The CO is coming and BOY is he loving!

by MinisterAmos 53 Replies latest jw experiences

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  LDH

  nice thoughts DB and out!

  One of them was very aggressive in this, always reminding the dubs about the person that touched the ark of the covenent in an act of good will so that it wouldn't fall down while being transported but was nonetheless struck down by jehovah. The moral being that anyone trying to correct the FDS even out of good will would be severely punished by jehovah. The FDS are untouchable sacred cows in other words.

  What I'm thinking, I can't write here or I risked being kicked of the board, LOL.

  Blondie, I'm not big into the victim mentality on the part of adults. I can't spend my adult life helping other adults see that staying in an abusive situation is a choice. I prefer that the CO continue to abuse the younger generation, the Gen Y's and Gen Xers who will usually call a spade a spade.

  I also love it when they say bizarre things while visitors are there!

  Lisa
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  blondie

  I can't spend my adult life helping other adults see that staying in an abusive situation is a choice.

  So if you find one that won't move on and take help, you go on to someone else who will respond.

  Blondie
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  valkyrie

  Blondie (quoted):

  From the August 22, 1967 Awake (p27). (...)

  Ahh..., well at least he wasn't talking 1off the top of his head'!
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  LDH

  So if you find one that won't move on and take help, you go on to someone else who will respond.

  I would say yes. In my experience, some which is painfully current, one of my close friends (never JW) is always the victim. Even when she knows the right thing to do, in her words "it's so hard" -- don't want to get into her personal details but she has a helpless "What can I do?" attitude, as though suffering is already a forgone conclusion.

  It's taken a lot of my personal energy and even though I love her, I find myself "cooling off" in my love towards her.

  Lisa
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  blondie

  Like I said, you do what you can and move on........
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  LDH

  Yep. I think this is a lot of the reason that the current JW population is 'unable to see the light.' They enjoy being victimized and emotionally raped.
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  DannyHaszard

  Yep. I think this is a lot of the reason that the current JW population is 'unable to see the light.' They enjoy being victimized and emotionally raped.

  It's a S+M twisted take of stockholm syndrome i.e."Please don't beat me master i'll be good" the attraction repulsion compulsion
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  lovelylil

  LDH,

  I don't think any in the WT enjoy being abused but rather in their quest to serve God, they have totally lost all their senses and opened themselves up for abuse. I know I made this mistake too, even though I am a very intelligent and educated person. I was thinking recently that just because I agreed with some things I learned from the Witnesses, I automatically accepted everything they said. Also, why did I not question the whole Anointed Governing Body thing more? Why would I take the word of people I never met? I think I, like others, felt it was the right thing and went about it with total abandon, which is never a good idea. Now, I question everything. Good lesson learned!
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  LDH

  Please don't beat me master i'll be good" the attraction repulsion compulsion

  Yep.

  I don't think any in the WT enjoy being abused

  Two weeks ago I called my 73 year old aunt in Buffalo NY. Very little living family left; most died even though da Judge said they wouldn't. I had sent some pictures of the kids. About one minute into the conversation, she said that she couldn't continue to talk for fear she would be marked!

  I said "Aunty who is going to tell on you?" Never got an answer out of this as she continued to tell me how once before she had been publicly reprooved for smoking and it 'almost killed her.' She can't go through that again, she told me. It would kill her. I said, "Aunty, it's just me and you talking and you live alone! You know I don't talk to any of them!"

  She said, "Lisa, do you know what they would do to me if they found out?"

  The fear was dripping off her tongue.

  Some of them are addicted to it.

  Lisa
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  BluesBrother

  I have known a few , and they fall pretty much into the categories that we have mentioned. BTW the Service Meeting is on a Tuesday so as to motivate the flock to have a full share in service in the week ahead ......so they say.

  Too many C.O's these days are pioneers who have grown up in the Org. knowing only what the the Borg has taught them. I believe that the previous generation who had seen a bit of the world, perhaps fought in the war , knew a thing or two about life and people ...usually....

  The present one used to know me when I was an active elder in a different part of the country. When he first came I braced myself, expecting him to show some interest and get the locals to try and reach me.. but no. No interest at all .