Im in a predicament. I am newly wed, 2 years and a witness. My husband is also a witness that comes from a very uneducated, poor, ignorant witness family. He is a mamas boy and has the iq of a gold fish. He is a terrible provider, we had to move in with his disgusting mother because he cant afford to support us. Ive recently been talking to him about how the truth is not the truth, explaining to him the doctorine changes, scandals and cover-ups. When I told him about how the watchtower society had to start selling its propertys in order to pay for the sexual abuse lawsuits he says, "Thats not true, if it was it would be in the news" Well it is in the news, he wont believe me. I am wondering what opened your mind? What hard facts could you not ignore? How can I explain to him and help him see the light a little more. He doesnt think for himself and honestly doesnt even try to. I ask him what his dreams and aspirations are, or what he wanted to be when he was little. He cant answer those because he has been told to not consider these questions. If he is willing to look at hard evidence I may be able to help him. I do love him, but I dont like his robot attitude. I am working on getting us our own place, in which I will encourage creativity, free thinking and questioning. Hoping to cultivate an anti-witness life. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR PROOF THAT IS AGAINST WITNESSES PLEASE SHARE. Thanks
Needing proof with solid references
by Honeybucket 3 Replies latest jw friends
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yadda yadda 2
Sweety, I think the wisest course of action is you both make a solemn promise not to discuss religion one little bit ever again and both agree to just love each other and be happier together and enjoy lots of wild sex together without so much as giving a second thought to religion. Just let him merrily go to his meetings and occasional field service while you merrily watch your fav telly programme or go shopping while no one says a nadda, zip about religion again. Make a rule to never discuss it again. Don't let this religion and your recent discoveries about it threaten your love for each other!
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ziddina
Uhm, I can recommend some websites...
But you'll have to read them - and don't bother sharing them with hubby. At least, not at first.
Here's a few:
http://scottleblog.wordpress.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PmhAw8_F_s&feature=related
http://www.rickross.com/groups/witness.html
http://www.charityintelligence.ca/index.php?view=charity&id=40&option=com_charities&Itemid=192 The information on this site is not obvious at first, but if you'll look at the paragraph headed "Financial Review", you'll note that the Canadian branch alone is worth over 70 million dollars...
Here's a couple of sites explaining why Jehovah's Witnesses often DON'T make the best employees...
http://jwemployees.bravehost.com/index.html
http://jwemployees.bravehost.com/NewsReports/2015.html
Hope this helps...
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free @ last
Great advice Yadda.... tough to follow but sound advice.
If your primary objective is to make a success of your marriage it's probably best not to critcize your husbands intelligence on a forum where he can't defend himself.