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When You Were A Witness Did You Feel YOU Were Part Of The "Brotherhood"?
by minimus 25 Replies latest jw friends
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scotinsw
When I was younger yes. As I got older I felt more alone at meetings and conventions than when I really was on my own.
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BluesBrother
Yes, at least in my home town congo where I was happy and had a long standing relationship with the other elders..It was less happy after we moved, but I still felt firmly a part of the worldwide brotherhood. Incidentally I had the experience of attending one of those large conventions held in a newly liberated country in Eastern Europe, the atmosphere there with dubs from all over the world was brilliant . At the time I felt I could see and feel the force of the Holy Spirit, although now I realise that it was simple crowd psychology and the force of my own feelings.
Things have changed for the family now though. After being the family of an elder and in the centre of things they now have to go along as if they are alone [ I tag along sometimes to give moral support, but that is all] They say that they are overlooked and because they cannot "do the hours" they are looked down on. I do not think that they think too often about the world wide family
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FreudianSlip
Did you personally feel like you actually belonged to the worldwide brotherhood?
I did. I especially felt it when I would go overseas. For example, when a friend and I went to Australia, we would call the local KH's and ask someone to pick us up for the meetings. Out of the blue. People were always very willing to do so and we would get love bombed the moment we stepped inside the doors. I definitely felt like I was apart of a brotherhood.
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minimus
When I was an elder my mom felt all the accolades because of her bigshot son. I told her after I was not around, she'd feel the coolness of the brothers. She experienced much less fawning.
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nugget
It very much depended on the congregation. The first congregation we joined as a married couple was wonderful. The brothers were warm and I had many good friends. I did feel included and part of something bigger. The congregation I am in now has cliques and people are judged very much on the basis of wealth and position. In addition a lot of the families are inter related.
We are one of the few families with no relatives in the circuit. I would often attend the meeting and feel ignored by my supposed brothers and sisters. congregation dos always seem a little forced. In this congregation I have felt less love and less part of anything bigger or better. It all seems to be about politics not religon.
I'd like to thank them if I had been with the warm, loving brothers I may have taken longer to wake up.
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minimus
I've seen many witnesses at Conventions and few were warm and talkative. If they didn't know you, you were a nobody.
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spawn
We were in a cong that was very Us and Them, Rich or Poor and if you were in the middle you just weren't accepted by either side. These people were the most Unchristian Christians you could ever want to meet, just thinking about them now is making me feel sick.
If Jojoba's people are all like this then I am glad I got out and glad that my children will never have to suffer like so many have on this site.
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minimus
I hear ya!
