I'm never going to understand this.
You don't owe them anything. Tell them you're 'down' and that you need some time alone.
A couple of weeks later......and they will all have forgotten you....sure, you might get a call or text in a month or better....just don't answer.
YOU'RE IN CONTROL!!
why did jehovah have to protect the enterence to eden with a flaming sword after kicking adam and eve out when all one had to do to get back in was to hop over the fence further up the road?.
one of the bible's mysteries..
Its holds about as much weight as the "doctrine" of Universal Sovereignty .......you know...the one where God sits back and watches women raped, people struggle with handicaps, elementary schools shot up, war crimes, child abuse, famine, humans ravaged by cancer.......over and over and over and over and over and..........for thousands of years.
All because some jackwagon bully mocked him. You know...the one he created perfectly that somehow developed envy? Instead of wiping him out and saving thousands of years of unexplainable pain.......he's allowing it down to this moment...........because His 'name' is more important than keeping his children from harm.
Eden??? EDEN??
the newbies are pooring in....... curious.......can any of you new folks confirm the sentiment of the publishers regarding the new light that the governing body is the faithful and discreet slave?
has anyone even noticed??
what's the word on the street?.
This line alone is so fantastic.....so wrought with insanity, ....and yet, years of brainwashing, not one of them will notice that an "absolute fact" has been stated with ZERO support or proof:
"Jesus was referring, not to an individual, but to a composite "slave"--- a group working together as one body"
He was? Did anyone ask him? Did he call someone on earth and tell them this?
A crazy...CRAZY proof of how powerful a cult can be.....
not to start some form of popularity contests here but i was wondering how popular some people were?
how far did your network go in this organization?
this question also pertains to those who are actively fading..
Yes.
Oldest child to a dirt poor, single mother. Came up through the ranks to be appointed elder at 27. Sought after speaker; including KM School, District, Circuit.
Let me be clear.......I never felt like anything more than an underdog that went 'bigtime' so I could fight for the other underdogs. As a child my family was ignored, my mother told that her kids wouldn't amount to anything, left, forgotten, never invited anywhere. When I "achieved' popular status......my goal was to represent the 'underdog' in every congregation. This makes you popular with all cliques.........
I walked away from all of it.......and have never been happier. I continue to be approached in public by JW's that didn't know I left.....I get the big, warm welcome...a hug......then I look at them and say "You do know I left the cult?".........
..........the shock.....and sometimes tears they cry.........is priceless.
I'm now just a VERY happy worldly guy like everyone else!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!
having to sit through this at the meeting just now.. blatantly saying to obey without question: "will you be as determined to comply with god's guidance as jeremiah was?
", "...accepting the guidance given through the faithful slave class is for your lasting good.".
this is so painful to sit through :(.
My favorite scripture is Jeremiah 9:4,5. One of the last times I went in service was with my fellow elder and "friend".....at that time, the PO.
I made him pull out his Bible and read this scripture after he spent the entire morning complaining that he was being overlooked for assembly talks.
He read it out loud.
I said "guess who I apply this too?"
the newbies are pooring in....... curious.......can any of you new folks confirm the sentiment of the publishers regarding the new light that the governing body is the faithful and discreet slave?
has anyone even noticed??
what's the word on the street?.
^^ That is what I was wondering Fed-up......has there even been a WT article on this?
Tired brains.....or.....just lazy brains. I can say that because I used to be one
the newbies are pooring in....... curious.......can any of you new folks confirm the sentiment of the publishers regarding the new light that the governing body is the faithful and discreet slave?
has anyone even noticed??
what's the word on the street?.
Great feedback gang.
So a question: ............the new young guy on the GB.......he is NOW officially part of the faithful & discreet slave? ..... Wasn't he REQUIRED to be part of the faithful & discreet slave to even be considered as a potential member of the Governing Body?
LOL
Seriously........they must sit around in Brooklyn and just laugh their a**es off how easy it is .....
the newbies are pooring in....... curious.......can any of you new folks confirm the sentiment of the publishers regarding the new light that the governing body is the faithful and discreet slave?
has anyone even noticed??
what's the word on the street?.
Thanks nolonger.....
Steve2...........that is EXACTLY what I expect......I could walk up to any JW right now and they wouldn't have a clue what I was talking about....or they would react just like nolonger's wife
the newbies are pooring in....... curious.......can any of you new folks confirm the sentiment of the publishers regarding the new light that the governing body is the faithful and discreet slave?
has anyone even noticed??
what's the word on the street?.
The newbies are pooring in......
Curious.......can any of you new folks confirm the sentiment of the publishers regarding the new light that the Governing Body is the faithful and discreet slave? Has anyone even noticed?? What's the word on the street?
Thanks!
i am noticing that as time goes times on, the jw's become more stranger.
they seem a whole more distant at least to me.they also more depressed at least the older ones i see.. what do you think..
I understand what you're saying.
The longer I'm away, the more nutso they seem. They are so delusional and utterly depressed. Many of them act in desperation....
Its sad to see how mislead they are.......It especially feels weird to see them in field service now......pathetic
