this doctrine/law is really troubling me.
i hated it when i was in and after examining it in my mind and speaking with current jw`s i am sure that it is an identifying mark of a cult.
i never really liked to call it a cult, even after i left, but the behaviour of jw`s in this area just bewilders me.
Great topic...you know what has always baffled me? Why on earth would they go and "preach the good news" to strangers, welcome the newbies in..who were obviously worldly right? But then shun their own when trouble arose....like some of the same people out in field service preaching to strangers didn't even communicate with their own blood children!!!
The JW's are 100% proof positive a cult in my mind.
i swear my mother used to keep better track of my bladder than i did.
she'd sit me down occasionally for talks such as "i noticed you've been going to the bathroom a lot during the meetings lately maybe we need to cut down on what you drink on meeting nights" etc.
others would go 2 or 3 times a meeting and if i went twice a week i'd get a talk about it!
I lived for bathroom breaks...anything to break the boredom! I would be in there for 15 mins....hiding. Counting the mins, looking at the clock nonstop.
hope i am posting this in the right place.
so glad to have found you all.
wow, i am speechless just reading these threads.
Hi!
Hope I am posting this in the right place. So glad to have found you all. Wow, I am speechless just reading these threads. So many things exactly as I remember them.
I am from a suburb of Chicago, also lived in Oregon for a few years. Now back to Chicagoland. Was born a JW and my dad was an elder. Mom was the usual puppet wife of the elder. I never got DA or DF'd...I really don't know why. But, I have had the pleasure of explaining how and why I made out with a boy when I was 16 years old to a group of 3 grown men. I haven't stepped foot in a KH since my 18th birthday. I never plan to either.
From an early age, going to meetings was pretty much torture to me. I hated every moment of it.Couldn't wait to get up during break and "go to the bathroom" I always led a double life. The way I was raised has affected me so much in my adult life. The funny thing is, I am just starting to realize it now. Maybe I have blocked it out all this time.
Well, I don't want to get into a whole novel about myself, I am sure we all have our stories......I look forward to chatting with you all.
