my mom and sisters have not had any contact with my family for the past year and a half.. we even recently announced a new pregnancy and none of them acknowledged it or called to say congratulations or anything.. this past week my non-witness grandfather passed away and i had thought that for the sake of his death and funeral, it being "necessary family business" that they would at least be civil in front of our other family.
all of them still ignored me, my sisters didn't even speak to my children at all - to be honest i don't think my kids even knew who they were.
for the sake of my grandmother i made a small attempt at the end of the day to say goodbye to my mother and she kind of just brushed past me and said goodbye without really looking at me.. anyways my grandmother told me later that my mom spoke to her and said "i love my daughter and i love my grandchildren and i'm so upset that she won't allow me to see them".
Similar situation with me. My family are shunning me but cry and moan that they never see my daughter. They too are playing the victim "the whole family is suffering because of what you've done" etc
Unfortunately, my ex takes my daughter to visit every couple of weeks. I tell her not to but she does it behind by back anyway (no backbone).
and all of this by the time i was 14. i was the youngest person in my pioneer school.
was anybody else in the trenches (to this degree) at such a young age?.
i look back on it now and marvel at how isolated i was.
When I was a JW I dated two girls that were homeschooled. Both were very defensive in the fact that they were homeschooled and both were always trying to prove they were clever and not stupid.
ok your bible study wants to get baptised.
make sure he is aware of what's involved.
here is a checklist.
Funny, all of the active JWs that try to call me a "lying apostate" on Quora say the the JWs are the fastest growing religion?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.
the dad in this is a total douche.
i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.
The look of horror on his face when his non JW family are over at his place. Is this how JWs are supposed to react now?
With the 2016 convention telling them to shun inactive family members, I think this is giving the subtle hint that you should only associate with JWs 100%.
The GB are turning up the heat. Fortunately not everyone will go along with that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.
the dad in this is a total douche.
i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.
1:27:24 - has anybody ever received welcome like this from your KH? I never did in the 32 years i attended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.
the dad in this is a total douche.
i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0qpoelk2R4
The dad in this is a total douche.
I dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?
does anyone out there know of any jws that have talked about what their personal relationship with jehovah was like?
for example, hearing his voice, a certain feeling?
an intellectual understanding?
When i was a kid, i remember Jehovah being so real to me. I would pray to him in my head many many times in the day, it was like he was my best friend watching over only me. Unfortunately, this was nothing more than a child with an imaginary friend. Only mine was called Jehovah, he lived in the sky, he had a big white beard and only cared about me (first and foremost), then other JWs.
If you want to know how it feels to have a "personal relationship with Jehovah" all you have to do is imagine there's an invisible person floating over you. Talk to it all the time and give it credit when things go well and blame something else when things go wrong.
i mean blow their fucking brains out..
I have a friend who is a Dr Who fan. He told me there's an episode where the Dr (Tom Baker) is given the chance to kill an infant Hitler. The Dr flatly refuses as it's still murder. I agree with that. However, the moment Adolf is about to give orders to end lives then he should be taken out.
I think under this condition i would be willing to kill the moment they decide to commit to their plan... as they're on their way to the Manchester Arena with a bag of explosives.
hello there.. i just ordered the book coc, and will son recieve it.
does anyone have anything you want to mention about the book - perhaps some things you stumbled upon that might help me understand something more?
or maybe you have any thoughts you want to share regarding the book?
best book I ever read.
It will certainly change your way of seeing the organization thats for sure. Personally, after reading it, there was no way i could return to the Watchtower society. Ray comes across without a hint of bitterness and it poised at all times. You'll see that he quotes the Watchtower year, month, page and paragraph so you can look it up yourself. Sometimes even reprinting a letter from the society on the page.
You'll enjoy it.
the location is outside the arndale centre, manchester, after it was evacuated.
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Look closely. The people are behind the cordon. The cart wouldnt be able to approached by anyone even if they wanted to. Obviously it was there before the attack and it's just been left there. Im all for pointing out the organizations failures and lack of honesty but, as Simon says, i dont want us jumping to conclusions and making stuff up. I had enough of half truths and twisted stories when i was a JW.
