i found this experience on reddit today.
disfellowshipping never really bothered me.
i always thought it was just another way of getting rid of members that weren't welcome anymore.. but i've changed my mind.
So did you join the WT for a while ?
I gained an interest in JWs during doorstep chats when l realised how screwed some of their doctrine, not to mention their methods , are .
I actually learned a lot myself because sometimes l knew what they were saying was wrong but couldn't show them precise Biblical evidence to prove it .
So l dug deeper to find answers to their erroneous arguments.
Jan
i found this experience on reddit today.
disfellowshipping never really bothered me.
i always thought it was just another way of getting rid of members that weren't welcome anymore.. but i've changed my mind.
LHG , you have mentioned a couple of times the help that churchianity gives to people in need and how some JWs end up needing that help .
In my town. not far from me , is a place set up by the working together of a Christian charity and the local church to help young homeless people ( 16 - 25 ) . They provide accommodation and life lessons , like money management , as well as helping find work and permanent homes.
I know for a fact that at least one young man from a JW family has needed their help . I didn't find this out from TCHA but from his own grandmother, a local JW . She really didn't see the irony of this .
Jan
i found this experience on reddit today.
disfellowshipping never really bothered me.
i always thought it was just another way of getting rid of members that weren't welcome anymore.. but i've changed my mind.
Yes LGH , like Pete l meant no offence . However it would seem that JWs don't plan for old age and do seem to expect their children to take care of them . Which seems silly as everyone is encouraged to take low paid jobs or part time jobs and probably struggle to take care of themselves let alone other people.
Jan
i found this experience on reddit today.
disfellowshipping never really bothered me.
i always thought it was just another way of getting rid of members that weren't welcome anymore.. but i've changed my mind.
I think that not shunning children for the selfish reason that you might need their help when you get old isn't valid .
You choose to have children , they don't choose to be born or to have you as parents . What emotional damage does it do to those children to have their parents turn their backs on them ?
Jan
it just that the gb has a problem mixing biblical fact with goofy opinions.. but at least is isn't like the churces!.
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I will just give up l think. 😂
Jan
it just that the gb has a problem mixing biblical fact with goofy opinions.. but at least is isn't like the churces!.
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Thanks Jeffro . I thought that Simon had disfellowshipped him . 😁
Jan
it just that the gb has a problem mixing biblical fact with goofy opinions.. but at least is isn't like the churces!.
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So , l obviously hadn't read Simon's post before l commented. 😂 . Doh .
Jan
it just that the gb has a problem mixing biblical fact with goofy opinions.. but at least is isn't like the churces!.
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Truth you haven't answered my question . You obviously aren't going to engage with people , just criticise .
I'm not asking you to believe something just because l say it . Although that is the WT way . I'm asking if you have done any independent research or just believed the WT without testing what they say .
Jan
it just that the gb has a problem mixing biblical fact with goofy opinions.. but at least is isn't like the churces!.
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Hi , lm a life long Anglican, so part of what you seem to hate .
Where do you get your info about Christendom ? From the WT ? Do you simply believe everything that the WT tells you or have you looked into stuff for yourself? If you are a good JW then you won't have done that, because it's not allowed is it . So you're in a catch 22 situation . " Believe what we say , because we say it , and don't check it out because we don't allow it "
Jan
i realize many here think that in-person meetings will return as soon as things are safe with covid.
but many acknowledge it will likely be 2022 or later when this happens.. surprisingly, many pimi jws in our congregation are not shy about saying they are fine with zoom meetings forever and do not want to go back to in-person meetings.
many speculate similar thoughts that are on this site....such as a combination of in-person and zoom meetings.
Vidiot , that's a really good question to which l do not have an answer. I have never attended a Kingdom Hall so l can't make a comparison .
I do find it interesting , though , that it does appear that many JWs aren't pushing each other out of the way to get back in . The reluctance to attend meetings does say something about KHs or at least what goes on in them . As you imply they aren't happy places , but then the whole JW experience seems to be aimed at making people miserable.
