when parents say all the things we've done for you and your not doing anything for us in return like going to meetings, witnessing, answering up etc... how do you respond to parents?.
The first two months after I DA'd was the hardest part. I see notes on the table :
"Do you know your mom is crying because you left?"
"The family can no longer be happy because of what you did."
The most heart wrenching for me was when I see my mom crying in the morning while reading the daily text. In the past, I will be with her discussing the day text...
You are not responsible for how others react. It's the religion that has turned them into this.
when parents say all the things we've done for you and your not doing anything for us in return like going to meetings, witnessing, answering up etc... how do you respond to parents?.
I've had this in the form of "what would your dad say?" (my dad died when i was 19).
My reply is "my dad had no tolerance for pedophiles, child molesters or those who protect them. If he knew what i knew he'd have left too".
hi guys.
sooner or later we're going to get a jw knocking on our door.
just like when we were jw's doing the knocking, it's good to have a question prepared to get them thinking about their own beliefs.
Hi guys. Sooner or later we're going to get a JW knocking on our door. Just like when we were JW's doing the knocking, it's good to have a question prepared to get them thinking about their own beliefs.
So, if you could ask just on question to get them thinking or make them see that their religion is wrong what one would you use?
Here's mine:
Is shunning an identifying mark of Christianity? If so, who did Jesus shun?
Is it possible that Paul started his own brand of Christianity? Different from that of say Apollos or the apostles? Because 1 Corinthians 3:4 say "For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere human beings?".
Did Moses, Elijah, Isaiah or any other prophet ever have to wait on New Light?
Was Lot disfellowshipped for getting drunk and having sex with his daughters?
Should he have been?
[Regarding blood transfusions] Is a symbol of life more important that an actual life?
hello, .
juliagutgsell publish her thesis i'm reading it , and found it interresting .
https://vub.academia.edu/juliagutgsell.
Oh yes!!
are they pretty much left alone?
are they respected for their having been elders at one time?
are they treated like crap?.
Never believe any elder that tells you "it's all confidential, whatever gets said in this room is just between us". My ex-father in law was, and still is, an elder. I knew ALL the gossip and judicial committee news. The elders and their wives pass them around at the dinner table and have a good laugh.
At least they do in Speke congregation in Liverpool!
https://youtu.be/lfddxzipzga.
And those placards they're wearing 5 minutes in are all old light. "Bible Truth Made Clear" ??? Really? Back then their core doctrines were very different. So how the hell was it "truth" or "made clear" when they didnt have "the truth" back then???
if you get the chance, watch this documentary:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v42r54irjbg.
substitute the name kim jong un for the governing body and it's exactly the same!
If you get the chance, watch this documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V42R54IrJBg
Substitute the name Kim Jong Un for The Governing Body and it's exactly the same!!
north korea has taken president trump's recent statements as a declaration of war.
pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down american planes even if they are not inside their airspace.. i listened to trump's speech to the un with dismay.
it demonstrated a total lack of understanding of his enemy and the inevitable consequences of inflicting personal insults on kim jong-un.
Seriously though, if it came down to it the DPRK would get destroyed.
https://youtu.be/lfddxzipzga.
"See! We have fun! We're all happy!!"
Can you hear that? That was the older generation turning in their graves at this.
why i am now a faded apostate after the ridiculous overlapping teaching!.
i was raised in the trooooooooooth and both my parents were pioneers.
over the years i pioneered, was an ms and finally an elder.
Thanks for sharing punkofnice, i love reading awakening stories.
Right now I no longer know what I believe. Is there a God? I don’t know! Is there an afterlife? I don’t know! Are Jehovah’s witnesses the one true religion? NO! Now that I do know for sure!!!!
I was at the same stage for a few months after i woke up. Im in a good place now with my own beliefs, i hope your family wake up eventually.
