i am in a situation that many of you have faced... whether to stay with my spouse or not after having learned the falsehood of the org.. my wife is diehard witness who gets upset whenever i talk about the org negatively.
she is not happy that i am on jwd... in fact the other day she picked up the keyboard and wanted to throw it accros the room or bash me with it when she saw i was on jwd... she is also very upset about me making friends with "apostates" and worldly people, and told me never to bring them to our home!
this concerns me, since i am not going to have any friends in the org, and i need at least a few friendships...she doesn't want me to talk to the friends in the cong about my decision so that i don't share my doubts.
Hi Wings...
Sure, no problem, I am new to JWD so you might not be too familiar with my posts...
I was a JW for 24 years.. Went to Bethel, was a Pioneer, special Pioneer, MS, elder, Gilead, and Missionary. I made my decsion to exit 2 weeks ago...
No kids.... With my theocratic career, no need for them. (or so I thought)
I was morbidly afraid of death when I was a JW.
Now no-one is telling me what to be afraid if, so I am not sure what I am supposed to fear now anymore.
make sense?
next weekend congregations around the world will be studying the wt article on the new definition of a "generation".. i would think there will be an epidemic of cognitive dissonance.
this must be the first time there has been a change of doctrine on a singular topic twice in 13 years.
for those still in like me, use the opportunity to get your partner thinking..
I was just asking a question friend!
Hey Galileo... I know what you were saying... You should've read the sarcasm in my post....
I am trying to find the time to write a more in depth story... But I am in my last 6 weeks of college, so I am in the crunch to finish...
I'll have more time after May 19th.... Patience my friend... I may have to limit myself to 6 hours a day on JWD...
i am in a situation that many of you have faced... whether to stay with my spouse or not after having learned the falsehood of the org.. my wife is diehard witness who gets upset whenever i talk about the org negatively.
she is not happy that i am on jwd... in fact the other day she picked up the keyboard and wanted to throw it accros the room or bash me with it when she saw i was on jwd... she is also very upset about me making friends with "apostates" and worldly people, and told me never to bring them to our home!
this concerns me, since i am not going to have any friends in the org, and i need at least a few friendships...she doesn't want me to talk to the friends in the cong about my decision so that i don't share my doubts.
I am in a situation that many of you have faced... whether to stay with my spouse or not after having learned the falsehood of the org.
My wife is diehard Witness who gets upset whenever I talk about the org negatively. She is not happy that I am on JWD... in fact the other day she picked up the keyboard and wanted to throw it accros the room or bash me with it when she saw I was on JWD... She is also very upset about me making friends with "apostates" and worldly people, and told me never to bring them to our home! This concerns me, since I am not going to have any friends in the org, and I need at least a few friendships...She doesn't want me to talk to the friends in the cong about my decision so that I don't share my doubts. I am not "officially" out yet, so I can associate with JW's but I admit that I am not likely to keep my thoughts to myself...
We are trying to get through this, but it is a roller-coaster ride. I have read some other recent threads. like Quirky1's, so I see that many are in a similar situation.
So I am curious...
Did you try to stay with your JW spouse after leaving? Did this work long-term, i.e., with each of you having your own set of friends?
Or did you divorce your spouse after leaving the org? Do you have regrets about this?
I know that every marriage is different, and there are many reasons for staying and or leaving, but I would like to hear your thoughts...
AaG
our special assembly day at bristol assembly hall has just finished.
as i've said before in october 07 http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/144194/1.ashx regarding the last two day assembly weekend.
the numbers are still down.
Wow, I've never heard of Credit Card contributions before!!!!
AaG
i have stopped.
it brings up too many memorys of having some elder pray for the cong before we partook of any food.
it just seemd like a big production, all would gather around and bow heads in silence while some senior male gave thanks- no more- no thanks
I'm with hope on this one. I'm not sure who to pray to since my departure from the JW's is very recent, but I pray sometimes, but probably not enough...
AaG
next weekend congregations around the world will be studying the wt article on the new definition of a "generation".. i would think there will be an epidemic of cognitive dissonance.
this must be the first time there has been a change of doctrine on a singular topic twice in 13 years.
for those still in like me, use the opportunity to get your partner thinking..
19 The way of the wicked ones is like the gloom; they have not known at what they keep stumbling.
Well we all know that this does NOT apply to the WTS. They do know what they have been stumbling at, so that's why they need to keep changing their story and minimizing their past views.
Galileo, How dare you suggest that the WTS is a bunch of wicked ones...
= New Light
next weekend congregations around the world will be studying the wt article on the new definition of a "generation".. i would think there will be an epidemic of cognitive dissonance.
this must be the first time there has been a change of doctrine on a singular topic twice in 13 years.
for those still in like me, use the opportunity to get your partner thinking..
Logic,
Now they can justify the end not coming and the appearance of new anointed ones in one fell swoop.
AaG
next weekend congregations around the world will be studying the wt article on the new definition of a "generation".. i would think there will be an epidemic of cognitive dissonance.
this must be the first time there has been a change of doctrine on a singular topic twice in 13 years.
for those still in like me, use the opportunity to get your partner thinking..
14Into the path of the wicked ones do not enter, and do not walk straight on into the way of the bad ones. 15 Shun it, do not pass along by it; turn aside from it, and pass along. 16 For they do not sleep unless they do badness, and their sleep has been snatched away unless they cause someone to stumble. 17 For they have fed themselves with the bread of wickedness, and the wine of acts of violence is what they drink. 18 But the path of the righteous ones is like the bright light that is getting lighter and lighter until the day is firmly established. 19 The way of the wicked ones is like the gloom; they have not known at what they keep stumbling.
20 My son, to my words do pay attention. To my sayings incline your ear. 21 May they not get away from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. 22 For they are life to those finding them and health to all their flesh. 23 More than all else that is to be guarded, safeguard your heart, for out of it are the sources of life. 24 Remove from yourself the crookedness of speech; and the deviousness of lips put far away from yourself. 25 As for your eyes, straight ahead they should look, yes, your own beaming eyes should gaze straight in front of you. 26 Smooth out the course of your foot, and may all your own ways be firmly established. 27 Do not incline to the right hand or to the left. Remove your foot from what is bad.
Cited from Prov Ch 4, NWT....
Yeah, I agree, the light should be brighter and brighter, not a zigzag, lighter, then dimmer, then brighter again...
AaG
next weekend congregations around the world will be studying the wt article on the new definition of a "generation".. i would think there will be an epidemic of cognitive dissonance.
this must be the first time there has been a change of doctrine on a singular topic twice in 13 years.
for those still in like me, use the opportunity to get your partner thinking..
WTW: Funny, we knew about it as apostates for several months before they found about it at the Kingdumb Hell.
Yeah, I agree. I found out about this when I first started checking out apostate sites 2 weeks ago. When I met up with my elders last week to tell tham I didn't want to be a JW anymore, I mentioned this "new light" as one of my many reasons. Neither of the 2 elders knew about this new understanding yet! They had no clue that there was new light on the generation issue. But like Homer said, they will probably eat this up like ice cream... AaG
