Posts by FayeDunaway

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Hello Everyone

by MarieK in

i hope everyone is having a good saturday.

i've visited this many times in the past month or so, joined yesterday and finally got the nerve to post!

needless to say, i'm super nervous, being new to this whole experience.

FayeDunaway

Omg, such good news that your husband is already awake!! I'm so excited for you. And your kids are going to grow up normally, only 1 and 3!!!

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My sister is being harassed by the elders

by opusdei1972 in

sometime ago i wrote here in this forum about the case of my sister, who decided to stop attending the meetings because she realised that the watchtower society is an evil organization.

this happened more than one year ago.

i am not living in the same country of my sister, so i learn about her case when she calls me or when she write me through whatsapp.

If they already are calling her for a judicial committee it may be too late. I'm thinking in her situation, just let herself be free of it all. Quickly she will see how they have no real power over her, and she will be completely free to live her own life. She could talk to people she cares about and tell them what is happening to her, so they know it was simple questions they are disfellowshipping her for. This way she would not really be defamed, but they would know she wasn't treated right.

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My sister is being harassed by the elders

by opusdei1972 in

sometime ago i wrote here in this forum about the case of my sister, who decided to stop attending the meetings because she realised that the watchtower society is an evil organization.

this happened more than one year ago.

i am not living in the same country of my sister, so i learn about her case when she calls me or when she write me through whatsapp.

FayeDunaway

Thanks for explaining that, opus. It would be interesting seeing what happens with those 3 kids in her class. The parents would probably request a different teacher. I don't think they would try to get her removed. But you never know! Good she has the support of the principal.

What have the elders got on her? How do they know she's 'apostate'?

And how wonderful your whole family is out!! Not many of us can say that.

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My sister is being harassed by the elders

by opusdei1972 in

sometime ago i wrote here in this forum about the case of my sister, who decided to stop attending the meetings because she realised that the watchtower society is an evil organization.

this happened more than one year ago.

i am not living in the same country of my sister, so i learn about her case when she calls me or when she write me through whatsapp.

FayeDunaway

Opus, what will your sister lose if she is df'd?

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What started me on the path to waking up about the lies the WT teaches?

by oppostate in

it was a simple question: isn't jesus my "mediator" if i put faith in him like the scriptures say?

the research to that answer, from the w79 4/1 p. 31, was mind blowing.

how dare they deny me a belief firmly stated in the scriptures?

FayeDunaway

After the first wake up, all their other bizarre teachings started falling like dominos. It was like the theme song to 'Community.'

i can't count the reasons I should stay

one by one they all just fade away

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Hello Everyone

by MarieK in

i hope everyone is having a good saturday.

i've visited this many times in the past month or so, joined yesterday and finally got the nerve to post!

needless to say, i'm super nervous, being new to this whole experience.

FayeDunaway

Even if you're born in, there's that lingering feeling that something is just not right. What I don't understand is the people who never have had that feeling! It takes a special kind of blindness, maybe.

Looking forward to your story, and congrats on your courage to come and write. When I was still in I never posted.

Im hoping your family stays intact through all of this. Something is going to change, because people can't keep pretending forever. It's a scary time but I think we all would say it was worth it. I definitely say it is.

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What started me on the path to waking up about the lies the WT teaches?

by oppostate in

it was a simple question: isn't jesus my "mediator" if i put faith in him like the scriptures say?

the research to that answer, from the w79 4/1 p. 31, was mind blowing.

how dare they deny me a belief firmly stated in the scriptures?

FayeDunaway

Deciding that all who benefit from Jesus' sacrifice can partake. Swore to myself I could never go to another memorial and pass, reject, his sacrifice again. And I havent! But partake monthly at my new church, and I never take it for granted.

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Why is shunning unloveing

by poopie in

jw
friends

please give reasons for all the lurkers.

and why does shunning show the same attitude as the pharisees?

FayeDunaway

I'll make this simple: Get baptized to make your family and community happy. Later change your mind about the religion, lose your family and anyone you've ever been allowed to be close to.

Loving? No.

Controlling. Vengeful. Hateful.

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Vacation Time! Going To A Regional?

by millie210 in

this is the first year i have not been at a summer assembly.. the friends here locally just got back from the regional in our area.. they mostly took their vacation time from work to attend.. while they were gone i had an epiphany...... why is it that the rank and file take their summer vacation time to attend an assembly (we have all heard this hammered in from the platform) whereas the governing body attend as part of their "work".. it cant be as simple as "well, they are giving talks" because there are many brothers that give talks from the rank and file also who have used up precious vacation hours and drug their entire family there plus give their parts.. or what about other brothers and sisters who volunteer and clean at the assembly.

on vacation.. so the pubs.

travel at their own expense, pay for their own rooms and food, and give parts and it is supposed to be viewed as their vacation.. the gb and c.o.s travel to the same assembly and stay in provided for accomadations, give a talk or two and they are "working".. what is that about?.

FayeDunaway

AND everywhere they go they are worshipped as gods among men!

but I forgot to add to my post above....what do you get to hear during all those talks? That you are not good enough. That you need to be doing more more more and giving more more more of your time and money and energy because it is never quite enough, and are you sure Jehovah loves you and you will make it through Armageddon?

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Vacation Time! Going To A Regional?

by millie210 in

this is the first year i have not been at a summer assembly.. the friends here locally just got back from the regional in our area.. they mostly took their vacation time from work to attend.. while they were gone i had an epiphany...... why is it that the rank and file take their summer vacation time to attend an assembly (we have all heard this hammered in from the platform) whereas the governing body attend as part of their "work".. it cant be as simple as "well, they are giving talks" because there are many brothers that give talks from the rank and file also who have used up precious vacation hours and drug their entire family there plus give their parts.. or what about other brothers and sisters who volunteer and clean at the assembly.

on vacation.. so the pubs.

travel at their own expense, pay for their own rooms and food, and give parts and it is supposed to be viewed as their vacation.. the gb and c.o.s travel to the same assembly and stay in provided for accomadations, give a talk or two and they are "working".. what is that about?.

FayeDunaway

Going to the convention: pay for nice clothing that follows all the guidelines for how a witness should dress. Pay for the hotel that they tell you to stay at. Pay for the gas to get there. Bring all your own food (what other venue makes you do that?). Sit all day in often sweltering heat, listening to men drone, talk after talk. TRY to control your small kids, who do not naturally and should not sit all day without making noise. Get up and walk them around in uncomfortable shoes till they fall asleep. Eat the lunch you brought in the same uncomfortable chairs you have sat in all day. Highlight: getting a new boring publication to read, don't forget to donate for it. Donate toward the 'assembly expenses.' Drive back home. Wow wasn't that refreshing? Best assembly ever!