Disfellowshipping
What does the after process look like? Is it different and unique depending on the person? By "after process", I mean once someone is disfellowshipped, what do they need to do to clear that and be...
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Somewhere I think I read that 60% return. Not everyone who gets DF'd discovers that they were in a cult. Many truly believe that they committed a sin and will continue to defend the cult even though...
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I think he's drowning himself fully in it. Good luck to him, I guess. Slowly healing and attempting to move on. My curiosity is just getting the better of me, wondering what he's doing now that he's...
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Lovefool- good seeing you continue posting. Sometimes I think for typing something and it doesn't appear that way - life is sometimes, "typos" when we spend time on the computer. Remember how so many...
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Among those 60% who return, I wonder how many return as fully "active" members. I know several people who got reinstated simply so they could talk to family and never attended another meeting...
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I believe that is that case as well, most that return are doing it so they can communicate with all of their family. I miss my family but I cant stomach having to crawl back to 'the powers that think...
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Sometimes I wonder what the percentage of "born-ins", that discover that they are in a cult, are that go back? Personally, after finding out that I was in a cult I bailed and will never, never, ever...
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Dee ... I walked out 33 years ago and have never thought about going back at all. Not even when my family shut me out for a while. Not even when the religious people I'd grown up with chose to look...
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Just red this http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/ What a crock! Normal family affections! Yeah right! and dealings! No way! What of a man who is disfellowshipped but whose wife and...
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Vancity and Belladiane-The more they push at me for reinstatement, and have tried playing by their rules, the more I've found myself going against their teachings.I want nothing to do with those...
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Lovey, according to J. R. Brown, head of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society's Public Information Office, those disfellowshipped who elect to return is 50%. Frankly, I can't believe so many...
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Good Morning, Grandma Cee-CeeI'd think because some of our members that we dearly love share their experince...and this site would not be the same if they didn't post...Yes, I often question too as to...
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Andria, I too have never looked back. Have no common ground with them. I enjoy my life, family, job, celebrating holidays an birthdays, etc. I was never df'd to my knowledge. They never made contact...
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Been told the door is still open by a couple of elders today so much "loaded language "used,iam glad iam out of it why should I want go back,I replyed its only for your bennifit and means it would...
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inspecterDJust red this http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/ What a crock! Normal family affections! Yeah right! and dealings! No way! What of a man who is disfellowshipped but whose...
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Hi Lovefool,What does the after process look like? Is it different and unique depending on the person?When an announcement is made at the congregation "So-and-so is no longer one of Jehovah's...
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thank you for such a detailed response, Randy. I am assuming my ex is still d'fed. He won't talk to me and from what I do know, is drowning himself more than ever before in JW activities to get...
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Love, It's not easy...and if they choose staying with the JW belief; after everything that is shared, so be it. I deal with the same thing as re: my fence riding sister. I too have a...
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Hi Lovefool, If he committed adultery and then wanted to seek reinstatement, one of the key points the elders would seek to know is if he has ended or continues the relationship. If he remained...
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Good MorningYears ago "Fence Rider" told me the only mistake I made with the JW was for having been baptized. That was a shock, considering I did what was expected and she continues running back to...
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