evening again.... i know this is my second part today but i've just been thinking.... possibly a stupid question, so don't laugh haha!.
can someone explain the difference between disassociation and disfellowshipping?.
never really heard of disassociation before if i'm totally honest!.
As far as you know then is there no real way of leaving without them shunning you?
It all depends on the kind of people your friends and family are. Some fade successfully and are not shunned by everyone, some don't manage it. It seems to take years and years to do it successfully, be warned.
evening everyone hope we're all oreyt!
first time posting.... bit of my background i grew up in the wts (still keep on almost calling it the "truth!
" lol) and have been pimo for around 2 years now.
Welcome Olig, enjoy your freedom.
l recently went to watch green book , which l thought was excellent , it had everything , it took me though the whole range of emotions , from anger to joy , laughing then wanting to cry .
the quiet dignity of dr shirley mixed with volatile nature of tony lipp and seeing their emerging friendship was wonderful .
what really shook me was that these attitudes existed in my lifetime , not that long ago .
I saw Three Billboards on a plane. I don't think I would have watched it otherwise with that plot but the acting was outstanding. Very good film.
l recently went to watch green book , which l thought was excellent , it had everything , it took me though the whole range of emotions , from anger to joy , laughing then wanting to cry .
the quiet dignity of dr shirley mixed with volatile nature of tony lipp and seeing their emerging friendship was wonderful .
what really shook me was that these attitudes existed in my lifetime , not that long ago .
I saw The Favourite, I see everything with Olivia Coleman in, she's a brilliant actor. I thought it was a sad film, a woman who had lost seventeen babies descending into mental illness. I didn't know anything about Queen Anne so it was interesting but dark.
Apart from that I've only seen Bohemian Rhapsody since Christmas which was very, very good, love Queen's music. So glad Rami Malek won the BAFTA, well deserved.
There's been nothing else I wanted to see but now I want to go and see Alita, Battle Angel, about the young cyborg. It looks good.
have not read it yet but will later.. https://www.economist.com/erasmus/2019/02/09/jehovahs-witnesses-often-clash-with-earthly-powers?fsrc=gp_en?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/jehovahswitnessesoftenclashwithearthlypowersreligioussects.
Interesting article, I didn't have any problem reading it.
it didn't win but it was nominated in the outstanding debut film category!
wow!.
they showed a clip and gave a very short explanation of the plot.
It didn't win but it was nominated in the Outstanding Debut film category! Wow!
They showed a clip and gave a very short explanation of the plot. It's all good publicity.
it strikes me that 'home schooling' is something often favored for jw kids, i've come across a number of families that do just that lately.
and, that got me thinking, is this just a cop out for a proper education?.
i am sure it is pretty difficult for a home schooled kid to get into a good university to study something like law or medicine.
It depends on the intelligence of the parents. My niece was home schooled by very intelligent parents, both exJWs, he's a computer programmer, she taught herself to speak Japanese. My niece now has a bachelors degree, a masters and a PhD.
My sister's children on the other hand were raised by JWs and haven't done so well. My eldest nephew is very bright and is doing 'something in computers' which could mean data entry for all they've told me. The other two nephews as far as I know are still living at home, they're in their thirties, not sure if they even have jobs. I haven't seen them for fifteen years.
My niece did struggle with sixth form college at sixteen to do her A levels because she hadn't been socialised by school but she seems to be very confident now and she works in London.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekf6ghfcqic&list=pl3-srm8xazy-w9gs19plxmyfrtujcuujy&index=11.
cant say much song says it all.. hope can come out of it alive and in one piece.
(hope this is not my last comments).thanks everyone for all your support and kind words.. peace.
I hope you're okay Zing, hang in there!
lego animation about the prodigal son with a twist... includes part of a recorded elders reinstatement meeting.
jw wolves at their best.
https://youtu.be/jl3lu1u4rlg.
Welcome to the forum Azazel. Thanks for the vid, very good one.
"(in the prodigal daughter parable) Jesus must have forgotten the part about the judicial committee."!
Wow that recording of the reinstatement meeting was so powerful, the emotion in her voice and the complete lack of compassion in the elders. Plus the obsession with asking about her sex life.
Thanks.
it's been a long time since i last kept you up to date with leaving process.
well, i got another teaching job, i started to work in october and my contract will expire in july.
that's is almost a year of financial security and i have the certainty that i will be called in a different school in september until i eventually get a fixed post - this is how it works in state schools in spain.
Congratulations on your teaching contract and moving out to live on your own! I hope you get a permanent post soon.
I'm not going to tell you what to do, you seem happy with your life so why worry about making a big show of leaving the JWs. Hopefully your life will simply move on and be filled with your job, enjoying your new home and the new friends you will make from your job. It will happen naturally.
Either your JW friends will drop off as you do less in the religion or they will stick with you. No need to make a big deal with your parents just take your time.
You say you know you need to make that final step but nobody here is telling you to do that. Do what makes you happy.
