Stuck;
Keep your chin up and move forward.
As Redpilltwice stated;
... Try to stand above it, maybe someone who really knows you as you are will wake up from this BS ...
i have had it confirmed now, that since stopping attending over 18 months ago, the elders have set out to deliberately ruin my name and character .. they have been talking to every witness from the local area and saying things like "be careful of him, he has the ability to implant thoughts in your minds, and he only pretends to be kind and caring".
so, all i have to say to them is, "bravo!
if that is the method you want to employ, you have reached the very depths of bad behaviour!".
Stuck;
Keep your chin up and move forward.
As Redpilltwice stated;
... Try to stand above it, maybe someone who really knows you as you are will wake up from this BS ...
day two (wednesday 8 february 2017).
see also posts and threads regarding: pre-trial / day one / day one update / day five (last day, settlement).
jefferson: not totally.. zeff: okay.
... In one of the most insidious and outrageous statements of the trial, Thomas Jefferson admitted what so many victims of child abuse already know – that Jehovah’s Witnesses [the Organisation] have no regard for the community at large, and their failure to report suspected child abuse places the entire community at risk by failing to report a predator ... Note: I inserted 'the Organisation'; to be fair, there are many people 'still trapped' within that do care.
Yep; sums it all up for me.
has a profound influence on our life.
on the one hand we have the background of our childhood, our upbringing, but when we leave and become apart of society, our witness traits and their set of beliefs are not tailored to fit in.
however as i slowly learnt to know longer judge from the perspective of my witness life, i also learnt i am simply an ordinary person.
@ The Rebel
Great post. Ordinary people are not the Ogres we were led to believe.
As Phizzy mentioned; you will find idiots in all walks of life including among the JW's.
I find that I am so much more calmer and at peace with myself since I let go of the burden (JW Org) that was once bearing me down.
saw this on another exjw site and had a good laugh.. hope you get a kick out of it too ;).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb2wzmfccdq&feature=youtu.be.
Saw this on another exjw site and had a good laugh.
Hope you get a kick out of it too ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB2WZMfcCDQ&feature=youtu.be
8 months df'd.
loving a life of freedom.
however, my family are all shunning me.
@ PE
I, too, am sorry to read about your mom's behaviour toward you. It's just not natural for a mother to act this way toward their son or daughter.
Plenty of excellent advice has been given. I cannot add anything to it except, and it won't be easy or relieve the pain you're experiencing, that you move forward with your own life, and give your daughter the best life opportunities within your means.
Best wishes to you.
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/jun/24/ticker-judge-sanctions-jehovahs-witnesses/#.
it's heading towards $900,000 now..
SNAP is now a very large grassroots movement in many country's not just the US and even though it has been painfully slow it has had huge impacts on the Church. Not enough in my opinion but still something is better than not doing anything and saying oh well it's a losing battle why bother. ... life is to short
As the great parliamentarian, Edmund Burke, once said;
'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (and woman) to do nothing.'
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/jun/24/ticker-judge-sanctions-jehovahs-witnesses/#.
it's heading towards $900,000 now..
On Cedars website (JWSurvey) he has a counter totalling up the accumulating daily fine.
As of today 29 January 17, at 16.34 GMT - and if accurate, the fine stands at: $ 877 005.00 - and counting.
A drop in the bucket - they could probably pay the fine out of the petty cash - but not a good advert by anyones standard.
at least, that is how i see it... the article "the judge of all the earth always does what is right".
paragraph 6 & 7 .
6 consider the experience of willi diehl.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this.
lucius annaeus seneca, roman statesman, 4bc - 65ad: "religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.".
this comes to mind as trump has been throwing the word "god" around.
there are a lot of outwardly religious people in this government.. benjamin franklin: "the way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason.".
And this is the view of a clergyman - Charles Kingsley, a Canon of the Church of England.
"We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's hand book, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they were being overloaded, a mere book to keep the poor in order."
consider this an update for those that remember me here.... when i left in 2006, it started a 10 year journey into a new phase.
no more "safety".
some people want to be their own person.
... 'The real truth is this: YOU and I are the only way to beat GB 2.0, simply by being the best versions of ourselves, our talents, gifts, unique points of view, etc. That's my goal anyway'.... AllTimeJeff
Well said!