Having children ??? did the Watchtower have an affect on your decisions ??? (page 3)

SpannerintheWorks

Run don't walk,

How STUPID can people get ??? Who is teaching this the Watchtower ??? or parents ???

Well, there are other references, but I feel the following will suffice:

Awake! 8th November, 1974. Page 11:

" Today there is a great crowd of people who are confident that a destruction of even greater magnitude is now imminent. The evidence

is that Jesus' prophecy will shortly have a major fulfillment, upon this entire system of things. This has been a major factor in influencing

many couples to decide not to have children at this time. They have chosen to remain childless so that they would be less

encumbered to carry out the instructions of Jesus Christ to preach the good news of God's kingdom earth wide before the

end of this system comes. - Matt. 24:14.

"On the other hand, there are many good reasons why couples now decide not to have children. Even within Jesus' prophecy

concerning the time of the end, sound reasons are found for remaining childless. It would, therefore be entirely improper for

anyone to criticize those who may decide that this is not the time to have children."

(Bold type and emphasis mine.)

I don't think that there can be any doubt that the Watchtower Society

influenced many JW couples to refrain from having children!

Very much a CULTIC trait!

Spanner

The Watchtower defiantly influenced our decision to have children. I came into the ~~lie~~ "truth" during the 1975 debacle when the end was "oh so soon! " At first it was the fear of Armageddon and putting children through the horrors that were soon going to come upon us all. Plus we reasoned, it would be better to wait until the new system and raise them on a paradise earth. Yes, I truly believed all this. But, we had a daughter in 1980, I was told "she will never start school."

After we had our daughter, I would liked to have had more children, but about this time I was having trouble "spiritually". I think I was suffering mild depression and as a result I had a hard time making meetings, service, participating, so I was labeled "spiritually weak." My husband didn't think it was wise to have any more children with a wife that was "spiritually challenged". That still hurts

Hapgood

mizpah

No Lisa. The old pioneer sister's name was Sue. She faithfully remained single to devote her life to the preaching work. She was one of those hard working people who never wanted attention or praise. Well, she sadly ended up getting neither by being abandoned by her "brothers and sisters" in the congregation.

But I am sure that there are many other examples of similar circumstances. Once a person's usefulness is over it seems the Watchtower Society disposes of its useless members. As I recall, Ray Franz gives a tragic example of this in one of his books. A brother who served at Bethel for many years ended up alone and disparate. Such is the reward for a life time of devotion to a cruel organization.

Maverick

I remember that when my daughter was born in 1984 we took a lot of flack for foolishly having a child so close to the end! I have never, ever regretted her birth. Maverick

simplesally

The sad part is, is that the people in Malawi, the Hutsis and Tutsis of Rwanda........well, they must feel that it was the wrong thing to have children and see them suffer........

JT

Oh boy, better not let JT see this thread....

yes this does piss me off- the wt literally has cost me a family- my wife and i will never be able to have children of our own now-

while many persons can't have kids for various reasons , it is the a REASON that we can't have kids that hurts the most

we put off having kids based on the dogma of a NEW SYSTEM around the corner

well there will be no new system and we got sold a bill of goods

i think of all the bethel couples my wife and i know as well as all the couples we know who are putting off having kids, GETTING REAL JOBS , planing for retirement, etc all because they are trying to get inot the traveling work

this religion has truly Hooodwinked and Bamboozled all of us in one way or another

how sad

LDH

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((((((((Mrs. JT))))))))

Mizpah: so it wasn't Hilda, it was Sue. It's no wonder. There was probably one in every congregation.

Lisa

BeautifulGarbage

While it didn't affect MY decision to have kids, it certainly affected, and affects, the way my JW Father views ME having children.

He quipped to my Step-mother after my second child, "I don't know why she keeps having kids, they are just going to die". Needless to say, my children barely know him. In fact, my son wouldn't know him from a stranger.

However, it certainly didn't stop HIM from making three kids.

Andee

coffee_black

My parents went together for 10 years before they married, because they were waiting for Armageddon... Then someone at headquarters married, and it was finally ok...

They had me later in life because of that decision. They wanted more kids. I had a brother who only lived a day and a half. My mother had numerous miscarriages, but I ended up an only child. Had they had those 10 years they missed out on, maybe there would have been others. They regretted waiting, and often said so.

coffee

reporter

"Millions now dying have never lived!" (or had children)

Having children ??? did the Watchtower have an affect on your decisions ???

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