by Tallman64 46 Replies latest jw friends
All this does is give the self-righteous, unloving people there a reason to be even meaner than they usually are. Maybe if they do it nasty enough the newbie will get the hell out before he/she wastes their precious life there. Hey, if you are going to to be 'stumbled' out better sooner rather than later.
Christianity at its finest.
LHG
Welcome Tallman! jwfacts already said what I was going to say so dittos. I was also raised by my jw mom and unbelieving father. He supported her by giving her money for us to go to the summer conventions. He had his own opinions about jws and religion in general, but never fought my mom on how she wanted to raise me. One issue I wish he would have fought her on was insisting I go to college. But that was the mid'60's, and looking back in retrospect, I see now how her thoughts were controlled by Brooklyn. But anyway, I've found a satisfying career, and I have faded and happy!
Oh, that brings back a ton of flashbacks in my days of being a JW-to-be (not so fast). I got so used to being marked, that I did stuff just to piss people off. I got to a point that I even got proud of being the kingdom hall pariah. Soon after I walked out; I just got tired of not being good enough for their stupid rules and regulations, and a better way to live. I am so grateful for all the marks they inflicted on me. I am free!!
Welcome, noob.
I think LOVE is the way to go. That is at the HEART of being Christian.
I think of GRACE. Who among us hasn't sinned? Which sin is better or worse than another? We are all sinners and so how can one bad guy point fingers at another bad guy? Jesus became sin for everyone and put it to death so that we could all have REAL life!
If someone is going through a rough patch of sin. Aren't we supposed to carry each other's burdens?! If you were taking a bad path wouldn't you want someone to be there with you and encourage you so that you aren't overcome by sin?!
The last thing in which someone who is struggling with sin needs is to be abandoned by his friends. That is when you need your friends the MOST.
I think jw marking is a betrayal of love and the gospel. I think they have missed the boat on this one and went fanatical!
I agree with ESW they sure missed the boat with this one.
Leslie
Welcome, Tallman. Do you have a tall ten-gallon hat too? (Texas humor)
I feel that marking could be a legitimate way to warn the congregation against some person bent on, perhaps coming into a congregation to defraud the people, or that could perhaps be dangerous around their children. But chastising some elder's wife because she did not work with her husband in service? That sounds absurd, doesn't it?
I do not agree with disfellowshipping except in some extreme extreme circumstance, after a person had been worked with and worked with, or was perhaps a convicted pedophile or murderer. Not the way they view it, as when a person doesn't agree with the society's teaching on some point.
Welcome Tallman, Just how tall of an ole' boy are ye?
Watched the movie- The Scarlet Letter the other night. Just like marking
Marked? Marking? Marco... Polo! Silly religious fanatics. Don't worry about it, you talk to whomever you like. If you don't know who they are talking about the warning isn't for you. those who know who is doing these things will take note and submit to the loving guidance of the Elders.
Haven't heard of a marking talk since long ago in the 60's.
Keep on posting you Tallman you. Glad to have a new mole on the board...
W.Once
