The longer you spend away from the organisation, the more utterly cringeworthy this term sounds when you hear it.
Like they are all one big happy family.
What JW phrases make you cringe?
"The Brothers"
by jambon1 12 Replies latest jw friends
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iclone
One brother I know always refers to the Kingdom Hall from the paltform and in his insincere prayers as "the center of true worship in the community'. GAG
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journey-on
"The friends" always gets me. One of my relatives always talks about "the friends" this and "the friends" that. These are the same "friends" that would kick her to the curb and metaphorically spit in her face should she decide 1914 was a Big Lie and say it out loud.
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TimothyT
"Like they are all one big happy family."
Haha... I cringed when i read that!
I dislike the words, "faithful and discreet slave" for some reason!
GO PICARD!!!!
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LostGeneration
journey on already said mine "THE FRIENDS"
Your so-called friends will RAT YOU OUT in a moments notice if you say somthing like "Humans have been around longer than 6000 years"
Hell, they will look at you like you are a weirdo if you say you opened an IRA for your retirement.
Some "friends"
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Mickey mouse
"The friends" is something you'll never hear in the UK. I think it's a Millerite thing that never made it across the pond.
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Magwitch
"The Slave"
"Mother" (as in the organization)
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00DAD
Well as soon as a I hit a "low point" in my life I found out how TRUE my supposed "friends" and "brothers" turned out to be, not very!
Two and 1/2 years ago I was DF'd and have never seen a hint of help ever since. It's been 3 September's come and gone and--even though-- I"ve made certain they local elders know where I live--not one elder has ever come by to see how I'm doing and if I could use any spiritual encouragement.
BTW, I attended meetings fairly regularly for the first year and 1/2 I was disfellowshipped with thoughts of possibly returning. I guess it's common for abused people to keep returning to their abuser. But finally, after getting absolutely NOTHING back from ABSOLUTELY anyone (with one very small exception*) it became abundantly clear that I was not wanted.
When it hit me, it hit me hard:
Q: Why exactly did I want to go back anyway? I didn't agree with so many things by that point?
A: I wanted to be able to talk to my family and friends again
I finally concluded it just wasn't worth it. Also, why would I go back to pretending to be someone I wasn't just so I could be with people that apparently either didn't really care about me or didn't care enough to stand up for what is right!
I especially miss my sons, but what can I do. However, I have so many new friends now, real people that like me for who I really am and not for who I pretended to be when I was a "good little elder". Not everything is perfect, but honestly I am so much happier now. If only I could find a way to reach out to my two sons ...
Daniel
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* The "one small exception" was at a WT one Sunday, an elder that thought I didn't have a WT (I did) gave me a copy. He managed to smile at me when he gave it to me. On the other hand, about a year after I was DF'd I attended a meeting at a local hall, but not the one I used to attend. There an elder walked up to introduce himself but when he recognized me he said, "Oh, it's you!" and turned around and walked away.
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Reopened Mind
One term that always made me cringe was calling non Witnesses "worldly". You could tell by their tone of voice how derogatory they meant it.
Reopened Mind
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shamus100
You can really see it when people type out responses and they are 'still in'.
Yes, it makes me cringe. Really, nobody is my brother other than my brother. I don't want anyone calling me brother other than him.