I walked out 24 years ago and received a call about a year ago. They probably don't want to bother because my husband is still their slave. Just let them call me or knock on my door. They will get a ear full of all this bottled up hate I have for them.
WT on "Help those who stray from the flock"? - friends sent us an email
by truthseeker 24 Replies latest jw friends
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out4good3
yeah...the wife came home all fired up wanting to give me a synop of that study. She then proceeds to go on and on about how much jah loves me even though I seem to have strayed and that he wants everyont to live through to the new system. How, as a lost sheep, it is their charge to go out and find lost ones.
Didn't have the heart to bust her bubble by telling her that I consider myself neither lost or a sheep to be eventually fleeced by a shepherd.
She still holds out hope, but I'm never going back!
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chickpea
it is interesting, the time lag between
their receiving the "insider copy" and the
actual study, how there has been no activity
regarding efforts to contact the strays!
(i am using the absence of threads in this
vein until this point in time, when the
article has been formally studied)i am not certain there will be any attempts
to contact my family, but i am so prepared to
respond to "we have missed you" with a question
"what is it about me that you have missed"? -
aligot ripounsous
Anyone else here had their door bell rung,
Saturday morning I was quite surprised to see an elder and a pioneer sister at my door. It was feezing cold, I let them in, offered them coffee, croissants, and a nice prune liquor which warmed their hearts. I wonder whether it was a sheperding call in connection with the WT article of the WE or just because of the cold. He engaged the conversation with JWs' responsability to deliver a warning message, I told him that Jehovah's patience makes no sense when applied to the world population since for every new JW baptized there are 1000 newborn humans who will be destroyed according to WT theology. Told him about the probability for a person in Bengla-Desh to hear-and grasp- the message. As if he suspected where I was trying to lead him, he was reluctant on agreeing with the fact that we must sift all sorts of teachings through the filter of critique and common sense. He mentioned FDS leading us on the way of the truth, etc, etc, I added that authority as an agument must not exist, he ended up saying that reflecting on one's faith is a good thing but a JW should be careful not to stumble "weak" ones. Typical elder discourse. As they left, the sister assured me that she would look after my cat when we are away on winter holiday. We departed on friendly terms, he had done his job and they had spent an hour, nice and warm.
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undercover
I don't know if anyone will bother with contacting me or not. I'm still friends with some active dubs, but they know me well enough to know that I'm not easily swayed into talking about something I don't want to talk about.
If they want to call/visit/get together as friends, I'm fine with that. I'll go to dinner or a movie and can have a good time.
If people start showing up on my doorstep, unannounced on a Saturday morning, they won't get my full attention or a sunny disposition. The last JWs that showed up unannounced woke me out of a sound hangover sleep. I think I was probably a bit curt to them, more than I would have been had I had a good nights sleep. When it was clear that I wasn't inviting them in, they cut it short and left.
The key is in how you treat people. If they want to be friends, then act like a friend. I can be your friend, no problem. But use that friendship to try to re-indoctrinate me, then we're not going to get along all that well...and I'll know that our friendship was conditional and not real.
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eyeslice
Interestingly, my wife who is still in and very strong, wanted to go away this weekend. So we packed a few things on Sat and disappeared into the wilds for Saturday. Stayed at a very pleasant hotel and had a lazy Sunday morning.
I am sure I will be 'ear-marked' for a visit soon though!
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BabaYaga
Aligot said: I added that authority as an agument must not exist
Nice. I'll have to remember that one.
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truthseeker
Things are getting rather uncomfortable for my spouse now as this "friend" has just been told we don't go to meetings anymore.
I wasn't anticipating this day anytime soon but I am seriously worried. I still have family and friends in who would be devastated if they knew we left and I am not ready to handle anymore awkward confrontations.
I don't like being a hypocrite and pretending I'm still in but the alternative is far worse for me.
It could do some serious damage.
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still_in74
i got invited over for dinner. Nice couple, I love them to bits, but i know why they invited me and that bugs me.
But I will go, have a good time and try to avoid being "1-to-1" with the "elder" host.............
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besty
Aligot said: I added that authority as an agument must not exist
Nice. I'll have to remember that one.
Lets say there is a continuum of ultimate evil <-> ultimate goodness. Ask yourself, is this behavour moving on that continuum towards the left hand or towards the right hand. I think a lot of the WTS teachings move people towards evil behaviour.
Remember the lesson of Nuremberg.