lepermessiah
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I need some assistance!
by lepermessiah ini have been posting on here this week, and all i can say is this has been the best form of therapy!
there are some amazing people on here, many who have been through the same thing, if not much worse.
there are so many of you that i would love to converse with, but understand why this format is for the best at this time.. i am in the early stages of breaking the chains that bind, and i need some suggestions on reasoning on these 2 points.
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Disfellowshipping reasons
by GapingMouth ini grew up as a dub, and i was taught that there weren't specific reasons why people got disfellowshipped.
i was taught they didn't announce what the wrong was as they were df'd because they were 'unrepentant'.
now i know the wts is full of **** and i see a few posts about tattoos and piercings etc being cause for df'ing.
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Billboard Ideas!
by AK - Jeff inif i could afford to put up a single billboard, i would perhaps use this one:.
jehovah's witnesses just knocked?
before you listen, just google.
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Went to District Convention this weekend with no Badge brother talks in 3rd person to Witnesses "Who's this guy? A study? WTF
by Witness 007 ina brother who's a friend of mine introduces me...but i have no "keep on the watch" badge so he stares at me...then where the badge should be...then back at me...turns to the brother with me ignoring me and says "who's this guy?
is he a study.." he had a smug ass#ole look on his face.
like people without badges can't talk.
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Elder doesn't remember being on judicial committee with my wife
by JimmyPage inmy wife was talking to an elder at the meeting recently.
he asked her if she was still on restrictions (for our pre-marital hanky panky).
he went on to imply that they would probably be lifted soon.
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Lack of Love - Your Experiences?
by lepermessiah ini wanted to start a thread on this subject because i am so curious to get other observations on this.. .
the one thing that started me on the journey of questioning my involvement in the organization was the blatant lack of love that i had seen in so many instances.
did i have doctrinal questions - yes!
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What does it mean to be truly repentant?
by keyser soze ini ask this because my brother and sister-in-law have recently separated due to her infidelity.
in meeting with the elders they were satisfied that she was repentant, and she avoided being df'd.. admittedly, i wasn't present during this meeting.
knowing her the way i do, i have no doubt there were tears involved.
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SEARCHING FOR MEN
by hamsterbait inthe kingdumb misery for august has an item on how to attract men - into da troof.. subsection "searching for men.".
on the one hand they claim that the increases are so huge (in the mundane sense) that they desperately need men.. i took it to indicate that so many with penises are leaving, they are having trouble finding gofors to do their pedo protection work and witch hunting for apostates.. how things appear different now.. whereas before you were not to associate with unbelieving husbands, now they are suggesting helping him build a fence.
it was even suggested playing golf, or at least finding out what he is interested in so you can talk about it.. if you meet a male in the ministry you should talk about what he is really into.
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Are They Creating "House Churches"?
by metatron inso, we hear rumors about changes in disfellowshipping - perhaps watering it down ------ together with rumors about making the sunday meeting a totally public meeting i.e.
moving the wt study elsewhere.. could they be trying to create early christian "house" churches?
it has been argued that 1st century christians may have distinguished between a public meeting in which all would attend - and a "house" church in which the disfellowshipped would be banned.. i know they dumped the book study at private homes but wonder if some informal ( they don't get sued) arrangement will be created out of family night.