the cognitive dissonance amongst jws has never been more obvious to me then what i just experience in the last 5 min.
long story short i had a phone conversation w/my mom about some things and i mentioned to her to look up what has been going on with their beloved organization in australia.
brother geoffrey jackson of the holy governing body was caught lying numerous times about several subjects including disassociations & shunning.
A vast majority of JWs, in the Spanish side that is, are in for pure social and familiar interaction. We could not care any less about doctrinal crap.
And child abuse?! Big whoop-dee-doo, that is everywhere, and I mean everywhere!!! Along with all other ailments of our own human imperfection.
SL
okay, i don't even know where to start.
i'm 16, i live in a strict jw household and i know if i am pregnant (which is a big possibility) ..i know i'm doomed to a life of misery.
not because of my baby but because of my family and the isolation and judgement from the congregation.
There are many handouts for young girls in your situation, here in the States anyway. Move out and continue conducting your life the non-JW way. Stop blaming others for your behavior.
Did you at least pick a good person to screw around with? Perhaps there will be help there.
It is loathesome when people blame others for situations they create for themselves.
SL
just wondering if anyone has used any underhanded ways of spreading ttatt.
i mean, has anyone made up business cards or tracts and spread them far and wide?
i would love to engage in this "alternative witnessing".
Encouraging young ones to further their education as much as possible.
SL
ok this is story1.annointed bro moves into a house and rents room from a lady.
2.he is currently serving as elder.3.there happens to be a disfellowsipped brother also living in house.4.
the annointed elder decides to help him to return to jehovah.5 the other elders find out and decide to remove him as elder because he is living and helping a df person and the annointed bro cannot move out because he does not have enough money.
Poopie,
That sounds just like a bs story full of holes. Get your facts straight.
SL
hi all, nothing to report just now.
wanted to add name to list of those awakening.
been lurking for nearly a year.
Welcome.
SL
i am writing this in the hopes that it may help someone in a debate.
i personally have not had a chance to discuss it with anyone but that is true for most other topics.
i think is a good one to analyze.
I do want it, but it is not going to happen.
SL
the past week has been hell for me.
my mother started feeling ill and we went to seek medical assistance.
we live in the mountains and the nearest large hospital is about 150 kms away.
Blood transfusion is the quickest, easiest treatment for low hemoglobin levels. There are other treatments, though.
I have seen a few cases where with even lower levels of hemoglobin have recovered with some type of iron treatments and strict dietary regime of food certain food types. However, this takes time.
SL
there are a lot of things that make me have days like this, the utter embarrassment of being are part of a cult that protects child abusers, that enforces emotional brutality through shunning, and that lies constantly.
the lying i can tolerate, the world is built on bullshit, i have a high lie tolerance.
i can ignore it if it has no effect on me etc.
Do not!
As soon as I can, I will just fade away quietly, probably move away or something. Just stop giving it so much thought.
SL
we have the convention this weekend and many jw families are arriving.
one family that ive known for many years from new mexico stopped by to visit my mom.
hes been an elder since the 80s.
A lot of us know all this and more, but just go through the motions for the sake of social contact. Nothing else.
by the behavior of most, we know that it is all hug wash. All religions are.
SL
now this is embarrassing.. after being cold in the truth for many, many years, and getting back some 2 years ago, my wife and i, decided to auxiliary pioneer last year during the memorial campaign.
we were quite impressed that we made the 30 hrs.. last month, we decide to do it again.
after handing in our application forms, and being approved, our service overseer asks me, "how many hours are you going to do?".
This sounds crazy.
So, having kids is not that great after all!
Pioneering sucks donkey balls! One of the worst ways to waste your time in JW land.
SL
