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  Pioneer Removal

  by IMHO in

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  2. beliefs

  who's been removed from pioneering, and what was the reason given, and was it true?.

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  There was an elder in my old hall, gave the public talk and a week later told his wife and daughter that he had been having an affair. Got df'd a couple of weeks later, divorced his wife and I haven't seen him since. Last I heard, he was living with his mistress. Who knows, maybe he posts on here.
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  Older posters check in...just post your name...we need to hear from you!

  by restrangled in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not the oldest but have 3 years here!

  restrangled.. how about you?.

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  TweetieBird

  For about 9 years, started out as OrangeBlossom.
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  finding support

  by notewe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  still a newbie!

  first post i have ever made.

  but realizing i need to move on....and for the first time in my life admitting i need support (have always been the "strong" one).

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  Welcome notewe. Adjusting to life outside of the WTS takes some time, especially if you were raised in it and everyone you ever knew is a JW. Where do you call home? Hopefully there is someone on this board nearby.
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  Question about disfellowshipping/disassociation

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if someone sends an email or text to an elder telling them that they are involved in a wrongdoing and not planning on stopping and then does not respond to reply emails or text messages from that elder, what will happen?

  can the elders announce at a meeting that so and so is no longer a jw or do they have to inform them first?

  i have a friend that did this and 2 elders came by her work to see her but she wasn't there, then they tried to call her at work but she told her co-workers to tell them that she was in a meeting.

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  She doesn't care either way, she's done with all of it. Mainly just curious.
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  Question about disfellowshipping/disassociation

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if someone sends an email or text to an elder telling them that they are involved in a wrongdoing and not planning on stopping and then does not respond to reply emails or text messages from that elder, what will happen?

  can the elders announce at a meeting that so and so is no longer a jw or do they have to inform them first?

  i have a friend that did this and 2 elders came by her work to see her but she wasn't there, then they tried to call her at work but she told her co-workers to tell them that she was in a meeting.

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  Update- it appears that they have not made any announcements, which is strange because all of the texts and emails were sent over a month ago. Is it possible that they will just leave her alone since she's not going to any meetings and not associating with any JW's?
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  Question about disfellowshipping/disassociation

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if someone sends an email or text to an elder telling them that they are involved in a wrongdoing and not planning on stopping and then does not respond to reply emails or text messages from that elder, what will happen?

  can the elders announce at a meeting that so and so is no longer a jw or do they have to inform them first?

  i have a friend that did this and 2 elders came by her work to see her but she wasn't there, then they tried to call her at work but she told her co-workers to tell them that she was in a meeting.

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  In this case, she first told an elder of the wrongdoing (sort of) then got texts from him and another elder, also got an email and sent reply texts and emails back so at least 2 different elders got the same information, just at different times. They wanted to meet with her but she didn't want to be submitted to an interrogation since she has no intention of changing courses at this time, probably never. Fortunately she is the only person in her family that was a JW and has only a handful of close friends that are so for her to walk away was not a big deal. I told her that I would never shun her so she is okay with the whole thing. She was just wondering if they announced her and since I haven't been to the KH in months I have no idea.
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  Question about disfellowshipping/disassociation

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if someone sends an email or text to an elder telling them that they are involved in a wrongdoing and not planning on stopping and then does not respond to reply emails or text messages from that elder, what will happen?

  can the elders announce at a meeting that so and so is no longer a jw or do they have to inform them first?

  i have a friend that did this and 2 elders came by her work to see her but she wasn't there, then they tried to call her at work but she told her co-workers to tell them that she was in a meeting.

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  If someone sends an email or text to an elder telling them that they are involved in a wrongdoing and not planning on stopping and then does not respond to reply emails or text messages from that elder, what will happen? Can the elders announce at a meeting that so and so is no longer a JW or do they have to inform them first? I have a friend that did this and 2 elders came by her work to see her but she wasn't there, then they tried to call her at work but she told her co-workers to tell them that she was in a meeting. She hasn't heard anything since but has been shunned by sisters from the hall so she is wondering if she is df'd.
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  Amway

  by bobld in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  everybody has heard of amway but few are joining.everyboby has heard of jehovah's witnesses but few are joining.both use deceptive tactics to recruit new members.. bob.

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  "Investigating MLM is what led to my own epiphany about the JWs and mind control. The two use a lot of the same techniques and manipulations. An Amway expose called "Things They Will Say" showed me how I was being controlled.

  Same here...I was at an MLM convention that the lightbulb went off.
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  Did you ever think you would end up here?

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  meaning... on this website, no longer a jw or at least no longer beliving anymore?

  i never did, even 18 months ago it would have seemed impossible, unthinkable.

  even though looking back the seeds of doubt had been sown for some time, i just never allowed myself to think about them... vvv dangerous thing to do!.

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  My journey started back in 1996 when I stumbled on a website that had a link to one chapter of Ray Franz' book. I secretly bought both of his books and let go of years of guilt for never measuring up. From there I found a website like this one (H2O) and saw the link to this one and never looked back. I have been successfully fading ever since. My husband and kids no longer believe the lies but my sister and in-laws still have blinders on. Recently my best friend took her blinders off which means I no longer have to go to meetings as the JW family members all live out of state.
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  Surviving an Unwanted Shepherding Call 101

  by 2pink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a little background: my husband and i are newly fading, er make that disappearing.

  i haven't been to meeting in months (and life has never been better).

  i made the god-awful mistake of not turning in field service time for september, the same week the co was in town.

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  Thanks for sharing...I remember getting those dreaded shepherding calls. I think the elders hate doing them as much as the witnesses hate getting them.