these are some of the things the wbt$ 'taught' me:.
dishonesty is fine if it's to trick people into joining the cult.. if your spouse stops believeing, the best thing you can do is break up the family.. the laws of the governing body overrule any other laws...or else!.
my friends are conditional.. avoid loving people, they'll only let you down or get df'd.. unintelligent dumbos are better than intelligent ones if the dumbos are elders or above.. hate is better than love.. i am not good enough and god will probably enjoy killing me.. demons will appear in my room at night.. ignore practicallity if being practical or loving prevents the leaders getting money or praise.. god hates.
Ahh rubadub u cracked me up....the pioneer moonwalk....reminded me of the persistently 'not homes' we used to work constantly to get our time in so we could chat in peace because they were not home ....except one time after about 3 months of standing on this doorstep daily some irate home owner came out ranting at us....he was a shift worker trying to sleep....every day we woke him up lol
And then I read your bio....cried laughing about ur burt problem
having looked over the february' 2016 wt study article ' learn from jehovah's loyal servants' and meditating on the 'advice' from the fds aka gb regarding the shunning of our own close relatives if they have been disfellowshipped.
the example in par 7 highlighting how a woman called anne shuns her own mother for 'as she says' cutting herself off from jehovah.
i can't help but wonder how audacious and wreckless watchtower is in writing this stuff.
Truthexplorer
Thanks for the advice. ..I've tried reasoning with her she says she is doing it to please jehovah! !!
I don't know what brainwashing program they have out her thru in the last few years but when she lived at home with me she was normal and balanced and we supported her beliefs and made sure she got to meetings even tho we were not going any more ( we as in her father and myself even though we divorceed and he was eventually df ....and she stayed with him weekends etc at this time )
i have been lurking here for about 6 months, and being the last day of the year, and ready to start the new one afresh, i want to share the story of our exit from the org.
i have found the personal experiences of others of immeasurable value, (and its been a while since a good exit story has been posted) that i hope this can be of benefit to at least someone.. .
my mother became a jehovahs witness when i was about 9 or 10. i remember initially hating all of the new sanctions put on our lives (no birthdays and christmas anymore) but for some reason i soon after joined her in attending the meetings and eventually got baptized at the age of 14. my staunch catholic father converted a couple of years later.
Welcome and thank you for sharing your story....I completely feel for what you went through trying to stay 'faithful' in desperate circumstances. It echos some of my own experience of the treatment and lack of care when my min serv husband left me ....and the crap that people spouted
In my congregation there had been more than 1 accusation of abuse....over many years the same brother was accused by different sisters but of course it was covered up and the congregation never informed. ....it was only when this brother gave me cause for concern around my 9yr old daughter that the whispers reached my ears via other concerned mothers.....I was raging to find out the elders had put our children at risk and then I heard off more brothers in cong had been accused and it covered over. ..and that was before I heard about the worldwide scandal of cover ups! That knocked my faith big time and on top of that when my cheating husband left all I heard was
ohh we miss him such a good brother you must have done something for him to leave. ..
'Just because he's clubbing and with women doesn't mean he's been unfaithful. ..he's still ur husbsnd and deserves ur respect '
We as elders can't get involved unless he confesses to sin....
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Our friends didn't want my company as a single mother having to tag along with other couples...I think they were worried I was sex starved and pounce on their husbands haha
The single sisters were older ones who were nice but boring to put it nicely. ...only so much spiritual conversation one can tolerate ...I was only 35 not 75!
The teenagers would invite my daughter out but they didn't want a mother in tow...so most of time I was left very lonely after suddenly having my life turned upside down. ..
If I went on the field service and helped others more I wouldn't be depressed and I'd trust in jehovah more to support me thru this nightmare. ..my child was ill by the way I forgot to mention so meeting and field service were minimum due to circumstances beyond my control but still this was their helpful advice !!! .My stepfather died suddenly and in traumatic around circumstances around this time and I didn't much sympathy. ..One sister even said to me...well he wasn't even ur real father! Gradually over a few years the ones I was closest to in the truth stopped attending for various reasons but mostly due to their own experiences of bad treatment. ..not only did I miss them but when I looked around the cong the exemplary witnesses that were left and I was supposed to emulate were a group of the most narrow minded unpleasant judgemental humans I had ever met...bar a few genuine ones I still miss....
After year's of struggling my own feelings of worthlessness and despair I decided enough was enough of this mentally abusive crowd and stopped going!
I don't think any one noticed my absence until !after 7 years of being alone I met my fiance. ..the elders warned me he was an evil worldly person and would have evil secrets and might even be unfaithful. ...
I had to laugh at them for this...I said...what like the time I married a regular pioneer who had a secret porn addiction and is now sleeping around. ...end of that conversation
I moved away as my friends ignoring me was very painful but I knew it would happen
I'm trying to repair the damage but this df shit is a whole new low
I never thought my child would cut off her parents that helped her through her illness
having looked over the february' 2016 wt study article ' learn from jehovah's loyal servants' and meditating on the 'advice' from the fds aka gb regarding the shunning of our own close relatives if they have been disfellowshipped.
the example in par 7 highlighting how a woman called anne shuns her own mother for 'as she says' cutting herself off from jehovah.
i can't help but wonder how audacious and wreckless watchtower is in writing this stuff.
there has been many threads from various posters around the world about recent bethel layoffs.. so far i remember threads about:.
south africa.
united states.
today i am working on writing my disassociation letter.
i successfully faded a year ago.
but i feel like i can't keep looking over my shoulder anymore i just need to be completely rid of this cult.. any suggestions on letter and it's content?.
I wouldn't write anythin cos your family will shun you ...do NOT give them the power over you !
They must obey the mother ship at all times. ...
if your going to cheat on your partner do not get photographed lol .
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/facebook-plea-viral-bolton-nightclub-10661313.
If your going to cheat on your partner do not get photographed lol
i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.
i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?
i've already found several by reading older posts..
it seems that hype is the only thing keeping jw.org alive and well these days (that and the money of suckers who continue to fall for it).. at meeting on monday, an elder announced "the faithful slave has seen it fit to change the format of our ministry in 2016, and more information will come".
i guess the desired reaction is to get jws preoccupied with what those changes could possibly be, and if it means that the end is nearer or some crap.. with that said, i've been suckered into wanting to know what these 'changes' will be.
does anyone know?
"No more preaching the end is nighh.
Oh and send us more money to store in out secret bunkers in case we don't die..
Go sell ur possessions and shun whom you love....
This is a message we recieved from above "
hi...wasn't really sure what subheading to post this in.
... ....but just wondering .. have any of the specials bethelites etc from ireland been axed now that the uk branch has control.
..and what about the poor sods who sold up hearth snd home and joined the temple farm project have they been kept on......
I know some of the self righteous morons o oops I mean elders involved
This poor woman had to ensure seeing her husband flounce about with another sister and she is the one that ends up in trouble...it would sound pure fiction....unless u have lived a simular nightmare yourself and know how their little brains tick. ...
Of course everyone is told she's just some batty old one with an axe to grind....more like a projection of what we will all be like if we don't escape in time....
And she had years of crap from the elders is say this was just the straw that broke the camels back
