I hated when sisters would fawn all over one man....it was like 50 or more sisters after one brother..they would really make complete fools of themselves, then when he decides on a sister to date the rest attack like dogs. they do everything in their power to undermine the relationship. I have yet to see one marriage that somebody didnt have something negative to say. unless it was two people that no one wanted.
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Did every congregation have one or two desperate singletons?
by diamondblue1974 in.
i remember in the kh i went to there was always at least one desperate singleton who would sniff around the single women particularly the ones which were his own age...he was mid 40s i seem to believe...never had a girlfriend and would have married anybody who wouldve had him.
there was no real harm in him...just lonely i expect but i think he made most women skwirm.. what about you...did your hall have its own resident 'single sister stalker'?
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Did you think they were hooked on titles and "classes"?
by LongHairGal ini couldn't stand all the titles and categories they had!
i felt they were hooked on respect which maybe in some cases bordered on adulation.
i had a problem with this because i always saw it as unchristlike.
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swiftbreeze
especially elder families. it was always "my father's an elder so blah blah blah" or "my husband is an elder so blah blah blah"
it's like if you have an elder in your family you got the inside track.. and you do
it just makes me want to stick my finger down my throat and vomit
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swiftbreeze
I read just about every post but i hardly ever talk to a poster directly... i really don't know why...
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Where Is The Love?
by minimus inroberta flack sang that song in the 1970's.
today, it's the anthem for jehovah's witnesses in the "worldwide brotherhood".
this religion says they are different.
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swiftbreeze
The Wts often use the example of a christian as a runner in a race.
when i think about it...how often do you see a runner stop to help another runner who has fallen? ...basically a runner just keeps running and the only focus is the finish line.
Jw's attention is on getting to the "new system" it's hard to show love when your mind is on surviving. It only creates a competive paranoid environment much like the reality tv show survivor.
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Get over it. The elders don't want to "shepherd" you.
by ithinkisee inwhenever elders hear the complaint from someone that "they never get shepherded or visited by the brothers" do you know what they do when you walk away?.
they look at each other and roll their eyes.
they make comments along the lines of "great.
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swiftbreeze
You are so right the elders have problem of their own often times the same problems that you have
i was listening to this minister and he gave the example of these men that was carrying this crippled man around and they wanted him to get in to hear Jesus but the house was crowded but this man circle of friends went to great lengths to get him in even tearing a hole in the roof of the house...he said if someone in your circle is down and discouraged and doesnt want to come to church for you to go to the person's house and encourage them, if the person still doesnt want to come... to bring your bible and gather there and read God's word and do that until the person is ready to come back. He admitted to not being able to see after every single person in the church but instead encouraged those to create circles of friends. That made more sense to me
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Where Is The Love?
by minimus inroberta flack sang that song in the 1970's.
today, it's the anthem for jehovah's witnesses in the "worldwide brotherhood".
this religion says they are different.
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swiftbreeze
The so called "friends" were at my home monthly if not weekly eating my food, drinking my expensive alcohol wearing my furniture out, asking for favors...where are they now? when my husband left...i did not get one phone call or visit from anyone saying...how are you? do you need anything? is there anything i can do to help? yet these were the same people we took in when they were desperate. Even ones who had been disfellowshipped...i didnt turn my back...i listened...i cried with them through their pain. I got one phone call from a person who WAS NOT a jw and she asked me if i was ok and did i need anything. I see these same people on the street and they act like they never knew me. sometimes i just want to spit in their face. I called the elders but they didnt have anything to say... then when everything hit the fan and was over the elders wanted to talk to see what sins had been committed. And as for the so called "sisters" the same ones that ate at my house and smiled in my face were trying to date my ex before we were even divorced. One in particular wanted items out of our apartment.
love? pleeeeezzzzzzzzzzze
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My brother
by Chia ini just recently talked to my brother.
he got thrown out of my mom's house before i did, because he was constantly staying out late, going to clubs and coming home drunk, and my mom had enough of it.
the difference between us is that he still feels the dubs have "the truth.
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swiftbreeze
i was talking to my ex the other day and he runs the streets alot he looks tired and miserable yet he still devoted to the wts. We talked about how i felt about the wts and i just told him that "the jews were God's chosen people and they lost God's favor many many many times...king David sinned against God..solomon..even moses he didnt even see the promise land and many others... what makes you think that it isnt possible for the wts to sin and lose God's favor they are imperfect too. Do you think it's impossible for them to error? to believe that is the same as saying they are perfect" he had to agree.
I told him "you don't seem happy..why? arent jW's God's happy people?"
it's hard especially when your family is involved and you see the misery..just try to keep the lines of communication open and when you have the chance say things that will make him think..
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UN and Mat 24:15 and 16
by JGraves inhey everyone, i'm living in st kitt's and recently got disfellowshipped and also asked to be withdrawn as a member of the watchtower bible and tract society.
as all witnesses know, this is a serious and often challenging thing to do, to stand up for your faith and belief that jehovahs people and organisation need to be clean.. i've made that stand, i've made it clear to the missionary elder here; "my concience will not allow me to associate with an organisation that was affiliated with a political organisation, or one that promotes govermental propoganda above jehovahs own word and message.
(the watchtower 91 issues sent to you via email)".
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swiftbreeze
It became clear to me also, for many years i served as a JW although i often felt a void...even though i prayed i felt a void like something was missing. It was Jesus Christ. The FDS does not lead it's people to christ for salvation. You cannot approach the father without Jesus Christ and it's not just saying "in Jesus name" or "Yes, i believe Jesus died for our sins" it's so much more than that... As JW's we never took part in his body and blood as we were instructed to do. Yes the wts acts as the mediator and alienates the people from Jesus therefore they have no hope or Joy. Thats why they look so miserable and sad...They do not have Jesus.
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I need to vent
by swiftbreeze ini called my sister yesterday.
she is not a jw although she has studied off and on throughout the years and attends the meeting from time to time.
she knows i don't go to the kh anymore.
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swiftbreeze
Eyebrow:
My sister is such a phony now that i think about it..at least i got babtized and tried to live a life that i thought was right..but this chick has done everything under the sun and continues to do so..then goes to a couple of meetings and think she has ground to encourage me.
Cuckoo: thats a good point..
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Why I am SURE we made to right decision to leave the JW's..........
by Latte in.
this is an entry i made into a diary from about 4 12 years ago - 6mths before we finally left.......
"summer hols have come and gone...... not one jw asked to play with my lovely children - sick people" .
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swiftbreeze
no one has bothered to see if i'm still breathing either...the last time i went to the KH no one even spoke, now these were people that had been in my home on a monthly basis if not weekly and ate dinner went on vacations etc...and i'm not DF or DA. I even made sure that my hair was done and that i wore a very modest outfit (sweater with a nice little flower below the knee skirt etc) i didnt want them saying how the world had whooped me good. they looked at me like a ghost had entered in amoungst them.
it's beyond sick