My wife & I are house sitting , interstate , for a freind who is overseas , near a former congregation we attended for the best part of 20 years .The last KH we attended was in `93 ? for a funeral. Yesterday I was in line at an ATM when this woman walked past me and went into the chemists.She looked familiar so I waited for her to come out and said are you B....? she said yes do I know you ? I identified myself and we exchanged pleasantries and small talk.
She then asked if " we" were going to see us again" I said no , I dont think so.She said , ahh well , and we carried on small talk and wishing each other well for the future. All in all a pleasant encounter. She would be in her seventies as I am .
The next encounter was today when I was passing through the food court of a shopping complex.I noticed some one who was just finishing a snack who looked vaguely familiar , he came past and we looked at each other , and I said arent you T....? You have a familiar face he said , and again we got into a discussion.This man was DFD for doing his job as a self employed signwriter doing xmas decorations on the windows of a butcher shop.
Their was a time when the elders admitted he was wrongly dfd and said to him , come back to the congregation for two months and we will reinstate you , by this time he said "but I dont beleive it anymore " and they said it doesnt matter , come back for two months and you will beleive. He never did.
His wife died about 4 years ago when they were both out , because of their doubts and his treatment from the congregation and his dfd status. His fleshly brother who is an elder has not spoken to him since the eighties , and only lives a few kilometers away . But now get this , T.... who is 65 yrs old , widower , is caring for his aged mother who is 93 years old and still a diehard JW , in his own home , yet his brother who is an Elder shuns him .
Its not the Elder who is looking after their mum , its the dfsd , shunned person who is caring for his jehovahs witness mum . Sick , isnt it.
The jehovahs witness religion producers cold hearted , self righteous , unloving , unchristian , bastards , who delight in destroying familys .
And that is the best I can say about them.
smiddy