as a born in, or in at a very young age, what were your worst memories as a young jw child?.
i remember not being allowed to go to sleep in the meetings when i was tired.
not being allowed to do lots of things at school other kids could do.
When did this abstaining from lethicin start with the Dubs ?
The first time I heard about it was in the early 70 when I was in elementary school. They even said Elmers Glue and Dentyne chewing gum couldn't be used because it had lethicin and therefore had blood in it. Lethicin in food production is normally plant based See this earlier thread about it
as a born in, or in at a very young age, what were your worst memories as a young jw child?.
i remember not being allowed to go to sleep in the meetings when i was tired.
not being allowed to do lots of things at school other kids could do.
Knowing since early childhood that our father was going to be destroyed at Armegeddon because he didn't want to get baptized after being studied with.
Anxiety and sleeplessness caused by worrying over how I was going to help my little sisters live through the trubulation. I was afraid I'd renounce Jehovah and be destroyed if anyone threatened to hurt them. (great stuff for an eleven year old boy to be carrying around)
Sitting on bleachers in the hot sun all day and then into the evening listening to talks being blasted over loudspeakers that I thought sonded like rantings from Adolph Hitler. I had to wear my brothers ill fitting hand me down meeting clothes. The pants were held up by a big diaper pin with a plastic duck on it and I was too embarrassed to take off the jacket for fear everyone would see it. I baked in the sun for days with my suit jacket on. One time a sister behind us tapped my mom on the shoulder and told her she needed to take me out of the sun. I got to go sit on the concrete steps up in a shaded area and I thought it was such a treat.
Running into kids from school at the door.
Living in a no mans land of not feeling "good enough" to be a Witness but not being "bad enough" to be part of things at school.
Feeling guilty because I didn't want to read the "new releases" after the Convention .
Feeling guilty for hating going in service during the afternoon break at the assembly. It was torture knowing you had an entire afternoon and evening of religion to endure when you got back to the convention grounds.
this young man from wisconsin has been battling cancer for many years.
his doctor told him that they have done everything humanly possible to help him but that he will die.
it's very sad to see this 28 year old man break down as he does.. personally, i don't think i could go on youtube or anywhere else and video myself telling the world, "goodbye"..
i kid you not.
the latest watchtower study edition has the following question under consideration in the "questions from readers" article on page 20:.
do jesus words found at matthew 19:10-12 suggest that those who choose to remain single have received the gift of singleness in a mysterious way?.
No "Questions from Readers" has legitimately come from a letter from a reader for at least 35 or 40 years. They're all made up now.
Since the writers of the Watchtower undoubtedly read their own work before it goes to press, it could be said that any of the questions they make up themselves are in fact questions from readers even though the intention is to give the idea that the question came from someone other than themselves. It's called spiritual warfare....bending the truth for the good of the cause.
before i acquired a skill, i worked retail.
like many jobs that work non-traditional hours, when you apply for a job in retail or a restaurant or something, you have to tell them what hours you are available to work.
now most people looking for a job, unless they are in school or something, are available to work whenever the job requires.
I remember back when I was a kid they had 5 an 8 day assemblies and the Brothers were encouraged to quit their jobs if they couldn't get time off. After all, Jehovah would provide them with a new one and it would prove their faith in him if they quit. They'd have "experiences" on the platform about brothers who quit their jobs in order to attend and then who went on to find better jobs.(applause applause) I'm sure if anyone quit a job it was because it was a dead end one anyway....anyone with a good job attended on the weekends and was made to feel unfaithful.
used to know this guy, a good lad.
check out his videos, this one is about bethel life in uk.
snare.
so, in a tit for tat agreement with my wife to do something i wanted to do, i agreed to go with my wife for saturday and sunday to the district convention.. for most of the day, i simply read other things, paying little attention to what was going on.
my wife could care less if i am paying attention, more that i am there to wrangle little ones who are being distruptive so she can listen.. but one of the things i did catch, was that they highlighted "four satanic teachings".. one of which was that "you need a higher education to succeed in this world".
so higher education is now satanic??
After I left the Org going on 4 years ago my wife continued for a time. She went alone to the D.C. but came home in the middle of the aftenoon program very sad and put out.
Why? At first I figured it was because I had let her down and left her to attend alone. It turns out it was because there was a talk where the speaker was pointing out that the majority of jobs out there don't require a College Degree and that a servant of God doesn't need to obtain higher learning in order to support himself if he lives simply.
She is a very intelligent Woman who somehow got herself into a good job but could have gone far if she'd have not given up her scholastic opportunities because of her JW background. She got up and left and hasn't been back to a meeting or assembly since.
i always had my doubts about that but i was at least hopeful that all would work out as they said.
i saw so many "faithful ones" who were true believers expire before they got the prize, that i started to think it probably wouldn't happen in my lifetime.. what a bunch of suckers, huh?.
I remember it was a big worry for unmarrieds that if you didn't make it throught the tribulation you wouldn't be able to marry or have sex ever !
i was watching the beverly hillbillies the other night and i have to say, the writing and the acting was terrific!.
another classic is all in the family.
loved that show!.
so i was giving my daughter a hug at bed time last night.
she stands up at the foot of her bed and wraps her arms around my neck.
she then asks why i don't serve jehovah anymore.
Ask her some real questions that will make her think and might reveal what is influencing her. Don't say one way or the other if you think her answers are right or wrong, you are just trying to understand what she is thinking about.
What does the word "serve" mean?
Why do you think Jehovah wants or needs to you to serve him?
How do you know for sure if you are serving Jehovah and if you are doing it correctly?
Is it possible to serve Jehovah incorrectly?
Would he be angry if you were trying to serve him but were doing it incorrectly?
Do you know a place where it says in the Bible that to serve Jehovah you have to leave books and magazines at peoples houses. Did Jesus do that?
Etc...Etc....
