by rekless 2 Replies latest jw friends
they are interested in the where, whys, what, and when .
This maybe a chance to tell the world about what happens when the teachings of the WTBTS becomes the fanatical part of ones' life.
How if one disagrees with the org. one is dfed then the shunning begins even to the point one looses contact with their own children and are forbidden to see their grand children
I have lost contact with dubs and non-dubs as a result of being a JW.
On the non-dub side: my father's parents were worldly...we had very little to do with them as a result. When my parents divorced, this gave my mother an even better excuse to keep us away from them. They both passed away in the mid to late 1980's. I did not really know them. I really regret not pushing and begging to see them. However, they were 'bad associations'....my mother would not let us visit with them. They might pull us from the borg. I lost contact with my father's side of the family. I have not spoken to anyone on that side in years...since my grandfather's funeral.
On the dub side: I have tried to get in contact with aunts and cousins. They are not interested. These are children I played with. As adults they cannot see past the JW teachings. To get together for a family gathering...what is the point? They want to preach to bring me back. I do not want to hear it. So I am shunned.
It is insane. It is so destructive.
Same with me. I don't have too much to do with the non dub side and the dub ones don't want much to do with me. You know they act like they are better than I am and also they treat me like "damaged goods" because I was DF'd. I don't care what you say that even if your are reinstated there is some that always treat you differently. Its like you betrayed them or that your not perfect like they are. Just shows you how small minded they are.
Will
"I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's."
Mark Twain
