"if members of the congregation are known to.
have undue association with disfellowshipped.
or disassociated relatil'es who are not in the.
My wife associates regularly with her disfellowshiped mother. I asume that this would apply to her...?
Yup!
This is always interesting since we have a close family member who is DF'd. We do not hang out daily but around 5-6 times a year we get together. We fly under the radar knowing this may cause a problem.
as i sit down and type this i have realized that if i could have seen into the future and known that this post would need to be created (for my own peace of mind anyway) i know i would have never given the jws a minute of my time.
a little background: i have been a jw for 20 years and found a wonderful woman in the religion she was a pioneer when i met her, an elders girl but that did not matter to me , it was and always has been her compassion and love for people that endeared me to her and we have been happily married for almost my 20 year tenure as a jw.
we have several children one of them is a teenage boy.
EA, what a horrible way to treat family. I completely agree when an organization has that much of a hold on you to shun your family then something is REALLY wrong.
although she may no longer be a virgin to give her titles like whore and prostitute are completely wrong.
My heart sank and tears came to my eyes when I read how your in-laws treated their granddaughter and how HER OWN parents allowed and accepted this course of action.
I truly hope both of your neices can get the professional help they need. They are young and have a full life ahead of them. You are a God send to keep showing love and supporting them. They have no one but you to lean on.
are the rank and file generally catching wind of the f bomb (you know -- the flock book's leaking and world wide distribution)?
what have you heard?.
When someone is interested in a topic, what in the world would cause someone else (I'm pointing at you "Ugottabejoking") to post a "Nobody cares. Next!!!" reply (with three exclamations!!!)? If YOU don't care (and I am sure there are many who don't) YOU don't need to reply. Just follow your own advice and say "Next" -- just go to the next post. By saying "Nobody cares" you are attempting to speak for everyone. Why not leave it to those who want to discuss?
Does ANYONE understand bossy people who put their noses where they don't belong, attempting to speak for everyone? Oh wait...Elders, GB members, etc. do that. Nice one Ugottabejoking.
Amen!
sbc, outlaw and a few others have chatted me up about cigars, so i thought i would start a thread for us to discuss, made recommendations, talk about cigar related activies like golf, drinking, and smoking after a great meal.
this thread is for any interest in cigars, what kind you like, don't like, questions, answers, whatever.
anything related to cigars and not related to jws or religion is up for discussion.
Lav your mind is in the gutter! I love that.
just wanted to share an exerpt from what must have been an apostate ;) in a local craigslist add in my area:.
"up for sale my membership as a jw, with the package you will recieve everlasting life, a virgin wife, a clear bloodguilty free concious, an excuse note for not giving gifts on holidays as well as not having to work on sundays at your job, a magical invisable bubble protection from satan the devil, jury duty excuse, no pressure for having to choose the right vote for president of america, head knowlege and endless argument busters, debunkers, granny slammers, door jammers, window spamers, and a host of other cool stuff you can get away with!!!!.
note: no returns or exanges aloud, pickup only at my door, free with contribution, no rv's or co/po visits may insue, along with guilt, shame, shunning, embarasment, lost of loved ones comunication, no spiritual advice, and you may be visited by the demons who are going to haunt you for the rest of eternity, and not to mention no more hand shakes at memmorials.
Priceless!
sbc, outlaw and a few others have chatted me up about cigars, so i thought i would start a thread for us to discuss, made recommendations, talk about cigar related activies like golf, drinking, and smoking after a great meal.
this thread is for any interest in cigars, what kind you like, don't like, questions, answers, whatever.
anything related to cigars and not related to jws or religion is up for discussion.
I do not smoke cigars and most I think smell terrible. There is one brand I like the smell, a family member has smoked them around me. They are illegal in the states but they smell divine.
Cuban Cohibas
my wife and i have not even been df'd for a week and an old friend on fb (an inactive jw who has active jw friends who used to be friends of mine) says there's a rumor going around that i'm gay.
wow.
really jws?
They need a life. Looks like it is so boring they want to stir the pot and you are the lightening rod. I hope things ease off for you. :)
in the midst of all this talk about copyright law and a cult's right to keep its 'secret' book off the internet, let's not forget wikileaks!.
they had the old elder's book, last i looked.. metatron.
The book is on torrent.
a little light relief for our weekend..... .
what does love mean?.
a group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8. year-olds, "what does love mean?".
They were awesome. This one touched my heart.....this elderly couple obviously still were in love.
When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." - Rebecca- age 8
my whole freaking family is still in.
i am 5th generation and i use to have tons and tons of "friends" that are still in.
when i was little my dad was co substitute for years so we got to travel alot and meet even more jws.
CJ I can only imagine what you are going through. The fear of losing family and friends is traumatic especially when you were raised a JW. That has been my whole life....completely immeresed in the religion. ALL of my really close friends are JWs my immeidate family are JWs and a husband who is very active.
I appreciate ALL who ask and give their experiences. It helps me to process what may transpire and try to get my head around the realities, which scare the crap out of me.
