i don't know about the rest of you, but in my geographical area, it seems that when a person is df'd, it raises their risk of suicide.
not only did i lose my baby sister when she was 21 this way, but in the last 5 years there have been seven people in the circuit who have taken their own lives.
some perhaps are considering it, or have attempted it and nobody reveals it.
I've asked the same thing so many times. When I was DFd, what I REALLY needed was some understanding and kindness. I thought about getting a gun, walking in the KH and blowing my brains out, I was soooo discouraged and depressed over it.
I think that is a clinical depression is involved and you get into trouble that they should take that into account, but no, it's just about rule enforcement, not about love unfortunately.
when i was disfellowshipped, the elders told me i could have copies of the watchtower and awake and any publications for bookstudy etc, but could not have a kingdom ministry...does anyone know why that rule???
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They said I could have them. My mom was making copies for me. I got some looks from people like "He's not supposed to have that!!!" lol
over the last few months i have been training three different men for backup position of my job.. we are alone in my car all day.. as a jw, i remember one time, needing to go to another congo in a different town to work on a part at an assembly.
i was to ride with the brother doing the part.
he was probably at least 30+ years older than me.
Absolutely, you hit the nail right on the head.
I was brought up around the truth. Was DF back in April. I had been going to meetings but recently stopped. Since I didn't have friends in the Org anymore, I started making friends with people at work including some of the girls.
I went to a party and one girl asked me to drive her to her car. I was really nervous to be alone with her. We went out for some drinks, and talked a lot. No attraction to her even though she's beautiful. Over the last few months, her and I have become very good friends, along with her fiancee. I've also been able to meet quite a few other really good people too.
I came to the conclusion myself that I have made far better, more genuine friends in a few months than I did a lifetime in the truth. It really saddened me to realize how fake and judgemental people are inside the org...in general.
Anyway, I have been so much more comfortable now with people, and women in general because I don't feel that I'm just going to have sex if we're alone, which is what you are constantly taught. I have better friendships with more genuine people now and that's not what I expected at all because that's not what is hammered into your head.
divorce is much more common in the jehovah's witness community than they would like to admit.
probably more so than the population in general in my opinion.. if you have been divorced, do you think that the watchtower society contributed to the divorce, or caused it, or is it just possible you married some jerk or abuser and divorce would have occured no matter what religion you were, or even if you had no religion?.
possibly you got married way too young as the end was coming and there is no marriage in the resurrection if you died.
I just had this conversation with someone.
Yes, I've been divorced, unfortunately. I think there are two reasons that divorce is so high in the Org...just as high as in the world.
First, people have the attitude that "you CAN'T leave me, therefore, I can do whatever I want and treat you as badly as I want." Some people treat their spouses worse than they would than if they were in the world.
Secondly, if there are problems, the goal is to blame ONE PERSON for all of the problems. It's identified as either the wife's OR the husband's fault. In many cases, there is a judgement before speaking to both parties (in my case) and then a deliberate effort to have the "innocent" spouse end the marriage without having all of the information.
I wonder how many marriages have failed needlessly. I'm not blaming the Society. I just think the percentages speak for themselves and simply blaming it all on Satan isn't realistic.
where are you in flordia?.
are you boarding up.
or are you packing up?
I don't even think we'll lose power out here, and I live in an area with underground power, so it should be ok.
where are you in flordia?.
are you boarding up.
or are you packing up?
Compared to the storms a couple of years ago, this is nothing. I think everyone is staying put and few are boarding up. South Florida is getting it right now. I'm in DAB and we'll see the brunt tomorrow but it will be a lot weaker by then. We get heavy storms in the afternoon during summer, so it will be like just a long summer storm. The good thing is we are working from home tomorrow, so hopefully I'll still have power so I can watch TV and won't be without A/C. That's the worst part, doing without air conditioning for days at a time!
all of his family are witnesses.
they told him they are "storing and stocking up" on powdered milk and non-perishable items.......this is the second time i hear that witnesses are doing this in preperation of "the end".
Being in hurricane zone, I need to do that as well..stock up a bit now instead of waiting until the last minute.
i thought the movie was well presented.
the drama of the two men trapped was engaging.
the only problem is that it seemed like they were the center of the whole event.
I won't see it. I'm one of the people that believes they were taken down by the government to rally support and to enact the Patriot Act. There is just too much evidence that doesn't fit with the official explanation of what supposedly happened on 9/11.
Lonely, and I have a kicking headache.
forgive me for being nieve here... .
the watchtowers reasons for masturbation are wrong?
they say that god punished some guy cos his sperm was wasted..not entirely true but lets run with that for a second.
What you are referring to with Onan "wasting his sperm" has nothing to do with masturbation. It was because he didn't want to perform brother-in-law marriage with Tamar and get her pregnant.
Masturbation is said to be unclean.
