we had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???
only men?....
has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?
Yes... in our cong until last year anyone could raise their hands and read the scriptures cited during the WT study.
But now it's only 1 designated male reader throughout the program. And he doesn't even wait for others to find the scripture and goes on to read in his irritatingly loud grandstanding voice.
i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.
but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.
i currently live in georgia, usa.
So far nobody else from Southeast Asia.. will be a challenge to go for meetups, I guess.
i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.
but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.
i currently live in georgia, usa.
grew up in east la in a bad neighborhood to a black mother and white father.
i never knew my father because he died in a car accident when i was a few weeks old.
my mother converted as a jw soon after when two sisters came to her door and offered her comfort, which was something she needed.
My hugs for you, Hollywood.
I am so sorry to hear about what you've gone through and are going through right now. Like what Tenacious said, slowly surround yourself with people of similar interests so that you have space to breathe and be yourself.
when someone interacts with you they can influence your thoughts and also manipulate your thinking.
i became aware that this is what i was doing with householders on the ministry.
we chipped away at householders with manipulation, and called it a return call.
I always felt sick to the stomach when trying to "preach" to someone while doing the field serve-us because it was like a practical exam, an exercise of what was taught at the kingdumb hall essentially as ways to hook people, let their guard down, and manipulate them by sweet words and love bombing.
Because my self-esteem had begun to diminish when I joined this cult, I tried to avoid talking when meeting householders and let my pioneer partner do it. And as I stood beside them I felt sorry for the householder because he/she was being promised the paradise, everlasting life, but at a great cost to his/her sanity and entire life in the future.
it feels so good to be free from the jdub cult!
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Welcome to the forum, macys!
I'm glad you are finally free. If your circumstances permit we'd like to ask you to stand... ooops. I mean, let us your hear your stories if you can share.
Happy to have you here.
i awoken today and realised immidiately i'm 44 today... and after 3 years of being out, decided to acknowledge my birthday.... i'm off out to treat myself to a big hearty breakfast with cup of tea in the local weatherspoon's by the massive pond full of weird bird-life, later today i'm giving myself a gift of a 90 minute relaxation session in a float tank down by canary wharf in london.... only really have 2 close friends (it's a slow process trusting people agian) and they probably won't be able to see me today, but i'm sure i'll have a belated surprise from them both.... the first thing i did when i remembered was to rush to the computer, connect to the web and put on stevie wonder's 'happy birthday', as i listen to it, tears stream down my face... all those years of my life stolen ' but..... i'm free....'.
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Happy Birthday dear Marvste rš¼
Happy Birthday to you!! š¶š°
boy oh boy did i feel paranoid at today's wt.
not only are we to watch our associations outside of the congregation, but also watch our associations 'within' the congregation.
this was emphasised by the wt study conductor.
Paragraphs 9,10
"The world's media is evil. Do not read and expose yourselves to it. They will be destroyed!!"
Paragraph 11
"How blessed are you that we, the GB, has been feeding you with magazines, tracts, etc. We are the chosen ones. Now, come on why don't you thank us for it?"
1. boring as s***e 2. extremely boring 3. boring as hell 4. boring.
5. slightly boring 6. not bad.
7. fair.
for the lurkers and active jws here, are you really happy about the recent changes?.
are you happy where you are now?.
does it make you feel special that you are more "privileged" than non-jws or other jws who have less preaching hours than you do?.
For the lurkers and active JWs here, are you really happy about the recent changes?
Are you happy where you are now?
Does it make you feel special that you are more "privileged" than non-JWs or OTHER JWs who have less preaching hours than you do?
How can you tell that Jehovah is happy?
Why is the GB so sure that they are making Jehovah happy?
How can you be sure that GB is God's channel of communication on earth?
Do you still remember how to LOVE and to be LOVED unconditionally??
