If I saw them at the KH, I nodded my head and give them a big, warm smile. If I saw them out of the KH, I talked with them.
Take Care
AB
i remember a good friend when i was in and active who was d'fd.
when he started coming back, for me at that time is was gut-wrenching not to say 'hello' or at the very least encourage him to continue.
i thought even at this time, does this act of shunning really effective?
If I saw them at the KH, I nodded my head and give them a big, warm smile. If I saw them out of the KH, I talked with them.
Take Care
AB
i joined this wonderful site, only a few weeks ago, although i have been away from the borg, for almost 20 years.
i didnt introduce myself, on a personal level, but i jumped right in, commenting, making threads, and just immersing myself in this community.
what a time, indeed, to be here, its almost as if i was "called" here, because the week i lurked, and joined, was when all this recent stuff came out.
none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.
just found out this morning.
i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.
she is on morphine and hanging on.
she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.
so any way i wonder if this kinda of activity is the norm in halls?
my wife has my youngest boy calling an older couple in the hall grampa and grandma, my oldest daughter called another older brother grandpa, and the ms that is studying with my two oldest boys on the down low (like i don't know), he's calling g them his boys.
what the he'll?
so any way i wonder if this kinda of activity is the norm in halls?
my wife has my youngest boy calling an older couple in the hall grampa and grandma, my oldest daughter called another older brother grandpa, and the ms that is studying with my two oldest boys on the down low (like i don't know), he's calling g them his boys.
what the he'll?
i was having breakfast at home earlier this morning when my mil sat down at the table.
she started re hashing her previous day with us (wife and myself).
she was relating a story she got from another close relative who just finished the pioneer school.
(let me know if anyone thinks my assumptions are way out of line, or if i've forgotten anything).
basic facts:.
the australian royal commission has 1000+ documented cases of child abuse over 65 years.
This is the only organization (that I know of) in which the sympathy and support goes to the perpetrator. I know, because my sons were molested by an elder, and their best friend was drugged and raped by this same elder (he had also been observed having sex with a young boy). We suffered tremendously, and the last I heard the criminal is an elder again. (I have moved to a different state since this happened). I am df'd, and in my inquiries into getting reinstated into various KHs, I have been told of other pedophiles in these KHs in good standing. Believe it or not, elders and their wives will talk to a df'd person, and give out more info than they should. I have learned more about the inner workings of JWs since I have been df'd than when I was a JW in good standing.
I am thrilled to hear of the Australian inquiries. Maybe, just maybe, there will finally be some concern and kindness going towards the victims, and the JW pedophiles, rapists and con-artists will get there deserved reservation in a dirty little cell in some faraway prison.
this photo can be found in the april 15 , study edition article titled:.
why disfellowshipping is a loving provision.
just by looking at this image we can see how quickly the barrier between the congregation and former member is put up, after the announcement that this sister is no longer one of jehovah's witneses.
I showed this picture to my hubby. He said, "Someone in Bethel is trying to tell the reader that it's not real. 'It' being a loving, Christian organization.
The df'ing article is hateful, and the picture is shocking, face in the chair and all. To me, the face in the chair, looks like the elder's face, the elder talking to the young couple.
But, to me, elders are ugly and cruel.
Maybe my glasses are foggy, but does it look like there is a face on the right wall, next to the df'd woman? It's easier to see on the JW.org pic.
AB
my wife is pleasant and easy to get along with.
she is also helpful to many.
lately, however, there is a jw sister who some are curious about has befreinded my wife.
Let your wife sit on an aisle seat and you sit next to her...that way, the lesbian has to sit next to you or across the aisle from your wife.