Did You Ever "Love" The Elders, The "Friends", The "Governing Body"?

minimus

Please send your love to the Governing Body and pray for them!...... I LOVE my elders!..... I love the FRIENDS soooo much!.......Were you a lover???

outoftheorg

Your question seemed rather odd at first glance. Then I realized it was causing some rather odd feelings.

After thinking about this for a while, the answer is NO. With a few exceptions, I kept the elders at arms length and they did so for me.

There was always a measure of distrust or was it fear? After some more thought, I realize that this also existed in my associations with the rank and file jw's.

It was like I was very careful about who I would let into my life.

Kind of odd for this to be in the happiest people in the most loving religious group on earth.

So much for the "sweet" association with the brothers.

Outoftheorg

franklin J

no, I never was.

Even as a "theocratic youngster" I kept my distance from most of them. It was very clear to me from a young age who had the "agenda" and who did not. I stuck with the ones who "did not".

The ones who were the " agape; and love sister and brother so and so..." were usually the ones who had some kind of agenda. Brown nosers.....suck ups, etc. We had our share of those in the Huntington, Long Island congregation.

IP_SEC

Yep, Yep, and Yep.

Now my answers are a little different.

Yep, Yep, and NO WAY JOSE

franklin J

HAH,

IP_SEC, that was funny!

stillajwexelder

The WTBTS says we are supposed to love them and die for them if needed - I never even when I was diehard would have died for any of them - so NO I was not a lover - -agape

siegswife

Yes, I felt like I loved them in an abstract kind of way.

I loved the concept of them...the idealism of them. Even though I never fit in socially, I felt that I fit in with them spiritually. The dream that ~~was reality...~~ in reality was just a dream.

If nothing else, the JW's and WTS helped me realize that reality is alot better than a dream. I'd rather be happy with what is than miserable because of what isn't. There is no place to go that isn't reached from within yourself.

blondie

I did until about 30 years ago when I had my first experience with the lying hypocrisy of elders and their families. I thought they were the exception rather than the rule. It took 30 more years and similar experiences in 5 other congregations to get me to realize there is no real love in the congregations only fear and suspicion and cowards.

Blondie (slow learner)

Heatmiser

NOPE

minimus

Many of us had expectations that were high because when we first learned the TRUTH , we were told Witnesses were different. They ALONE had TRUE LOVE. We all know better----unless we're living in fantasy land.

Did You Ever "Love" The Elders, The "Friends", The "Governing Body"?

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