Elders School

by EmptyInside 11 Replies latest jw friends

  • EmptyInside
    EmptyInside

    The elders in the area are having their elders school. It was announced at one hall,not to forget their badges or they wouldn't be allowed inside.

    I shared with my mother some things in the elder book without telling her that's where I heard it. She just shakes her head,but says it's still the truth. I said, is it? And she said, don't be like your brother,the inactive atheist, or it will kill me.

    Wonderful guilt trip mother,when I want to be free. I will be free soon, she just has to get used to it.

  • mamalove
    mamalove

    Why do people try and make you stay by guilt? What if you guilted her and said, please do not be a JW anymore, I can no longer take it! I am sorry you cannot be yourself right now.

  • The Oracle
    The Oracle

    Exactly mamalove!!

    Way too many ex-jws or ex-jw wannabees have the guilt thing all mixed up!

    It should be way more bothersome to a non-JW family member that their loved one is trapped inside some crazy-ass cult.

    For some inexplicable reason most people who are breaking away from the JW-thing have a hard time realizing this.

    It's bizzare and very difficult for a clear thinking person to comprehend, however I do realize that the brain-washing hangover can be very significant and can continue to warp your sense of right and wrong.

    The Oracle

  • EmptyInside
    EmptyInside

    Well, I'm not going to let anyone stop me from living my life from here on out.

    And I'm sorry I don't have any special scoop from the elders school yet. But, I find it interesting, that according to the Biblical account,Jesus first appeared to women after his resurrection. But, sisters, are too unworthy to touch the new elders manual. Oh, well, we're just "a hank of hair and bag a bones anyway", right brothers.

  • EmptyInside
    EmptyInside

    Oracle,I'm doing pretty well on my fade. No more service and hardly any meetings. I just had to be around some Witness friends because of a funeral. It is hard when you still have a few close Witness friends. But, I can slyly bring out points to make people think. I wouldn't be able to influence them either way if I just DA'd ,although tempting. And I could still get df-d for some "brazen" offense.

  • moshe
    moshe

    Evil needs secrecy in order to flourish.

  • wasblind
    wasblind

    Yep, Evil needs secrecy, guilt and hostages

  • therevealer
    therevealer

    I have heard that after the elders have gone through the new book they will on their return to the congregations disseminate it as food for the tired souls.

    The letter to the elders says that the book will be considered at the "book study" because it is NOT secret material. However there are some who cling to the notion of secrecy because they think "book study" is a secret code.

  • The Oracle
    The Oracle

    Hey emptyinside,

    glad to hear the fade is going well!

    keep dropping those hints... you never know when a seed of truth will take root and another mind may be freed from the tyrannical grip of the WT.

    peace to you

    The Oracle

  • yknot
    yknot

    TheRevealer....

    Any chance you got access to said letter?

    Scanning or typing out the text?

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