They are always raising the level of suspicion. Not only should jw's avoid so called worldly people but even among jw's you have to be constantly monitoring everyone's behavior in a critical way to see if their good enough to be around. It's a world that continues to close in on you till you disappear as a real person.
nancy drew
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Oct. 15th WT - Who Should be your Friend to Associate & Recreate With ?
by flipper inwith many of us here on jwn in a fading state trying to stay halfway connected to jw relatives - i thought it would be informative and helpful to know what the wt society is telling jehovah's witnesses about who or who should not be their close friends.
so if you experience even more shunning than normal - this article may be influencing some jw's to do this.
you won't find any new information here- but the wt society is definitely trying to control who witnesses hang out with.. in the article " is your recreation beneficial " ?
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I've stopped my bible study but....
by PenelopePaige inthe lady i studied with asked if it would be okay if she still brought the magazines by.
i said of course because i do love the awake and watchtower.
well, when she came by last week, she gave me the mags and then as we stood around chit-chatting, i realized we were basically still having the study, only we were standing up instead of sitting in the living room.
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nancy drew
many jw's are in fact very nice and decent people and this is something that creates a real problem because their continued friendship will depend on you becoming a witness. If you bond with one of them it will be a issue in the future. She will not continue to visit you indefinately you will have to join or be dropped and she will make herself your best friend if that's what it takes to get you in. So if you have reservations about the information be careful witnesses can be very nice and you can be deceived once you join the handcuffs go on and she will drift away from you to befriend a new "householder".
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nancy drew
i think i was sleeping
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Feel like I'm living a lie....
by mochamint22 init's been a while since i've posted on the forum but im needing to get how i'm feeling out of my head and out in the open.
i don't know what's going on with me but sometimes i feel overwhelmingly sad and my eyes well up like i'm going to start crying.
i'm not thinking about any one particular thing when this happens.
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nancy drew
It's time to lock yourself into a new future. Tell yourself your strong and forward thinking become steely in your resolve and don't allow yourself the luxury of emotion save it for later when your have your life in order. There is a time for everything be strong.
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watchtower saying that apostates are mentally ill?
by worried inhi.
i remember reading posts about a newer watchtower study edition, telling that apostates (or people plainly leaving the truth) were mentally ill. can anyone tell me what edition that was?
i have searched through the forums for the last half hour, and either am i terrible at searching, or they have all vanished..
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nancy drew
Their coming to take me away ha ha
to the funny farm hmm where life is beautiful all the time
and i'll be happy to see those nice young men in the clean white (shirts) coats
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nancy drew
Utimately you cannot accept responsebility for other peoples lives and choices. You can be decent, fair and straightforward with others but no matter what your say or do I believe each person does what they want irregardless of any advice that's given them. Advice is everywhere people do what they want and being unnecessarily mean or unkind isn't worth it but being honest is.
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First post, so Hey Everyone!
by thinking_1 injust thought i'd introduce myself.
i've been lurking for a few months and want to get in on some of the conversation.. also here's a song that's taken on a new personal meaning for me.
(i was born in to a witness family and have recently woke up to the fact that it is just a group of people following just men.
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nancy drew
looking forward to your thoughts
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Where is Snowbird?
by leavingwt in.
sylvia, i hope you're doing well.
if the weather will ever cool off, down here, we should organize another fish fry.. .
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nancy drew
what I don't like about the relationships we have here is how limited they are we talk to each other daily and share so much and yet we could pass on the street and never realize we knew each other. We could suddenly disappear from the site w/o warning and the relationship ends abruptly no explanation. It's a strange thing sort of empty. I've enjoyed Sylvia and her input and now quiet.
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Hurricane Irene!
by skeeter1 inwho here "could be" affected by hurricane irene?
skeeterville could get wet, at the least.
time to go through the hurricane list.
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nancy drew
It's over now and we didn't lose power
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I wish I was dead ...
by talesin in.
not much to follow that .... day-umn, life is hard sometimes .... .
feel free to encourage me ... i need it.. .
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nancy drew
Life is a series of good and bad experiences for everyone and we all feel alright and than at other times not so alright sometimes for no apparent reason the difference can just be our genetic make-up. There are people who are naturally cheery, others big highs and lows me always slightly below neutral. recognizing that dramatic feelings are temporary and will pass is useful and yes I believe were expected to enjoy our ice cream cone while our heads are under the guillotine. i don't like it and it makes me angry. i wish I knew the anwers I always thought if I pursued it relentlessly I would find it and maybe it would be good I don't know anymore but I will just go on till its over and whatever happens will happen . So just hang in there try to find whatever distraction you can and we'll all just wait and see what the deal is.