i'm a former ministerial servant and bethelite that left about six months ago.
my stay at bethel ended one year ago.
for those interested, this is my story:.
God, this must just be killing you. Your poor sister. This is going to mess her up really badly. I wish I could think of something helpful to suggest.
Is there a way you could take her? This is so terrible. How about her guidance counselor at school? Could he/she be of help?
What a first post. You will find many people who can relate to your experiences here. Welcome.
as a mother of two young children when i came in the truth, i felt so guilty about no birthdays or christmases, i made up to them by present days.
i usually had one on my wedding anniversary in october and one at the start of the summer holidays.
i never really excepted the no birthday rule but went along with it ( put my reasoning head in the sand} and i always loved christmas.
WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!!!!
my dad used to use the kettle flex on me and my 2 other brothers, and if he was a bit drunk he would just come up to our room and thump us all in our beds!!
my mom could be heard crying alot when we were growing up in the happy jw religion.
me dad was a lover of the rod as he got a good kicking when he was a kid from his dad!!
Yes, I was beaten and abused, physically by my father, and emotionally by my mother. She is still an emotional blackmailer. I think this scarred my sister to witness. It totally affected my relationship with men to this day. No trust. I just can't completely trust anyone. That is what parental abuse does.
my eldest son (40) and his jw mom (in here 60,s) can not have a. decent conversation before he storm off in anger.
all famlies have their problems, we are no different.
but for years.
Definately the story of my mother. I really relate.
this is a old case but just shows what goes on behind closed doors if you are a jw family.
this arsehole needs to go to the chair!!.
more news:.
I remember this case very well. It was an ugly scary story. The poor child.
so i wrote an email to my brother to tell him that i love him and that it's sad that a religion has come between us.
this is the reply i got:.
stupid and ignorant.
I don't know what to advise you. His email was plain hateful. Perhaps you should begin ignoring him. Until he comes to his senses, I don't see any further profit in talking about this with him. He just doesn't get it, does he?
i felt welcomed by the warm response i got to my last question.
my experience has been mixed in some christian forums and i am never sure what to expect but the people here do seem warm.. because i do not want people to feel threatened in any way - though it would probably be help to all - i usually try not to discuss my beliefs but some have asked what they are and it may be helpful to the nature of the question.. right now, i am going through a spiritual search and looking to see where i fit in.
i do have liberal beliefs about god and jesus and am not sure in what church i would fit.
I'd like to help you, but right now, I'd say I'm done with churches of any kind. I'll muddle through on my own....
as i watched "it's a wonderful life" for the 100th time, i couldn't help but notice the similarities between me and george bailey.
okay, maybe i've never helped finance somebodies house or helped people the way george was able to help people.
maybe it's an awful comparison.
Hey, old George didn't have it so bad. Maybe he didn't become rich and famous, but he finished high school, (which was a pretty big deal in itself in the late thirties early forties) became a respectable banker, (maybe not a rich one, but still, a banker) and he made enough money to keep a wife and four children without her having to work. They ended up with a pretty nice house, even though they did the work themselves, and enough money for piano lessons etc for the kids. Not his dreams, but he didn't have to become a janitor like JW's. They drop out of high school to pioneer, which was the equivilent of dropping out at the eighth grade.
I know how you feel. I didn't fulfill my dreams either, and it could have and should have been a whole lot better, but hey, it's Christmas, and don't we count our blessings?
With love
GrandmaJones
i am still trying to find my spiritual path and am not sure if the jw is the right path for me.
i do like the presentation at the kingdom hall and the magazines, but feel that many of my views might conflict with jw doctrine.
i would prefer not to recite specific differences here.
Do you totally understand what "disfellowshipping" means? It means that no one in the organization will talk to you, even to say hello, and will avert their eyes when meeting you on the street and in public. If you marry or have children and leave, if they are "in the truth" they will behave in the same way. Families are divided, marriages ruined, and the relationships between parent and child can get really ugly. They don't talk to you about disfellowshipping right away, do they? You can't get in any new converts if you tell too soon. Expect them to act like it is no big deal and merely a way to "keep the organization clean". It's a horrible method of discipline. In order to end it, you must write a humble "begging" letter to your judicial committee and MAYBE they will have you sit in meetings with everyone else not looking at and not talking to you for six months to a year. Then, MAYBE they will let you back if you act like you will never again disagree or believe anything they don't tell you believe.
Did they tell you this?
http://jehovahswitnesses21.blogspot.com/2010/12/pyramidologists-great-pyramid-of-gizeh.html.
the great pyramid of gizeh (one of the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world) had special meaning to charles taze russell and the bible students in 19th century.. .
they attempted to corroborate biblical time periods with the great pyramid for two reasons:.
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