"THE TRUTH"
Because everytime i hear a jw say it i want to immediately interupt and say "you mean THE LIE"
so my hubby has been on a bit of a roll about the jdubs, we were talking a lot about them & he said the buzz word he hate's the most is "worldly" why?
because he say's "with that one word they have condemned (according to their believes) a person as being worthy of nothing but death.
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"THE TRUTH"
Because everytime i hear a jw say it i want to immediately interupt and say "you mean THE LIE"
note: the following is submitted in full recognition of and with compassion and due respect for those who, due to personal circumstance, feel they are unable to employ this powerful strategy.. ---.
anyone who has awakened to ttatt and has conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent, highly-regarded, studious true-believer from a celebrated multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.
by this one concession s/he assigns him-/herself by every single jw to their handy and dismissive purgatory: the "spiritually-weak.".
will be looking forward to my pre-arranged massage therapy visit on that night. while i'm being rubbed and catered, the jw's and all there fanaticism will be the last thing on my mind.
OOPS BORG YOU LOST-WUN!
a jw that is probably irregular, they don't really attend meetings, they are not up on anything going on, they may even seem like they are faded but they are not, they are just slackers.
a jw that is impervious to the f.o.g.
(ok maybe it bums them, but they are too lazy and self serving to do otherwise).
Closer to fine and the listener
You both took the words right out of my mouth in describing my husband. For the longest time I thought I was the only one dealing with this type of situation but reading the responses on this thread show me now that I am not alone with this madness!
a jw that is probably irregular, they don't really attend meetings, they are not up on anything going on, they may even seem like they are faded but they are not, they are just slackers.
a jw that is impervious to the f.o.g.
(ok maybe it bums them, but they are too lazy and self serving to do otherwise).
Sadly this describes my husband to the T.
Honestly I dont feel he's waking up to ttatt. Slowly he's just slacking off the WT train dramatically.
in the u.s., three's company was not allowed.
it was explained to me that it was an immoral show because a man and women lived together and no one was married.
the sister who gave this observation was a family friend and we were newbies to the religion.. at least i somehow managed to watch the benny hill show undetected..
in the u.s., three's company was not allowed.
it was explained to me that it was an immoral show because a man and women lived together and no one was married.
the sister who gave this observation was a family friend and we were newbies to the religion.. at least i somehow managed to watch the benny hill show undetected..
The Simpsons
Martin
X-Files
Married with children
Buffy the VS
You name it. Although my parents secretly watched martin even though we werent allowed.
i just wanted to take a minute to encourage any that are leaving that the world outside isn't as scary as it was made out to be.
my wife and i officially da'd at the beginning of last september.
i've battled social anxiety, depression, etc.
nice encouraging post Dub. So nice to hear you and the mrs are doing well. I myself am finding so much peace and life in general so much more enjoyable also after leaving the witness life behind.
Like you, i've made real genuine friendships. people who have become like my family and it brings joy again after such a bleek past.
Much best wishes to you. Keep rising!
Lost
sorry in advance if you have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay5of0nxm44.
do not know how to put in a direct link.
those of you fading- with the memorial approaching are you going to appease family?
not going and making up an excuse?
acting like your going but not really?.
will be my first memorial inactive and i plan on skipping out. Already the so called "innocent text messages" have been rolling in from the elder's wives that want to suddenly get up for lunch and catchup after 2 months of no contact.
I'm no dummy.
its saturday morning here on the east coast of america.
i haven't been out in service in probably getting close to two years.
i wake up every saturday extremely happy and thankful im not getting up to go f-ck up my morning and my neighbors morning, not today, not ever again.