hi guys,.
what helped you guys get over your anger of being shunned, dealt with unfairly, ignored, etc?.
my wife and i found comfort in each other.
Joel, your post made me a little sad, but you're right. You move on, as does the rest of the world. People are fickle in love and friendship, and while old relationships can be rekindled, a new basis for it has to be created. I guess the anger just dissapates on its own, moving along with life. I suppose that once in a while there are things that trigger it again, but, like all things, it probably ends up leaving....
ashi
a reply i made on another thread prompted me to post this.
i was going to do so on the other thread but that was really not the topic and i didn't want to corrupt it by flying off on another tangent.. i have no problems with disfellowshipping from an organization such as jehovah's witnesses.
i don't think a person should be allowed to remain within an organization while practicing things that are condemned by that org., things which they, themselves profess not to believe in.. my objection is to the shunning.
detective, it's a sound thought, but also those people who were shunned and came back.....wouldn't they be enraged? What about the families who tortured their family members with shunning. Their guilt would be ridiculous. And people have killed themselves over bring disfellowshipped and such.....that's a heavy bruden of bloodguilt ont he org.
i wouldn't want to be in their shoes when it all hit the fan, which just shows why they'll never repeal their shunning edict.
ashi
hi guys,.
what helped you guys get over your anger of being shunned, dealt with unfairly, ignored, etc?.
my wife and i found comfort in each other.
Hi guys,
What helped you guys get over your anger of being shunned, dealt with unfairly, ignored, etc?
My wife and I found comfort in each other. Another thing that helped is that my parents are very supportive of us, although my wife's aren't (actually they're hell beasts from the deep).
Do you feel that it's necessary to get over anger at all? Is it good to stay angry?
ashi
"You ever get lonely?."
"Only around people."
-Thin Red Line
i dont hate the governing body, nor the president.. not even rutherford.. after reading all that old dub material i came to believe all those old croakers running the org are just pathetic, brainwashed old men, trapped in their 60 years of organizational experience.. i feel sorry for the old fossils.. imagine all the life experience theyve missed out on.. imagine the disaapointment when they finally go up the tunnel of light into death and find out theyve been slaves to an entity that eats souls.. they just dont know any better.. i pity them.
not hate them.. compassionate and forgiving aint i?.
agree?/disagree?
Yeah, they're just sad old crusts....it's the assholes who are far below them who abuse the power the worst, though the old crusts do bear responsibility.
ashi
a reply i made on another thread prompted me to post this.
i was going to do so on the other thread but that was really not the topic and i didn't want to corrupt it by flying off on another tangent.. i have no problems with disfellowshipping from an organization such as jehovah's witnesses.
i don't think a person should be allowed to remain within an organization while practicing things that are condemned by that org., things which they, themselves profess not to believe in.. my objection is to the shunning.
I agree, French...who cares about the disfellowshipping....it's the shunning that comes along with it that really affects people.
When the JW's start acting like human beings again, then I'll let up on them.
ashi
any of you fasted before and if so, for how long and the effects of the experience upon the mind?.
maybe i must eat more too.. peace.
celtic
Shrinkage, huh?
i just went to a recent concert and they were really moving..they did an acoustic version of please, off of pop.
bono's voice was perfect.. i went to the philly november 2nd show.
ashi
Jan, if you ever have the chance, jump at it...it's surreal.
Ang, can you imagine 20,000 people singing stuck in a moment? It's awesome. Bono's voice along with 20,000 people is so moving.
It wasa really emotional concert.
During One a blue screen slowly lifted out of the stage. Then a white letters faded in..."Flight 93"....people just lost it. It continued to list people the whole song. It took six minutes just to list the people on the planes, and the NYPD and FDNY. It was the most moving version of One I've ever heard.
ashi
i just went to a recent concert and they were really moving..they did an acoustic version of please, off of pop.
bono's voice was perfect.. i went to the philly november 2nd show.
ashi
I just went to a recent concert and they were really moving..they did an acoustic version of Please, off of Pop. Bono's voice was perfect.
I went to the Philly November 2nd show.
Anybody else go?
ashi
after jousting a bit on these forums with perennial poster you know, i have wondered about his status with the jw organization.
he claims to be a jw, and he claims that his elders, circuit overseer, and even the society are well aware of his activities here on the net.
notice the following remarks he has made:.
hey JT,
your argument is sound. i agree.
ashi
on one of the you know threads you know refuted the oft quipped line here that jehovah will destroy 99.9% of humans at armageddon.
he said that in actuality the king of the north would be doing the destroying and that jehovah would be stopping it short before it annihilated all mankind.. this was news to me.. my understanding was.. 1. peace and security declared.
2. false religion destroyed.
That's what I gathered as well, Joel.
ashi
