i was always into boys that had "wordly" tendencies, like giggling at innopropriate jokes, watching scary/horror movies, scary video games, and just being open minded.. even if i ever get together with anybody, he's either gonna be an "awake" jw that is not a stupid pioneer, ministerial servant, elder, etc., and is not as active in the org.
if they're not a jw, maybe i could find someone i could get along with somewhere.
it takes time.
I married one of those. Laid back, great guy, great husband, great father and great overall man. He never wanted to be an MS or Elder. Marriage....going 30 plus years strong. BEST DECISION I EVER MADE!!!
SECOND BEST DECISION I EVER MADE....LEAVING A CULT!!!
WT, you can have all of your 23 plus year old "spiritual men." I'll take my wonderful husband!!!
got this surprise in my letter box today.just got my personal invite for the memorial this year, through the letter box!
i am pimo.
goes to show how little info they have on me.they do not even know where i live and so thinking it is a "worldy" persons house pushed one through.
We have not received ours yet.
We received one last year with a note from an Elder. Guess what? He spelled my first and last name wrong!!! So much for those "little details" about caring for the flock. lol
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/03/the-secret-jehovahs-witness-database-of-child-molesters/584311/.
Great read!!
so ubm here.
i have a jw wife who in 10 years of marriage i have never seen actually read the bible, never given a witness to me, never had a biblical discussion.
for a number of years now hardly even reads the magazines.
I think there are a lot more people,within the borg, who act like this. They go for social reasons and can tell others they went to "church" on Sunday. lol
"shortly, within our twentieth century*, the "battle in the day of jehovah" will begin against the modern antitype of jerusalem, christendom.
" (the nations shall know that i am jehovah; 1971; 2nd ed.
fearmongering or scaremongering is the spreading of frightening and exaggerated rumors of impending danger or the habit or tactic of purposely and needlessly arousing public fear about an issue.
Yep, the fear mongering works well with our family. It keeps em in the cult!!!
https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/russia-confiscates-30-4-million-property-jehovahs-witnesses.
it would appear that with this most recent confiscation the total taken from the jws by moscow amounts to more that $75 million.
(ouch!
Good news!!!
hi everyone, i got the news that the lawsuit against the watchtower for the child abuse issue has been accepted in quebec(canada).
that means it can proceed further.
it is a first victory.
My spouse and I have been talking. We are not going to have to say a word to our families, WT is doing a great job on it's own.
today while i was having my groceries checked out, a lovely woman came up next to me in the line.. i glanced over at her... her face screamed "i'm a pain in the ass!
" she was obese and frumpy, and (i know maybe i'm projecting a little too much here...) she seemed to exude a sense of superiority, like, "i'm too good to be around these losers.".
i paid for my food and made a point of being especially nice to the checker because i figured her next person was going to be unpleasant.. as i was gathering my things, the checker asked this lovely woman, "is plastic ok?
Yep, pompous, self righteous JW's who's s*it don't stink.
True misfits!!! They don't realize how ridiculous they look to the outside world.
if this is old news then just scrap it.. .
looks like more watchtower property is for sale.. .
https://www.matele.be/bioul-le-centre-des-temoins-de-jehovah-a-vendre.
Going out of business. Everything must go!!!
Great news!!!
i have been studying with jehovah's witnesses for approximately two years.
initially, i liked the studies and felt that i was growing closer to god.
however, as the studies progressed, they seemed to become increasingly negative and i did not like what i was being taught.
My niece recently stopped studying. She is baptized but drifted away years ago. She won't tell me why she stopped studying but did mention to me that she feels ignored by most in the congregation she attended. She remains in contact with her study conductor, whom she really thinks highly of.
I don't want to be cruel to my niece but once the witnesses see that you are not "progressing" in your studies they re encouraged to drop you as a study. What is meant by "progressing?" You must attend meetings, field service, assemblies and you must become one of them. Just tell them you are not interested in studying and they eventually will leave you alone. There are some very nice JW's but once you let them know you will not move forward with the religion, they will be nice but guarded by your presence.
My niece thinks highly of her conductor but once she did not "progress" they way they wanted her, they pretty much dropped her. Me, being a born in JW, I knew this would happen eventually.
My spouse and I are born in JW's and left the religion 6 years ago. It was the best decision we ever made. We lost all of our "friends" and our family treats us very differently. Some will have nothing much to do with us. Our children too. We are not disfellowshipped, we just left the religion. No sin committed. This is how they are encouraged to treat ex members. It is sad but true.
Getting away from them will be the BEST thing that ever happened to you. Trust us!
