lately, i see a trend going on regarding how congregation members view the elders.
more and more, i hear people say "i wouldn't tell anything to the elders if they questioned me.years ago all an elder had to say is "we want to talk with you" and a meeting commenced.
now, there is a view that the elders can't tell me what to do anymore.
I hate to admit it but I was terrified. I don't think well on my feet and possess the insane idea that I must answer everyone truthfully if they question me. Since I was considered "spiritually weak," there were frequent admonitions and "encouragement." Some were OK, some were not.
I finally am free of that fear, and it feels oh so good.
Free(from fear of men)
....was the question i kept asking myself while flying home from seattle.
i swear i must have been suspicious looking to other people around me as i was quite skiddish and nervous while on the flight.
ball asked me how i felt about that.
Dear Jourles,
My heart was in my throat too, when you got the note to come back for a "little chat." What right do they have to keep people in fear like that. Glad you got out of it, but like the others have said, it's probably not over. Does your wife have doubts as well?
Free
as a quick refresher from part one, i was to meet up with my good friend and his wife along with a few of their friends at a bowling alley to enjoy some wholesome recreational activity!
wholesome does not begin to describe what took place.
he knew exactly where i was from already and what hall my wife and i(sometimes) attend.
Keep it coming....I love stories like these.
Free
i just wanted to mention some of the warm and wonderful people that i miss and don't see posting much, if at all.. incense and peppermints: your fluff posts and sweet nature is missed around here...you have friends here, don't forget us.. dutchie: i am not sure where you are or why you don't post anymore.
maybe someone else may know and can drop me an email.
i miss your kind and soft presence.
Beck,
MIA - missing in action, military term, refers to our soldiers who are, well, missing in action.
While their families are in limbo.
Free
does anyone know what night she is showing the interview that was scheduled last thursday and was preempted?
it is supposed to be shown this week?.
it was the interview of michelle and jean kraus.
Does ANYONE know when the new interview is going to air.
Free(I'm not shouting, just need to know!)
in life, there are certain pivotal moments when you realise that every thing has changed dramatically.
it's a breathtaking and overwhleming feeling.
you may think back to who you were on this day a year ago, compared to who you are now - the contrast is incredible.. i find change in viewpoints and thinking evolves slowly, over a long period of time, you dont know the change is taking place until one day, you realise for one stunning minute that you are everything that you never were.
After being inactive for 6 years and feeling guilty as hell, I read about the UN scandal. I was positively devasted, infact almost turning into an oncoming car during the week that I obsessed about what I had learned. I just couldn't get it out of my mind. I finally realized that I was killing myself with guilt for an org. that was a lying, unfaithful whore. Once that was firmly in my mind I turned my back and haven't looked back since.
FreeFallin
i am so off this planet.. i have had so much therapy in the past, i dunno, forty years, that it makes me "sick".. i have learned to speak in cognitive-speak.
i have learned to think in cognitive-speak.. i have survived jw-endorsed "therapy": a jw-sanctioned therapist in northern virginia who could "cure" dissociative disorders in just a few sessions.
she learned this technique from the "society" and therefore, did not charge for her services.
((((((((((((((((LauraLisa)))))))))))))))))))
I'm sorry that I don't know your story or what you've gone thru. But please know that many here love you; love in its purest form, and that we all wish you the very best. Be gentle with yourself.
Free
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won't you shut up with all your arguing for ten minutes and concentrate on the threads that really matter.
people are hurting and you can't hear it for all the shouting in here.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=35125&site=3
Spider,
Thanks for the wake-up call.
Free
with the recent blood baths we have seen in this forum it got me wondering of how you can objectively understand it and more importantly not let it affect you if you so choose.
what i write is not meant to be taken as gospel truth since there is no gospel truth nor is it my intention to get on my soap box since i left it when i walked out of the kingdom hall.
most of what i have to say is subjective based on personal experience and i feel no need or desire to debate anyone about anything i write.
Excellent, excellant post. One I'm sure many of us can relate to.
Free
congratulations to alamb and her hubby, they have a boy!!!!!!!!!.
he was born around 10:30-11:00, august 20. he's a handsome little dude.
looks just like his dad.
CONGRATULATIONS ALAMB AND FAMILY
Free
