a crime. They did not believe him when he said he was innocent, and they eventually told him he was going to be disfellowshipped. He tried to have it appealed. Yet, the elders monopolize everything and cast the vote against him. Because many people believed my fiance and they knew he was not the kind of individual who would do something like that, the elders grew vengeful with my fiance. Ever since then, the elders have carried a grudge against him and me. They are against me because I stood up for him and they know that while I do not admit it, I most certainly still do. The elders tried to break up the engagement and as much as they have been led to believe, we are no longer together. Because I did not willfullly break up my engagement, I was reproved. The only reason I was not disfellowshipped was because I lied and told them I was not with him anymore.

  Yet the elders were still very rude.When my parents would leave the house and I was by myself, they would approach me and tell me that my fiance was a liar and that if I stayed with him it meant I was an accomplous. I knew my fiance was innocent; therefore, I did not believe them. The elders peak into the windows of my car looing for visible evidence that I am still with him. They have searched through my mail looking for phone bills to check if I still talk to him over the phone. They insulted me to the point that I quit going to the meetings. I can not remember the last time I prayed.

  Back in February, my fiance was exonerated of all charges. He was proved innocent in court. When he approached the elders and showed them the letter stating he was innocent, they said that it did not matter what the court said, but what they thought.

  How fair is that?! That was the last straw. I have never been known to quit. I don't like the way it feels to quit. But is there a time when enough is enough? My life has been put on hold ever since and I dont know which way to get out of the rut I am currently in. Do I disassociate myself? Do I go get married to him and let them disfellowship me? Do I wait till he is reinstated for us to get married and then never attend afterwards? The only reason for the last option is because both of our families are jehovah witnesses.

  On a personal note:

  I use to think there was nothing that the elders could have done that was ever bad. I originally thought they were so loving and that they actually cared. I was very wrong. I am not angry with them. I am just really hurt and I dont know how to forgive them. Is it even possible?

  I cannot speak of anyone around here. I will be called an apostate. But comments and opinions are very welcomed.

  Thank you.