i just came back from the meeting .although the local announcements have been abolished recently as an item for the second part , an elder came on the platform to announce that the society needs more money and there is a letter on the noticeboard for all the congragation to read to this effect.
although the announcement was read half heartedly (this elder's daughter is an apostate ,it looks like he knows what's going on) the implictions are dramatic .
the society in brief,requests any brother or sister with funds sitting on personal accounts to loan them to the society ,he didn't go into any specifics but i will take a picture of the letter next time and make it available here .. i'm not amazed that they're asking for money ,i thought it will happen sooner or later .what i'm amazed is that 99% of the congragation are oblivious to the financial crisis that the society finds itself these days and the reasons why .i can see the future now .the watchtower will be the fist part of the babylon the great to go down in a blaze of scandals and financial troubles !.
This thread is not exactly massive news, they are always asking for money one way or another. With the mags now being cut down, some R & F will have reduced donations, so expect it.
Awatcher, welcome. I'm glad you have such unwavering faith, believing what you cannot see, however hold it against the evidence, real evidence, and find out for yourself. Don't believe all you are told.
did you go a little nuts as you were waking up and making your exit?
i had a few of the symptoms listed in hassan's, combatting cult mind control.
i couldn't pull my thoughts together.
I did, however this book here really helped: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Self-Help-Your-Nerves-overcoming/dp/0722531559
It is called
Self Help for Your Nerves: Learn to relax and enjoy life again by overcoming stress and fear
by Claire Weekes
hello, this is my first post and the first time i have told my entire story, albeit abridged, to anyone.
it will be a long story, sorry.. my grandparents were brought up with different religious backgrounds but converted to bible students around the depression era.
later, my grandfather met my grandmother through the congregation and got married until his death, having a marriage that lasted over four decades.
Welcome HC, you are clearly very 'switched on' and intelligent, well done for seeing through the BS so early on and not 'conforming', and I am really happy you have your mum as a good friend. Hope the 'healing' as you describe it continues for you, you are still young and have a lot of life ahead of you.
hello people,
i'd like to start by saying wow!
i've only just discovered this "world" of ex jw's so i'm still catching up on lots of stuff, my story is a bit long so don't know if people have patience to read :p but if you can bear the reading then i'm happy to share.
Great story, and welcome here. I can relate to your relationship with your mum, mine too used to phone and then text on my birthday, oddly enough she stopped when I stopped being a JW.
Remember though your parents are being controlled on what to think and do, in different circumstances, had they not become JWs I am sure they would act differently.
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i've been lurking around here for a while, so i feel like i know most of you already.
its been a rough 20 years getting here, but now here i am.
Hi Rooster, look forward to hearing more from you, glad to hear you have your immediate family with you too
just before i stepped off being an elder the local congo were buying a piece of land with a building on it to convert (no pun intended), into a kh.. .
one of the things as i understand it was that they were going to have a flat for the co in situ but report to the local authorities that it ws just a janitors flat.
apparently if the council knew it was for the co it would be unacceptable for some reason.
I recently heard of a new assembly hall being erected in a commercial area, they got permission for erecting a distribution centre making the claim that it is used for the distribution of WT magazines!
to the mod, if this is posted in the wrong place please feel free to move it to wherever is appropriate.. so here is another lurker turned community member.
i might write up a life story at some point, but for the sake of time here are the abc's of me.. raised a jw.
friends for the most part are all jw's.
Welcome, glad you are starting to see things more clearly, and wish you all the best on your journey
why didn't early apostles and christians speak of living forever on earth and growing to physical perfection if this was jehovah's plan all along for one of the two groups?.
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Because the "reward" for the group "early apostles and Christians" did not have a earthly hope.
NJY
NJY - if in 70CE over 1.1 million Jews were killed and 97,000 taken captive, plus others who fled, then Jesus message would surely have mentioned 2 hopes.
i have wrote six pages so far it seems the more i write the more i have to say .i have many mixed thoughts its frustrating to have to go this.
i wish i could just fade but that is not possable.
how long were your letters?.
I think the 6 pages are good for you by getting everything straight in your head, but won't fulfill anything else, a straightforward 'i no longer want to be known as a JW' will have the same effect on the elders as a full length article.
i was just thinking of of the fun i had since leaving the jws and many things i have done since would fall foul of judicial action.. .
even inviting a female neighbour over for tea could have caused problems, which got me to thinking.
how much fun can you have as a witness guilt free?.
A walk over the hills on new years day seemed to be a highlight for many.
Pioneer parties, where after a special month of effort, all the pioneers get invited, what a lovely clique that is.
Weddings always seem to be an odd one. Half having fun, the other half complaining the music's too loud.
