i like the way many of u think.....anyways since early 90's when i was dfd i totally abandoned the society but left my great amazing son in it ....didnt speak to my family except my mom for about 14 yrs and as she always invited me to move back home rent free!
in an empty house they visit from time to time.
i kept thinking: well my dad is getting to be 71 now ..and even tho i still speak in secret to my son (he had to stop seeing me 2yrs ago) maybe ill bs my way back in and i can actually see my son again and reestablish family ties...since i had broken up with my girlfriend.
Welcome to the forum!
So much for them welcoming you back, after 2 1/2 years you've still proven nothing in their eyes. The prodigal son parable means nothing yet they have built a whole robotish religion out of the parable of the faithful and discreet slave.
Hope you are able to figure out where to go from here. These folks are wonderful, insightful and more loving than I ever experienced in the 4 congos I was in. Keep reading and posting.
the addiction to this forum, that is, you naughty :).
the therapy consists of remembering how much time you would spend with jw stuff every week.
for me, that was more than i now spend here.
I am the Queen of Rationalization so I admire your reasoning abilities. LOL You are quite right about the benefits here. I've said it before and I'll say it again, "This forum is the only thing that has kept me sane in the last 2 months."
just downloaded the 'pay attention to the flock' pdf.
thanks.. noticed the instruction on page 108.. ''if there are two or three witnesses to the same kind of wrongdoing but each one is witness to a separate incident, their testimony can be considered.
such evidence may be used to establish guilt, but it is preferable to have two witnesses to the same occurence of wrongdoing.''.
EXCELLENT!
i have a family a son and a girl friend out of wedlock that's why i am disfellowshiped.
i hate my "lie" life.
and now is the time.
Don't let them win! They want you dead. You and all the rest of us that no longer believe their lies. You've been poisoned by their hate and their "vomitous" spiritual food. You can recover.
My daughter's best friend committed suicide in December,2005.
It changed my daughter's life forever. She went from soccer/cheerleader mom who home schooled her daughter to a raging alcoholic almost overnight. She has lost custody of both of her children and as of last week is officially homeless. She has been in rehab for drugs and alcohol, has regular run-ins with the law, and has been fired from 2 jobs. She is now with an a**hole boyfriend who has kicked in 3 doors in the last 2 weeks and knocks her around and kicks her downstairs. An unbelievable year and a half of chaos and drama.
She calls me sobbing in the middle of the night asking me why she couldn't prevent her friend's death and no longer wants to live herself because of the guilt she feels. I can hardly listen to her describe her nightmares.
Please understand that suicide ruins lives. There are consequences that you cannot see.
I beg you to get help. We care and ther is a lot of good advice here.
as you may or may not recall, the february '07 km (for the us) had a huge article, taking up the full 4 page insert, on the "blessings" of auxiliary pioneering.
the part covering that insert took up the entire service meeting (aside form the announcements).
the "encouragement" was that the us branch had set a goal of 160,000 auxiliary pioneers for the month of april ("if only one of every 6 publishers signs up, we can make it!")..
Not meant as a thread hi-jack but...
Welcome hieverybody you are going to fit in just fine around here.
ok, like i promised yesterday, i will tell you all a little about my vacation in ohio.
this will be the condensed version as i dont feel like typing much tonight.. .
well i was gone for 16 days.
Sounds enjoyable and relaxing. Good food and a ride in a police boat for excitement.
Good to have you back.
i figured out a way to have him ride with me.... .
Too cute !
persons who make themselves 'not of our sort' by deliberately rejecting the faith and beliefs of jehovah's witnesses should appropriately be viewed and treated as are those who have been disfellowshiped for wrongdoing.
--the watchtower, september 15, 1981, page 23.. .
did they really teach that?
AMEN BROTHER
a father was walking past his son's bedroom and saw, to his surprise, that the room was tidy and the bed made.
then he noticed an envelope propped up on the pillow with the word 'dad' on the outside.
with a trembling hand he opened the envelope and read the enclosed letter: .
Love it !
the ballad of jed clampett by billzfan23 how it really goesenjoy the lyrics.
come and listen to a story about a man named jed .
a congregation elder, barely kept his family fed, .
Thanks a lot. I just wet my pants!
