so it's been about 10 years since i have faded out and have stopped believing in the jw teachings.
since then, i have accepted jesus and have experienced an amazing tranformation in my life and have been freed from the jw prison mentally and spiritually.
a more detailed thread about my journey is here if you are interested.. anyways, my jw family lives in another state so they are unaware that i am no longer "in the truth" since i have not told them.
Don't do it. Being honest with people doesn't mean you have to tell them nor do they have the right to know everything about you. They know what kind of person you are by how you are when you are with them. Does it really matter that you don't believe any more? Will it be helpful or harmful to them and to you?
I think if you can resolve it with yourself that you do not need to share this detail of your life, things will be easier for you and for them.
my 2 cents,
bafh
here's my prediction; the gov body giving regular talks will come across as crazy ass idiots.
this will strengthen the opposition and give something to refer too that is concrete evidence of crazy town in the jw headquarters.
there will be screen captures and clips that will be used all the time on youtube accounts to show the ttatt.
Especially with the new donation arrangement (tithing), and now this, they are looking more and more like every other Christian religion.
so two big changes in the org were announced in the most recent agm.. local needs part is replaced by "how do you know the truth" where all members will tell their experience (oh what fun).
basic pioneer role 10 only hours a month required (see, jehovah lightens our load, therefore he loves only us)!.
it seems like they have really turned up the heat here.
The thing is, if someone is fading, it is not hard to fake service or even lie on the time report. And how hard will it be to lie if you need to on the 'How I Know It's the Truth?" - I think it depends on where you are in your fade. It might be more difficult, but I think lying is still easy enough to do.
How about they just get rid of holding people to tracking their numbers and just go by the quality of people they are able to attract and the number of people who attend and get baptized? I think people would be much more drawn in if they weren't beat down for not meeting some number and if they were allowed to measure their own spirituality by the quality of their lives instead of the number of doors they knock on.
and by the way, WHERE are they purchasing the merchandise? It seems so bizarre to me.
bafh
I haven't read a WT study for a LONG time, so can I just say that their 2 or 3 sentence paragraphs are pathetic.
ok, so I saw my aunt and uncle in the video. whoa.
how many times did we hear that if we dont attend meetings we will leave the truth because satan will get ahold of us?
that always bothered me.
i thought, "if my faith isn't able to stand alone what good is it?
At the same time however, we were given stories of those who sustained themselves in isolation. What are we to think of that - if you do not have faith that can withstand questioning, consideration, and living an actual life - how are you to survive isolation?
from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.
it seems that the wts legal dept.
has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.
So monitoring FB is all good and dandy, but anyone very smart who is also a Doubting Thomas will put that elder on "acquaintance" and not post anything publicly that he could see. So much for requiring real names. And I also can't see FB actually being able to enforce that policy with the number of users they currently have.
I can see elders being encouraged to spy - and they've always been encouraged to do that, hell - everyone is encouraged to do that. So the big change is what, they get to count an hour of their time for it?
Whooppeee!
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1 - still think it's the truth ...came to this site cause danger is your middle name.. 2 - concerned, smoething's amiss but still believe.
3 - 98% sure it's bs, but still go for / with family.
4 - anger / denial, inactive with minimal attendance (ie memorial, spec talk etc).
I am a 4.75 - no anger/denial, but I still go to the memorial for the family. It's very likely that I will not return.
dear brothers:.
re: personal literature supply.
reducing existing stock at the branch office before the revisions are released.
This isn't new. They do this every so often and especially prior to releasing revisions.
