this is my first time posting on here so i’m not sure where to start.
i’m trying to keep it as short as possible since i could expand much more.
i’ve been in the process of waking up in the last year and a half.
Hello Untruth
First of all, welcome to the forum. Unfortunately we have all been hoodwinked, deceived and fed blatant lies. I'm still in the process of fading, been inactive for going on 3 years. You know your wife better than anyone else, so best to take things slow, leaving seeds for thought which hopefully will help your wife.
There are many other forum users who will come along and be in a better position to offer advice.
Looking forward to reading your future posts.
just skimming the latest study wt that has been posted and what did i see...?.
i wonder what the message is that they want the flock to take from this picture?.
there is also an article about training younger men to take over responsibilities.
Pathetic and diabolical is what I say.
Is AM3rd et al so fixated on 'tight pants' that they have a fetish?
despite not wanting to be a jw anymore and not being at meetings for a few months, still have k. songs coming into my head- both from old and new song books - usually whilst working.
anyone else?
how does it make you feel?.
i decided to join this forum as have been lurking awhile.
there are lots of interesting topics on here that appeal to me.. i have been a witness for almost 3 decades and am very disillusioned with the organisation at this time.
i am beginning to see it in a new light as i am getting older.
Hello UTC and welcome.
just a few minutes till the start ..... we hope for a news from absalom and wifibandit very soon.. wifibandit, any tread on reddit for am?.
also there were some info about live stream.
any news about that..
Just viewed JWSurvey and read Lloyd Evans 'Cedars' latest article.
The new song book will be made available electronically. Hard copies (bound books) will only be available upon request. So I'm guessing that no longer will there be a supply kept in stock in the literature department.
See link to Cedars article: http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/the-2016-annual-meeting-the-most-uneventful-in-years
I have read some rumblings regarding Lloyd Evans 'Cedars' so I hope I'm not breaking any forum rules by posting a link to his website.
please share your experiences with being labeled as "bad association".
i was labelled with limted and distasteful association after i was caught smoking pot at school with some of my friends ( i am not condoning drug taking as a teenager, drug experimentation if possible should be kept until after you have finished developing into adulthood) thanks and look forward to your stories........
Every young jw with a non-jw father was marked as bad association in my congregation including me... Blondie
I concur; although my father was dfe'd ... added to that I'm an introvert by nature, meaning that I did not fit in and had only 1 or 2 close friends.
Not a pleasant experience by any stretch of the imagination.
i've always had the impression that they frowned upon it, but never quite knew for sure.....
I remember a comment made to me once by a brother; 'a bowl of soup never makes a christian'
My response; 'a magazine never filled an empty stomach'.
If looks could kill, I would have been dead!
i have far too many to name, however, i have noticed obscene music, cussing, lying and secretive gambling to name a few.
thoughts?.
I recall, many years ago, a brother delivering a part on the service meeting and the 'old chestnut' of not pursuing higher education was one of the main points. What do you need higher education for when the end is so near, right!
Meanwhile his daughter was studying for a university degree.
when you finally and officially exited the cult, whether it be by disfellowshipping, disassociating or fading - what was the first things you did that are considered "worldly"?.
for me, it was like crash landing on another planet that looked like earth but was completely different to the earth i knew.
i wanted to learn everything that i thought i already knew.. first things i did:.
Completed higher education and obtained Chartered membership of my profession
Now I enjoy living life on my own terms and no longer having to jump to the Orgs whims.
when you were "in" did you ever actually enjoy the ministry?
and i made no secret about it.
instead i would joke about me feather knocking, and made sure i had my bible in hand so as they come to the door they know what im about so they can shut me down before i even start.. i always wondered how or why there were people who enjoyed it.
I never did like field service and worst facet, for me, was street work.
