ive been thinking lately about how i was treated by old friends after i was reinstated.
it's like i had a contagious disease and people steered clear of me or acted differently like they were being very judgemental toward me even though i was reinstated and no longer disfellowshipped.. anyone else get treated like that?.
Ive been thinking lately about how I was treated by old friends after I was reinstated. It's like I had a contagious disease and people steered clear of me or acted differently like they were being very judgemental toward me even though I was reinstated and no longer disfellowshipped.
anyone else get treated like that?
i think of how judgmental we were as witnesses.
"worldly ones" were almost as bad as disfellowshipped ones but not as bad as "apostates"..
I am embarrassed that I used to ignore disfellowshipped people & not speak to them, very unChristlike
i was thinking today about how i no longer have to fear the attack of satan against the jws.
i used to fear being rounded up and beaten by mobs.
seeing my family tortured.
I used to have nightmares about it, and I used to have panic attacks now that I think about it. I used to practically get sick thinking about all the what-ifs that would happen to me during the Great Tribulation
i hope this is not a repeat of past threads and i hope to get a lot of response.
i am compiling info of how people are treated within the wts.
i just read the post about a person being counseled for having baby shower games.
I really crack up at the stooooopid stuff the Jdumbs counsel against. I need some more laughs-- anyone have any new ones?
im new here and im 17, going to turn 18 in 1 week.
i studied with my gradma the bible teach book and went to meeting with her and other relatives (considering most my relatives are jw except my parents) and i believe in all of it because i never read the bible for myself.
after reading the gospels i started noticing contradictions in the jw doctrine like when jesus said many would dine with the patriachs in the kingdom of heaven (yet only 144,000 jws can) which would seem odd considering the fact he adressed this to more then the apostles.
Good for you to get out now while you're young! I am not into religion, but know that the JW's make up a lot of stuff that is not really what the Bible says. I wish you much luck on your journey.
okay so i'm dating a born-in jw woman, she's younger than me and has no kids.
i'm a christian man whos divorced with 2 kids.
we're in love and seriously want to be together.
I haven't read every single post here, but want to add my 2 cents. I think you are making a huge mistake to become involved with a JW who has not left the religion and who is still involved in it. You may be madly in love, but what happens when that fades after you have been with this person for a while and end up having kids? I was disfellowshipped and after having a baby, tried going back to the JW religion because I was overwhelmed with guilt and worry that my child would die at Armageddon. This woman has never had a child, so you can't really know what to expect from her behavior after she has a baby-- she may go running back to the religion for the child's sake.
once i left, i never yearned for anything associated with the religion.
i didn't miss their doctrines, their erroneous thinking.
i never felt guilty because i abandoned the religion i was raised in.. i believe the reason for my not feeling guilty is pretty simple.
Well I did feel extremely guilty for many years until I did the research on the internet and realized I had been duped and it was all BS. I didn't leave due to doctrine, I left because I couldn't take the isolating lifestyle of being cut off from other people-- since I am suffering from bipolar depression, it was SO overwhelming to be constantly told that everything was evil and bad and I could never enjoy anything.
When I turned 21, I had been missing more and more meetings and was just not caring anymore (after years of literally never missing a meeting and never missing turning in field service reports). I wanted to live a normal life, get married, have kids etc.
Thank god for the internet! I really had my eyes opened. I do miss having a relationship with my JW sister, but she is so mentally ill that it's better off that we don't speak.
next week's wt is full of helpful encouragement not to believe satanic propaganda that might tell us that the world is getting to be a better place to live in.. .
well, i stumbled across this article here, that contains lots of so-called 'facts' and 'figures', i'm sure glad i read my wt first so i can recognise that this is nothing but lies, all lies.. .
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Disposable Hero-- thanks for sharing that. I just ordered my copy online, love to hear REAL good news, not the fake stuff in the Botchtower
that's a tough one.
every man between 18-40 years of.
age have broke that law.
All I can say is that women were created to be looked at and they are beautiful, well most of em anyway who take care of themselves.
I have what I call my "TV" boyfriends and my husband doesn't care & laughs at it. My husband has his "TV" girlfriends and I roll my eyes at him & laugh at him. Because we are secure in ourselves & in our relationship.
Thank you for the story! Hilarious! It's sad to think JWs really think they make sense with all the JDumb nonsensical beliefs.
