Disfellowshipping
I want to know what happens after one is disfellowshipped? Do they just work their ass off to prove themselves?
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Cee Cee, it just hit me. Maybe "Jehovah's Active Force" is protecting those of us who've left rather than those who stay in. Janet
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CeeCee- I had read that part of your story before, and i have to say that it still makes me cringe and ache for you - and see red and wish really bad things upon that CO. I know I shouldn't do that,...
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It's so sad to hear the mind controlling and threatening nature of this. I guess it takes a certain personality type. hanks all for explaining
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Not all elders are on a power trip. Some really hate DF'ing. It really does vary from congregation to congregation. In my experience the main issue is whether the DF'd one embarrassed the...
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Janet, you got it! That's the very reason I count having been disfellowshipped by Jehovah's Witnesses is one of the greatest gifts in my life. Never could I have had the education I got; the marriage...
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Lovefool .... going by the many different disfellowshipping stories I've read in here or heard about elsewhere, being reinstated can range from simply saying "I've made my peace with Jehovah" and the...
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Thanks for answering everyone. The sin was adultery with 7 women over a three year period. (Not me) I'm not sure if the elders know about all 7, or all the details.. but they definitely know adultery...
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Hi Lovefool, Nina on our site is going through the reinstatement process right now. She asked a similar question got several responses, that will provide additional information on this subject....
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It seems to me that disfellowshipping is a big theme in Jehovah's Witnesses; that seems to be the only way they understand how to handle problems. They do not seem to understand human behavior, and...
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Hi Pauley4, From my observation the pseudo-Judicial process of the Witnesses is highly subjective. Elders on a JC are supposedly judging not so much the 'wrongdoing' but whether or not the 'wrongdoer'...
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I'm surprised that elders have allowed my ex who was disfellowshipped to continue his job - grinding and dancing on front of dozens and dozens of women (he's a dance instructor and co owner of the...
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He has been excommunicated so the elders have no say so with what he does. If he is actively trying to get reinstated, then they can advise him, but that's all. If the elders disapprove of his job,...
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So they told him to cut ties with me, and he did - so that's to be reinstated? If they have no say in what he does, he can technically reach out to Me again?
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Randy, I may have to edit later but as I read it now...who are those persons telling me I need repent when we know they are hateful, controlling, and god forbid they protect pedophiles.I'm going to...
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lovefool wrote:So they told him to cut ties with me, and he did - so that's to be reinstated? Yes.lovefool wrote: If they have no say in what he does, he can technically reach out to Me again? Not...
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To the Forum Moderators: The subject of disfellowshipping is a common issue among XJWs. Would you please consider including a section where everyone who cared to could post their experiences with...
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"Interest" in where people worked? Hmmm, sounds suspicious. This underscores my point about the reactive attitude we all had due to the fear of being disfellowshipped we were conditioned to. That's a...
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Thanks all.. I guess it seems as though it depends and varies from congregation to congregation.
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My older sister, the fence rider, told me a few months ago all I needed doing was explain to the local elders how young and immature I was at the time of my being DF...and all would be forgiven....if,...
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