Sorry the pressure's so high, Miz and EE. I'm going to start a thread hoping to get some progress updates from you and others like you.
You jackasses in Bethel or at the Branch, need to cut me a check.........
by miseryloveselders 69 Replies latest jw friends
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jay88
Nothing like a grown man in the prime of his life "Driving Miss Daisy".
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wasblind
Jay88, you said a mouthful those words need to be embossed in gold
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jay88
Anybody that loves Malcolm is a friend of mine! Thanks for the luv, wasblind.
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miseryloveselders
Everybody, I appreciate the support. That had me HEATED last night. During the drive home, I was fine. It was when I sat down, and started collecting my thoughts, I started getting irritable. No lie, they make me sick up there. Absolutely sick how they use and abuse people. This organization is like a Venus Fly Trap. Once they lure you or you family in, you're pretty much stuck in one shape or form. Then they suck the very life out of you, and absorb you into their internal machinations. The worst part about it all is if you're born in and the outlook in life that is ingrained in you.
I swear, any JW that decides to have children, there's something wrong with them. Why would you bring children into this world all the while believing that the end of this system of things is right around the corner. If you believe that, why would you make babies? It's as backwards as starving people with flies on their face in other countries having children. Or like a girl I work with who is 300 lbs, and qualifies for FMLA, is never at work, has a ton of health problems, and guess what she and her husband are trying to do? Thats right, she wants to get preggers. Real bright idea, right? At the same time, why would you have children after seeing most who grow within this organization eventually leave of their own volition, or get disfellowshipped for whatever reason? Why put someone in that precarious situation? It's sick, sick, sick, sick. Every assembly I see folks that I only see a handful of times a year, which is usually assemblies or conventions. It never ceases to amaze me that they're making babies. Giving birth to children with the goal of servitude in mind.
This organization uses people, entraps their minds, and their children's minds. They have photos in their literature showing the privileges available to young people in this organization. Photos of young men and women manufacturing books and magazines that by and large end up in trash cans all throughout the US, or the world for that matter. Their own brothers and sisters don't read em! Photos of people out in field service, and a notation on the page asking whether or not as a young person they're not neglecting the joy of the full time ministry, which is a complete waste of time and energy. It burns me up some days.
A brother from a neighboring congregation reached out to me to get some things off of his chest. He doesn't like the way they're treating him and his wife in this congregation, and he needed to talk with someone. So I agreed to meet him for lunch, to give him an ear for him to air his grievances. He told me that depending on how he plays his cards, it could make the matter worst because he could be viewed as disgruntled or worse.....an apostate. I wanted to tell him so bad that this organization creates the effed up enviroments prevalent in many a congregation. The gossiping, the spying on one another, the competitive spirit in the form of theocratic titles such as elder, pioneer, yadda yadda yadda.
After we went our seperate ways, my mind and heart was heavy, felt like concrete in my veins. You ever notice that time seems to slow down when that happens, and that observations of everyday people become more distinct? I went to the grocery store after meeting with him, and a woman outside was signing up people to register to vote. She smiled at me, and it was like time stopped. I politely declined her invitation, but she left such a memory or impression if you will, upon my brain. I started walking up the street to where I parked at, as I hate parking in the grocery store's parking lot because its a congestive nightmare second only to asthma. So I'm heading towards my car, and this guy about twenty feet from me is coming down the sidewalk, and I notice that he steps in my path. I'm thinking, the heck is wrong with this dude. Me being how I am, I maintained my course thinking, great I'm in a game of blink. When we finally crossed paths, he moved, but I noticed he was as crazy as they come. Mumbling to himself and looking down at the sidewalk. Ya know what? I think he's more normal than some Branch or a Bethel heavyweights in some respects. He may have been a nut, but he had enough sense to give way when push comes to shove. Thats more than I can say for this organization that forces itself upon people. I'm talking crazy, I know, but just thinking about this organization burns me up. Some days I feel like just flipping out.
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wasblind
Miz, If nothin' else I'm just glad that you have somewhere to come and vent
cause keepin' it all inside will kill ya.
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mrsjones5
((((misery)))) I feel for you.
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snowbird
Misery, listen to me.
I'm old enough to be your mother; heck, my oldest daughter will be 38 in October.
Even though I may joke around with you sometimes, I'm dead serious right now.
It's time for you to get out of there. Simply tell them that you can't take it anymore.
Let them gossip and think whatever they will.
Just get out, because you're losing it.
I recognize the symptoms because I drove myself to a breakdown in 2005, trying to keep up with all the demands while taking care of my mother who was in the early stages of dementia.
Did I receive any help, words of sympathy, or encouragement from the JW's? Do pigs fly?
How did I get out? I simply stopped the meetings - cold turkey.
When the elders came by to "encourage" me, I told them that I just couldn't take those meetings, that it was too stressful trying to keep up with all the necessary reading material after working at a demanding job all day.
I haven't been bothered since I stated that when Jesus of Nazareth becomes the focal point of the meetings, I would think about returning.
If I were you, I would tell them that I'm doing some Bible research on my own, and that when I'm finished, I'll let them know where I stand.
That should buy you some time so that you can get yourself together.
Please know that I/we care about you and don't want to see you lose your health over that sorry-assed excuse for Christianity known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
Syl
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mrsjones5
Listen to Sylvia.