co producer/director of new pbs special slotted to be aired in 2006 has mother who is jw.
check out this link:.
http://www.knocking.org/indexcont.html.
I agree that the JWs have their good points and they have benefited society in some ways, but I see far more harm to individuals involved with them than good.
I mean, which would you rather have, a family that doesn't completely shun you or the right as a US citizen not to salute the flag?
Tammy
I agree that the JWs have their good points. They have established great freedoms for all people in this country through their court cases. But as to whether bloodless surgery advances are that great a thing in the field of medicine is yet to be seen. So far it has had a very minor impact in the field of medicine.
And are people who don't agree with the JW teachings really invited to leave? This is quite an exaggeration. Kicked out and shunned is more accurate.
Also, while saying they are politically neutral regarding abortion and gay rights, they are not as unpolitical as they make themselves out to be. I do not believe they are the greatest example of a live and let live approach to tolerance that this website claims. Behind their facade they are staunch supporters of political campaigns to limit gay rights and abortions, even if they don't contribute money or votes to that cause.
So yes, they have their good points and they have benefited society in some ways, but I see far more harm to individuals involved with them than good.
I mean, which would you rather have, a family that doesn't completely shun you or the right as a US citizen not to salute the flag?
Tammy
if someone asked to state briefly why you left the jw brotherhood what would you say?
I spent too many years waiting for an Armageddon that didn't come and I was pretty sure it never would. If it did, I realized living forever with them would not be paradise; for me it would be hell. In the meantime it was my life, and I was pretty tired of them living it for me.
Tammy
the evidence is compelling!.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=644275.
sexuality determined by nature or nurture?
Genetic Schmenetic!
I'm all for scientific research on the matter, but would rather it not be used to force political correctness. I would rather see people treat homosexuals as people just because it is the right thing to do, not because a scientific study proves it is an unchangeable part of who they are, like race. Kudos to those straight people and some cities and states who have supported gay rights already in anti-discrimination laws just because it is the right thing to do and not because it is a required mandate of a politically correct legislation based on genetic research.
Tammy
i have, and i honestly don't seem to be getting the repercussions across.
my parents and siblings are not witnesses, so when i told them about the jc letter arriving, they just shrug their shoulders and say "so what?
have you ever had that experience?
I have, and I honestly don't seem to be getting the repercussions across. My parents and siblings are not witnesses, so when I told them about the JC letter arriving, they just shrug their shoulders and say "so what?"Have you ever had that experience?
I think that is what brings so many back to this site to post. Here is the only place where you can find other people who "get it" when you tell them stuff like that. My husband and friends try to be understanding, but sometimes I think they just don't have a clue about what it was really like. Tammy
my little sister (not a jw) forwarded me some pictures of my brothers 2 kids (jw and fanatically shuns me).
i would not have recognized them on the street.
just when you think you can't hurt anymore...something is always thrown in your face.
Yeah, losing your nieces and nephews is very hard. The only consolation I hold onto is that when they get older, if they ever smarten up and want to exit the cult, they know there is already someone who left successfully. Hopefully they will also know to contact me for help. I would do anything for those kids, except go back to living a lie.
Tammy
there was an article, i believe in the awake!, that talks about a hypothetical medical worker who in a hypothetical situation comes to find out that a jw has accepted a medical procedure that is not accepted by the wts.
this hypothetical worker must decide where or not she will report the hypothetical violation to the elders.
does anyone recall where i can find this article?
Great essay Scully!
Tammy
there was an article, i believe in the awake!, that talks about a hypothetical medical worker who in a hypothetical situation comes to find out that a jw has accepted a medical procedure that is not accepted by the wts.
this hypothetical worker must decide where or not she will report the hypothetical violation to the elders.
does anyone recall where i can find this article?
Mike,
I really enjoyed your rant!
Tammy
bonus points if you don't mention wt publications!!
the first book that ever made me cry was the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck.
most recently, i was reduced to a blubbering wreck reading the five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom.
Most recent recollections are:
A Father's Touch
Snow Falling on Cedars
Stones from the River
And strangely, a Robert Crais mystery, Voodoo River
hey ya everybody im new here just saying hi good to be here.. and i need some help if thats ok. i have been studying for about a year and know its the truth etc...but im not babtised.
but want to be...i need some help about family issues.... i wasent brought up in the truth and neither were/and are my mum and dad.
i know i shouldnt do this but i am.
Confession,
That was a very good post!
Thanks!
Tammy
