i have a dilemma (did i spell dilemma correctly?
): i am the only person i know, of any of my former witness associates, who left because i started doubting/stopped believing the teachings.
i did research on the internet, read books, talked to people from different religions, etc.
walk-away-believers is what I call them.
Just like JW's you can't change their mind. They have to be willing to see the WT for what it is.
If you don't want to lose their friendship, don't let it slip what you have found out. But if you don't care and want to quit looking over your shoulder, then drop subtle hints about the wrong dogma, dates, etc.
to just lay it all on the line, tell the whole story right here on jwd, sign my real name and let the world know that i am not any longer wishing to be known as a jw?
aside from a cleansing effect - it would prove just how close the wts is scrutinizing this site.. not that i really have a need to do so - but just wondering about how it would go.
i don't really care what they do to me, to be honest.
oh yes, someone at WTBTS or local elders are reading this site. At my JC meeting back in 2003 the elders pulled out a long printed copy of all my comments here on JWD. The elders wouldn't admit to who told them to present that material but........
.....happy to longer belong to a cult class.
to just lay it all on the line, tell the whole story right here on jwd, sign my real name and let the world know that i am not any longer wishing to be known as a jw?
aside from a cleansing effect - it would prove just how close the wts is scrutinizing this site.. not that i really have a need to do so - but just wondering about how it would go.
i don't really care what they do to me, to be honest.
"Stupid is as stupid does" --Forrest Gump
tomorrow i will be mailing my special do not call, come by, or mail our family anything letter to new york.
i was told i should also send the same letter to all the local congregations we were once affiliated with.. i did this when we lived at our old address and the letter to the local kh came back returned for having no mailbox.. so how am i supposed to get the letters to them?.
any idea's?.
why bother? You verbally told them to leave you guys alone. Don't jump through their hoops, it only gives them power.
Do nothing, imho.
i find it interesting that the chickens have come home to roost for wts.. just as they have allowed no dignified way to exit the org, without disgrace, there seems to be no way for them to gracefully apologize for past (errors???).
just think of the recent mass exodus of faithful that has come about with each major doctrine change.
so many have been ruined by devoting their lives to the gb, that even if there was a sincere effort to correct things, i believe that the vast majority of the current membership would just revolt.. it's just a matter of time before the entire house of cards comes tumbling down.. so, whaddya think?.
The Roman Catholic house of cards have been going on for over 2000 years......so why not the WTBTS?
hopefully i've given something to someone here over the years.
i know i've taken plenty.. i had to come here, the only place where i can say what i have on my mind and know that people will understand.. i took an overdose of medication on monday.
my long battle with anxiety and depression that is well chronicled on these pages got the best of me once again.
hey ((((joelbear)))) sorry life socked you in the gut again.
It always seems to hit when we deal with our family. The hurt that keeps going on because of a publishing company is just terrible. And you can't just "get over it" because it is not that simple.
Please keep doing what you are doing. You'll find your way.
Hugs,
Joy
ps Merry, wonderful ditty, love it.
i did not realize that in my post above about brothers reuniting after 26 years that i failed to mention that it is because of this site that it all happened.. i am scott's wife and i met darrin's common law wife on this board.
neither of us even knew each other existed.
i was talking about dan f and she was here trying to learn more about jw's because of what her man went through as a child.
5 day early Happy Birthday (((((Grace))))))
enjoy your day!
flat stanley seems to be lost.
rhys hasn't recieved a postcard from him in weeks now...last one was from joy in florida.
i know we had a poster in alaska who sent a card, but so far, it hasn't arrived.. last i heard, he was en route to california.
pssst, Big Dog.....
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/78917/1.ashx
I had sent him to Idaho, I think. I hope he made it there.
When he's done traveling, please post all the places he's been to this year. He was around the world, I think.
Joy
w94 2/15 pp.
5-7 are jehovah?s witnesses a cult?
are jehovah?s witnesses a cult?.
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