Did you feel "more right" with Jehovah?
Did You Feel Better After Confessing Your Sins To The Elders?
by minimus 27 Replies latest jw friends
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Bonnie_Clyde
I never confessed my sins. I always felt it was between me and Jehovah. Besides, I didn't feel I ever did anything they wouldn't have done.
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Mandette
The one time I was involved in a Judicial Circus, I said all the right things and then tried to convince myself that I meant them
The only thing I felt better about was not losing my relationship with my parents.
What a crock it was. Loving concern my big A$$!!!! They were more concerned with the dirty details NOT how bad I felt or anything concerning me.
idiots
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minimus
I saw obviously repentant ones NOT get reinstated or wind up getting DF'd simply because of procedure or dumb elders.
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crapola
Minimus, I saw the same thing happen. My sister made a major mistake and confessed to the elders the same day it happened and was disfellowshipped the following week. So much for being repentant.
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crapola
Oh and one more thing, 5 years later there still some self righteous people in the town she used to live in that will barely speak to her.
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cameo-d
but...but...
only the POPE has the authority for absolution of sins....
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minimus
I always thought it was hypocritical for JWs to slam priests when the elders acted in the same position---only worse!
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WTWizard
I always wussed out on confessing. And I am not about to go back to the Kingdumb Hell to confess to apostasy, having my sun-worship lights up, listening to rap (and sun-worship music), and my Ouija board.
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Plummet
Not at all. In fact I usually felt worse. No not only did I know about my "sin" but now my parents, siblings & the E-Team knew about it as well as anyone that the E-team spouces talked to.
What I found FUNNY is that I have been called before them TWICE for the EXACTLY same "sin".
The First Time
I turned Myself in, cried and confessed, I took action to correct the problem, but lots in the Congregation Knew about it.
And I was Disfellowshiped
The Second Time
I was turned in by my spouce, I kept cool and calm, confessed some, did not give all details, I took some action to correct the "problem" and NOBODY in the Congregation knew about it (except for my spouce - who turned me in).
And I was Reproved
I did not beleive it before, but I beleive it now - It is ALL about appearance. Its not what you do, who you know, what you know, or who you do, its how you look and more importantly, how you make them look.