Posts by cognac

Oh, and he wants to let everyone know that he is unbreakable in the truth. As a matter of fact, he’s going out in service both Saturday and Sunday. Well, well, well… I could just bang my head against the friggen wall…

So, everyone say hi to my stinken, bratty hubby who likes to spy on me! Have fun in service sweetie, I will be sleeping in!

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My Grandmother (Dedicated to Mouthy)

by palmtree67 in

my grandmother is 87. got the truth "on the farm" and her and my grandfather used to have meetings in their home, baptise people in their bathtub.

when she first heard that you could go door-to-door, she was in her glory.

she has always loved the service.

cognac

I was just thinking about how loving some JWs are! Thanks for the post. Wonderful story! Some JWs are really great, huh?

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Any great elder or JW experiences?

by cognac in

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i was in an abusive marriage.

these elders were so incredibly loving that i really believed even in there mistakes they were directed by god.

mistakes that could have and did cause me physical harm by my ex.

cognac

I was in an abusive marriage. These elders were so incredibly loving that I really believed even in there mistakes they were directed by God. Mistakes that could have and did cause me physical harm by my ex. The PO and I became very close friends. We still talk to this day although he is no longer a PO because his daughter got d'fed. He had tears in his eyes when he found out what went on with my ex and what a certain elder knew. I told him that I trusted this elder. I even trusted his mistakes were directed by God. I felt that sometimes what we see as mistakes we actually get a better outcome. I still love that elder very dearly and will always keep him very close to my heart. Eventually this elder stepped down. He said his heart could no longer handle being an elder in dealing with the problems.

What did this elder do that was so wonderful in my eyes? He really was loving. He and his wife held and embraced me when I was going through terrible things. They were my best friends. They just held me when I needed to be held. They loved me when I needed somebody to love me unconditionally.

They begged me to get a restraining order even though I wouldn't. I wouldn't bring reproach upon Jehovah's organization. I told them that. They didn't see eye to eye with me on that. He begged me to run away. Go live with my parents that lived in another state. I still would not. He was really afraid for me. I wouldn't leave without scriptural grounds for divorce. Him and his wife would drive around with me trying to help me get my proof. He couldn't handle my "conscience matter" decision. He is no longer an elder.

I will never forget the love they showed me. It was a real love. I still believe I could call him to this day and tell him I'm an apostate and he would still love me.

You ever have really good JW experiences?

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left in lurch

by ssn587 in

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recently talked with a brother who had the following experience.. he and wife had been on a trip out of town, and they started rehashing old wrongs, he had mentioned that she wasn't very nice to him lately in fact the last several years.

she wanted to know why he had felt that way.

when he told me that right then and there i mentioned that they or at least he shouldn't have brought up old or current wrongs.

cognac

I agree with Robdar. I don't know what else to say cause I wasn't there. What about counseling. The tit for tat thing never works. Talking it out with a trained professional may help.

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Searching for Lost Friends...

by closer2fine in

can anyone recommend an ex-jw web page to look for friends i've lost touch with over the years?

just in case some of them have also left the org.. thanks!

cognac

bttt

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Instead of Arguing/Debating or telling JWs that they aren't correct...

by cognac in

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why not put new information out there that they can accept and let them do what they want with it?

why not even defend and reason on what could later be justified in there own minds?.

that's what i've been doing with a lot of jws including hubby and it seems to have the greatest affect without them putting there defenses up.. for example, i said to hubby the other night regarding blood fractions: "i dare you to raise your hand and say: so, clearly, the symbol of life is much more important then life itself.

cognac

Any ideas? No? Or are you all

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Read My Dads Crazy Email Trying to Make me Panic bout Armageddon!!

by foolsparadise in

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my mom emailed me and asked if they could come to town and go to our district convention with us.

i politley said no thank you we wont be attending.

we havent been to meeting in a long long time.

cognac

I doubt we will be told to go hide in the mountains but somewhere in Jesus instructions there will be an order for us that the slave will discern and pass along to us just at the right moment.

I would have liked to say, "Yes Dad, but what if they tell us to all head to some place and then they get new light that that isn't the place to go after the big A already comes. So, instead, we all die and then we get screwed out of being able to get married in the new system. What then? I don't want to be in the new system if I can't be married. I think you stumbled me. You have 1 week to go to the elders about stumbling me or I will."