They ambushed me!

by Anony Mous 33 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Anony Mous

  When I was bringing my daughter back to her mother's house two elders stopped me and told me they wanted to talk. I said I didn't have time, they asked me if I wanted to stop by the KH on Saturday to talk to them. I said I didn't have time. They asked if I had any other time that would work, I said I really am not interested in going back to the KH to talk about anything.

  They said they heard some 'worrying' things and wanted to talk to me to see if I they could 'help' me getting back on the 'right track'. I flat out said: I am not interested in going to the KH for anything. Even if I had the time? Even if I had the time, I would still not go.

  It's been 2 years now since I left the KH, now it seems that they have some unfinished business to clear up. They just make me so angry.
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  Gypsy Sam

  I'm sorry you went through that. Why can't they just leave people alone?? They have no respect for boundaries, personal priorities or just giving someone space!!!
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  Julia Orwell

  Stay strong! They have no jurisdiction over you. Whatever the 'worrying things' are is none of their business since you've obviously been faded for a while. I wonder who's been ratting you out? Why didn't they come to you personally like the scriptures say to?
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  Bob_NC

  Any Mouse (sorry couldn't help myself) I am so delighted that you stood your ground with these boars and said what you felt, that you don't want to go the KH to talk about anything. I have not been to a meeting in over 12 years. Guess what...I still get periodic phone calls from elders and occasional doorbell rings once some found out where I live. I don't want to have to tell these fellows what you did. It is so annoying to be put in that spot. You'd think they would take a hint, as in "I ain't going any more and I sure know where you are. Duh?"

  Thank you for sharing and it was obvioulsy an ambush.
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  LostGeneration

  Worrying things, code for someone ratted you out somewhere along the line. I remember your ex basically put you through hell right? Is she up to no good again?

  You said the right thing, no time and busy. They can't make you go, unless you are a willing participant in their little world.

  You have the right to be angry, none of us have to answer to them for anything, yet they have some sort of God complex, thinking they are dictators over anyone who comes into contact with their pathetic little cult.
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  Bobcat

  Try what Bethel teaches COs to do when someone asks them a question they don't want to answer or that they think the questioner should not ask:

  Just look at them and say nothing. (Not in a mean way - but just look at them in silence.) After a few moments it starts to get embarrassing - for the questioner. After a while the questioner starts to fill in the silence. Soon they understand to move on. (It also leaves you feeling in control.)
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  slimboyfat

  Where does bethel teach that? Is it in writing?
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  The Searcher

  Thanks Bobcat - that explains why (a couple of years ago) when I was out in the ministry with our C.O. he looked at me in total silence and then walked away when I said that I was concerned over the "understanding" of Romans 6:7 being literal!!

  I decided then that he probably thought it was a corrupt and odious teaching, and couldn't reveal that to an ordinary publisher who would rat on him!
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  mind blown

  Don't go no matter what

  What ever they heard is only hearsay at this point. If you go in they'll try to get you to admit what ever this issue is, and if you're in goat mood they'll DF you which is what exactly what happened to me". Someone ratted me out and I had been away for a year. Like a dummy, I went to the KH to have that little chat and they DF'd me.
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  moshe

  ask them, "are you happy?" - after the obligatory yes, you come back with, "you need to stop lying to yourself"- and then walk away.