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Hyghlandyrs Four Pillars, his Hygh Geas.
by Hyghlandyr insome of you know that i have stated i am amoral.
that means that i have no moral system.
no ethical system either.
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Shunning/Ostracising
by DevonMcBride inthe past few weeks i have been comnunicating with jw's in my area who attend kh meetings physically but not mentally.
they are "closet apostates" or "double agents".
some are planning to leave the area altogether to avoid the hassles of being shunned.. according to one of these "closet apostates", he believes that 30% if not more of the members in his congregation would leave if it were not for the shunning.
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Pack your bags, you are going on a guilt trip!
by mpatrick in"pack your bags, mom's taking us on a guilt trip"-my favorite youngest brother.
how many of you out there get a regular guilt trip from your parents or anyone for that matter?
i am beginning to think my mom is reigning queen!.
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DF'd, DA'd and anyone else...
by sweetone2377 indo you still have all your wt literature from your days in the "truth"??.
when i moved from ky to ohio nearly 3 years ago, i left all my books, notes, everything, on the bookshelves in my home.
i never packed them up - nothing.
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Cincinnati Potluck this Friday!
by Intuit39 inhey, the plans for the potluck this friday are almost complete.. due to the response we've been getting, we're going to hold it in a private home near downtown.
the more, the merrier!.
if you have not already received an email with directions, then we just don't have your email address.
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Letting JW relatives go....revisited
by MegaDude insome of you might remember i posted my thoughts on why, after years of shunning, and me continually trying to establish contact with the jw relatives that do this, i finally decided it was healthier for me to let them go and stop doing that.
this was especially true in the case of my younger brother, who was more like a best friend.
we spent a lot of time together before my extricating myself from the watchtower, including vacations and lots of weekends.
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Who shuns you?
by Dawn inafter reading a number of posts it sounds like most of you have been shunned even by your immediate family members (parents, brothers, sisters)after you were df'd.. i am shunned by my sister-in-law - but she's it out of the entire family.
my uncle, brothers, mother, and father (an elder before he passed away) all continued to associate with me - we even go out to dinners together.. so here's my question - is my family the minority?
i thought that only non-family members had to shun you but family was ok as long as they don't discuss spiritual issues.
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4/19 Cincinnati XJW Potluck!
by LizardSnot inhello friends and loved ones.... i met with a couple of fellow xjw's this evening from the cincinnati area and we've decided to have a pre-apostafest gathering.
we wish to stress that all xjw's and jw's alike are welcome.
this will be a friendly gathering for people to get aquainted...renew old friendships and fellowship with one another.
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Disassociation?
by Sunflower1982 inhi people!
i was wondering if you all could take a moment to give me some advice.... since leaving my congregation and regaining clarity, i have been contemplating disassociating myself.
i know it seems like a silly thing to fret about, but i think disassociation might give me the closure ive been looking for.
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A Godly Suggestion
by mpatrick ini received this email-.
dear unsaved michelle:.
*******, an inveterate name-dropper who has been declared unsavable by the landover baptist salvation evaluation committee for non-platinum tithers, stopped by the website betty bowers is a better christian than you and suggested that your unlikely salvation depends upon visiting the following url: .