AlwaysBusy

Joined

• started 4 topics
• posted 231 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by AlwaysBusy

• 
  66

  Reinstatement via Old Cong.

  by startingover13 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've applied to be reinstatement in a new city after attending meetings for a bit.

  i wrote my letter and they heard my case.

  they were very helpful.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  I tried to get reinstated. After being disf'd, I continued to attend all of the meetings, for years, wrote my reinsatement letter to the GB and had numerous meetings with the Elders. I had moved, so they had to contact my previous kingdom hall, and ... guess what? My publisher's card had disappeared, so it has been 17 years waiting to be reinstated. My husband is ill so now we listen to the meetings on the phone tie-in. I had two Elder's visits this last month telling me they contacted Bethel for my card, and were sent a copy. I thought this was something they could have done 16 years ago, but, who am I? Of course all of the elders on my JC are either dead, df'd or have left, at least that's what the elders told me, which is true, I'm sure. Soooooo, I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you are wanting to be reinstated, you will have to be patient, very patient. Live your life, go to the meetings, study the bible, say your prayers, and just be prepared to wait and attend more Elder meetings until they've had enough. Seriously... You are going to have to be patient and wait on them. In the mean time, enjoy your life, If you have a hobby pursue it. It's not a sin to enjoy music, or nature, sports, whatever it is. Incorporate something pleasant into your life, so the waitning isn't such torture. Don't let the waiting bring you down or make you anxious. It's something everyone has to do to get reinstated. I've been going to the kingdom hall for 61 years, so I know what I'm talking about. Peace
• 
  61

  Outrageous Comment

  by Yondaime in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what was the most outrageous comment you ever heard during a wt study?.

  .

  please share your experiences..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  stuckinarut2 ...... LOL!!!!!
• 
  61

  Outrageous Comment

  by Yondaime in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what was the most outrageous comment you ever heard during a wt study?.

  .

  please share your experiences..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  An elder, at the end of the Sunday meeting, gave quite a lengthly prayer, and closed the prayer with "Heavenly Father, we pray for everlasting lice." He ran off the platform, poor guy.
• 
  31

  My neighbor is a return visit. Should I say something?

  by Zoos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i stayed home sick from work the other day and noticed a car group pull up to my neighbor's house.

  she's a stay-at-home mom.

  i decided it was time to retrieve something from my truck to see if i could recognize the visiting sisters.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  Don't say anything.
• 
  21

  How Have You Changed Much In Attitude & Actions Since Leaving The Witnesses?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it takes time to stop thinking or reacting like a jehovah's witness.. are you still judgmental?

  a know it all?

  a person that listens more with their heart instead of their head---like jehovah's witnesses ???.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  I haven't left (although, according to Witnesses I have), but since I have been a Witness, I have learned to never trust or get close to anyone inside or outside the org. I have learned that if I am bullied, to bully back. I have learned that animals are more loving and loyal than people. I have learned to enjoy this life and all of the beautiful things in it, to enjoy the peacefulness of nature, since it is much more comforting than being with humans. I was never judgemental as an active Witness, or at anytime in my life. I don't judge, that's not my job.
• 
  43

  How old were you when baptized?

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was baptized at the age of 11. like most of us, my commitment wasnt to honor god but rather i was gang pressed into the service of the wtbts.

  and, at such a young age, it was impossible for me to appreciate the enormity of my actions.

  honestly, how could i possibly have known any better?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  I was born in, but didn't get baptised until I was 35.
• 
  26

  The TRUE story of a Pedophile

  by Tech49 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this is a true experience that i thought i would share, one that occurred just a few years ago in my area.

  it is a real experience, nothing made up here.. a younger couple moved into our kh, into the joining congregation (so not ours, but the other one that shared our kh).

  they seemed nice enough, they had one boy that was about 8, and a baby on the way.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  Clarity ~ Thank you!
• 
  26

  The TRUE story of a Pedophile

  by Tech49 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this is a true experience that i thought i would share, one that occurred just a few years ago in my area.

  it is a real experience, nothing made up here.. a younger couple moved into our kh, into the joining congregation (so not ours, but the other one that shared our kh).

  they seemed nice enough, they had one boy that was about 8, and a baby on the way.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  I KNOW it's real...my two sons were molested by an elder, who also drugged and raped their best friend. I also know of a young brother that was molested by him 20 years before this happened. I can't guess how many others were hurt by this predator. My kids, they were all baptised, left the Witnesses after that, I was df'd and the Elder stepped down but was not df'd. He was so slick, people were hugging him, and kissing him, crowding around him, crying, at the meeting when he was removed as an elder, it made me sick. I heard that he's an elder again. I don't know what else to say, except that what this did to us, no one will ever know..... this wound will never heal.
• 
  48

  Any Senior Citizens, Retirees here?

  by AlwaysBusy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  howdy....well, what do you think?

  of everything?

  is it all crazy?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  We have a good income, mine and my hubby's SS plus he has a pension from his carpenter days, and also, military retirement. We don't have a savings, as we gave it all away, to our kids, mom and anyone who was in need. We've been married for 16 years, we met and married right after I was df'd. I go to college, he's retired, I'm retired from my job as an editor. We have great insurance through the military, and I am so grateful. I am in great health so far, and I feel like I am 30. It's so weird...we look old, but feel so young. Hubby's not well, but we enjoy life. We live 4 hours from the ocean and 2 hours from the Smokey mountains so we make many trips to both. There are many things I would have done differently, when I look back, but I try not to look back too often....there is still plenty of life left to live and enjoy ahead of us.
• 
  26

  Because The Governing Body Is In Denial They Can Not Comprehend The Suffering They Impose Upon Jehovah's Witnesses With Their No Blood And Disfellowshiping Policies

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  denial works it horrors on the needless suffering they cause their members.

  denial about their god delusion, denial about their faulty policies, denial about children dying in vain over some stupid ban on blood.

  if it is one thing the governing body do best it's denial, and denial is a killer in their case and the death toll will keep rising until they can face the facts, instead of pushing them away with denial.. yes they hear but only with annoyance any facts about their biblical interpetation as being wrong and delusional, because the stakes are high; their position as corporation ceos, a better future for their followers, the future of the corporation they are running, i'm surprised that none of them hasn't attempted suicide over the dilemma they are in over this denial thing, surely some must see the 'writing on the wall' so to speak?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  AlwaysBusy

  There are two groups in the org..... the nobodies and everyone from pioneer, MS, elder on up. I think it's all about control and fear, control the nobodies and put fear into them so they stay. I am a JW, but the most wicked people and many of the most miserable people I have ever met have been JWs. The funny thing is, none of this has anything to do with scripture. The GB knows very well what they are doing, but I hope at least some of them have a little bit of heart. There has been so much pain and sufferering, the jws, for the most part, are so poor... it hurts me to see it. I wish, I really do, that the GB would set about a precedent for helping their own people....instead of having them suffer. Instead of 'apostasizing' everyone who leaves, just let them go....if they don't want to stay, fine. Why is the policy to shun? I don't understand. I hate it. I love the bible, and I have found that the teachings, for me. are as close to truth as it is possible to get...but, the shunning, spying, df'ing, cruelty, no education, poverty...where is that in the bible? All that is because of people, people wanting to control other people. At least that's the way I see it. I like animals more than I like people, animals are honest and loving and loyal.