quick background:.
born-in, but never baptized.
remainder of family still (by all appearances) loyal dubs.
Teach young ones to use analytical thinking in little things like comparing the claims on products at the supermarket... (eg "why does the packet claim "new and improved" or "why does it say "100% natural" etc)
If they can learn to question things like that, then slowly they can apply such skills to larger issues of faith...
mrs phizzy and myself will be eating out, sure in the knowledge we will not have jw's using the same restaurant.. i may have a cigar along with my brandy at the meal's end to celebrate my (our) freedom..
From memory, wasn't it true that last year the society was a MONTH incorrect for the date of the memorial??
the society loves to talk about how adam and eve abused their gift of free will.
doesn't free will mean the freedom to choose?
how can exercising that freedom to choose then be classed as abusing the gift?
That is cool Rainbow_Troll!
I am not surprised to hear a witness use such an expression! It is "free-will" in anything except the things that really matter...
the society loves to talk about how adam and eve abused their gift of free will.
doesn't free will mean the freedom to choose?
how can exercising that freedom to choose then be classed as abusing the gift?
Your thread reminds me of this great series of 3 videos: ( here is part 1)
mrs phizzy and myself will be eating out, sure in the knowledge we will not have jw's using the same restaurant.. i may have a cigar along with my brandy at the meal's end to celebrate my (our) freedom..
we will simply be enjoying life - guilt free.
like the question asks: if you could relive any one day of your life, any age, any place and remember everything about it afterwards, would you be willing to live one year shorter at the end of your life?
one day for one year?.
i realize that someone well on in years would think twice about it, but, what about you younger ones?
Yes.
If that day was a pivotal day that could affect the direction of my entire life for the better, then that sounds appealing...
But what made you think of this scenario or question?
it has to have happened.
people get stressed out, an elder or overseer takes just two steps over the line and gets a fat lip for his trouble.. does that ever happen?
or maybe someone "counsels" a brother at the wrong time and tempers flare at the old kingdom hall?.
Never let the emotion of their inappropriate behaviour cause you to lose your cool.
As doubtfull1799 says, it will only reinforce their idea that WE are the mentally diseased ones....
Remember the scripture that says "return evil for evil to no-one...as far as it depends on you, be peaceable with all"
However, that doesn't mean we cant politely yet firmly remind them of "APPROPRIATE BOUNDARIES" and behaviour!
Many elders feel that they have the power over us and the right to overstep appropriate boundaries.
However the only power they have over us is that which we allow
i seriously doubt that any jw understanding of prophecy has ever withstood the test of time.
how can anyone trust them when they are always wrong?
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Well said HowTheBibleWasCreated!
Well said indeed sir!
Perhaps we should all wear those sandwich boards and stand outside KHalls like the witnesses used to do to churches??
Sadly though, they would not see the irony!
i'm sure that whatever stage we are at with our journey in leaving the corporation disguised as a religion, aka the watchtower bible & tract society, we have good days and bad days.
maybe young ones who have managed to escape mentally do not suffer quite as much, or suffer in different ways, but after 40 years of indoctrination, what i now like to call the "machinery of reinforcement" it is unavoidable that you don't have days where your head is messed with.
yesterday was just such a day for me.
Beautiful post Doubtfull1799!
Much love and support to you indeed.
This journey we are all on is not an easy one. It could be likened to being on the "narrow and cramped road to life"...(now why does that sound familiar?)
But, no matter how hard it is, it is worth all the effort we go through. After all, the value of truth and honesty and sincerity is priceless.
Stay strong!
watchman 2u.
letter one – jehovah witnesses are all accountable who swore an oath to jehovah god at baptism.
you jehovah witnesses in spiritual judea are clinging onto the temple that will not save you.
