right now, i can't figure it out.
i'm still scared to say anything to offend my daughters.
i don't want them to cut me off completely, so does that make me a weak ex-dub?
Hi Mrs Mcducket
I'm in the same quandry as you. In my case its my son who is wearing himself out and I'm wondering how to reach him. So thanks for raising the topic as it was very encouraging for me to read all the answers
merry christmas
If it helps at all i have as my mantra something another poster said `be still and know'
bernadette
i revised my thesis here recently, and i also uploaded it to an additional mirror.
it's a pdf and approximately 1.4 mb.
here's the download locations if anyone's interested.... .
Very clear and readable
bernadette
i can put up with a lot of things.
but i avoid people who are "users".
you know the type....always taking, never giving, always looking to take advantage of someone......and i don't like liars all that much either.
Unreasonableness and inflexibility - both of which the wts promotes in its followers
bernadette
i think that the bible gives hope and comfort.
i also think that the bible is a good book without me saying too much.
but is it a product of god?
For me the bible reveals what happens when people become small minded, narrow and exclusive in the name of god.
At the same time it reveals how to become free and grow spiritually when taken in comjunction with the world and thinking around us imho.
bernadette
i just could not believe it when i stumbled across this forum recently.
i was actually doing research for my dad who wanted to see the world's viewpoint of the failed 1975 prophecy.
he came into the truth less than three years ago and though my mom has been a witness since she was a teenager she never spoke of that particular time period to him.
Hi Elinor and welcome
I too am fading - my daughter has recently joined me
you said
I was actually doing research for my dad who wanted to see the world's viewpoint of the failed 1975 prophecy.
I wonder if your dad may turn out to be an ally?
love
bernadette
i just could not believe it when i stumbled across this forum recently.
i was actually doing research for my dad who wanted to see the world's viewpoint of the failed 1975 prophecy.
he came into the truth less than three years ago and though my mom has been a witness since she was a teenager she never spoke of that particular time period to him.
Hi Elinor and welcome
I and my daughter are fading too.
You said
I was actually doing research for my dad who wanted to see the world's viewpoint of the failed 1975 prophecy.
I wonder if your dad may turn out eventually to be an ally?
love
bernadette
as you can see there are alot of you!
being such, it would be interesting to note how you all found this site??
or did you stumble across it by accident?
i found it through freeminds net scoop
downsizing, restructuring etc.
oh well, i'm off to the library, much reading to catch up on.
blueblades.
Hi Blueblades
very sorry you lost your job. Hope you find something soon.
bernadette
okay, even though i will reveal enough information to any lurkers who could.
still, i will blur a little info.
so that i can deny this is me.
hi otwo
INHMO the wts runs on fostering a sense of feeling bad for saying no and letting people down as it were. That's what it comes down to in the nitty gritty of everyday living as I am finding out.
Just hang in there with your fade, feel annoyed but keep progressing - let your example be a lesson to those caught up in the same web.
bernadette
further to this topic i started a few weeks ago: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/124404/1.ashx i just found out that she died the other night.
we hadn't been close in a number of years, due to me becoming inactive, but i remember alot of the good times too.
she was older than me and offered to study with me when i was 14, which led to my getting baptized.. i remember that she tried for several years to get pregnant, and how happy she was when she finally conceived.
Mary
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Yes, I'll be at the funeral and I have every intention of speaking to her kid who's DF'd. And no one there better say anything to me about that either.
I went to a JW funeral recently - a small part of the family had been disfellowshipped. The majority were witnesses. No one spoke the d'fd ones. they formed a lonely little island of grief by themselves. Very sad.
bernadette
