i always was a critical jw, now df and agnost.
but still this religion fascinates me.
in my eyes most jw are very sincere, but dumb sheep.. this board is filled with ex-jw.
You bet I am bitter. I was raised in his crazy cult and didn't find out it was a shame untill I was 57. Every decision I made in my whole life was based on a false premise that Armageddon was coming at any minute. I was devout. Now it is too late. Not only that, I raised my only child in the cult and she is now raising my grandson in it. I can't get them out! At any moment they can decide to shun me as I have told her I think it is BS.
Yes, I hate the Watchtower Society.
so how do you get away from all of this?read read read.. set goals.
lots of goals.. make lots of lists of where you want to be in 5 years.
the people you want to meet.. the places you want to visit.. learn a skill.
Welcome Narcissistic, I didn't get a chance to greet you let.
Good idea to make a list and set goals for yourself.
Hope you got out in time to enjoy the life you have left.
a family member visited us this past weekend and said that my 80 years old mother was recently told she no longer has to meet the annual hour quota to remain on the pioneer list.
"what a loving provision from the brothers" were my sister's exact words.
"mom was so stressed out with having to get her hours in every month" are you freaking kidding me?
Yes, this works out for them as they can still boast about the number of pioneers they have without making the older tried and true put in the hours. It's all about the boasting (in Jehovah, of course).
to those who mine jw.org for their pdfs, this weblink may look a little familiar:.
http://illustrationstoencourage.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/the-truth-about-halloween/.
i can't recall the official statement from the wts regarding jws making jw sites (jwfacts may have a good knowledge of it), but i was under the impression their official stance was "don't.".
Pretty weird, I'd say. Someone just wanted to learn to do a web site and decided to count their time.
i want to thank you kind folk for caring about me!!!!.
apologies for not checking in sooner, i have been so busy with the new job, and by the time evening comes i am so exhausted to log in from my laptop (that is sooooooooooooo slow).
update: job is going well - i'm back in sales and with the community newspapers known as the fever.
So glad to hear things are going well for you LouBelle. Now don't you go leaving us again.
<rant>.
i know i have been rambling alot (feel free to delete my threads if so), but it appeas i am getting to the point where i see no use in the bible.
i feel very bad about this right now.
I just got finished listening to Bertram Russells speach on "Why I am not a Christian" on You Tube. Interesting and only about 40 minutes.
ok i have been fading fast, missed a lot of meetings over the past couple of months and the kids think its mostly do to my being busy with work.
this morning was probably the first sunday that i was home and could go but did not.
so my 8 year old asked me if i was going and why when i said no.
Answer the question with a question, " don't you ever just want to stay home?"
Make up an excuse, you have to fix something around the house, you are ex pecting a phone call, you need to take a nap, etc.
i notice she hasn't posted for about a month.
she was struggling quite a bit and feeling depressed.
has anyone heard from her or have contact info so you can check on her?.
I believe she lives in South Africa. Has it really been that long? Are you sure?
so tonight finally had to make a decision about the dc.
we missed saturday and sunday of the one we were assigned to.
i was going to convieniently try to forget (been working most saturdays last few months) but she persisted tonight.
Sorry you have to sit through another horrendous district assembly. Sounds like you love your wife, hope she is grateful for your sacrifice.
Sounds reasonable to me!
