I have to agree. I was raised in the truth. I ran away when I was 14, because my mom was mean and strict, and never let me do anything. That sounds bad on my mom, not Jehovah. I spent many years away from the truth, but in my heart I always knew it was the truth. I never spoke bad about Jehovah, or his Word. Every congergation has many differant personalities. I knew plenty of parents in the truth that did not act the way my mom did. I am now a parent in the truth, and I am different then my mom. I learned from her mistakes. My oldest is 16, and still lives at home. I have two years on my mom. I can understand kids falling away from the truth, it happens. I have cousins who are disfellowshipped. But I don't understand why you talk bad about Jehovah. An apostate -fest. Why call it that? You are making yourselves enemies of Jehovah. Just because you feel an elder or parent wronged you. That is not Jehovah. The rules for submitting replys and comments is to not
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And you have. You are bashing Jehovah's witnesses, and if others log on that do not know first hand anything about Jehovah you have incited hatered.
You talk about getting drunk and stuff. Maybe thats why you are no longer at the Kingdom Hall.
I found this sight when I punched in kingdom hall on the internet. So I also want to comment on Spankings in the Kingdom Hall. First I do spank my children. I do not beat them. But I do beleive a spanking wont hurt the situation, and it builds up that action / consequence thing. I also reward for good behavier. I have never seen anyone beat their child. But every church in the world is made up of many personalities. There is one difference between other churches and Jehovah's Witnesses. If something is a continuing habit, the offender (against the bible principles) is counseled and or disfellowshipped. My mom used to... I wont say beat, because I never had a bruise. But I was hit alot. My aunt( who is not JW) told the Elders. And the elders did cousel my mom. By then it was to late, I ran away shortly after. But they did step up to the plate. So I am sorry for people who feel they were wronged by elders or parents, But that's not Jehovah.
Pray to Jehovah and ask for guidence. He will forgive you. That was my hardest thing to swallow, how could Jehovah forgive me? But he does. I suggest reading the Draw Close To Jehovah Book. The Pioneer sister who studied with me used it. And it changed my life. Now it is the book studied at the weekly book study. Really dig into your soul, (heart) And ponder over why you feel so bitter toward Jehovah.
And for you who have never been JW, you can gripe all day, but you do not know what you are talking about, because you have not been there.
Thank you for reading this,
Gidgetgirl