the april 2012 wt study article has some of the most strongly worded statements about contact with disfellowshipped family members.. page 12, paragraph 17: -.
good that can come when a family loyally.
upholds jehovahs decree not to associate.
I have noticed that my 84 year old father-in-law who is an elder has been cutting himself off more and more from us. Even though we have NOT been DF/DA'd. He also keeps strong pressure on his wife to refrain.
This kind of shit drives them further away. CRIMINAL really. I bet when he is incapacitated and needs help, we will have to help them. BUt in his last five minutes on this planet he is going to get an earful!
i am compelled to ask, are we seeing a new effort in apologia by jehovah's witnesses?.
perhaps it is just the vain, 'last-ditch' efforts of a few to defend this sick, unloving cult.
efforts to disprove over 130 years of false promises.
Needing all the "oldies" to die off will help...........
this press release on steven unthank's website yesterday is worth a read .
it's a fuller version .
more details.. http://jwnewsnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/traralgon-congregation-crisis-of-conscience-part-1/.
Surely there are other k halls in the district and they would still have their signs up? Why this place? Tralagon isn't some bg thriving Metropolis [nothing personal just a two horse town!] There must be more to it in this place as far as the dubs are concerned! Is there an "alleged" pedophile there?
re: results of november 8 court hearing.
yet again, all five cases remain intact and are still in the criminal justice system.
oh, how the wheels of justice turn ever so slowly.. .
Congrats again to Steven Unthank I say
victoria, australia: report on oct. 11th hearing involving steven unthank.
(this report is from an anonymous xjw who attended the hearing.
i had no plans to turn up to the court hearing as an observer, as in my experience, it can take several hearings and a number of months before any court case gets rolling.
I am womdering if any elders in victoria have started getting their checks done yet?
i just realized that today marks my first year since attending a meeting at the kh... i really wanted to celebrate this day but it just creeped up and its kinda late now... i guess i'll celebrate tomorrow night instead.. but i wanted to log in to thank everyone who has helped me with their valuable insight and perspective... i came to this site with a typical judgemental jw mentality and now i can say i'm completely rid of all that... i now value everyone's opinions and talk more freely with people i used to consider "worldly"... what a completely freeing experience!.
the hardest part of my exit from the cult was convincing my wife... that took about 6 months and i nearly gave up... thank god she eventually woke up.. also, in the past year i've read.... gentile times reconsideredcombatting mind controlcrisis of conscience*in search of christian freedomapocalypse delayed*3 books out of the 7 "studies in the scriptures"5 rutherford books*i met 2 of the people mentioned in crisis of conscience and apocalypse delayed and had dinner with them recently... hoping to build that relationship further.. i've also sent about 26 emails to several elders on a variety of subjects and 6 letters to the brooklyn and i'm still not da's or df'd!
none of these emails or letters changed anything but it helped me purge.... i could go on and on but it's the same story you've probably read a thousand times already.. anyway, if it wasn't for all the support and encouragement i received on this site (as well as randy's site and barbara's site), i wouldn't be where i am today.. so a big thank you to you all!!!.
Congratulations! How good is it not to be wasting time, or choosing to waste your own time how you please?
We have been out for 6 years now..... yay for us too!
I think unbridled with whomever you want, any position you want and any activity you want....... Hey you survived the big A....
... and i'm cooking dinner and planning a nice evening at home.
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what are you planning to do tonight?.
Amazing, this is the first time that i have looked to see when the memorial was..... The dubz here locally have been off their nuts door knocking and gathering in large crowds on the street corners llooking all important!
In Australia we say they are running around like blue arsed flies!
What a waste
i can't see myself not attending.
i would feel horrible not to go.
i don't know where i'm going to land and if i had to look back and think i didn't go... well, i would feel awful..
No.... not going either. The second last memorial I went to, I conducted! 2004.......... ah... that was the life................NOT!
just this past week i went to see a jbub relative that was in the hospital.
there was an elder there from her hall.
he was probably there for support but also to make sure no blood was used.
Happened to me today too..... must be catchy! This dub guy walked past and I went up to say hello and he completely ignored me, I said Hi again and he just kept looking at some risque birthday cards.
I said: "I didn't know you had gone deaf!" still no reply, just kept looking at the cards. So i just stood nice and close and didn't say anymore, just stood there. The next thing he tried to get away. He had to push past and I stood my ground, but he couldn't even say "excuse me" he just shoved past and fled the store!
How weird!
