My brother married a girl who got pregnant to a JW when she was 16. She kept the child and raised him by herself. The JW father never wanted to see or have anything to do with his own son, and never paid child support.
Now the father is a MS or something higher in the JWs. His son wrote him a heartfelt letter to get in contact, he replied saying he's not interested in meeting him. He's too worried that it would affect his position in the congregation. Despite the fact his son is now a JW too!
The point being if the JWs can make a father so cold hearted toward his own son, what chance does a 'Worldy' girlfriend have?
there's so much going on in my life right now but i'll be posting more about that later.. .
to get straight to the point (i'm actually in the meeting right now) my mother has been very depressed about a lot of things lately.
she is a regular pioneer and is a jw who many think is happy but she's a good faker and knows all to well how to put on a fake smile to cover up her true feelings.
every year i attend, missing only 5 in 50 years.. i do not attend meetings nor active in anyway, my family shun me,(all devote believers) but i do feel drawn to attend each year.
i am out for sure, but i no longer have faith, or a belief in any religous body as being approved by god.. i am so screwed up now i not sure if i believe in a creator!, let alone who or what that may be.. i was born into the truth, married into the truth and my ex is devote.. i could never return to the cult now seeing it for what it is.. i served, donated, slaved for years happy to do so as has all my family.. i went out of my way to get df, sort of a wanting to die act, of rejecting the society.. i used to sit in a movie in my youth and think, wow i am so lucky, all these people are going to die and i will live forever.. even just typing this gives release to my emotions,, lol,,, yea i have many emotions,,, many regrets, basically the organisation i followed and the instructions destroyed my life in every possible way.. the power plays that i witnessed within are what first woke me up,,,at first i let it go, forgiving those involved as brothers do.
but again and again power and position is and was the thing to have, you got the power you got everything.
one of my friends who is a ms told me today that the elders have 'marked' me because i'm a reg.pioneer and i've decided to go to college next semester???!
he said he can't tell me anymore but to be careful---what the hell does 'mark' mean?
“‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”
I've been wondering if the fruit symbolizes new members into the JWs, then what does the fertilizer (animal manure) represent?
Could the animal manure represent the Watchtower's literature?
thanks for all the help, i was wondering how to get my hands on the old literature, i was gonna ask this nice older brother i know if he could get me some old books?
i really wanna see the failed proph...... old light for myself.
I did try that once. It didn't get anywhere, the elder sat there with a blank look on his face and said "I dunno ****, I've been over the answer with you three times now. Maybe you need to pray about this subject, and if you can re-study the material I've given you", to wich I said "But the material simply doesn't answer my question", he replied with "Sometimes we just need to trust in Jehovah, and his loving organisation".
I could have had a better conversation with my dog. At least he listens.
i've heard people here say jw's believe that jehovah will slaughter non-members of the jw religion when armageddon comes any day now.
does the watchtower teach that jehovah himself will do the killing, or is it delegated to someone else like jesus, satan, angels, or humans killing each other?
“‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”
So according to scripture, after one year with no fruit they should be (figuratively speaking) cut down.
