how many faithful true believer jw's are "waiting on jehovah" to straighten out their religion?.
i know of many.. most of these impatient people are pissed off and squirming.. they have usually been inside the kingdom hall for many, many years and have seen the many stumbles and changes.. and, frankly, they are sick and tired of being sick and tired.. .
"wait on jehovah" has been the only counsel offered to stave off outright rebellions.. .
JEhovah (if you believe in God) has NEVER intervened before, why would he start now.
Look at the Middle Ages, the Inquisisition, why didn't he intervene then? Do you think those poor people were "Waiting" on him then?
"Aint gonna happen" - George W Bush
Terry , thanks for the heads up posts - hope you have a great weekend!
Love you man!
Let's Roll!
reading some of the exit/fader stories my heart breaks.. i wish there were some kind of local support groups for people who want help in leaving behind their cult lives.
living in the heart of the midwest, there really isn't anyone to turn to.
i would have loved to meet with others in a safe enviroment to work through some of the issues.. all the implanted fears make people scared to turn to other religious organizations.
Thanks, but nothing in my area, mostly in BIG metro Cities
first off, i can happily say that this year i did not attend a single day at this years district convention.. on saturday during the convention, my wife asked me to drop her off after lunch and later pick her up when the convention was over.
while i was dropping her off, i noticed a single individual holding picket signs protesting the convention.
it said things like, "was the ransom sacrifice worth it?
Good Point NC, that is what happened to me - that's how I started to "look around"
these are the exact words from the mouth of a 7 year old boy to his father , namely me (the father).
yes i am a non believer but also very concerned that his mother, an active & obsessed jw is filling his mind with this sort of thing.
alarm bells are ringing in my head because last night was not the first time he said it.
hey, I know this may not help, but this is a "long term" project, no solution today, but work on it for the future,
just like what Katie Holmes did to Tom C. ......have a plan and work on it till the time is right.
reading some of the exit/fader stories my heart breaks.. i wish there were some kind of local support groups for people who want help in leaving behind their cult lives.
living in the heart of the midwest, there really isn't anyone to turn to.
i would have loved to meet with others in a safe enviroment to work through some of the issues.. all the implanted fears make people scared to turn to other religious organizations.
I want to meet new people too!
...if these congregations sound familiar to you, we may know each other.
feeling that feeling again to want to connect with others that have left...and are now living... feel free to pm me if you wish to remain incognito~.
(guess that means i'll have to check those pm's lol).
i have ex-JW friends taht live in Vegas, they dumped me when I left in 2011, I went to one of their KH's - somewhere near Rainbow Blvd? does that sound familiar, knew them for 30+ years, what a "laugh" (sarcasim here)
first off, i can happily say that this year i did not attend a single day at this years district convention.. on saturday during the convention, my wife asked me to drop her off after lunch and later pick her up when the convention was over.
while i was dropping her off, i noticed a single individual holding picket signs protesting the convention.
it said things like, "was the ransom sacrifice worth it?
I remember a fervent group of Protesters in WA State, they really hit it big time in Tacoma,
i used to think why do this? I realized they dont golf . But haven't seen or heard of them for awhile, and then I thought..."maybe they took up golf"
over the years on jwn i have often found myself hunting through posts of newcomers, hoping against hope i suppose, that the newbie would be one of my former friends in the local congregation down the street.. i just find it hard to imagine that not a soul among these people has taken the courage to investigate their religion and leave like my wife and i have done.. as the local 'active apostate', i also supposed that at any moment some of the 'brothers' would come covertly to my home, knock and say something like " i am out - please let's talk about it, why i left, why you left.
but, none of the above has ever happened.
i did come across a local former jw here, from another congregation, and we have become good friends over the past few years.
I like that Idea, I am from NC too
But also have had "friends" in other places. Always wondered why people stop coming to the KH's now I know....I feel better knowing, at lease my therapist thinks so .
