this is my first post.
i really feel i need to leave the jw's rather than go along pretending everything is perfect etc.
no friends, me at work.
Get some professional medical help p.e. You mentioned that being dead might be a relief to you. That is a concern.
You are tied in to this weird family (even by jw standards) and you and your wife must break free and I reckon to move physically a fair way away is the best option.
How old is your little girl and what kind of work do you do? Is it a transferable skill if you move.
hey everyone,.
just a simple straight forward question on exactly what the process is.
if a gb member died tomorrow, do the remaining ones choose who gets to be next?.
Pretty much yes. Just like an elders meeting where they say "Billy's good but his wife's a fruitloop; how about Cecil?" "Yeah, he won't rock the boat - two thirds in favour? Aye!"
Except they don't have to ask the CO if it's OK!
i am sorry that on my first post i am asking for help and advice but i am at my wits end.
i have been brought up a witness all my life and it is all i know.
i am an ex-elder and pioneer and i don't know anybody outside of the congregation.. i have been unhappy for so long and wanted to leave.
S&L is now "Formerly SandL" - he's posted under his new name in the post two back from this one.
For what it's worth he has now convinced me to give him the benefit of the doubt.
i'm trying to get a jump ahead for my colleague.
i am making progress though and she is now willing to listen to logic.
logic and reasoning is like kryptonite to jw's.
Any circuit assembly reports anyone?
As in number baptised/number attending?
https://www.revealnews.org/blog/jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse-scandal-is-a-lot-like-catholic-churchs/.
jehovah’s witnesses’ sex abuse scandal is a lot like catholic church’s.
by heidi hirvonen / february 25, 2016 .
Very good stuff!
May I ask- what is the readership count of these articles? Is it 100's, 1000's or what?
have you ever wondered why there is always a deficit at the circuit assembly?
did you realize that before the program begins, the circuit is already in the red?
many of the friends thought they were paying for the use of the building and covering the costs of the utilities, etc.
And how he describes it in the US is exactly how it is done in my corner of the UK. Except it's £10 per publisher not 10 bucks. And then the CO writes to the congo's to make up the deficit if not enough came in!
And when the assembly hall is paid for - no change in the "per capita" - and then in 2014 or 2015 the assembly hall slush fund err ... maintenance fund of about £800,000 is cleaned out and sent to the branch too.
And don't forget Sophia's ice cream money. We need that!
during our wt life we met a good number of friends involved in the circuit and district work.
i am sure that we share the same experience and that we remember fondly some that we caring, loving and generally interested in the brothers.
at the same time we might remember others that were arrogant, selfish, abusive and oppressive.
The only one I found to be a really "good egg" actually came off the circuit due to health issues in his late 70's a year or two before the "kick 'em out at age 70" and "no more D.O.'s" changes in 2014.
Most of the others were "nondescript predictable watchtower chanting drones"with unpleasant, unhelpful and petty demeanours.
One from a few visits back was an arrogant "look at me" self important bastard and he was taken off at age 70 on the last switch in 2015. Good riddance to him and his stuck up wife and I hope that the congregation he's gone to as "just another elder nobody" has a body of elders that bring him down a peg or two.
Good riddance to him.
Did I show a little too much emotion there?
what do you think is going to happen now that the dust is settling.
does anyone know what is happening next?
I emailed the commission in January and they replied - this quoted paragraph says what is next:
"In case study 29, the Royal Commission will consider the submissions of Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission and of the parties, and will publish its findings and recommendations in the Report of Case Study 29. At this time the Royal Commission is unable to provide a likely timeframe for the release of the Report."
I notice on their website they have reported findings in cases 1 through 20 and the report for case 1 was in March 2014 and the report for case 20 in November 2015.
They are slowly working their way through the cases.
Patience my friends ... the wheels grind slow but they grind very fine!
l thought this would be an interesting exercise to read the different responses.
my question is what makes you think your gods chosen medium?and prove it.
1. When did you realise that jw doctrine was false for the other sheep and you weren't going to be in paradise and so decided to sip the wine so you could lord it over the flock instead?
2. Not a question but a back up thought to 1. I bet you were a trevelling overseer or bethelite with "some power" when the penny dropped, eh?
after the worst introduction i could ever make on the forum i would like to reintroduce myself and make a fresh start on the forum and hopefully over time i will be able to redeem myself.
i have changed my user name which was over dramatic and ridiculous in the cold light of day but for transparency and to show i am not trying to hide anything i have adapted the original name and it now has a more positive feel.
after reading a lot of posts on this forum i am feeling more optimistic about my future.
