i told him (my son) you are a glutton for punishment.. all went well when he introduced his friend to his mom, small talk and etc.. but the moment he left the room his mom statred in with his.
girlfriend.
probably thinking this will be a great experience for the.
Sounds like there could be some interesting exchanges in the future, between them. I will look out for your threads.
It reminds me of when Mrs P met my mother. Whilst I was absent she started to "preach" to her and to give her literature about the ressurection.
Mrs P had lost a daughter in death. My wife was so angry that she dared to touch on such a private and delicate subject, when she did not know her.
She stayed polite but the literature went directly in the trash.
i can only imagine what the impact will be from her remaining jw family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjx2owzqopk.
Just put the clip on my Facebook - should be getting unfriended by a few JWs over that! Good.
Julia, you are a bad girl.
i really like this site and some of the comments i've read.
i was in the organization for 31 years and now i'm free!.
recently left the organization and am trying to rebuild my life.
Welcome aboard AdventoursOne.
Glad to hear that you AND your husband are of like minds. Thats so much easier.
jlp
told on me of course.
apparently, the other jw thought he was kidding.. i just said, you tell on me and take my family from me, we are done.
we will get a divorce and you will lose me, your home, and more then likely won't get to see your kids everyday the way you get to now.
More to the point: did your children have a great time?
i agreed, if only because i want to see my friend of many years.
the 'heavy' is a large, imposing man with a booming voice and is a creature of the gb through and thru (eg only visited his dfd dad on his death bed because it was a 'good witness' to the hospital staff) and i'm feeling stressed about seeing him.
i so badly wanted to see my friend though, i agreed without thinking and now wish i hadn't have.
Hi Julia.
Sorry to hear about your bad day.
Looking back on your first post, your reasons for fading were,
first of all for your husband and
then so as not to lose your friends.
I think you now know that not losing your jw friends is not a realistic option. A poster recently said, that in his experience, this is true for no matter what friends made through no matter what common interest group.
It seems that your husband is on the same track as you. You'll now go on to make new friends, who will bring you new and sometimes exciting experiences in your lives. Enjoy that. Try not to be angry at your old friends. Its just that your growing and moving on.......and they're not.
Good luck. Tomorrow will be better.
jlp
i have recently been thinking about this as it was a big life changing decision.
only now do i realize it wasnt about doctrine.. the reason was because i wasnt happy and didnt respect the elders and the congregation was made up of unhappy people.. i was always being lectured for being happy.
when i had a study that came to the meeting i thought thats a good thing, and i was happy.
I think, now that you mention it NHAH, that I left for the same reasons.
Its true, we are alot happier out of the borg than in.
the general public knows far too little about cults and mind control...and this is reflective of many ex-jws as well.
when i meet up with former jws, either in person or on the phone, im surprised that the majority have never read combating cult mind control.
of course, i am sure many former jws do not want to read yet another publication.
Many ex-JWs have never read Combating Cult Mind Control
otherwise it would be a best seller.
Joking aside Londo, you make a good point.
jlp.
after lurking for 7 and half years (is that a record?!
) its time for me to say hello.. so who am i, and whats my story?.
im a born in jw, with all my siblings, mother, wife and children in.
Welcome to the board wizzstick.
I missed the 1995 thing as it was the year I stopped going.
Its funny to think we used to ask "how many years have you been in THE TRUTH brother?" when in fact it is now obvious that it was THE LIE
in the watchtower study article for last week, june 3rd - 9th, 2013, the congregation was asked the question, "is your teaching up-to-date?".
there was a box on the top of page 9 that asked three questions allowing everyone to test themselves and find out if they had "up-to-date" and "accurate knowledge" in keeping with the "the ever-increasing light" as revealed through the pages of the watchtower magazine and related publications.
now at first blush this all sounds really good, but is it?
I think it would be ironic to study " The TRUTH that leads to eternal life" with someone today.
And to think they bragged that it was a worlds best seller at the time. Maybe everybody should ask for their money back.
i left the jws and went to a baptist church which was far better than anything i'd known before having been born into the dangerous cult of the watchtower corporation.. having travelled a path of spirituallity i have concluded that there is no god evident to me.
evolution?
i have no idea...i just live my life knowing that when i die there is nothing after it.
For many years, I could not bring myself to say " there is no god".
I had a Catholic work colleague who told me the same.
But with the passing years, I now can say it: "There is no God, otherwise he would have ............"
There: I've gone and said it. Jean-Luc has come out of the closet.
