is it a common practice for jw parents to kick their children out of the home, if the child doesn't want to be a jw.
(even though their not disfellowshipped they will still get kicked out for not going to meetings etc.??).
do other religions encourage kicking family members out this as well?
I've have heard of some that have been unceremoniously kicked out. I know I would have been if I had stayed living at home and not gone to the meetings.
I saw a comment on Youtube where someone knew a sister who said 'if they aren't baptized by 16, their bags will be at the front door.'
But generally speaking, most parents wouldn't kick their kids out.
i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.
what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.
has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.
@amicabl
*vision of elder with swaying hips* is now in my mind!
@eyeuse2badub
They were, weren't they? Except 'Take Sides With Jehovah' Remember that rousing chorus? My dad used to belt it out.
I quite like some of the new songs but they all do sound a bit Pentecostal. Not very reverent.
I went to Rome a couple of years back and visited a small church my son and I came across. It was so quiet and peaceful in there and seemed more of a spiritual place that the kingdom halls. I remember feeling very guilty because I preferred it to the kingdom hall.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08yw11v at 28 minutes.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/26/jehovahs-witnesses-attacked-charity-commission-paedophilia-cover/ charity commission investigation report.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40719773?sthisfb written article on rose questioning his victim.
I had a surprising reaction by my devout witness friend to the BBC news last night. Her and her husband were outraged at the news. They were so shocked. My friend said when she came home from work today, her husband said he'd been reading up about child abuse in the JWs and he was furious. He said how can we go knocking on doors while the organization is hiding perverts??
I found this response encouraging because it shows it is getting through to some brothers and sisters.
well let me start with my age is 13 and i have been thinking about this jw thing and i need help i just dont know if i want to be one any more.. the help i need is some one to send me some links to places i can research i just dont know if i want to study with a jw any more..
Hi Akid48,
you sound a really smart kid. I wish I had been as smart as you at 13.
Everyone on here will help you. Get a good education and above all, listen to what everyone has said and do not get pushed into baptism. No matter what they say, do not do it.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/investigation-leads-to-improvements-in-safeguarding-at-jehovahs-witnesses-charity.
If I wasn't flying under the radar so to speak (trying to fade away quietly) I would share this all over my social media accounts. Well done BBC for such good coverage.
These vile elders make me sick. This is now becoming such a common story and JWs are so utterly blind they will read this and think it's Satan attacking them.
As a victim myself of sexual abuse by someone who became an elder, I am continually appalled by the extent to which elders will go to protect themselves and each other.
Sorry. Rant over :)
i don't mean for anyone to get into argument over this, i just want to hear what people believe.i hope that no one will mock or argue with someone else about their beliefs, i know that i won't in this topic.. i still believe in a christian god, not what jws believe, but believe that there has to be something after this life.
i am not sure about how armageddon would go, would it be like how evangelicals believe with a rapture or timing or anything, though i still believe in a form of armageddon.
i do think that all good people will go to heaven but i don't believe in a hell.
@James Jack
I'm with you, too! So confused.
i don't mean for anyone to get into argument over this, i just want to hear what people believe.i hope that no one will mock or argue with someone else about their beliefs, i know that i won't in this topic.. i still believe in a christian god, not what jws believe, but believe that there has to be something after this life.
i am not sure about how armageddon would go, would it be like how evangelicals believe with a rapture or timing or anything, though i still believe in a form of armageddon.
i do think that all good people will go to heaven but i don't believe in a hell.
John Davis
I may be in the minority but I do still believe in God. I still believe there is something else other than this life. I hope there is, I really do.
tonight i had an argument with both my parents.
my parents are aware of my feelings towards the organization, and it saddens them because i am their first born son.
they had high expectations of me, my father dreamt of him and i serving together as elders.
No, you are not being selfish. You cannot be something you don't want to be just because they have high expectations of you. I know you love your parents dearly but this is your life and you must live it the way you see fit.
You are young and free...go live your life! I wish I had instead of allowing myself to be controlled by my parents and then the WT.
Good luck (I can say that now I'm out, can't I?!)
the longer you are out the more you see how a cult steals all your time, resources and energy.
we wasted so much because we were witnesses!
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I gave them my entire life - 64 years.
I could have gone to university, I could have done so many, many things but was constantly stopped by the WT.
If I allow myself to think, I get so angry. But I won't give them a second more.
hey guys i just wanted to share with you all a video we made this week for watchtower victims memorial day.
cheers!
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Just watched it and it's so powerful. Well done.
Keep up the good work, you are helping so many people.
And for what it's worth, I'm old enough to be your mother and I'd be proud to have you two as a son and daughter.
I cannot, and never will, understand how a parent can throw a child away because a cult tells them to.
Much love to you and Katja.
