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Could you be DF'd for holding hands during prayer?
by dissed inyes you can, if....you are brazen about it.. as we were disciussing on another thread, inserting 'brazen' for 'loose conduct' in the new elder handbook, can open a world of excuses to disfellowship someone.. just read between the lines of this new, 'expanded explanation'.. "elders, are you tired of ones defying your authority?
ignoring your counsel?
countering your illogical reasoning on beard growing, showing affection during prayers, etc....then embarrassing you infront of others?
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Don't leave, its God's organization....
by dissed inrecently, i've been seeing this argument displayed here more frequently by those still believing jw's.. usually in reply to arguments they can not answer well, like 1914, generation(s), etc.... its almost like, they are are having serious doubts as well, but their fall back is, "but its god organization....where else would you go......don't leave, we are so close to the end".
as one recently shared their experience with a jc.
the elders, when feeling trapped on explanations, fell back to this defense.
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How many JW's are doing bad things each year worthy of being DF'd?
by dissed infor a religious group that claims to be above reproach, with a self proclaimed, excellent reputation for godliness, i don't feel that claim is quite true.. in fact, i think its a sham to make those assertions.
they trully should not feel they are different from any organized group, when it comes to its members following righteous standards.
true, the wt would like all to believe they are clean and morally straight, that they are different and not tainted from the world.
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Scientolgy cyber attack nets man 1 year in prison
by dissed inhe pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, but the judge calling it a 'hate crime' gave him one year in prison and a $20,000 restitution fine.. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/24/nebraska-man-gets-year-federal-prison-anonymous-cyber-attack-scientology/?test=latestnews.
do you feel the sentence was a little harsh?
or did it befit the crime?
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She whispered into her ear, "I have a demon"
by dissed insome of you may have remembered me describing my wife's sister having serious mental problems.. its been a source of great discouragement to the entire family because her husband (a devout jw) has refused to get her help.
in fact, blaming it all on the demons, and we being the ones who introduced them, because of our leaving the wt.
well, to everyons surprise on friday, they came to a family dinner, this is very rare.
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Nun excomunicated for saving a womens life
by dissed inshe was 'automatically excomunicated' for doing such a dispicable act.
the dispicable act?.
read on..... http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/15/20100515phoenix-catholic-nun-abortion.html.
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Which Governing Body lie stands out the most to you?
by dissed inthey are zombies you know.
they are not thinking for themselves.
they let the governing body think for them.
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Don't buy anything at the meat market or yard sales or else you could turn out like me?
by dissed ini don't know how this happened and how they met, but a relative, a jw elder and my old po talked about us leaving the wts.
(he said this to my wife).
they reasoned, how could someone, who was a pioneer, bethelite, worked at the rbc, district and circuit level, taught at the pioneer school, helped dozens to baptism, suddenly and inexplicably, leave jehovah's organization?.
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Its Prom Night!
by dissed inno, not the movie.
but my daughters final prom as a high school senior.
although to a jw parent, the real thing could be just a scary as the horror flick.
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When do you know you are a JW apostate?
by dissed inyou know you are a jw apostate when..... .
your fellow jw's mates that are df'd for drug abuse, drunkeness, and wild sex orgies refuse to talk to you because you are bad association.. you know you are a jw apostate when....... you come by to visit your jw parents, they open the door and say they are not interested.. you know you are a jw apostate when........ the wts takes your contribution for the wwf but refuses to send you a thank you letter.. you know you are a jw apostate when....... you can buy tupperware at a yard sale and not worry it has a demon preserved inside.. you know you are a jw apostate when........ you can visit jwn and not feel guillty for weeks at a time.
you know you are a jw apostate when......... the girls at the kh find you more mysterious and sexy now that your df'd.