Posts by HeyThere

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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HeyThere

I am here. It is boring. Absolutely nothing special except perhaps watching a couple gb members running their mouths about keeping up, etc.

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US Zone visit

by obarac in

anyone will atend?.

how we can follow this meeting?.

anyone will inform us live?.

My 88 Year Old Mom Is Going To Special Meeting Today And Shouldn't!

by minimus in

jw
friends

my mom only goes out for doctor's visits.

they are "encouraging" her to spend three hours to hear the annual meeting at the kh.

she is on oxygen and can barely move.

HeyThere

This is so boring...Absolutely nothing of interest. Although I am recording and have recorded them asking for donations lol.

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US Zone visit

by obarac in

anyone will atend?.

how we can follow this meeting?.

anyone will inform us live?.

My 88 Year Old Mom Is Going To Special Meeting Today And Shouldn't!

by minimus in

jw
friends

my mom only goes out for doctor's visits.

they are "encouraging" her to spend three hours to hear the annual meeting at the kh.

she is on oxygen and can barely move.

HeyThere

Shoot. I am going to go, too. My kid talked me into it saying if she has to sit through this crap she wants to at least have me there with her so she doesn't feel alone. Blech.

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US Zone visit

by obarac in

anyone will atend?.

how we can follow this meeting?.

anyone will inform us live?.

HeyThere

I will be there. My kid talked me into it. Plus I am a bit curious. I should be able to provide some updates as I plan to spend some serious time in the back room alone.

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My 88 Year Old Mom Is Going To Special Meeting Today And Shouldn't!

by minimus in

jw
friends

my mom only goes out for doctor's visits.

they are "encouraging" her to spend three hours to hear the annual meeting at the kh.

she is on oxygen and can barely move.

My child is begging me to go so I can plead to my husband to take us home after 30 minutes because of my medical situation so she doesn't have to sit through it all. Lol. Clearly she is looking forward to this special event.

I haven't attended a kh anything since june...no gatherings or anything. Some think it is my medical stuff ( i have another surgery coming up, too.) But there are some who know of my questioning and that I stopped going after that. So, ya I'm not going.

I think it is despicable that they are pressuring your sick elderly mother to attend. They just have no sense doing this.

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As I move further away from theWT.....

by Viviane in

i've, over the years, looked into many religions.

obviously, from those that have seen me post here, i've become an atheist simply because i couldn't find any reason to believe in god.

recently, though, over the past few months, a new change has started.

HeyThere

I am struggling with that at the moment. I have very fond memories of church as a child. I attended methodist primarily but a few others who were all independent churches who were involved in various humanitarian efforts and charity. I loved going on missions trips to help build schools and having holiday dinners where all the kids cooked a meal, adults came a paid for the meal as if at a restaurant and we used proceeds to feed the homeless. We had fun and helped others. It was a great experience.

However, my experience with the Jws caused me to research more and the more I researched the more I realized the bible is not only full of holes that I did not see as a youth, but also taking natural events and turning them into acts of god. As an educated adult I just can't believe these things. I consider myself agnostic now. There could be intelligent design, but I don't see how a loving God would continue to punish billions over time due to Adam and Eve's mistake.

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Child sex abuse cases mentioned at weekly meeting?

by HeyThere in

okay, tonight someone told me that one of the elders actually addressed the child sex abuse cases at the weeknight meeting this past week.

she said the speaker said that accusations are being made against the truth but that they should stand firm in the truth and that they are going to continue fighting these allegations and that all should stand firm for jehovah or some similar comments.... did anyone else hear this from the stage?.

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HeyThere

More to add to my rant

I have not attended anything watchtower since June. My husband was actually shunning me for a period of time because I had questioned the org. Normal people just don't do that, this cult gets so deep with the emotions of the congregation that normalcy changes. It is unnerving.

We have been fine for the past few months, we just do not talk religion. A few days ago I asked if he heard about the recent case. He hadnt. I told him how the gb refused to provide documents and even to testify despite court orders. His response: they just don't want to be in the spotlight. So I said, to avoid the spot light they would risk contempt of court or losing millions of dollars? He shrugged. He does know the child abuse topic is one that convinced me to stop going. I pushed with one more statement about how there are many more cases in the pipeline all showing known child sex abusers were allowed to remain in the cong and more kids were harmed as a result. This whole issue and how so many JW's ignore it bothers me greatly.

Yes, there is always the option of focusing on the good and ignoring the bad. But that is how evil wins.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. (Edmond burke)

Edmund

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Child sex abuse cases mentioned at weekly meeting?

by HeyThere in

okay, tonight someone told me that one of the elders actually addressed the child sex abuse cases at the weeknight meeting this past week.

she said the speaker said that accusations are being made against the truth but that they should stand firm in the truth and that they are going to continue fighting these allegations and that all should stand firm for jehovah or some similar comments.... did anyone else hear this from the stage?.

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HeyThere

Marina, I agree. I have never been an official jw, but made it to unbaptized pub earlier this year. My husband is born in but was inactive when I met and married him, and for over a decade of our marriage. There were a number of things that happened in a short period of time that made me leave, despite my husband's protests. I saw a news article about Candice conti, was damn near bullied into signing an advance directive to prohibit blood for a major surgery ( those blood videos are so biased! Omg! Big Red flag for me) and my husband and his families response to my questions, as well as members of the hall I was attending, the ladies I studied with.

WHAT I have learned about this cult cannot be unlearned, and I simply will not support such a corrupt organization. Sure, there are good things, such as some of the people, teaching of morals, etc. But the bad does outweigh the good. The good people in the org would still be good people outside of the org. The org itself is manipulative, the writing is manipulation of emotions at its finest, and the way they always ask for money, talk so badly about other religions, hypocritical behavior, no transparency with spending, hiding child molesters, etc. The bad is soooooooo bad. It's organized crime, really. Protected under the guise of religion.