in my experience, there were three types of witnesses.
some were barely witnesses while others were extremely conservative types who followed the letter of the law.
and then you had those in the middle who just went with the flow.. i knew many witnesses who “felt safe” being in a stricter environment.they were actually proud that they belonged to such and such congregation because it was filled with strict bethelites..
Even the liberal JWs are stricter than life needs to be but interestingly enough, I was in a stricter congo and preferred it.
The liberal congregation in the next town over was looked down on circuit wide. I think the JW leadership encourages that kind of congregation snobbery. People get a kick out of trying to "outrighteous" one another.
it's done.. during the last month i've been talking with my closest friends about leaving the org and yesterday i finally talked with my parents.. it's been almost 5 months after i said that i would do it, but i think that this extra time has been beneficial.
i've said several times that i would opt for sending a resignation letter, but after talking to my best friends some of them suggested me becoming inactive and blocking my congregation's elders.
i've changed my mind and i will do that because the people that i care the most now know what's going on so they won't be worrying about me not attending the meetings.
Good for you!
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Isn't it wonderful that they advise a woman with PPH (postpartum hemorrhage) to have a hysterectomy rather than take a blood transfusion that would leave her and her life intact?
Wonder what the genius governing body would say if their options were remove a testicle or take a pint of blood?
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4442 j m turk road, flowery branch ga 30542. from the gainesville times:.
jehovah's witnesses open new kingdom hall in flowery branch.
Remember when there was a quick build almost every weekend?
Now when someplace named "Flowery" gets a hall it makes the news and we even start a thread about it!
leaving today for rome, and then a mediterranean cruise.
will not be online, i will miss you all.
hopefully, when i get back, the wt will have declared bankruptcy.
Have an epic trip!
i admit i have a soft spot for leonard cohen's music.
i had a customer come in who sings for funerals, he just told me his most requested is cohen's "hallelujah".
a good friend used to sing it at christmas in her church!
I love Leonard Cohen's music - that song (Hallelujah) especially.
I think in its original form it has many verses that are not commonly sung.
It's a hard song to sing and not very many can really do it justice.
my uber cousin and wife are going back to wallkill this weekend for the annual meeting since they have a daughter and son in law in the inner sanctum so they are always invited.
cousin said it was going to be broadcast from patterson to wallkill.
anyone hear anything else about subject matter etc?.
I forgot it was that time of year!
Check your socks everyone!
i’ve been out for many many years.
i still like to know the latest jw news although i find myself not as excited by things..
I always read it so I can marvel at what a bunch of busywork it all is.
i know there are several posts about witnesses and non-witnesses in regards to relationships.
i couldn’t find anything specifically that spoke to me, so i would love some third-party advice and thoughts.. i have never been someone to pursue a stranger from the internet.
earlier this year, i became friends with someone on a video game.
Hi BNG and a big hug to you on this tough day you're having.
I don't think being friends is in and of itself the risk. I think that shifting this intense relationship you've been having over into another category (the friend category) could mean it just slides back into its previous category.
One thing is for sure, time is your friend here.
Time apart, time to think, time to let the fires die down and so on.
As a complete side note, one thing about all of this I found strange was his parents acceptive response. I raised all my sons as JWs and now we have all left the religion except one son.
No JW parent who fancies themselves a good JW (and a good parent) would be cool with you and he having a relationship.
A "good" JW parenting response would be to warn him off the relationship using scriptures like "dont become unevenly yoked with unbelievers" and so on. If that failed and he kept the relationship going with a "worldly" (that would be you) person in spite of their pleading and guilt tripping and calling on elders in the congregation to do the same, then they would grudgingly accept it. All of that would take time.
In my experience, the less hard core JW parents come around because they love their kids, the extreme ones will shun them (there's a spectrum) but NONE of the JW parents I know would just rollover initially with a casual accepting attitude - especially with a 22 year old.
So that is puzzling to me.
Regardless, I feel for you and the pain you are in right now. Take good care of yourself emotionally and congratulations on being wise for your age.
i was in full time service for six years including bethel.
once i got out of bethel, i figured i had already given them six of the best years of my life (ages 18-24) working as a slave/drone in their factory, so i rationalized that i had given them enough... so over the next 27 years i would say maybe $200 bucks is it.
i think their whole "voluntary contributions" idea is biting them in the ass, because over all jehovah's witnesses are a cheap group people with a few exceptions.
Too much
