gopher
You may be in the crosshairs of the official 3-month campaign
You are kidding right? A real 3 month campaign?
if hesitation to return to regular meeting attendance is noted,
One would think that it should have been noted before they got there. LOL! However, I guess they have to go through the formalities and all. Make it “official”Exactly who are they stamping foreheads for anyway? So God doesn't get us mixed up? When are they going to realize that they don't have the power to decide who is "rightous enough" ?
I wonder if this might be an example of "suddenly being aware of ones concience"? As in "Forced awareness"? What a big suprise that would be for everyone that participated in shunning others because they didn't measure up to the standards of what the society dictated.
U_R
My middle child who is only 12 just started getting shunned by some of her so-called friends!
What possible foundation could they have for shunning a 12 year old?
No offense to those who may be from Massachusetts, but sometimes a lot of them behave like they are from the witch-hunt error.
Hmmmm….sorry…ranted on your thread….well…no refunds…
Rant all you want
(((((((((((Hugs to you and your daughter)))))))))))
sentinieal
If the person was someone that I was close to at one time, then I might return the call. You never know.
That’s what sticks in the back of my mind. I feel like I am being rude by not returning the call. On the other hand, I am reminding myself, that’s what I feel because it is a normal thing to feel. I don’t know, I think about it and toss it back and fourth, then I think, why am I tossing it back and fourth? I shouldn’t have to feel like that.
The reason I drifted away in the first place was because I could not conform. It feels like being put in a cage. Like a circus animal. I felt caged all the time. I KNOW I wasn't the only one that felt that way. I noticed plenty of reactions from plenty of witnesses, and often, of feeling inferior for something they did or even something they may have thought, expressed or not.
I wore a mood ring to the ministry school meeting one evening. It took about 20 min. for someone to point out to me that I shouldn't be wearing it. It was worldly symbolizim. A ring that condones the practice of witchcraft.
GEESH! It was a RING! Guilty of changing color with body temp. THAT IS ALL.
I never used it in any of my spells! HAhahaha. Besides, didn't God make it in the first place?
LOL@ DJ & xjw_b12
brandi
After 11 years of not contacting me, they just called me a couple of weeks ago.
why has it taken them a year to call you if they care so much about you?
This is true. I considered that. But then again, I’m not the easiest person to contact. LOL. But again, if someone REALLY wanted to contact me, it wouldn’t be impossible.
Sorry to be so negative
You shouldn’t be sorry. They only reason I put up this thread was because I was feeling negative about the whole thing and it bothered me.
I still have people in my life I consider friends who are JWs. None in the KH I last attended. But from the KH’s I attended many years ago. When ever I talk to them they will ask me if I made it to the memorial, or did I make it to the last convention, etc. If I say no I didn’t, they might tell me about it or change the subject.
The thing is in this KH, I was still considered a newbie. I only attended this one for a couple of years. Some moved here from other congregations where other family members of mine attended, so they “feel” like they know me.
It’s a strange situation. They also treated me, or I should say, I felt they treated me, with expectations of being on some sort of spiritual level that I wasn’t accepting or playing up to. I should be an example instead of a confused idiot. I had a bit of a sarcastic mouth that had a habit of blurting out things that had no place to fit in. “Rebelling” Whatever.
Francois
"You can't be walked on unless you lie down first."
True. It does help to be bigger though. LOL.
Right now, I feel completely surrounded by bullies. I need to grow a few more thorns to compensate for my shortness. LOL
RF
Emotions within the cult are not SPONTANEOUS
This gave me an instant vision of the ministry school. 15 min. of instructing the publishers to get out their Rolodex and start making those calls. The times are getting shorter every day that goes by and did they do their part in bringing in the lost sheep. After all, they don’t want Jehovah angry with them because they missed a sheep for the blue-light special at K-Mart.
Guilt guilt guilt.
It is sad thinking about how many plastic friendships have been left by the wayside over the years.
I don’t know yet what I will end up doing. I will probably just forget about it. It’s possible I could get another call. I hate getting calls with a surprise on the other end of the line
Thanks all for the responses!
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