i'm having one of those days where i feel lonely and wish i had someone to just hang out with.
my husband got disfellowshipped 3 years ago and even though i didn't do anything wrong i was pushed away.
my so called "friends" decided to avoid me.
As a previous poster said about joining a support group if you haven`t already done so having two autistic children must take a lot out of you emotionally and you need support and encouragement .
Don`t deprive yourself , be pro-active in seeking out acquaintances who may very well end up being life-long friends
The advice given here on this forum could be the making of the new you
Good luck .And tell us how things worked out for you in the future,
i'm having one of those days where i feel lonely and wish i had someone to just hang out with.
my husband got disfellowshipped 3 years ago and even though i didn't do anything wrong i was pushed away.
my so called "friends" decided to avoid me.
With new people you meet you don`t have to /need to, tell them of your past association with the JW religion either as that could jeopardize any relationship as worldly people can be Judgemental
also on first appearances.
I have made great friends with people over the years who have no idea I was a die-hard JW for over 33 years .
just saying
i remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.
he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.
interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.
Elder during elder meeting: “some one here must made a serious sin. I feel the holy ghost is not present”.
I can relate to that one Gorby one Elder in particular was always on about that when he didn`t think the congregation was being more productive in Bible study`s and return visits
i remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.
he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.
interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.
This statement from an Elder .I kid you not .:
About a TV show in Australia. "Skippy The Bush Kangaroo"
"That kangaroo has to be Demonized to do all that things he does."
https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/malawi/letter-writing-campaign-for-russia/.
are watchtower mad!!!!
did they really just go and make a 5 mintute video showing brothers and sister in malawi writing letters to the russian government.. just seen a post on my fb from a current sister who thinks its great.
Contrast the situation with the Brothers/Sisters in Malawi with the brothers in Mexico in the same time period with the persecution going on in Malawi by the regime of President Banda.and the complicit compromise of the brothers in Mexico.
It is hard to comprehend the duplicity that takes place within the Governing Body ,but hey the same thing happened with the membership of the United Nations with the difference of the lives that were lost in Malawi and the rape of many sisters and the displacement of so many lives and families whereas all the Mexican brothers had to do which they did was give a bribe to the officials and go free.
All with the knowledge and sanction of the Governing Body of the WTB&TS .
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time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana..
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i remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.
he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.
interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.
1.Jehovah`s have preached in all the inhabited earth ? No they haven`t.
2.Jehovah`s Witnesses are the only ones who preach Bible truth ? How come since they keep changing the "truth"
3.We abhor child sex abusers,:
Then why has there been such a cover up and a failure to report abusers of child sexual abuse in so many congregations all around the world ?
Elders conducting judicial Committee meetings in house about allegations of child sexual abuse and not once contacting the police or child protection authorities about these allegations and meeting out sanctions either against the perpetrator and even the victim of such an abuse in certain situations.
for an all powerful, all knowing god it seems most of his plans go awry, so why assume that armageddon/ new system will work?
look at the track record.
... adam and eve... went wrong.
I second that punkofnice.
i came to the conclusion a long time ago that many jehovah`s witnesses are very superstitious in my opinion.. if after leaving the jw`s or even sometime before leaving the jw`s you may have been tempted to use the pokie`s /slots or the lotto , or even the roulette wheel at a casino .
now did you know that if you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel it adds up to 666 .?.
now i have no problem myself playing lotto ,keno ,scratchies ,etc,however ,would i ever play the roulette wheel ever again ?.
The thing with gambling of any sort is only to play with a set amount you can afford to lose and hopefully come out a winner .
And never try to recover your losses .
If you do have a win use it to benefit yourself in some way by getting something you need or want for you personally or your home or loved ones.
The problem with gambling is it can easily become an addiction and that is a real problem that can destroy marriages and families.
And society/Governments today are hypocritical as to their approach to this problem ,advertising is all over the media to wager in one form or another and on the other hand advertise against gambling.
Though I guess they are trying to strike a balance ,however they do benefit financially from gamblers overall.
jw father in law in hospital, this weekend, maybe last days of his life.
with his last energy he was reading a watchtower magazine for comfort.
i could understand.
JW father in law in hospital, this weekend, maybe last days of his life. With his last energy he was reading a Watchtower magazine for comfort. I could understand.
I`m sorry that you are going through this Gorby obviously you still have a strong connection with your father in law and relatives .
You were their for your father in law and he got comfort from the Mags.
You did the humane thing comforting your father in law in his last days in spite of you not agreeing with his point of view.
As for the quality of the magazines Jehovah`s Witnesses printed they never came within cooee (an Australian expression ) of "The plain Truth" a high gloss magazine freely given away for free many years before the WT gave their mags away for nothing.
take care Bro.
