i am just curious who on this board is in the same situation has i am?
a spouse that is fully brain doogled in and you are awake to ttatt.. without going into serious detail and no names are given.
i would like to possible talk with one of you all, it's just so helpful to communicate with someone in the same situation as me.. i am located in the southwest united states..
My wife is a regular pioneer and I've been awake for more than a year.
She slowly is accepting the fact that I am fading and will eventually stop attending meetings. She even said that she wants me to stop going so she can move on with her life as a sister with an unbelieving mate.
I'm still pretty sure she will eventually wake up, she is very smart but also very attached to all the friends.
well it finally happened!
we have been waiting about a year for this, my dfd husbands family asked us for money.
even though his own father hasn't met our 8 month old son.
When I was mentally in I would still give money to my DF'ed close family member in need.
I would sit down with them and determine whether they are really in need or do they just want a bailout of their poor decisions. You could ask them "If I was in need would you help me?" Try to reach their heart.
Refusing to help them because of the way they treat your husband will only enhance their indoctrinated world-view. If you are vindictive at all it will only strengthen their confidence that they are "doing the right thing for Jehovah"
Help them out but use this opportunity to open a dialogue, in love. Love hopes all things and love never fails
this is my first post.
i really feel i need to leave the jw's rather than go along pretending everything is perfect etc.
no friends, me at work.
Welcome pale.emperor! Your story was riveting.
Interesting your wife was DF'ed immediately after the short affair. Was the elder also DF'ed? As we've seen many times the DF arrangement can be misused to silence those who's situation will reflect poorly on the organizational arrangement. Your story makes it sound like your wife was intentionally misled whereby those who heard the DF announcement likely concluded that your wife was an unrepentant adulterer. The elders are certainly aware of this so do not rule out the possibility they did this intentionally. Perhaps they wanted to protect their name and the organization at the expense of your wife throughout her pregnancy. I'm very sorry for both of you.
Be sure to reach out for professional help via talk therapy or psychiatric medications if necessary. Protect your mental health and your family, that is what matters now.
today is friday.
so let's see something refreshing on the new june 2016 study wt.
tight pants!.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-june-2016/man-with-inkhorn/.
so i guess baptism is no longer the "mark for survival".. as a matter of fact, that key aspect of the 'old light' is not even acknowledged in this article.. they are just publishing new understanding without even bothering to explain the full extent of the change, hoping nobody will remember how it was... and they may be right about that..
@StephaneLaliberte - exactly!
I did a quick writeup of the new Sheep and goats understanding. My conclusion was that they are intentionally excluding all non-JW's from possibly being sheep, since the sheep need to support "Christ's brothers" AKA the annointed - AKA the governing body. Not everyone agrees with me but here is my writeup anyways.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085516542246912/sheep-goats-light-gets-brighter
the organization has many problems.
certain doctrines are problematic.
the men who run the organizaion have issues.
my iphone doesn't have the interlinear bible anymore, the one with the greek and translated english together.
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did they remove it?
my iphone doesn't have the interlinear bible anymore, the one with the greek and translated english together.
.
did they remove it?
My iPhone doesn't have the interlinear bible anymore, the one with the Greek and translated English together.
Did they remove it?
since there a couple of ex-bethelites here, and a lot of people from the greater ny area who have probably visited the bethel in brooklyn and patterson many times, maybe they can shed some light into this curious question we (my wife and me) have for awhile.. so a couple of years ago, we happaned to be in the states and also went to visit the bethels in brooklyn and patterson.
we had the full package, what i mean is, not only we took the tour, but we also had someone to invite us for lunch.
while we wanted to enjoy our stay there, there was always a weird feeling being there.
boe 2016-01-15 re: new feature on jw.org for processing recommendations of elders and ministerial servants.
pdf.
thanks ich3b!.
This is all very creepy. Is the candidate given notice that his name is being submitted for approval? What does the branch do with the submissions? Credit check? Background check?
Have they digitized results of judicial hearings and submitted it electronically already?
