i haven't posted anything for a bit, but wanted to express how i am losing this battle.
it has been over 3 years now since i woke up about watchtower.
the battle that i am talking about is the tug of war with my wife (i adore her immensely), watchtower is winning, she simply will not give in to my so-called negative thoughts about the religion that we are in.
After 20 years surely by now she should be able to discern the man you are without the help of anybody including the WT. If she uses the WT as an excuse to assault your value as a man and husband, there is a larger problem there than the religion.
Blaming you for her weakness is a a clue.
Hope things work out for you.
my mom and i were talking today about how next summer i will be 18 and she said that just thinking about it might make her cry.
that made me think about how much more it would hurt her if i quit being a jw.
i really do love my parents, i know they are just being cruelly manipulated by a cult and that they really think they are doing what is best for me.
We were never encouraged to develop our own individual goals and wants in order to live the life we are meant to live. So it feels weird to focus on ourselves to find that information.
But that is what it takes to live the life you should live...and not how others, (parents, WTBS), say you should live. Living fully your own life will give you a happy life.
Hurt will come, 100%. But the hurt comes from seemingly well intentioned others trying to make you stay in the box they think you should be in. If they were not so intent on that, there would be no hurt.
It's part of the journey but it is so much better if you start it while you are young. Be reassuring and confident with your mom, and maybe she will give you room to fly.
so my mum who is in and really is finding it hard that i have left and faded.
shes asked me if i want to the the circuit overseer next week.. i have never met him and this is more my mum wanting me to get my problems i have with the organisation out.
but should i share everything i've learnt or what?.
Tell mom you've taken it to prayer with Jehovah, and it is between him and you. Have her know you appreciate and understand her concern, and just continue to reassure her everything will be fine. There is really no need to meet with the CO. Don't do it.
I never wanted to make my poor mom worry about me more than the WT would make her worry. They don't deserve it.
Good luck to you.
all warm and fluffy this month after the utterly laughable 'bread' broadcast.
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i'll always be grateful to the australian royal commission for allowing us to see this duplicitous, lying, creep, shown up as a snivelling, suck up, asshole, taken completely out of his self appointed authoritarian comfort zone.. anyway, a not too interesting broadcast i have to say..
Uh boy. I watched about 10 minutes. I feel like if this was broadcast in a KH the whole place would be snoozing in a matter of minutes.
I wonder how these videos are really received by the congregations. My brother, an elder/COBE, raves about them. But I think he's trying to convince me...or possibly himself...I'll never really know.
i am doing investigation on the early history of the bible students / jehovah's witnesses.
one resource that is turning out to be extremely useful is the brooklyn eagle.. .
the brooklyn eagle was a newspaper that had a lot of animosity against the watchtower society.
there was/is a sister in my old hall who was a pharmaceutical sales rep and she was a huge proponent of anything in the drug industry.
when someone had a headache, she was the first to say "take an asprin.
" now my husband and i are what you might call old hippies.
HI411, I think you are doing it right!
I've seen a lot of protocols come and go. Seems like moderation in most things, avoid the items that seems to disagree with our bodies, (dairy etc), work the best for me. A bum knee is the only ailment I have, and sometimes I take ibuprofen for that, and other than that, I take no medication and my last assessment said I was in good health.
Buy organic when possible, if not, I hear it is most important to still eat your veggies anyway.
I still get interested in alternative medicine...some are crap and some have value. Traditional cancer treatment has it's wins...but it also seems quite rigged and not open to anything not within Big Pharma. If I had cancer, I just don't know what I'd do. That's a spooky one. Having just lost a friend a few months ago to cancer...and it just sucks.
Good on you and your husband!
just now finding this web site and have enjoyed reading the comments.
i've never written down my story and it could be a jerry springer episode but here goes.
i was raised as a jehovah's witness from as early as i can remember.
Welcome Chip! Thank you for sharing your story. It's wonderful you and your ex-wife have been able to create happy lives for yourselves...so many do not.
jerry jones on youtube exposed a jw couple who were begging for money on gofundme.
this is his youtube .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feohxtbml2c.
i haven't posted much lately because i got a new job at the end of nov. and it's taken much of my time and mental energy.
i still read though and care for you all very much so i thought i should let you know about the meet-up i had yesterday with mr and mrs flipper.. hubby got a call the day before from flipper saying he and his wife were going to visit his mother (who is in a rest home in my town) and would we like to meet up for coffee?
hubby couldn't make it but i was delighted to accept.. we picked a burger place not far from the rest home and where i knew jdubs don't usually hang out on saturdays.
Hi peeps! 3rdgen how great you got to meet up with the Flippers. I hope everything works out for Tahoe for me this summer. You, Cha Ching and I need a chat session with some champagne!
Much love to you and hubby! xx
almost two months into the change in format of the mid week meeting from the school and service meeting format to the christian life and ministry (clam) format.
in my congregation, seems attendance is down 10-15% over the normally low attendance for the mid week meeting before the change.
some indicate that the meeting under the clam format is very "intense"...you really need to study and research to be able to participate or get anything out of the meetings.
Well I must say this is good news to hear.
after reading the comments it shows the dumbing down in the approach to the flock will end up with more and more distancing themselves. How some defend this approach is amazing to me. I got them in my own family. Sigh
