i was bored to death.
i deposited cards around the place that said .
stop.
Lady Lee,
interesting day- it sounds like my last visit to the kh for the WT study- yes, I KNOW it was only an hour but it FELT like a whole day at a district convention...
alamb- your idea would be even better with counterfeit bills
great work LL- btw, did you wear a badge?
hi folks,.
briefly, i now live just outside london, uk.
parents converted to jws when i was 2. moved twice to 'where the need was greater'.
hi freetobeme,
cool name- it says a lot
congrats on your freedom & recovery from your dysfunctional & abusive JW childhood. Health & happiness,
rachel
when you were a jw, remember those little things that made you happy on the inside but "sad" on the outside.
for example, the meeting ending early or better yet, being cancelled.
i recall a few years back the society was pushing sunday field service.
Yes, I remember once the power was out for the book study that am (everyone gathered stray chairs & sat close to the open front door), there was the service meeting/school scheduled that night- knowing no one else would report it, and I as a pioneer should report it, and that there would be no meeting that night if it wasn't reported, I didn't report it.
Thee was no meeting. When asked why did no one report the power outage, I responded, "I was leaving it in Jehovah's hands."
hello, first time poster, long time reader.. i was wondering just what my title asks.
if i own/read/admit to apostate material, can that get me df'ed?.
i know better then to admit that i believe the apostate material to the elders, or that i disagree with the society's teachings, but will simply admitting to owning and reading them get me df'ed?.
Considering the recent happenings re: Bill Bowen, Dateline, Panorama... and the many anti JW sites, WT articles & assembly talks dealing with the negative impact of the internet 'apostate' info/literature, it seems the WTS via the elders are tightening the grip on the clueless flock.
If/ when they find about your lit, most likely you will have a judicial committee-the key to keep from being df'd: it is essential that you show works that befit repentance ("I'm so sorry, I got tempted, but I'm praying to Jehovah often and have rid myself of this evil wickedness").
Of course, if you truly feel the JWs are not for you yet you remain in to save family / friends, you will be faced with leading a double life. Painful, either way.
All the best to you, and welcome.
i remember hearing stories as a kid that john denver would ask all the witnesses present at his concerts to stand.
and, then after they stood, he would play the national anthem.
any truth to this?
One of the sister's cousins attended JD's concert- said he asked all JWs to stand, played the national anthem, then asked to leave. Just asked them, not forced them.
what's the most outrageous thing that you were personally told ,while in the organization??
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'Loving counsel' from a long-time elder on the matter of dating in the org:
"Be sure to meet his parents, he could actually be a demon taking on human form. Satan is so crafty, you know."
thats often the reason given by the wts.
yet bill bowen faces excommunication whilst 23,000+ paedophiles remain in the association of jehovah's witnesses.
the wts could hardly care less what happens to little children or what evil pervades the kingdom halls as long as no one tries to disturb the ether.. isp
df'ing keeps 'mother' (the org.) in control of the flock...
'we feed you food at the proper time, protect you, tell you how to dress & how to speak & who to associate with & how to live & what is fun & what is bad for you & what you should read and watch and listen to and drive & what jobs are ok to pursue, ...and when you can pee and when you can have donuts...'
Edited by - bad_associashun on 18 July 2002 20:1:35
i have wondered why jws wear" id badges" at assemblys and not on the preaching work or at the hall,i know of someone who was stopped by an attendant because he wasnt wearing a badge.is it something to do with showing off our religious belief to outsiders, i must be honest i use to take mine off when leaving the assemblys but i noticed many wearing theres even when going home on the bus or walking home "i knew of 1 who wore his to bed", mormons wear id cards on their preaching work so do you think jws should.maybe due to the paedophile scandal jws may have to wear id badges especially paedophiles.
because the Society tells them to, and the blind-faith-we-have-no-common-sense-or-real-love-among-us believers only do what the Society tells them to do.
ok, i'm really green.
i heard about this site because of a link on the bbc website due to the paedophile stuff.
i'm a little confused.
another df'd one here- actually more like a 'drop back & kicked'
this board has been comforting to read of others' experiences in not feeling so alone & abandoned
welcome greetings to all the new arrivals
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i've done a quick version to watch in windows media player format .... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/media.asp.
select the bbc programme from the drop-down list (it's in two parts).. the first programme starts at about 2 minutes (you get to see our weather report first) and has a good intro by the newsreader.. let me know if you have any problems ... i'll probably put a better quality version up when i have more time.
primo!
thank you!
