Don't do it, if they wanted to help you where were they in Nov when you stopped going?
They want to see where you stand and if it's not with them and their beliefs they will find a way to D'f you.
it's been about a month and a half since i last talked to the elders.
today i got a call from one of them.
he left me a voicemail saying he would like to have me meet with them on sunday after the meeting to discuss some things and to see if there is any way they can be of help.. i haven't been to a meeting since the end of october/beginning of november.
Don't do it, if they wanted to help you where were they in Nov when you stopped going?
They want to see where you stand and if it's not with them and their beliefs they will find a way to D'f you.
so i don't understand it seems to me from the posts that i have read just about everyone is disassociated.. just wondering if that's true or if i am not the only one on here still within the organization..
I stopped going a few years ago. So I guess I'm inactive or fading.
I'm one of the many stories of having a child that was molested by an ex-elder and we were the ones treated like crap! I just couldn't see a God of Love and justice being behind an Org that will allow victims to be further victimized and molesters to be protected, so I left.
If your going in, go in with eyes wide open. Keep reading, Keep researching and don't go in thinking the love within those walls is unconditional. The moment you leave, you will see there are no real friends in the ORG.
i have two.
"please god protect me from your people".
"if you love something let go.......if it doesn't come back, hunt in down and kill it" .
this is a good story and is true, please read it all the way through until the end!
(after the story, there are some very interesting facts!
the class was asked to go!
I agree with Tammy, It doesn't matter who you give credit to... as long as you do good from your heart :)
I know if I would have seen this myself it would have touched me, it brought tears to my eyes just reading it.
Pay it Forward...
we had a co looking for a certain experience for an assembly part coming up and the elders in my hall at the time sent him to see me, since i usually had good experiences out in field service.. anyway, after speaking with the co, i was sorry to inform him that i did not have an experience that suited the type he needed.
he told me that was o.k.
because he could use me anyway for another part.
Wow!! That's pretty sad that they would ask you to lie!!
Glad you got out and took your family with you
a brother i know of was made up as an elder only some mere 6 weeks ago.
out the blue he has gone total awol and has now been missing over 24 hours.
i wonder if the stress of becoming an elder at 27 yrs old got to him !!!
Hope he's okay.
i was wondering how many out there have written the society and got a responce.
im thinking of writing but i dont wanna waste my time if they wont take me seriously.
i intend to challenge many different things they say and do.
We did write a four page heartfelt letter in tears after not seeing spiritual justice when our child was molested by a fellow JW (ex-elder) We begged to understand Why, after being accused of molesting multiple victims this creep was not disfellowshipped.
Our response came in a half a page letter basically telling us to look at the example of Asaph @ Ps 73:3,12 and then 73:17....
How it wasn't until he proceeded to come into the sanctuary of God that he was able to "readjust his thinking"!!
Have confidence in the organization... guess what came next??
"Wait on Jehovah"
We cried, then we realized we didn't matter to them. What happened to our 9 year old baby didn't phase them a bit!!
We were on our own
i love criminal minds and the newest criminal minds that was showcased last night.
and i love law & order svu!.
Modern family
The Middle
Law and Order SVU
Amazing Race
Survivor
a short update on my situation.. i am still in, trying to help my family to see the light.
my wife is open to critisize certain aspects of the wts, reads wt articles with a critical mind, but she still views them as gods org, and at times can get quit defensive about it.. last night though, she seemed devastated about a program she watched, reagrding pedophiles (dateline i guess).
she was very disturbed, even to the point of being depressed.
Inbeetween,
I would ask her to show you what she watched and then click on other links that deal with the child molestation issue in the WTS. Right away tell her "it's probably not true..but apostate talk"
Then tell her lets google the names of the molesters mentioned and hit the news button, that way we can see if it's really true or just apostates trying to make trouble.
A few great ones that have many news stories on them are Fredrick McLean and Gilbert Simental. Once she reads in real newspaper articles she may open her eyes a little wider.
Wish you well.
avoid abortion threads.
they're only for folks to piss on each other.
now i'm off to watch "modern family".
Good choice