this guy got completely railroaded.
another person earns his freedom!
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I was a witness for 20 years, on a personal and local level I saw very very little done to help the poor and under privelaged.
If you care to read the actuall reports they submit to the charities comission rather than the propaganda you hear down the hall Reniaa you'lll find they give very very little.
For example in 2004 they gave zero yes ZERO to help the poor, and very very little in subsequent years. If you care to read the reports I'll email them to you.
Pitiful, very pitiful
this guy got completely railroaded.
another person earns his freedom!
!.
How is paying tax making it really hard to be witnesses? They should be made to pay tax in all countries. In the UK they are registered as a charity and therefore tax exempt. However they do no charitable works that I have ever seen.
i have read thousands of posts on this forum, and i am finding with all your experiences that however hard we try, it's difficult to actually get a family member or friend to disassociate themselves.
after all, some of us are still "active jw's", right?.
but, i have been noticing that some seem to have accomplished enough with questions and comments that at least their family members or friends are less active as jw's.
I got my wife out and I directly helped a friend leave. I also indirectly helped 2 others, one of whom also helped me. I think I've also convinced my dis-fellowshipped sister in law never to go back, although the local congregation has already done a really good job of alienating her. I just delivered the coup de grace. I know one I have helped has also helped others out and so on.
The problem the organisation has is their own idiotic policies. They have a large number of resentful people trapped in congregations who are unable to leave. Like a cancer they eat away at the other members. Lets just hope it's terminal.
hi guys.
i need a little more advise, i have spoken to a couple of friends about this void i'm currently experiencing after leaving ( being ignored so decided to leave) the jws.. i feel alone, i'm now longer allowed on the ministry and im not having to study for meetings, so i have this massive great hole in my life.. it's the mental agony as well, kind of knowing that friends that you thought would always be there, arent any more.
and after two years of indoctrination, i feel that im displeasing jehovah or abandoning god.. my head was screwed anyway from ten years of depression and this thing with the jws has really taken its toll.. if you had any coping mechanisms i would love to know.. thank you in advance for your support x .
there have been a number of developments over the past few months and they paint an interesting picture.. witnesses can keep dragging themselves to meetings ad infinitum however, the future of the watchtower itself is another story.
the evidence of continuing cash flow problems is now overwhelming.
if you talk to well placed witnesses, most won't deny it but simply blame it on the publishers financial problems.. they have cut off loans to congregations many of whom genuinely need new kingdom halls.
I actually think that a big expansion is in the making myself. The drama this year focused on parents helping their youth with interactive family studies, get-togethers, etc. If the congos actually apply all that, the real love will come, and many, many will be attracted.
This will only happen if they drop the shunning and I can't see that happening anytime soon. So the slow bleed continues.........
i finally broke my silence yesterday in a discussion with my mom.
for months now i have been dropping hints here and there that i am not pleased with many things happening in the org, but i would always present it from a concerned jw prospective.
my wife wants us to remain closet jw's because she has bigger reservations of displeasing her family than i do, and wants to continue playing the game.. yesterday however my wife wasn't around, and for the 100th time my mom was ragging on me for attending one of my best friend's weddings because he was marrying a non jw, and the fact that his df'd brother was there.
I went through a similar process, i found it harder and harder to be around witnesses without saying something.
In the end I decided I wouldn't play the game anymore.
families with younger children had to sit in the last 3 rows or they were counseled!.
disfellowshipped persons were told not to sit next to each other and talk because it "looks like they're unrepentant"..
no white socks when giving a talk
i've got this really desperate need to go to the meeting tonight!.
help me, i don't want to get sucked back in!.
cheers bloomin x.
Beware of the Iron Fist inside the Velvet Glove.
Don't be Fooled.
i've got this really desperate need to go to the meeting tonight!.
help me, i don't want to get sucked back in!.
cheers bloomin x.
why? what will you get from it? more abuse?
