does anyone else feel 'pulled back in' at this time of year?.
i still consider myself to a believer, believe in god and jesus christ, on the whole i think he taught tolerance, love, acceptance and i think we can benefit from following his example.
i love ray franzs book in search of christian freedom.
think it through. you still got one more day to decide torn but don't feel pressured or guilted to do something if you really don't wanna. This one will be my first memorial that i miss and i've made my peace with it already. I'm tired of feeling like i need everyone's approval. I don't give a damn and i'm okay with that now.
At the end of the day, do what you feel is best but make sure its for you and what you want and not for anybody else or obligation.
Lost
in my old congregation, everyone seems clean.
mostly chaste courtship, kingdom hall wedding, blah blah.. well there are lots of cases of fondling but they were soon forgotton.
when my husband and i confessed to sex before marriage, the elders were disgusted.
myguel yes you should feel bad. your a man whore who doesn't even give two shits about your wife or the vows you made to be sexually exclusive only to her.
jesus christ, did you really come on here looking for sympathy from us? Not getting any here.
i just read this.... http://avoidjw.org/2014/12/suicide-jehovahs-witness-missionary/.
does anybody know if this was a "real", missionary, or a need greater and who was it?
if you don't want to mention it here please a pm..
Fulano from the article in your OP you asked who was the JW needgreater who committed suicide in the DR. His name was paul holmes. It happened in 2014. I know because I was there. Those other links that you have just posted have nothing to do with the original article.
If your looking for more details pm me as I dont want to give out too much info on a public forum
i just read this.... http://avoidjw.org/2014/12/suicide-jehovahs-witness-missionary/.
does anybody know if this was a "real", missionary, or a need greater and who was it?
if you don't want to mention it here please a pm..
I know who it was because I was serving there when it happened. His name was Paul holmes.
and i couldnt be more prouder in my life!!!!!!!
before i came to puerto rico, i gave my daughter a 2000 honda civic.
nice car, good on gas....a chick car😂.. she calls me today all nervous and tells me she traded it in...😨😨😨😨😨😨😨.. for a full size chevy truck..😀😀😀.
this is mine....watch "coolio ft. l.v - gangsta's paradise (official music video)" on youtubehttps://youtu.be/cpgbzylnz7c
Golden- Jill Scott
yep, that's what my good friend said at yesterday's wt study.
wished she would have actually said borg...
i find it very sad that people have limited choices as to whether they wish to stay or leave watchtower.
many are simply held captive as a result.
fear of losing family and friends being the biggest factor.
have you noticed just how strong peer pressure is amongst witnesses?.
the desire to match or better one another's "spiritual accomplishments" or decisions in life?.
pioneering - because it is the "right" thing to do.. answering at meetings...perhaps multiple times - because it is the "right" thing to do.. choice of employment.
That does mess with a young one who is born in, as they can never truly develop their own personality.
There's no doubt in my mind that i'm somewhat a perfectionist because of my JW upbringing. When your constantly told that what you give is never good enough and you could be giving more more more, it plays with your psyche. As DOC mentioned above everything is for Show. Nothing is truly authentic. Either measure up or be the next gossip talk for the weekly pioneer service crew.
So glad to be out of that anxiety filled mess.
OOPS! BORG YOU LOST-WUN
my husband was recently subjected to an intervention by his parents.
i am apparently a danger to his spirituality.
after i stopped attending meetings and went apostate hubby decided to resign as a ms to spend more time with me.
Re-reading this thread makes me realize how much I am in the exact same predicament. My hubby hasnt attended the meeting in over a month, he's ignored all elder and family contact trying to reach him and he told me he doesn't want to talk about his reasons for doing so yet. Im sure it was his parents who sent those two elders stalking over to our new place to try to corner him in which they failed to do.
But it makes me wonder if they are pursuing him now because they view me as a spiritual danger to him. He already told me that he still plans on attending the memorial which I wont be going to and I know they will be all over him when he goes. I feel like when he does go they are going to try to grill him and pull him back Into the cult. Im curious to see if my situation is going to play out exactly like yours.
