after lurking for 7 and half years (is that a record?!
) its time for me to say hello.. so who am i, and whats my story?.
im a born in jw, with all my siblings, mother, wife and children in.
Thanks so much for sharing Wizzstick. It is amazing how many people really started doubting things when they were in Bethel.
AnneOMaly - you brought up something I had totally forgotten about.....The United Nations International year of peace. I believe it was 1986, but the announcement was made a few years before. The hype over this was huge. It would send chills down my back just knowing we were right on the edge of world destruction.
been oooh, 4 months now, nothing, nada, zip, like i never even existed.. no one knows i am awakened, etc... so as far as they concerned i'm still in wt land.. starting missing meetings as i was ill with a virus, knocked me out physically.
the rest is history, as they say.. .
so much for the love that is preached.
Give them some "JUICY" sin to investigate - your phone will be ringing off the hook!!!
i am sure this brilliant video has been posted here before, but for those who have not seen it i am reposting....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaiprrzvnjg.
So excellent! I had not seen this before - thank you for posting it
i have served 20 years as an elder, 5 years as an ms. was on the district committee in 2010, held various positions on the district , circuit, and rbc level.
probably been on more than 100 judicial committees and even an appeals committee.
was the coordinator in our congregation and deleted because adult child was df ( i kicked him out at the time of his wrongdoing, but that wasn't enough for thr brothers).
So glad you are here!!
I just read this book and it is absolutely a must read. I could not put it down.
there are some things that i wish the local congregation knew about my husband but i am not sure how to inform them.. my husband was a jw in a previous marriage but none of his family are jw's except for one half sister who he recently met for the first time.
his ex wife is no longer a believer either and their three adult kids want nothing to do with the jw's.. i met my husband 8 years ago on eharmony.
i should have been leary when he stated his religion as "christian".
Nothing makes a JW more zealous than persecution. Do not try to make trouble for him in the congregation, it will only backfire on you.
i am just wondering how many here have gone through the experience of being disfellowshipped and divorced?
i am currently in that situation and sometimes i am afraid of what to expect.
thankfully i have a good core of friends, but nonetheless i still find myself somewhat nervous of what to expect in my new life.
Seven years ago I filed for divorce after being married 20 years (10 of that in full time service together). I also was Df'ed. There has never, ever been one day that I regret my decision.
My advice is this...
Life outside of the JW world is beautiful - Go embrace and enjoy!!
posted this on the "school and jws" brochure, which got buried pretty quickly, but i wanted to see if anyone else remembers this, from the 70's & 80's, so i'll start a new topic on it.. .
that ("school and jws") brochure put the kibosh on high school proms in the usa.. in our area at least, going to prom was perfectly fine - as long as you went with a fellow jw.
children of elders, pioneers, etc.
Prom was absolutely forbidden - it did not matter if I was going with a JW. It was a worldy event run by Satan and anyone that went to prom would get drunk, take drugs, engage in an orgy and ultimately become pregnant, disfellowshipped and lose out on everlasting life.
i thought it was time for a formal introduction.
i've lurked here for literally years, sometimes posting sometimes not.
but i've never told my story and now seems as good a time as any.
Lovely to have you on board CTRWTF!
well i went to a "special meeting" in the armadillo today where a 2 & 1/2 hour programme was relayed from london at 1pm.
apparently the letters of invitation only went out a month or so ago and not all congregations were invited.
there were 2,900 of us from around scotland.
When children sit at the KH they learn to tune out, day dream, fantasize - anything to pass the time. Unfortunately a lot of high school can be quite similar. However, once you enter a University the days of tuning out are over. You must learn to think and reason - make sense of things - figure things out on your own, as in doing your own research and study. Critical thinking skills naturally develop...and WHA LA...."The troof" all of a sudden becomes such a silly little insignificant religion that can be summed up in a few humorous sentences.
I can absolutely see why this religion wants no part of higher learning. Their motto should be..." Keep them at home. Keep them at the KH. Keep them dumb."
