in the months or years since leaving the organization, how do you think you have progressed as a person?.
(or if you have regressed too i guess?).
what aspects of personal development are you happy with?.
I think all the years of the nagging little voice inside my head..."something is just NOT right here" finally confirmed, after leaving, that there was/is a major problem(s) with the organization. It made me realize why some of our family members are the way they are.
I have moved on realizing that I am a stronger person. I am still very guarded over who I become close with.
this is bigger than christmas and birthdays wrap into one.
thanks to the australian royal commission our youngest son has woke up.
we received a e-mail from him tonight where he apologized to us for shunning us all these years, how bad he felt for doing this.
This is fantastic!!! I am excited for all of you. It will give those hope, that their families may escape one day!!!
well i moved to a new congregation, and i have no one to study with and i didnt have a bible study in weeks and i was loving but one meeting my aunt said ''im going to set up a bible study with brother bob (dont his name)''.well come to find out brother bob is a man that puts a lot of pressure on you to join the school etc.. well right now im like fuck,because i dont know how to deal with brother bob so i just wanted to know if any could help me..
"Then you raise your gaze and stare him dead in the eye. "Because I'm attracted to you, brother Bob."
I like this one Wake me up! Classic!!!
you know when you are in a deep sleep and something happens that may put you on a different level of sleeping, not as deep.
anyway, then i thought, 90 minutes for lunch?
so, there is a group waiting to cross the street.
Total 100% lack of love was the turning point for us. Once you learn TTATT you can not un see it.
BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO US!!!
i know someone who's family is very spiritual and says that her brother only pioneers and does not want to become an elder for various reasons, probably not wanting to deal with people's problems, and also the tremendous workload they put on them.
is this considered refusing advancement by god, or just choosing your own way?
he has not been "tapped" to become one, but he merely hasn't strived to become one..
The Elders just want to dump all the work on the new Elder. Misery loves company!!! lol
this is what "undue influence" looks like.
it's how you train someone to abandon their children, become a martyr, and drink the kool-aid.
watchtower november 15, 2013. p.19, para.
Yes....the Elders must stand ready to ladle out the kool aid.
These 3 paragraphs prove WT for the cult it is. Disgusting!!!
i found this photo on a facebook group--just had to grab and share.......look at the name sign in the background!.
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I love it!!! lol
one of the most unbelievable privileges that a brother could have was being a microphone handler.
elders would discuss brothers for hours and see whether or not we would allow them to mow the lawn or handle a mike.
i always felt that these brothers were doing us a favor but if they didn't get a minimum of 10 hours in per month, they were dog crap and couldn't have any privileges.
My spouse is an electrician and VERY good at sound equipment. Because he was short a few hours, they took him off the sound and he was not allowed to hold a mic. He was also not allowed to pray or read the WT. The PO did not like my husband.
There was a mid week meeting when no one showed up to run the sound. Guess who they came to? It amazes me that these people have NO shame!
Well, long story short, this is just ONE of the shitty things this cult did to him. The old saying, "the beatings will continue until morale improves" comes to mind. This cult gets you one stab at a time.
Thank you WT and all you loving JW's for showing us the way OUT the door! Best thing that EVER happened to us!!
we all can agree that the disfellowshipping arrangement benefits the wt corporation by keeping the indoctrinated in servitude, make members afraid to doubt the corporation's teachings and explanations because they can be disfellowshipped for saying anything negative about the corporation or it's ceos or not agreeing with some new light.. but what about negative effects caused by the harsh use of disfellowshipping to the corporation, what could they be?
it's a two edged sword..
Oh yes!!! I think it IS backfiring on WT. Look at all of the news reports about not only the child abuse issues but how people have been treated. Some ex rank and file members are PISSED. There are the ones doing the YouTube videos and cart crashing. People are NOT taking it anymore! I believe WT is VERY worried, as it should be. It's comin for ya WT!!! Karma is a bitch!!!
i found my old when i mean old po it was when i was in the congregation he was po of in 1989 and earlier from the 70s.
i posted is this the insert name here, that was po of my old congregation?
how does it feel to have lived so long and now you are dying and the end still is not on the horizon?
We had a PO like that. A real ass. I'd like to say some of the things you said but he died last year. He was waiting "for the end" also. His "end" finally came!!!
