is anyone else staggered by the fact that outside of the organization most of the general public seem to know very little or nothing about jw’s?
when i was in i was led to believe that 99% of the worlds population had been giving sufficient warning, knew what it was all about and were stubbornly sticking to their immoral ways.
the reality seems to be that the entire jw universe is barely noticeable to the masses.
When you're in you have this impression that the JWs as a group have had this massive impact on issues like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, bloodless surgery, human rights and governmental authority etc etc.
Ha! What a joke.
The only excellent example JWs provide is to prove the power of cult propaganda and groupthink.
it certainly has to be one of the most exciting times to live in as an awake ex witness!.
the wave of momentum we are part of as thousands awaken from the hold of the society is a joy to be a part of.
the internet helps us to see that we are not alone.
Yes, all those personal experiences helped me immensely and still do - it's long road out of the borg.
is anyone else staggered by the fact that outside of the organization most of the general public seem to know very little or nothing about jw’s?
when i was in i was led to believe that 99% of the worlds population had been giving sufficient warning, knew what it was all about and were stubbornly sticking to their immoral ways.
the reality seems to be that the entire jw universe is barely noticeable to the masses.
Toes said it "legends in their own" lunchtime.
And being the narcissists they are they think the world spotlight is all on them and their so-called activity.
Yeah, I happened to witness this little drama unfolf before my eyes over on Joels's channel last week but thought I'd just wait and see what happened. Nobody here posted anything bout it so I thought it may have died down or blown over, obviously it hasn't.
#Who's Marko? may become the new "Who shot JR?"
Are we back in the witness gossip club or something?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41697303.
Watched an interesting doco on netflix about how horrific it is to leave scientology Sea Org, they are some scary SOBs.
let’s say that you haven’t been around a kingdom hall in years and everyone knows you are not a “true believer “ anymore.
yet a tragedy strikes and you want to give a real heartfelt expression of your feelings— what would you say?
would you acknowledge the resurrection hope that the witnesses entertain or say something very different?.
Witnesses and grief ugh!
I have broken one of the rules of witness club on several occasions by telling grieving witnesses not to listen to other bros and sis's who told them to "move on" etc etc. I have said they can talk for as long and as often as they want to me about their dead loved ones as it was normal and natural to do so.
When I ran into an older sister in the supermarket that had lost her grandaughter who was only ten kept apologizing for talking about her funny memories of her and felt other witnesses had forgotten her and moved on so she should too, I said to her straight up "why would you ever want to, if she's in Jehovah's memory then why shouldn't she in yours too."
I'll never forget the way she just went silent for a second or two and then her whole face lit up because I had given her permission to speak of her granddaughter freely. She was so happy and relieved she couldn't stop saying how genuinely good it was to see me when I said my goodbyes.
i was just shown a jc letter from a friend and i noticed that the bottom of it was signed by tree elders.
the letter specifically stated that it was an invitation to a "judicial committee" due to the brother having a marital relationship that was not aligned with bible principles.. i am asking because i remember reading experiences of brothers who demanded their jc be arranged over certified mail with signed letters to which elders refused to do.
since they could not get this done the matter was dropped and no dfing ever happened.
i was just shown a jc letter from a friend and i noticed that the bottom of it was signed by tree elders.
the letter specifically stated that it was an invitation to a "judicial committee" due to the brother having a marital relationship that was not aligned with bible principles.. i am asking because i remember reading experiences of brothers who demanded their jc be arranged over certified mail with signed letters to which elders refused to do.
since they could not get this done the matter was dropped and no dfing ever happened.
Haven't heard anything bout the JC by mail thing but a brilliant idea!
Sorry but something in your post caught my eye, are "tree elders" any different ground elders, lol.
A very Freudian typo BTW as there are tree snakes and ground snakes.
https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-jwb_201709_12_video.
a few things about this video:.
it's very nice that they managed to host a convention for the russian brothers and sisters, and that they all got fed.
From Russia with no love!
Although, they all look pretty happy to be "persecuted."
