id wonder how many wives of servants had the upper hand so to speak, on issues, that of course, were supposed to be private, yet gee lets be honest, husbands and wives talk.
its nature.
so if you were a wife of a servant how much did you get involved?
That's a great questions swn!
I feel like in some couples, where the wife had a particularly strong personality, and the husband a weaker one, the wife did have an influence and could find things out if she wanted to (let's face it, women can be quite the amazing Delilah style manipulator when they want to be.)
sofia, I am hoping something changes for you...that your husband experiences or sees something that rocks his little world, so that it will wake him up and you can be free.
i am new to this forum - it is only a couple of weeks since i have allowed myself to acknowledge and research my doubts.
i am trying to be fair by reading both sides of the story and considering jw official explanation of confusing matters.
one of the issues i have been looking at is shunning - and i was shocked to see the misleading information about shunning on the jw.org website: .
'What have these people done to my brain!!!!!!!!'
Thats quite a realization, huh? Once you step away from it and start to see clearly, while sometimes still having anxiety they might be right, and the old thoughts popping up occasionally, but KNOWING they're not right, it's kind of freaky realizing how the mind control worked. These thoughts get further and further apart, the longer you are away from them.
i am new to this forum - it is only a couple of weeks since i have allowed myself to acknowledge and research my doubts.
i am trying to be fair by reading both sides of the story and considering jw official explanation of confusing matters.
one of the issues i have been looking at is shunning - and i was shocked to see the misleading information about shunning on the jw.org website: .
judicial committee invitation comes, with be there or be square consequences.. ( come or we will df you ).
what are the sure fire, tested and true tactics that will keep the elders off your back?
( for good ).
i stole this, from of all places, rick fearon.
i don't know who he stole it from.
please think of more.. things i trust more than the jehovah's witnesses governing body+ the media+ mexican tap water+ cappuccino from bill cosby+ a bigfoot sighting+ a politician who says "trust me"+ an al qaeda who wants flying lessons, but skips landing and take-offs+ a hillary clinton war story+ bill clinton wanting to give a speech at an all-female school+ gas station sushi+ a brian williams or bill o'rielly news report+ email from a nigerian prince.
Mel Gibson inebriated in a synagogue
i saw a jw literature cart, and two dubs standing behind it this weekend.
they set up at a popular well attended event in a small town that brings thousands of people from around the country.
even though i've been out and away from jws for some time, and no longer identify as one of them, and the people i was with had no clue, it was a bit embarrassing to see the cart and cult zombies with it.
i am new to this forum - it is only a couple of weeks since i have allowed myself to acknowledge and research my doubts.
i am trying to be fair by reading both sides of the story and considering jw official explanation of confusing matters.
one of the issues i have been looking at is shunning - and i was shocked to see the misleading information about shunning on the jw.org website: .
LHS, totally! As someone else said about Ray franz, he felt he was rejoining the human race.
I started actually TALKING to people, without reservation. Shoot even witnesses don't talk to eachother without reservation...scared to offer opinions, scared to reveal something about themselves that shows you don't agree with the society 100% on EVERYTHING, No surprise it becomes a lot easier to make real friends when you leave. The only challenge is not looking like a total weirdo when you want to talk to everyone about this cult religion you were raised in and left... I've learned to tone it back, but just did it again last night, eek! Not totally out of that phase yet apparently...
ok so here is the deal, as some of you who might have read my first post might remember, my parents are jw's while i myself have faded.
i have not told them that i don't believe in the borg and i have done my research and concluded it's a bunch of crap.
the main reason i haven't is because it would break my moms heart and probably send her into a deep depression (she suffers from depression).
so, not long ago i've told you guys how one of my only two jw friends saw my comment against the borg and called me about it.
well, the little fraker also called the elders to tell on me.
i know i've been a huge idiot for posting a comment about jw's on facebook, but nonetheless i did it and what's happened, happened.. two idiot elders came all the way from the nearest congo, 30 miles away to talk to me about it.
ok so here is the deal, as some of you who might have read my first post might remember, my parents are jw's while i myself have faded.
i have not told them that i don't believe in the borg and i have done my research and concluded it's a bunch of crap.
the main reason i haven't is because it would break my moms heart and probably send her into a deep depression (she suffers from depression).
Very tough situation because I know you don't want to tell your parents how you feel about the religion. My parents know how I feel about the religion but would still show videos to my kids. It had the opposite effect they intended, but my kids were old enough at the time to have their own minds about it.
This is awful for you, because your son is there every single day after school!! For three hours!! And I know how expensive after school daycare is, so you feel you have no other options. All you can do without changing your situation is keep talking to your son, make sure he stays skeptical about it. He sounds pretty skeptical already so that's good!
