hey guys!
some of you might know about my latest clash with the elders.
i see the pressure this cult is putting on my family.
Hey kairos, nice new avatar!
yeah, even if you could rise to be a CO, which is highly unlikely, you are still pretty voiceless to make any change.
Change will come eventually. Either they will get old/die out, lose too much money from litigation and lack of first world publishers/donators, or they will mellow out (for business reasons, no doubt) and become more mainstream.
so many of us have been caught up in the negative effects this religion placed over our lives and those who we love very much.
i am the first one to tell my kids "i don't know s&^^ about this or that subject", if the watchtower is truly our brother or spiritual mother why don't they tell us the following questions we all have asked them?.
1. we screwed up about 1914 and "life is short, go live your life to the fullest while maintaining justice and morality, don't hurt your fellow man by making his life screwed up!.
i've watched the reaction to the nepal disaster for the first time with eyes opened.
lots of comments about praying for the brothers and sisters affected.
the official release on the website references only the sister and her two children that died, along with the impact on the brothers there.
i find it hard to believe that adults on this forum make such a big deal about not celebrating birthdays, x-mas, easter, halloween, etc, etc, etc.
i grew up as a jw kid and it actually made me feel good, being different from the other kids in school.
we went to meetings.
i've watched the reaction to the nepal disaster for the first time with eyes opened.
lots of comments about praying for the brothers and sisters affected.
the official release on the website references only the sister and her two children that died, along with the impact on the brothers there.
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
