this is my first post here.
i've been a lurker for awhile but had no particular desire to join until the other day.. anyways, do you think that if wt decided to face the fact that 607-1914 is an indefensible pile of crap that has been artificially kept steaming for way too long, would it really kick off a mass exodus or anything?
in the short term the fds/gb might lose some authority, but they are hemorrhaging people anyways keeping it around (607 started me on the road to this place).. if wt stopped talking about 1914 for awhile then later killed it, blaming it on "further research" or something, and acknowledged some uncertainty in 607/587, i really doubt that very many of the r&f would think much about it.
Welcome, new ones!!
I don't think for the majority of the truly indoctrinated anything will burst their bubble. Some individuals are seeing the real picture, such as all of us here on this forum,and the number is growing. However, if a person has spent years shunning loved ones, or feels they've been saved through a bloodless surgery, etc., they just can't let go of feeling the WTS is true. Maybe they couldn't face the alternative.
i was 25 years a congregation member; ten years an elder; all told, up to 18 years an appointed man; a decade or so as a full-time minister; assembly speaker, with the pinnacle giving the public discourse at a district convention.. .
i stopped being an active member of the congregation in november 2010, but it had been brewing for several years, with the customary gradual drifting away - all the necessary mental gymnastics as my spiritual views changed and doubts set in; quitting the theocratic ministry school; ceasing to answer; sitting quietly off to the side.
i think the straw that broke the camels back was when family worship inevitably became family worship.
Welcome to the forum. Do you have family that accepts your new views or will they shun you?
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i thought i should introduce myself as i have been reading your various threads.
Welcome.
Glad to have you along in the journey. I subscribe to this statement:
"Better to have question I can't answer than answers I can't question."
some recent threads have touched me emotionally and prompted me to reflect.
when i think back to when i joined this forum, i was still struggling to come to terms with such a lot of pain.
it has definitely been a journey, but there is so much i've come to terms with.
Great sentiments....wish I'd realized all this over thirty years ago. There are so many things that just can't be undone.
I would add to all those who are still contemplating the future...it is now. Don't waste precious time, or you'll find you have very little time left to really live your own life and make your own decisions without the WTS making them for you.
first of all i am happy to be here..this site has been an invaluable tool which helped me get to the point where i am today.
i was born and raised as a jehovah's witness and i am now 30 yrs old.
my entire family are die hard witnesses; pioneers, elders, bethel etc.
Welcome. You asked about happiness now. Well......I was "in" for over thirty years. My husband and I were baptised in Dec. of 1973, scared to make it just in time for the big A which was to come in 1975! My parents hated the Witnesses, and we had a strained relationship.
Finally, my daughter was df'd at 16 for some silly teen stuff(such as take a few puffs off a cigarette, etc., but falsely accused of fornication) , treated HORRIBLY...
My husband and I were devastated and tried to stay in. We wrote the Society just knowing that our injustice would be straightened out. Ha! We got the most wishy washy letter back....were told by an elder, "Even though mistakes were made, you must accept what happened, because God has allowed it."
At any rate, fast forward...we left-had had enough-but now we had no friends, my dad was dead, and my mother was ill and had dementia. After lots of depression, I decided to go back to school...now at sixty, I will graduate next December. Happy? Well, happier. It is as if I was in some sort of time warp for the thirty plus years. If only I could go back and do it over without the WTS.
You are young, and you have an education. You have a bright future ahead. Things may get rough with your family. Please hold on to at least a little sense of humor-it will help in the long run. Try lots of different activities to find out who the true you is. Now you have some time to get hobbies the WTS said you shouldn't have because the end was sooooooo close.
i inherited a 130 year old violin from my mum that was owned by my great grandfather.
i am learning to play it with some success as my teacher says i could pass preliminary and first grade now.
i have only 10 lessons under my belt so far but it is getting hard now.
Sounds great! I used to play when I was in school....many years ago. I thought when I retire I might try it again. Check out Sarah Chang on youtube. I don't have any idea to make a link here.
Practice makes perfect!
i checked this book out, read it....there was some funny parts....and i enjoyed it.. but, i didn't get it back to the library by the due date, so i thought i'd log in and renew the book.
well...i got this message:.
i'm perfect, you're doomed is not renewed because: .
Ha! Did she say how her family (if JWs) reacted to the book? Did it enjoy a wide circulation? What is she doing now?
Did any readers ever come on this forum that you know of?
hello all, i've been on this site for a few weeks (reading for longer) and i have to say this site has helped me a great deal.
i see from reading all the posts that many many people share my views on the whole jw thing and i'm so glad i can express myself without getting into problems with getting reported to the elders or something.
i am currently in my late 30's happily married to a jaydub with 2 kids.
Welcome! Glad you are enjoying your time here.
i've been a long time reader and finally created an account.
i will have a post in the near future telling you more about me soon.
thats for another post tho.
Welcome to the forum. Too bad you have to be inside at the Ass. when Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park are soooo close.
this is sad news...my j-dub mom called me today to tell me that my cousin and her bf died in a apartment fire.
the batteries in their smoke detector was not in...there were no batteries in their smoke dectators.
her mom couldnt talk for two days.
Oh, no. So sorry to hear of your loss!
