http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137647n.
link to cbs docu-drama of jw elder who leaves wife for jw, followed by suspicious death.
video..
How in the heck are these people JWs? He was an elder in her cong and they had an affair? She was in law enforcement? When did she become a Dub? Kid doing the peeping tom on his stepmother? Dad has facial hair! Sleeping with ex-wife? Was she a JW too? Kid on crystal meth? No mention of any congregation action. Something's not adding up. Maybe I'll have to read the book.
They seem like a scummy family, no matter how you slice it.
i have often wondered if there is any actual archealogical evidence that jesus existed other than the claims of the bible.. i don't want to go down the route of 'you can't prove he didn't exist' as this is tiresome.
or 'well pontius pilate existed we found a stone with his name on so it follows jesus existed!
' that won't cut it.
The question could be expanded to include any Bible character. Esther, Ruth, Moses, David?
I've wondered about that too. All I have in my head are JW arguments.
here are some sample expressions i found on-line.
my spouse is not abusive, mean, a bad person, an adulterer or any of those other labels.
my spouse refuses to grow up.
My parents pushed me into marriage at age 18, and it was a huge mistake. I didn't love him, and he was only interested in sex.
I was unhappy, and I let him know - respectfully and calmly - I wanted to talk it out and come to an understanding.
He essentially treated me like an appliance. When you want toast your toaster becomes very important, but the rest of the time it is ignored on the counter.
I detailed what I wanted, and he said he agreed that I was right and he promised he would make an effort to be more loving and thoughtful.
We had this conversation approximately once every 3 months for the 27 years we were married. He never made even the slightest effort to accommodate me.
I finally told him that if he didn't show some progress I would leave him. Even that had no effect on him, so I left.
I have had so much more energy since I left him that I have to believe that remaining in that marriage was sucking the life out of me.
So yes, unhappiness is a valid reason for divorce. I should have left him in the first year.
some people leave because they are fed up with the elders.
others have personality issues.
some have doctrinal and prophecy reasons.
Referring to a watcher, not the pedophilia (we posted at the same time...)
Whew! You had me worried.
we know the "bar" for pubs.
was lowered, 15 min/month pubs are counted.
increases in pubs are decreasing annually, 1.9% worldwide, .9% u.s. .
Jeepers, I don't even remember that. Yippee! I'm getting deprogrammed.
I used to temporary pioneer when I was a teenager. It was 75 hours for the first month, but if you did it two or more months in a row the succeeding months were 100 hours. Seventy hours for regular pioneers seems wimpy to me.
i gave a lot of talks as a jw.
beeing the only elder in a cong for almost three years, i've been on the platform at every meeting (also at ca and dc).
but thats long ago.
Way to go! Knock 'em dead!
some people leave because they are fed up with the elders.
others have personality issues.
some have doctrinal and prophecy reasons.
PEDOPHILIA!
i just thought i'd amuse myself by seeing what madness awaits in the new 2013 yearbook.. you might like to read some of the gems i've uncovered.... .
"true christians are soon to cross into the promised new world, so they need to be courageous and strong.
how soon are we talking about?
For sure, they want people to believe that failure to attend boasting sessions results in your dying in a plane crash. Which happened in Nigeria, where corruption and scams dominate (and things are generally far from safe). The plane could just as easily have gone down onto the Kingdumb Hell
How many of these stories have we heard over the years? What about that KH bombing in Australia years ago? In that instance it would have been better to have been lolling on the couch watching TV at home.
we know the "bar" for pubs.
was lowered, 15 min/month pubs are counted.
increases in pubs are decreasing annually, 1.9% worldwide, .9% u.s. .
Are you sure that the 70-hour requirement started that long ago? I remember it was still 90 hours a month when I left in 2004.
1. my husband's time is finite, it's wasted on spouses arguing over money, sex or family mattters with stupid home visits.. .
i hate people's constant open hand for money, it's the weak individuals asking others to pull their weight.
my family worked extra hours instead of begging the strong members for district assembly money, cat food for seven cats or tiny little rag-a-muffins weiner dogs.. .
Boy, can I relate to Aunt Connie's rant.
I did all that stuff too - elder hubby, pioneering with a car load of old people, taking on the nasty jobs around the KH, etc, etc. My husband was out all the time doing shepherding. We moved to where the need was great, making a huge sacrifice.
Hubby's parents never saw to it that he got trained in a trade (because the NS was coming before he got out of high school - he graduated in 1970) so we were dirt poor most of the time.
My brother, however, was the shining star of the family. He spent 18 years at Bethel and was even allowed to get married while there and bring his wife to Bethel. Even though I was busting my butt to be an exemplary witness while holding down a full-time job, my parents always told me to encourage my brother and sister-in-law because "they work so hard and they are making such a sacrifice." Yeah, they had people to do their cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc. but I had to do all that stuff myself.
I finally got fed up with the pedophilia issue, inconsistencies in teachings, lack of love, and other things. I found an online community and built up a network of friends outside of the congregation which made it much easier to leave my family and congregation (and marriage) behind.
It wasn't easy to start over at age 45, but I did it, and I'm so much happier out from under the harsh yoke of being a JW. It takes courage, but you can do it. Let your anger motivate you.
Check out my blog: The Odd Life of Jehovah's Witnesses
I think you'll find some comfort and catharsis there.
