i was in my old stomping ground a couple of months ago and happened to be walking past the home of an old family friend.
word is in the hall that i used to go to is that "i am one of them" meaning apostate.
no one from my old hall has contacted me to find out what happened.
Hey truthseeker
It was the greatest shock for me that out of "brothers" I have served with for many years and helped personally, some I considered really close friends - none contact me to even say "thinking of you".
It can hurt, I wish you all the best just let the feelings be what they are and the hurt goes. I have to remind myself that they only know conditional relationships, and that they are emotionally limited.
My goal for this year is to find some real connections and friendships.
im giving up guys.
i've reached the end of my patience and now i finally refuse to waste any more time on part-time witnesses.
i've text all of my active jw family members and told them to delete my number from their phone and never contact me again.
My thoughts are with you. They will swear black and blue that they don't break up families.
What a load!
Over a difference of opinion - they are so fear based.
I hope you can move on and build a life without them.
hey guys, looking for some advice with what to do with my jw wife that is simply ignoring my wishes/demands.
first a little back story, we have been married for 6 years and have 3 children together.
she is a jw, and i am not (nor do i have any religious beliefs).
Don't get the elders involved, they have no authority.
I would talk openly about your feelings, stay on neutral ground and make it
about you and her keep the WT corporation out of it.
Get her trust, when under attack JW's will retreat under their persecution
syndrome and you become the enemy.
Do it with love.
I know it is easier said than done but just my thoughts on that.
my wife has left to pick someone else's bible study half an hours drive north of us to bring them to the kh 20 minutes south of us, and pick up two other people on the way.. this is the first memorial in 34 years that i won't be at the kh to "celebrate".. if i want to "remember" jesus christ sacrifice and his command to keep doing so, i'm doing so on my own terms.
not controlled by a despotic, oligarchical gobo which directs most attending folks to be there but to "skip" the very thing jesus command explicitly mentions to do.
i'm also convinced that it doesn't have to be exactly on the same lunar month evening as the jewish passover, but that "whenever" it is commemorated by someone, with faith in christ, and belief in his promises it would be best to do it not for show or for the sake of appearances but sincerely out of one's feeling of "communion".. if you are a christian believer are you going to the memorial this year?
We are Christians still. We commune with the Lord whenever we like. We are cringing at the thought of people asking us if we went but will grapple with it as it comes.
It is funny when you thought for all those years you were following the scriptures but then the awful realisation that the memorial is nothing like the scriptures outline. Infact "The Memorial" as a term is not even in the bible.
what is it with this pair?
why do they have to constantly have a bitch about guys like john cedars?
a very recent video of them shows them calling him a 'village idiot' and making other disparaging claims.
Amen to that. We have left a judgemental organisation, why do we have to judge eachother.
We should all be able to express ourselves as we wish without being critical. It's Youtube for goodness sakes, if you don't like someone you don't have to watch them.
i have been told that there is to be a special talk linked via video hook up all around australia this saturday april 1st?
a 3 hour program apparently?.
someone said it was a governing body speaker?.
If anyone acquires a link to the stream please share I would love to listen in.
what is the exact live streaming site for the arc today in sydney?
i hope someone or more here will be watching and giving info/quips throughout the case.
also, will someone here or elsewhere be able to 'save' a video of this (all or part).
I will be there with bells on - signed up for the chat too - can't wait
What channel in the chat will be used
just had my annual checkup.
first time in 10 years my blood presure is normal.
and i've cut my anti anxiety medicine dosage by 75 percent.
Congrats - isn't life just sweeter without the sh** sandwiches!
so, you left because of a bad example(s).. why all the whining?
nothing better to do with your time?.
you at least know far more about the bible than any church-goer?.
I left because their teachings are incorrect, their bible is totally wrong and basically they are a cult.
This forum is a wonderful way for people to process, are insults what you learn to do at your meetings? Is that what following Jesus entails?
I think you are scared of the actual truth.
i note the recent post that quoted 1 timothy 2:11-12 and colossians 1:23 which place women at a level that is lower to men.
the poster accused paul of this mysoginy, but that is not correct.. 1 timothy, 2 timothy, titus, colossians, ephesians and hebrews were written after paul's death.. paul was not a mysoginist; he made full use of women in leadership roles.
he wrote that in god's sight there is neither male nor female, for all are one in god's sight.. doug.
Doug
Who wrote those book then? I have not researched it but would love any source material.
