How Do You Deal With The Shunning You Receive From "Captive" Witnesses?

by Bubblegum Apotheosis 15 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • Bubblegum Apotheosis
    Bubblegum Apotheosis

    @Puff: she is proud of her long history of remaining in good standing, a role model before her Congregation. Her harsh view, has prevented her from ever obtaining a long-term Bible study. In forty plus years, she has never brought anyone into the Organization, what does that say about her? She judges the weak reinstated brothers and sisters with contempt, because they are productive in the field ministry. Maybe Jehovah's spirit is not leading her to thirsting ones, because he does not want them to be poisoned by her dark soul!

    The brothers and sisters are "Capitive to a Concept", our friends read from the publications that attribute goodness to everyone seeking the office of overseer. I agree there many good brothers and sisters who are trying to do the right thing, act according to their Bible trained conscience. With that said, there are people who crave power they never received as a child, their peer group might have treated them badly, they might have came from a really screwed up family. These brothers have the ability to eliminate the pain they experienced as a child, by practing good to their fellow brothers and sisters. This is not the path they choose to follow, instead they will treat weak ones the way they were treated themself. Payback time! I know the couple had a uncle type friend, he did everything to lead this couple to the white light, this was not meant to be! Once good uncle-brother was of no use to them, he was set along side the curb, for the Thursday Trash pickup day.

    The congregation she attends, believes not only her husband but she is part of the 144,000 spoken of in Revelation. The friends who are able speak praise or bring glory to this couple are tolerated until our pair become's bored of them! Jokingly, some of the friends have reached out to touch, the fringes of his suit, or touch her dress, hoping for a spiritual healing, is this insanity? This type of conduct can be explained in Brother Don Cameron's book, i don't know why people want friends who treat them like shit!

    The Watchtower and Awake and other publications, infer the entire group of spirit appointed men, are concerned about the sheep's welfare. I finished reading a book on the scandal of the PTL Club, the author does not want to be likened to a sheep. "In the Middle East, you can have rain falling from the sky, and the sheep are so stupid, they will allow themselves to become soaken wet, even if shelter is twenty feet from them. Without the Shepperd of the flock to tell the sheep to come in out of the rain, they will stay in the storm the whole time. Sheep do not have the ability to think, only concered with eating what is in front of them, to be called I sheep, I feel is the greatest insult a man can be called" Author of my book

    The Watchtower would like their sheep to draw conclusions the Organization lays before them. It's only natural to believe evil elderettes will treat the sheep with contempt, or sheer the sheep for their own need. We need to be sheep who can think, Jesus Christ wanted us to think, not to be stupid sheep who allow the wolf to turn them into a dinner plate!

  • lost1
    lost1

    Still pretty new on here but from a non jw perspective and from "dating" a jw for the last year I suddenly find myself being totally ignored while I know he is going on his jw work as normal. As I said in my first post I had no idea he was a jw until only couple of months ago and he was very reluctant to talk about it so I respected his decision and never pressed him although he did no my views having had friends/family in the borg and heard all the horror stories. From a relationship that was brilliant overnight it went from talking every day and arranging things to nothing which I find very hard. Only contact is that he has had a "breakdown" and cant talk to anyone. The only time he spoke about this life was one day just after I found out and he said he desperately wanted out, a normal life and freedom. I said I would help anyway I could and he said he was going to see a solicitor to sort out certain issues (or so he said). I knew he was a elder and very high up in the hiariachy. Maybe he has been "got at" as I know guilt/depression is rife. I doubt I will ever know the real reason and I have to try and get on with my life. Very hard as tried so hard to be understanding and give him all the space etc he wanted but to out of the blue being treated as if you were the devil incarnate is very hard. Different viewpoint but feels good putting it in words which not been able to do until now.

    L1

  • apostatethunder
    apostatethunder

    Every time I come across this type of behaviour, I feel even more grateful for not having absolutely anything to do with them anymore. It’s great to be free and they are not.

    I’ve come across many elderettes during my time, so much for the fruitages of submissiveness.

  • Phizzy
    Phizzy

    I have not been the subject of shunning, but have felt a distinct wariness from some, they simply have this fear of how to deal with you.

    I have been told that Scully's comment , a good few posts above, (Respect to you Scully, but this I have been told) about having to attend the KH in whose Territory you reside, is no longer so.

    A long time JW said to me "If you came back (no chance) you could choose where you wantd to go".

    I guess the old buffer thought I had issues with individuals, which is so not true, but they have to search for a reason for your leaving, and make up the one that sounds plausable to them.

    He proceeded to give me case after case where people were simply going to the KH they chose, often way out of their own "territory".

    As is said in the thread title, these guys really are "Captives of a Concept", they just do not get that the whole thing is crap.

    I do, so would never have a thing to do with it again.

    I am shunning them.

  • talesin
    talesin

    I shun the shunners, and am cordial to those who treat me in a 'normal' fashion.

    t

  • Bubblegum Apotheosis
    Bubblegum Apotheosis

    @Phizzy: We had the District Overseer and Circuit Overseer rag on brothers and sisters who were "causing servere elder and ministerial servant imbalances by not attending the meetings they are suppose to attend." In San Luis Obispo County, we have "Hall Shuffler's" "Dine and Dasher's" "Hit and Run Couples" "The Circuit Overseer Told Us To Move Into This Hall (In Reality he said, Go attend the Hall You are assigned to!) Families that move out before the month is up. The official policy is to be at the Kingdom Hall your territory has you in, this does not work, because elders in our area, have been jumping all over the Southern part of the County. Word has it they are ready to bunker down with the congregation they feel will help them endure the upcoming Great Tribulation. This "musical chairs Kingdom Hall" switching is nothing new, once a year we have a huge movment take place, people find out the friends in the other Halls, "Smell, feel, talk and treat you the same" as your previous Hall. Same old people, same old crap, just a different building with different frowning faces!

    The quickest way you can remove yourself from this elderette, is to tell her, you have postpardom depression, anxiety or some other kind of issue that is starting to plague the Watchtower's Societies Happiest People On Earth. She fell in love with Tom Cruise in the 1980s, and agrees that Big Pharma is trying to sell the stupid public drugs like Prozac, Lexepro, Paxil. Tell me if this is Karma or not, I heard today from a perfect source, her child has been dx'ed with some kind of depression, how will Cruella response to her own child, will she disown, toss her out, or swept her depression under the field service doormat. I don't believe in Karma and don't wish anyone to suffer, life has a way of putting the arrogant into their place, "Mommy Dearest" will have to comfort her married child, how will she react? What strange luck to find this out today!

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