the worst part of my experience of getting rid of the shackles of wt is not the shunning.
i can live with that.
if people don't want to talk to me, there are many more who do!
you also have to face the reality that sometimes the born in brain dead washed will stay with the only life support system they know--the watchtower...even choosing that over their partner.
My first wife was firmly in that category. She divorced me as fast as she could when i provided the scriptural grounds she needed. I'm sure she got great comfort from all the others in the congregation. Isnt that what its all about?
But that was 40+ years ago.
i need your help with this topic.
i’m trying to find an elder’s letter or wt article that frown upon a good standing jw allowing an unmarried couple to stay over their house for the night.. my wife claims this is a conscience matter and i say that’s bs, this leadership does not allow it.
would like to find this info..
i caught out my JW parents about this 40 years ago. I was living with my lady and invited my parents to dinner--and to meet her.
They said--"you know we cant--because you are not married."
Now--i had already thought up my rebuttal to this...because they socialised openly with my mums sister--and male partner--who had never married and had 4 grown up kids.
i was surprised how quickly they backed down--met my lady--and got on like a house on fire.
We married a few months later--and were together for the next 23 years.
hello my name is deeno and i’m so happy to have found a place like this, hopefully i can make some friends here :3. anyways idk if my profile updated but a little about me i’m 16 but my 17th bday is on the 29th aaaand i was disfellowshipped sometime in september or october 2021. as i’m a minor i’m still in my dads home and so i am forced to go to meetings and convention n shit so that’s fun but hey could be worse lol.
but yeah that’s it as far as that goes, oh and i suppose i should mention my pronouns are he/they.
that should do it for now, thanks for reading if you made it this far n have a good day/night :3!
my wife is ( was ) filipino..but she became a British Citizen yesterday !"
She gets confused with he and she--his / hers/ and so on.
The English language can be very confusing if its not your native language.
my doctor once explained it this way--
in times gone by--most marriages didnt last very long. The husband would very likely die young--either worked to death, killed in battle or by disease. The widow was then free to find another marriage mate.
or...the wife might die in childbirth--leaving the widower to find another mate. etc.
Ive been married 4 times--and its nothing to do with a taste for wedding cake.
i thought it was just me that had a negative view of people who proclaim themselves to be activists.. but no, it seems i'm not alone!.
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Longhairgal--i dont agree with you saying your not an activist. You are a very prolific poster on here--and youre hardly pro watchtower--are you ? How many jw's read your posts when they lurk on here ?
I'm sure your posts--your life experiences --make a lot of readers stop and think. Far more effective than holding up a placard outside an assembly.
i thought it was just me that had a negative view of people who proclaim themselves to be activists.. but no, it seems i'm not alone!.
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well said Lee.
i thought it was just me that had a negative view of people who proclaim themselves to be activists.. but no, it seems i'm not alone!.
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when i think back to when i was an active dub--late teens: pioneer; servant; public talks home and away etc---i tried to hide my religion from people i worked with and others who may have asked me. I was embarrassed and ashamed of it.
Now--i'm only too willing to talk about it if the occasion comes up..such as local public facebook groups. Its surprising how often the subject JW comes up in discussion groups.
No need to bad mouth the cult--just present the true facts as against the usual myths and misinformation.
i thought it was just me that had a negative view of people who proclaim themselves to be activists.. but no, it seems i'm not alone!.
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i know there is another ex dub with a ?666xjw reg plate.
hey Mustard--wots a helicopter ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-c6yshtkqu.
why would any congregation members have doubts ?
Unless they are PIMO of course.
