after leaving this religion has there been anything that you have done that is completely separate, or negative from their belief/control system.
yet from a worldy viewpoint you make a difference,,, a positive stamp in some aspect of everyday life ?.
for an example to get things started, one thing that i have done is trained my dog to help people in the hospital.
Yeah, I actually help people now.
It feels good to actually DO something for other people without any conditions ... simlpy seeing a real need and filling it.
Thinking about volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. Imagine finally building something that actually benefits someone.
I'm so wicked and gonna die.
i just wanted to introduce myself.
my name is chris and i'm on my way out of the only "society" i've known.. i was raised a witness and have been a ministerial servant for a while now.
i recently notified the elder body that i will be stepping down and it will soon be official.
Welcome Chris!
Take your time.
i saw a jw girl i used to work with a few weeks back who was married for about 8 years and has 2 children , she was in a right state and told me her husband had just left her for a work collegue and said he no longer loved her !
within a month i see her again and she took him back within a wk of him going to live with this other woman , she told me she blamed herself for not having sex often enough !and they were working on their marriage !
why would you want someone who said they no longer loved you ?
Weird how JWs have "mates" like donkeys and dogs instead of husbands/wives.
I see more JW ladies marrying "outside" now because what's available "inside" isn't worth the bother. "Two becoming one" means there is mutual respect and dignity.
You can't get that when one is drilled to be seen as inferior to the other - that there type of relationship is called master/slave.
just a couple more gems from the recent co visit:.
in his meeting with elders / ms, he was warning of the "dangers" of the internet.
following is a more or less accurate quotation:.
Oh no!
FB is trying to get the olds a hook-up? All that wrinkly old flesh holding hands while sitting togther enjoying the sunsets - satanic.
FB friend requests - satanic
Happiness - satanic
Technology - satanic
One Generation that is, was, and will be - spiritual
Being a modern day Jonah - spiritual
Bizzarro!
theme was something about "loyalty to jehovah's visible organization".. i have neither the time nor inclination to summarize the whole thing, but a few points stood out:.
even if it causes you personal hardship.
example: joshua & caleb returned from spy trip to promised land with good report, but were "outvoted" by the other 10 spies.
Wow .... just wow!
given that the god of the old testament & the new testament don't seem to match up, and our first impression of god may be based on our parents, and the many progressive christian religions that stress god's love and grace, we probably all have completely different ideas of who god is; if he/she does exist.
i always thought god was a strict, bad-tempered kill-joy..
Pretty much what Tec said.
comments you will not hear at the 05-09-10 wt study (march 15, 2010, pages 10-14)(baptized in whose name).
review comments will be in red or headed by comments.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
Its kinda odd they even bother to mention Jesus. Its not like he's supposed to be King of Kings and Lord of Lords ...and all knees bending to him or something.
.... yet by para 8 or so ... he gets the 'ole WT boot into the back of the bus. Typical.
since i have woken up from the horrible wt nightmare 5 months ago, i have had a chance to reflect on things that have happened over 25 years.
one of the things i keep thinking about is householders in the field that would become furious upon seeing me and say rudely "get out of here and don't ever come back to my house again!".
it always struck me as such an awful thing to say.
.... it may simply be some people get extremely upset about being bothered (9am) on their days off or while working.
sorry if this starts off as a kind of a downer.. i am 29, and my husband and i have stopped going to meetings since last october.
we live in mexico and used to attend the english.
long story short, after realizing how many much we've been lied to we stopped going to our meetings, moved out of the territory, switched to spanish, and after a month of attending just vanished.
¡Bienvenidos a JWN! y mucho gusto hereiam.
Sadness - Normal (I would speak to hubby about that because if you don't, its not fair to him. After all he left with you, no?)
Depression - Normal (speak to the doc about that)
Apprehension - Normal
Family - Beat around the bush until you feel ready to tell them.
Make friends when appropriate, eat as healthy as possible, and be sure to get out of the house for some fresh air.
over the years since i left jehovahs witnesses, one of the more fascinating things to observe, and really to me, the most important, is what to do after you leave.. to be sure, no one leaves because of a positive experience.
and therein lies the issues with leaving.
basically, people leave in three general ways: 1. they, like myself, resign or leave due to a disagreement.
..... no it isn't
