my family has been out (inactive no meeting attendance or field service) for just over two years..
weve made many changes in our lives, including with our personal appearances (tattoos, piercings etc) that are a pretty obvious sign that we arent going back any time soon.
our families went through a period of time about a year ago when they made a lot of threats that if we left the truth, they wouldnt even be able to share a meal with us, they would stay loyal to jehovah etc.
I havent read all the posts,so maybe its already been said:
they will try to get your children on their side, and then, the logical goal is to get your own children to shun you.
Not today, or tomorrow, but sometime in the future.
"If you love your mum and dad, then you should shun them..."
Then you will be the ones with no body. Yes thats how loving they are in this cult. And they will be able to justify themselves too.
it was with great pleasure and with mrs hosers blessing that i took all of our bound volumes and other obsolete jehovah's witness books to the local landfill.
i threw them into the garbage pile and watched as a crawler tractor drove over them to pack them down.
ashes to ashes, dust to dust.....
i just wrote them a mail, telling them to not contact me any more under any circumstances, illness or death (79 and 83 years old).
unless they leave the cult and would apologize for our f*'.ed-up upbringing which ruined our whole life.
most importantly, I hope that you and your brother find peace.
good luck with your future lives
my father served in the second world war.
he served in the south pacific.
he loved his time in the military and my mother was more than supporting.
my father served in the second world war.
he served in the south pacific.
he loved his time in the military and my mother was more than supporting.
yesterday was our daughters birthday. she would have been 31.........
hard isnt it?
thats why religion was invented, to help us cope.
it appears that a new 16-page brochure, with the title "return to jehovah" is to be released at the regional convention (dc) this year.
it would be written specifically for those faded or da/df.chapters are:a letter from the governing body1.
the lost one i will search for2.
If we dont respond "humbley", they will have a "good reason" to say,
you see, they've really turned theirback on jehovah. you must shun them, completely
http://www.hebdosregionaux.ca/monteregie/2007/11/24/simonin-purgera-sa-peine-dans-la-communaute.
i could only find the article in french, but you can use google translate.
i remember this guy vividly and it churns my stomach to think of what he did to that poor girl.
i have been searching for this for ages.
it just seemed to have fallen off the net or was down in south africa - couldn't find links or anything.
was really weird.. the site looks clean, i miss the old site however.
glad to have news from you Louise, that your job seems to be working out and especially that you are doing fine emotionally. good luck for the job application.
take care
jlp
no big news here, just a couple of nice quotes from the c.o.
#1) so how do jws really feel about worldly people?
yes, they do, or rather the leaders do.
as a CO, nay, as a JW, you only have to say something, and it automatically becomes the truth. No need to prove it.
my wife called me at work saying she is scared after reading today's daily text.
i don't read it anymore, therefore i went online and found this.. tuesday, march 3 .
those days will be cut short.matt.
They were saying exactly that, in the 1960s, when I was a boy.
Why not, whilst giving her a reasuring hug, say that you dont worry too much about that, as they have been saying the same thing for such a long time. maybe give an example from someone you know. Then tell her you will face whatever comes together..........then change the subject.
