I was disfellowshipped for refusing to choose between staying with a physically abusive JW husband or remaining single after divorcing him. I was a regular pioneer for about the first 6 of the almost 7 years that I was in. I don't know if people were surprised when I got the ax, because I had no contact with anyone in the congregation after my disfellowshipping.
jamiebowers
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what did you get dissfellowshipped for and were you once "strong"
by looloo inin the truth (as they say) were people really shocked at you leaving or thought of it as only a matter of time !
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Can you explain this?
by smilelover ini am not a jw but i am really curious to know why are there so many people who criticize and ridicule them?
please give me some logical answers not personal judgements :p
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jamiebowers
It's difficult to avoid "personal judgments" of the JW's if you've been screwed over by them, as many of us have. One of the WTB&TS's most insidious practices is to destroy families by disfellowshipping victims of physical and sexual abuse in order to hide the horrendous problem within the organization of pedophilia and wife battering.
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jamiebowers
Since i use my real name, I would assume everyone knows that I'm out--have been for 20+ years-was disfellowshipped.
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THE reason my mother stays a JW
by chrisjoel ingot a call from my mom this morning and she asked me if i had made plans to go to the memorial.....anyways she knows i dont want to be a jw and kind of understands to a point.
they recently had the c.o and some friends over for dinner (as usual) and she said "i made pasta and everyone loved it"... yes thats the reason she loves the jws cause everyone loves her cooking!
she has always recieved praise from anyone coming over for dinner about her cooking and says "if we weren't in the truth you know how bored we would be?
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jamiebowers
ChrisJoel: Have you ever pointed out to your mom how many gatherings she could have as a worldly person where people could rave about her cooking?
I really believe my mom stays in, because being a jw is the only thing that ever gave her any credibility (in her mind, anyway).
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jamiebowers
I miss the person that my mom used to be but am glad that I don't have to constantly defend my new way of life to her.
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i am being called an apostate by some at the kingdumhell ,what should i do
by looloo inwhen i bump into the people who are calling me that name i would like to say something about what apostate actually means but im not very articulate (you may have noticed) one lady has said she will be polite to me but nothing else , im not even an ex dub just an ex study so do i actually qualify for that title in the "land of makebelieve"?
i know that jws think they invented the word apostate !
the more sarcastic ,the better ?
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jamiebowers
To really freak them out, you could say, "I'm not an apostate, I'm demonized"
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Do You Ever Fear The Jehovah's Witnesses???
by minimus inare you completely devoid of fear regarding jws in your life at this point?
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jamiebowers
My only fear related to the jw's is that the WTB&TS will incite a suicide pact or find some way to ruin my mother financially (more than they already have).
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How do you deal with telemarketers?
by Outaservice inthis usually works for me.. "i'm very interested in what you have to say, but first i'd like to ask you a question.
would you enjoy getting the watchtower magazine from me and studying our books?
click..............bzzzzzzzzzzzzz........ outaservice .
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jamiebowers
I hurt myself laughing so hard at that video! I usually ask them if they can call back on Thursday when my caseworker will be here. It works like a charm.
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Wife Abuse
by ZeroZen injws from what ive read seem to be very sexest they dont let women have a voice in the religion, and my friend said he was talking to a member and he said it is ok to hit and abuse your wife is this true?
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jamiebowers
After being married to an abusive JW husband for almost 7 years, I have an answer for you. The official answer is, "No." It is preached constantly that a husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the congregation. The unofficial answer is, "Yes." My husband admitted that he abused me to elders in two different congregations in two different states. The conclusion was always the same; wait on Jehovah and to be a better wife. Thankfully, doctors and judges in two different states thought waiting on Jehovah might not be such a good idea, and they committed him against his will to a mental institution. I took the hint from the professionals and filed for divorce. I was disfellowshipped for my trouble, but he is in good standing. So, let's see here: he was the abuser but nothing was done to him by Jehovah or His organization, and the nut case can have contact with my JW mother if he so desires. I was the abused, but Jehovah and his organization saw fit to expel me and have no contact with my mother. Oh, by the way, for a good part of our marriage, I was a regular pioneer, while the nutcase couldn't seem to hold onto the simplest of "privelages" and held no title. So, it seems to me, that men are allowed to beat their wives as long as they are JW's. Thank God the "world" doesn't see it the same way.
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Will A JW pick his religion over raising his own child?
by HYM inmy ex was disfellowshipped and then he was going to go back to the religion, but he met me and fell in love... i kept trying to push him away because i knew that jw's were only to date jw's.
he insisted that we stayed together.
now 9 months later, i am pregnant and he decided he needed to go back and renew his faith.
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jamiebowers
I can't put the link on this site, but you can find more info online by entering jwcustody