has anyone read this article in the september 1, 2006 watchtower?
i can't understand why the rank and file can't see who is really causing the pain by seperating loved ones over personal beliefs.. one woman says about her disfellowshipped brother, "this has been so hard for me to bear because in every other respect, he has been a wonderful brother to me.
i especially miss him at large gatherings.".
What's really pathetic, is that the whole idea of shunning in the WTS is not the same shunning that happened 2,000 years ago. There is a very interesting article that sheds light on exactly what was meant by "not mixing in the company" of ones who leave the religion. The article can be found here: http://www.xjw.com/shunning.html
Yeppers I agree
today i was at burlington baby depot registering for my baby shower, stolling up and down the aisles and scanning.
low and behold, down the aisle comes a dub.
as soon as she set eyes on me, she backed out of the aisles as fast as she could, as if i was throwing poop at her.
Sasha HI and welcome,
I'm glad you asked that question, because I'v wondered what a dub is also
Annie
mom, .
let me ask you a question.
have you ever asked yourself why you believe what you believe?
Mom,
Let me ask you a question
Gheesh-- I just now noticed that this was written to Mom!! This is a good one, and I'm gonna print it out and ask my Mom these questions.
Annie
mom, .
let me ask you a question.
have you ever asked yourself why you believe what you believe?
That was exactly how I felt U-B but after I slacked off going to the meetings I began to read the Bible straight through and boy did that open my eyes to some things. I had never been encouraged to just read the Bible before. It took me a year to read it and when I finished I read it through again. There is stuff in there that I don't ever remember being mentioned by the WT
i stopped going to meetings at age 19 or 20. my brother had been df'd.
my sister and her new bethalite husband had left the organization labeled as apostates, and my single mom followed suit.
i was pretty much raised by the congregation, though i lived with my isolated mother.
Welcome welcome!!! I should be blocking but I was just recalling things in another post. I wish I hadn't tho, but I was mostly talking to my Mom. It is much better not to live in the past. I hope you have a good time here.
Annie
i can't describe what i feel, when i see my mum as a jw.
sometimes (like today) it really gets me down knowing she and millions of others are living a life that is not going anywhere.. she's been to the british musuem, i've gotten e-mails from the british musuem.
we've read literature/websites/bible e.t.c.
tread very carefully
Hi KW,
I have a problem with my Mom also. She is DF but thinking about going back. My thoughts were to get out and stay out, but she found all that stuff people wrote to me, and she said "Annie, you need to decide which is the lesser of the Two Evils, baby, the evil who left or the evil who stayed. LOL
She said when people condem and make fun of Jehovah, comdem and make fun of prayer, condem and make fun of your faith.. it only proves that the Bible is true when it says, "you will be persecuted for my names sake."
I said Mom! Words don't really hurt you.... welll, I mean, they hurt your feelings, but sticks and stones can break your bones. And besides, it hurt me when they said we were stupid for riding horses, it hurt when noone would invite us to get togethers because my Dad didn't go to the hall, it hurt me when I saw a wittness woman kissing and hugging a married worldly man in a laundrymat and I told an elder about it and they all had their children quit associating with me, but that woman kept going in service as tho nothing ever happened. It hurt me when I and my sis got blamed for the boys getting drunk around the pool when all we were doing was sitting in chairs on the other side of the pool. It hurt me when I started missing meetings and service but no one ever ask why, or said you need to come back. Gosh.. I'm venting.. soowy bout that. What I was about to say was... Don't let your mom read this board. You just scan thru and print out the things the real nice people on here say. Cause the hateful ones will just make her more intense on staying in the organization. Believe me I know!!
luvs ya, Annie
when i got off for lunch today i decided to go to the walmart deli and get something to eat.
it is a huge store, groceries, a bakery, mc donalds, a bank , eye center, beauty shop, a great deli, and a huge garden center.
i had taken back a 80 gig hard drive dvd recorder ( i couldn't figure out how to hook up <smile> and had received 238.00. i picked up a couple of things in the store then went to the deli.
| bourne | Re: Thank you Jehovah for answered prayers | |
Post 57 of 160 since 20-Jul-06 30 y 3 m 5 d | I'm with Littletoe on this one.....I understand how she must have felt..... People! we left self righteousness when we left the Borg! jason Hi Jason, That is a cute picture, and thanks for the support! Annie | |
i have been in the truth my whole life and tomorrow i turn 32!
the last year i have been fading and haven't been to the kh since the memorial.
i can't tell you how it has been such a heavy burden lifted off my shoulders not to have to worry about so many meetings!!!
OUTLAW
Hi OUTLAW,
Thanks for the nice welcome
Annie
i have been in the truth my whole life and tomorrow i turn 32!
the last year i have been fading and haven't been to the kh since the memorial.
i can't tell you how it has been such a heavy burden lifted off my shoulders not to have to worry about so many meetings!!!
That constant stress is wonderful.....dashing home from work.....showering......putting on a dress.
It got to where I liked meetings less and less, and I wore nice pants to the last two meetings I attended. Their saying that womens pants are the same as mens clothing is a bunch of crap. That is just more of the control they want over everyones lives. People in Jesus's day all wore simular clothing, and Jesus didn't say "hey you women can't wear robes anymore because it makes you look like men" ummm--- Or should I say " you men can't wear robes anymore cause it makes you look like women.
when i got off for lunch today i decided to go to the walmart deli and get something to eat.
it is a huge store, groceries, a bakery, mc donalds, a bank , eye center, beauty shop, a great deli, and a huge garden center.
i had taken back a 80 gig hard drive dvd recorder ( i couldn't figure out how to hook up <smile> and had received 238.00. i picked up a couple of things in the store then went to the deli.
Please, show us this purse, that we may worship it!
Amen! All HAIL Jehoobies sacred purse!!! LOL
You guys sound like you think I am a Jehovahs w. Well I'm not! Its just that when I left the organization I didn't leave hating Jehovah as some of you seem to have done. I don't blame Jehovah for all the human fault and imperfection. Things that happen to people are their own fault and things that happen to children are usually the parents fault. Everything you have thought, said, or done, has caused you to arrive at the place you are today.
And by the way, I left a little billfold type purse in a car one night when I was still going to the hall, and the car was unlocked. I didn't think anyone would be out in the parking lot stealing things, but they did. At that time I was making all the meetings, going in service, studying like crazy, but I didn't even think to pray about that little purse. Its almost like... when you are going to the hall you shouldn't pray about material things. Anyway a few days later a conveince store called and said they found it in their garbage. My money was gone but my drivers license was still in it. I didn't have a credit card at that time. Now that I no longer go to the hall, I pray to Jehovah about everything!! Even things that embarrass me to talk about. Gheesh, I hope I spelled that right, cause even after going thru high school and 2 yrs of college I don't spell well.
I also pray in Jesus name, because he said anything you ask in my name according to his will he will give it to you. Jehovah and Jesus are my friends, and I talk to them all the time. I certainly don't have any so called friends since I left the hall, and I can't seem to make many here either. But thats OK, I'm not complaining
Talking to Jehovah and Jesus is just fine, I trust them, which is more than I can say for most people, especially those at the hall who I THOUGHT were best friends, but who have never even been around and asked why I quit going to the hall
