you no longer believed that the watchtower organization was the truth, and that you were no longer going to go to the meetings or service?.
and a followup question... what was the response?.
@LWT She has extended family that are witnesses but in her immediate family out of 6 people only one person is still a witness, and she is not tremendously close to that person. We live quite a distance away from her family.
Her family is not a factor. However all of our freinds are. She is beginning to see that most of our friends are simply acquaintances.
SIAM
you no longer believed that the watchtower organization was the truth, and that you were no longer going to go to the meetings or service?.
and a followup question... what was the response?.
She knows that it's crap. In fact she helped me write my letter to the Governing Body. She is falling back on that old "where else do we go". I have told her that if I was on a sinking ship I wouldn't wait for a rescue boat to appear before I jumped off.
She just is more hesitant to take action because of the lack of a landing place. I know she will probably continue to attend for a while after I stop. There will be tremendous pressure on her by the congregation, and I know that it is hard taking the kids to the meeting by herself. I don't want her to get to feel like I am the enemy because I am not being supportive.
SIAM
you no longer believed that the watchtower organization was the truth, and that you were no longer going to go to the meetings or service?.
and a followup question... what was the response?.
Yes I am married with young kids. My wife is well aware of my misgivings about the org and she actually is looking at jumping ship also. She wants to give it more time to see if "Jehovah will step in and correct the corrupted organization." I know that is not going to happen and am tired of pretending to believe something that is false. I am ready to jump. She is not going to leave me over this.
However I don't know what her reaction will be when I tell her "I'm Done"
Siam
you no longer believed that the watchtower organization was the truth, and that you were no longer going to go to the meetings or service?.
and a followup question... what was the response?.
You no longer believed that the Watchtower Organization was the truth, and that you were no longer going to go to the meetings or service?
and a followup question... What was the response?
the co is at my husbands hall this week so i tied in to the meeting he was going on and on about how there are 140 elders in the circuit and only 80 something ms's.
of the elders 25 are over 75 years old.
of the ms's it was about 20 are over 75 years old.
The last KM school had a part on encouraging more men to reach out to serve as servants. Good luck with that. Just as an observation around my circuit there seems to be two men that are either being removed or quitting, for every one man that is appointed. Take that and factor in the death rate for these older guys and the org has got a pretty serious sucession problem.
SIAM
may you all have peace!.
i would like to know something, if you will indulge me, please - thank you!
to what extent did you, as a jw... read/know the contents of the bible?
I was a serious student until I became an elder. After that all of my time was spent trying to prepare and write talks. I served in a small congregation for a time where there were three of us elders. I must admit that I became mentally lazy and honestly somewhat exhausted due to the demands of keeping the machine running.
I always took what was published for granted that it was based on the bible. Once I "woke up" I started to look at the scriptures in earnest without preconcieved ideas from the WTS. It is amazing how different the bible is without the filter of the watchtower.
SIAM
i am currently preparing for the public talk on sunday and as i was looking through the outline some these thoughts just keep popping up my mind that in the face of several allegations and numerous scandal, wbts has not stopped claiming to be god's organisation, i am wondering if they will ever realise that their strategies are no longer appealing to the general public.
regrettably, they keep on publishing and printing using victims of mind control hazards to the detriment of over 7 million rank and file members and spiritual illiterates in the society.
i keep on pondering on how long this malicious activity would continue.
That is rough, The last public talk I gave was about a year ago. I sanitized the heck out of it by removing anything that my conscience wouldn't let me teach. Its funny many people came up to me after the meeting and said "what a wonderful upbuilding talk".
Welcome to the Board, and we look forward to your posts.
SIAM
that it's "jewel-ry"... and not "joo-lery" (may you all have peace!)?
i know, i know... very small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.
but, dang, if you're gonna host a television jewelry show, shouldn't you at least be able to say "jewelry"?
Flustrated
instead of frustrated.
I give you three days before you have two elders at your door. They will try to get you to explain what you meant in the email. At that point you will have to either back off or blow the bridge.
SIAM
So here is a question that I would ask if I was the Elder....
If you are a MS why do you have access to the Flock book?
SIAM
