i have been a baptized witness for about 30 years.
from the time i was a kid.
i've been the only one in my family who is baptized until 15 years later when my mother got baptized.
I agree too why talk to them, it's a personal matter, you don't need permission from anyone to marry anybody or inform them that u got married.... when 1 elder heard i was engaged, he asked me i said I was & then he said I should inform the other elders, i told him i was an adult & don't need permission to be engaged or marry, it was my personal business... you don't owe anyone any explanations of your life choices, don't give them any power they don't deserve.
Is ur DF husband also awake?
i got it before 8 in the morning on a work day, as a text message.
nothing beats a warm invitation for spiritual encouragement than a quick electronic message.. sheesh.....
These people have no boundaries uughh... change your phone number if you could that is what I did after I told them I was no longer going to report time... maybe they are reaching out cuz CO visit might be close.... But heck have fun with them tell them you need financial help & with house work
i'm speechless.
i know this guy.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-buena-park-arrest-20160630-snap-story.html.
Sickening this is just 20-25 miles away from me.. this proofs that JW Shepards do not report it to police, hope they are found liable too!!!
http://www.presstelegram.com/article/lb/20160630/news/160639983.
note: southwestern longview was a private school that catered to witness children.
buena park – a south carolina man who worked as a teacher at a private school in long beach a decade ago has been arrested by buena park police officers on suspicion of the “continuous sexual abuse of a child” who was a student of his, authorities said today.. jason gorski of fort mill, 43, was arrested on june 21, said buena park police sgt.
Soo sick, this is just 25 miles away from me, i wish these things make the news!
no doubt all are familiar with the 2016 convention video movies being shown?.
(if you haven't seen them, go to cedars youtube channel to see them in full).
they are the most disturbing, emotionally manipulative, propaganda pieces ever seen.. thoughts?.
@ freemamaof3, i think is the one called "when abandon", in that video they show an older sister at the KH talking to a witness couple where they are asking for her husband & she mentions that he has "left " the truth because his coworker was feeding him doubts about the org.... i think it was in the actual talk they mentioned inactive ones who are living in sin
no doubt all are familiar with the 2016 convention video movies being shown?.
(if you haven't seen them, go to cedars youtube channel to see them in full).
they are the most disturbing, emotionally manipulative, propaganda pieces ever seen.. thoughts?.
It's very insane, when I checked the program it is very interesting to note that the shunning talks are on a Friday's symposium!!! That is very clever of the WT, what I mean by that is many times about 90% that go on Friday's are mostly JWs, non Jws normally just go to saturday or sunday... that means the "general" public that missed Friday did not hear the shunning talks & shunning videos...soo disgusting overall anyways!
so it has been a couple of months since me and my family have attended a meeting.
we have received a few calls and visits.
but what do you say when people ask "where have you been"?
I simply stop attending & was asked by some when I show up sporadically very happy & up beat like nothing, i simply said I was doing great When THEY Asked Abt "We Haven't seen you" I respond my scheduled changed & crazy that's it.... about FS, i finally told them I wasn't going to be reporting hours for the time being, if anything changes I would let them know, they inquired that "something must be wrong or going wrong" I reiterated nothing is wrong everything is great, so just for the time being I will not be reporting hrs & once it changes I will inform them asap, all calls & texts stopped after that.... it felt soo great to take power back & informing them how i will be doing things from here on out, not letting them to dictate the rules & WHAT I SHOULD do, NOPE I tell them...
well, thats it folks.. my identity on here has been rumbled and reported to the elders.
someone, somehow, has figured out that im a member of this site and - rather than speak to me - has promptly reported me to the elders.
i just feel sad for my daughter.
Soo sorry Pale Emperor you going thru this but I agree your wife & duaghter should be with you... Your wife might be encouraged by her family to leave you because they will tell her, she & ur duaghter are "in spiritual danger" & will miss out on "everlasting life", make sure you stay close to them, be very loving & do family things with them, show them ur still that wonderful husband & father & don't need to be in a cult to prove it...
About ur in law OMG i wouldn't allow her in ur home anymore, the nerve of her invading ur privacy, it sounds too me she was on a mission, she not only betrayed you but your wife's trust, totally disgusting! They have no boundaries & NO SHAME!!
there have been very informative threads on presentations and audience reactions ("thrilled", "emotional") at this summer's regional conventions (formerly district conventions) but little on actual attendance numbers and numbers baptized.
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or could i be directed to current threads discussing these aspects - i searched but found nothing.
eyeuse2badub:
I will be going to the one in long beach, Ca in August. Did you see any "apostates" outside the convention?. I must add I have been at that site for years and the attendance was on average 12K.
there are threads on the content of the rc and reaction of awake jws here, but how are indoctrinated jws reacting to the convention.
my family and i have not attended yet, but i am bracing myself for it.
anybody talking in jw circles?
Is anyone going to a convention in southern California Long Beach? I am going to an English convention this year in August just to hear the nonsense cult talks, I have no relation to any congregations in the English language.
My first year international convention at this location there were soo many "apostates" outside, I believe easily like 40 of them, I remember wondering what was going on, my study teacher said they were bitter people who are expelled and just angry, one thing that stuck in my mind was reading this board that said "READ YOUR BIBLE NOT WATCHTOWER LITERATURE" and another one saying "1914", this was 18 years ago, I remember thinking we do read the bible what are they talking about. Now after being awake I understand what they meant, I didn't know anything about many things in the bible until now. Years later this convention site, have had some "apostates" outside still as I would arrived, I am now tempted to go up to them and say Hi since this will be my last convention I will attend.
