no moaning for me today.. what i want to know is the positive side of your life that you got from being a witness.. yes there are some, honest.. well i'll start off ,.
1. i met my wife.
2. lots of friends.
I have:
Learned to evade personal questions
Learned how to handle peer pressure
Learned how to study
Learned to enjoy life without drugs, etc.
Learned my neighborhood like the back of my hand
Learned how to spot a great break place
Learned how to eat anywhere for $3 or less
Learned how to question authority
Learned how to be trusting without being gullible
Learned how to hope
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so when you were a teenager and it was assembly time which convention did you go to, to go bird watching?.
there were always rumors of the magical convestion someware where all the girls were lookers and were eager to meet young brothers.. did you all go to the pub after , whats the biggest crowd you ever saw after the covention in a pub.. once there were over a hundred of us crowding the locals out.. got any stories
Best way to meet brothers? Be assigned to watch a contribution box - they come over like flies to honey.
hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?
... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...
At a wedding talk the brother said he hoped the couple had a "SEXessful marriage".
i know that we hear a lot about disfellowshipping - but how many families were shown simliar treatment by their relatives when they became witnesses?.
while we still had contact with my parents' families, there was definetely a line drawn.
i remember one time when i was about eight i called my aunt's house.
I know that we hear a lot about disfellowshipping - but how many families were shown simliar treatment by their relatives when they became witnesses?
While we still had contact with my parents' families, there was definetely a line drawn. I remember one time when I was about eight I called my aunt's house. My cousin answered, and I could here him getting his mom. He said "Those crazy Jehovah's Witnesses are on the phone."
At my Grandma's funeral a few years ago all my cousins were lamenting the end of Sunday afternoons at Grandma's house. That was the first we had heard of this weekly gathering of all the relatives. Were we being punished because we didn't celebrate holidays? Therefore we can't be invited to any family gatherings? I definetely would have went if I had been invited.
I'll stop my ramblings with a thought on my parents - It makes me angry that they experienced this treatment from their family and were always hurt by it, yet if I left this religion, they would give do what was done to them and then some.
Anyway, was anyone else "shunned" by their families when they became witnesses?
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ever been in a situation where you start to feel a certain affinity with a poster?.
i have, quite recently i began to take particular notice of one posters writings, and i thought to myself - 'that fella has got his head screwed on!'.
a week or so later said "fella" made a reference to her husband!
I figured adding the fairy in my little picture box would let y'all know I'm a gal.
did any of you have disproportionate fears of demons, and if you are able to, what was your experience in your emotions with these strong fears?
how did knowledge at such a young age affect you with the detailed graphic descriptions given my the published litureture?
were there any publications which freaked you in any way?
I used to run around the house saying "Jehovah" so the demons wouldn't follow me.
i would honestly appreciate any feedback of why, in simple terms, you feel there are stresses to being a witness.
the source of stress you have in mind doesn't have to be gigantic.
i'm looking to catalog a list of all the things causing stress to witnesses.. here is a list of ten things i could think of, and there are probably many more.
The loneliness of never having an open and honest conversation.
The realization that you are not given unconditional love.
An overwhelming feeling of guilt.
# 10 - along with br.
blanks comment, we can see it's important not to gossip and spread rumors, and some people in here need to start applying that in there lives, and get out of my business!.
# 9 - we know we're in the last days... when i was at the movies yesterday watching scream part 3, i could see how the actors in the movie couldn't get along and solve a problem without cursing and swearing all over the place.. # 8 - i know we're all witnesses, so can i get a witness.... # 7 - uh, excuse me brother, but your talk is going overtime and kfc closes in 15 minutes, you know what i'm saying?.
I have an article here with me about the WTS being involved with the UN....wait....let me go...i don't want to go into the back room...someone..help!!!!
the other day i accidentally encountered one of the.
lying, corrupt elders who unjustly injured my family.. i'm not known for using bad language.
self-control not to raise my voice in a public setting.
In following the shunning instructions I have been fed since 3, I had a funny experience when my best friend was DF'd.
Of course, I couldn't talk to her anymore, no matter where I saw her. We were both about 16 at the time. Anyway, we happened to be at the same red light on a four-lane highway, which means we were right next to each other waiting for the light to turn green. Obviously I knew she was there. It struck me that it was like a drag race - I was intently staring at the red light waiting for it to turn green so I could get away from this awkward situation. Anyway, I looked over at her, she looked over at me, and we both reved (sp?) our engines up and started laughing.
I share this because it was a small turning point for me. After that I started sending her letters secretly through one of her sisters who attended the meetings.
Unfortunately, she never forgave me for my prior silence, and has since proved go out of her way to avoid me. I won't go into the details on that. I just think it's interesting that we can try to look at the black and whites of any issue, but it still boils down to the individual people involved and where they are at in their lives.
so when you started to work out all you thought so logical and true was actually rather pear shaped what did you think?.
"i'm ging to bring this organisation down".
"when i tell people this (whatever point you like 607 etc)they'll be shocked like me and want answers".
Those questions are remarkably similiar to feelings new Jehovah's Witnesses have, or ones who just started studying. I guess anyone who feels that they have found a truth is eager to share it with others and surprised when not everyone accepts it.
