Hi and welcome!
Try to just be loving with your family, and give it lots of time!
Mrs. Thor
nice to "meet" you all :).
i have been reading this forum for maybe a month now, and it has helped me answer alot of questions that i have had, and i must say i am extremely glad i found this forum, so full of information!.
i'll tell my story, i'll try to keep it short.. i grew up with my whole family being jw.
Hi and welcome!
Try to just be loving with your family, and give it lots of time!
Mrs. Thor
what is your favorite bible scripture that the jws have misinterpreted ?.
I always liked the one that went something like-
as far as it depends upon you, be peaceable with all men
Mrs. Thor
i am so nervous and waited for long to speak to someone on my faiths and beliefs!
i am from a non-christian background, a hindu.
i got to know 'the truth' (or myth) from my hubby while we were working.
Hi MissConfused and welcome! Try to take it slow and one day at a time, you don't have to do anything in a hurry. How does your husband feel about leaving the organization?
Mrs. Thor
currently from houston, tx, but spent most of my life in chicago.
i've never had an opportunity to just get this out... so i apologize for the long-windedness in advance... .
i spent the first 17 years of my life in a jw home, then the real world caught up to me.
Hello and welcome BL!
in a conversation with my mum she said, "son the friends love you and care about you so much.
they would die for you.
that's something you don't find in the world.
sorry for your mum, but at least she's not shunning you!
Mrs. Thor
the policy set by pastor russell concerning disfellowship procedure wasn't changed until 1944?.
what was disfellowship policy?.
russell had recommended in a 1904 publication that each separate congregation (remember there was no organization back then!
It's hard to believe such crazy crap.....
sickening, disgusting.....
burritos and margaritas
yummm
i've been active on the jwr site for a few months now and thought i'd introduce myself here, as well.
long story short we served in ecuador and south korea, and in several "need greater" (vomit) places in the usa.
we got our necks cut off for putting ourselves out there, which was a good thing in the end, since it helped us to see that the gb is self-serving.
Hello and welcome!!
Mrs. Thor
Happy Anniversary Cantleave!
Mrs. thor
Hi ApostateChick and welcome!
It's so true that most of us do not want to cause any trouble or cause divisions of any kind, we just want to be free to think and live our lives the way we want to.
Thank you for your You-Tube post!
Mrs. Thor