have you guys asked yourself that question?
what if the gb decided that "new light" revealed to them that disfellowshipping was wrong and they would do away with it for current dfd members as well...... .......16 years of my life.
would i welcome my family back?
They allowed someone to control their free will! Therefore, they must be held responsible for their actions, by voluntarily shunning family and friends. I would be respectful, but reserved with my dealings with such people.
As mentioned jws already shun inactive ones, so they will most likely do it to former members under the guise of conscience. With the biblical admonition about bad association.
when you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines?
i know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a quran.
i never threw them out!
Hahaha @stealth I thought only Ouija boards screamed when being burned. That's so true- if you are gone more than 5 minutes. I was gone once for 5 months and came back to a lot of new teachings. I guess that's what happens when one doesn't keep pace with Jehovah's organization lol Gotta keep up with this darn chariot.
when you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines?
i know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a quran.
i never threw them out!
I have seen old magiznes and publications donated to and sold by second hand stores.
i have quite a big group of friends who were all in the cong together when we were teens.
about 75% of them stopped going or were df'd right after high school.
it is a varied group; a couple are staunch apostates, some dont care one way or another, and another handfull are fully "worldly", but still believe it is the truth.
I attempted to go back during the memorial and special talk. Everyone was asking me was I back for good. I said of course I am! I stayed in for 3 weeks, before I realized what I was missing. I enjoyed sleeping in during meeting days.
when you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines?
i know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a quran.
i never threw them out!
When you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines? I know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a Quran.
I Never threw them out! In fact, I still have a large stack, because I like to look at the pictures and draw over them.
in a letter in the 2013 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses, the governing body sign off with the words, "we love you all very much".
these words were later echoed by one of the governing body in an address to french jehovah's witnesses in july this year.
these words sound so marvellously compelling and heartfelt - goosebump inducing, even.. imagine the governing body wrote these words to you or expressed them to you in person- yes to you reading these very words.
Thank you, I love ME too.
today on my morning run i saw two sets of jw's going door to door on boston st. one set was two ladies and the other was two guys.
after i has passed them up on the sidewalk i turned around and began walking towards them.
the ladies turned to go up to another home just before i got to them but the guys were still approaching.
Good job
today on my morning run i saw two sets of jw's going door to door on boston st. one set was two ladies and the other was two guys.
after i has passed them up on the sidewalk i turned around and began walking towards them.
the ladies turned to go up to another home just before i got to them but the guys were still approaching.
This is like the ministry school skit, except in reverse.
i think it would not be much different than isis.
they would be happified to kill and cut off the heads of apostates.. when my jw parents would beat me, they would bring up that in the bible, jews could stone to death rebelious children.
i guess that was supposed to make me feel better about the beating.
Sorry to hear about your experience. I definitely can see the org declaring their own state like Isis. I think they would not be neutral politically, had Jehovah's Witnesses been founded in the middle east. Women would have a hard time- ya know that whole be in submission to your husbands. Forced baptisms- "get baptised or you'll lose Jehovah's provisions such as food. With no food you'll die, but it won't be considered murder. Sisters would have to wear a scarf all the time. Sisters will sit and listen to discourses in the library; the main hall is reserved for the brothers. Gas will be at a resonbable price but only if you use your jw.org discount card. Assuming that the WT owned oil lol I could go on...
Bump
obviously i'm having ex cult issues, family still in and a wife that's all kokoo for cocopuffs as well as our marriage isn't good.
i would like to leave her, she has never been the kind of wife i wanted.
anyway the stress is getting to be to much, thinking about things all the time and its effecting my work as well as otherthings.
I like SNRI antidepressants over SSRIs. From my experience Pros: weight loss, I have the energy to get out of bed, can actually get task done, decrease in anxiety.
Cons: It takes awhile for the medicine to kick in (a few weeks or a month), loss of appetite, nausea, can cause or increase suicidal ideation, in which case the doctor should be notified. Some can make you feel like a zombie with no emotions.
