Posts by UnshackleTheChains

When you consider all the negativity in the media, the child abuse scandal, the amount of YouTube videos of individuals pouring their heart out about their experiences with the shunning policy, the blood issue and more.

But then you walk into a kingdom hall and no one ever mentions a thing. That is just so bizarre!!

That's why the KH reminds me of the twilight zone. It's just plain strange😯

4

The music that goes through my head when I am at the Kingdom Hall!

by UnshackleTheChains in

https://youtu.be/xvsrm80wzzk.

UnshackleTheChains

https://youtu.be/XVSRm80WzZk

26

Has the Governing Body EVER apologized for anything?

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

geoffrey jackson testified to the arc that the governing body has apologized for things in the past, so an apology to sexual abuse victims is "perceivable".

what has the governing body ever apologized for?.

22 q. just on that point, mr jackson, has the governing body23 considered apologising to survivors of child sexual abuse24 at the hands of elders within the organisation?25 a. i haven't been in any discussions with regard to that.26 27 q. is that something that you foresee might happen ‐ in 28 other words, that an apology at least be considered?29 a. the governing body has apologised on other matters, so30 for me to say ‐ i can't speak collectively for everybody, 31 but we have apologised on things in the past, in other32 areas, so it is perceivable.. .

UnshackleTheChains

They never have and they never will

29

Has Watchtower taken the joy out of 'the good news of the kingdom'

by UnshackleTheChains in

i ask this question for the following reason.

i was sitting at the kingdom hall thinking about all the rules, procedures, policies, teachings that each member must follow ......or else!.

at the watchtower study we are reminded of the paradise earth where we will all be the same and happy.

UnshackleTheChains

The only joy in the Preaching Work was social

Funny enough, the good lady asked me yesterday why I still attend meetings if I don't agree with 'anything' at the meetings.

I firstly corrected her in that there is much the Society teach is biblical, but there is much I simply disagree with.

I asked her if she really wanted the truth about why I still attend.

Answer- "For purely social reasons" so as not to make things awkward for her.

29

Has Watchtower taken the joy out of 'the good news of the kingdom'

by UnshackleTheChains in

i ask this question for the following reason.

i was sitting at the kingdom hall thinking about all the rules, procedures, policies, teachings that each member must follow ......or else!.

at the watchtower study we are reminded of the paradise earth where we will all be the same and happy.

UnshackleTheChains

Being a JW wasn't much fun after that - at least nothing like it was in the late 1940s to early 1960s. There was no longer any joy in Watchtowerland. Many of my former acquaintances experienced major mental and physical problems that could be directly tied to the new policies that the Society embraced and enforced. Shunning, lots of shunning - unlike anything we'd seen before.

Wow.....it looks like the legalism and control gradually grew over time. I think once the control changed from the president to a body of men (the GB) in the 70's, the proverbial brown stuff really hit the fan in terms of control and micro management.