by Skeptically Yours 25 Replies latest jw experiences
Well Skeptically....Your an out going person who speaks her mind!!
I know I'm going to love all your posts here!!
Welcome beauty!!!
Hope your husband finds away to attain his spiritual goals and keep his amazing wife!
agape,
Utopian_Raindrops
bye bye 4 now
Tell him you want to have a weekly family bible/Watchtower study.
You will find interesting study material here:
Welcome SY
Great to have you here.
This is good advice:
It's not the wife making it hard for hubby to get priveleges, it's the Society
Keep that in mind and avoid any guilt they try to put on you.
Brummie
I think it is great that you are still a JW. You are doing all the right things (staying out of the incrowd, not going to gatherings) I think the important thing is to be very careful who you talk and associate with. Both me and my boyfried were brought up as JW's and hope to go back once we are married as we won't give up our bonking (lol). We feel it is a good way of life as long as you have got all the wild experiences out of the way. you go girl
Welcome SY! You sound like a fascinating person! Looking forward to your posts and insight.
What do you mean by privileges? I am kind of new to all of this?
Welcome to the board. What a balancing act. I'm tired just thinking about it. I couldn't do it but more power to ya. I'm kind of an black and white kind of person. I have to call a spade a spade. I couldn't go to meetings or especialy go out in service and try to teach someone that BS. You seem to be straightforward, so tell your husband how you feel about him getting priviledges and how it would impact your life/relationship. Do you think it is the Truth?
NonJWalltheway,
By 'privileges' I mean being appointed as a 'Ministerial Servant' which means more responsibilities within the organization, like have more participation in giving talks from the platform and perhaps lead or directly help out in one of the many departments of the congregation (i.e., literature dept., treasury, sight & sound, incharged of territories, etc.). Also, he'd have more stuff to do during assemblies.
They'd be lucky to have him serve, for he's a great worker and leader. His employer just loves him, and people that get to work with him always look to have him lead projects and stuff. However, in the organization is not based on your natural abilities and leadership capacity. Oh well, their loss!
Now that I think about it, if he had privileges I'd lose him during the assemblies and also at the meetings. He's be all occupied with the 'behind the scenes' happenings and would have no time for us at all!
Now we just attend the meetings at the time we can, and if we're late, we're late! And can leave whenever we want to right after a meeting has concluded. But the men with privileges have to be at least 20 minutes early before every meeting and stay afterwards at least another 1/2 hour. It's awful! I should know, my father has been an elder and regular pioneer for many years now! Good thing my mother is such a social person; she just loves it all!
Take care!
Lv4fer,
Do I think it is 'the truth'? Well, I have my struggles just like I'm sure people have in any other religion/organization; but, in general, I like their theology.
Whether I go 100% along with it or not, you gotta give it to them: They are one organized bunch! And, I'm a somewhat organized-type person, so I can manage their style very well.
Take care!
many organisations are well organised....thats not a factor that makes me join an org.
