as the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..
everything
even the one holiday we celebrate sucked
talking snakes.....please
talking donkeys...unreal
shunning...this one really gets my goat
1914 teaching....have seen so many of my relatives die believing in this pipe dream
demons are everywhere.....caused a couple of my family members to lose their mind
elders are future princes.........if those people are to be the princes where do i sign up for the revolt?
we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .
it was only nice cause i was a kid and didnt know any better but even as a kid it was too restrictive
i hated field service
i hated the ministry school
i hated celebrating absolutely nothing and never getting anything
i hated out of a class of 5 witnesses being the only one ever freaking year that had the balls to speak up and tell the new teacher what we did and didnt celebrate
i hated the bible based butt whippings i use to get
so you see i would have left anyway no matter how fun the district conventions an dramas back then were
i believe that the older you are the harder it is to leave the watchtower.. .
i am attempting to get a list of ages people learnt the "truth" and what age they left.. .
uun.
0-15 baptized left at 17
my friend's daughter, who was baptized at 14, has decided to leave the witnesses.
she's in her early 20's.
she's stopped going to meeting a while ago and moved in with her father who is disfellowshipped.
man this is a sick sick cult there like getting herpers or something they just dont want to leave you alone.sending letters in the mail unreal surprised i never got one.
for me, that happy day was in morro bay, calif. it was the fall, oct 1958 or 9. gorgeous weather.
the sun was shining and the wind was coming off of the ocean.. at that time, morro bay was unassigned territory.. talesin on another thread was talking about a lovely day she had, going with her grandfather, talking with a mr languages.
lol.
The day i stopped going
so the rc really sucked, but i made it through.
the propaganda was mind blowing.
i don't know if the crap will be available on the official website or not, but hopefully it gets leaked somehow.
hey data dog i have always enjoyed your post and this one this one would be so so comical if it wasnt so true i can feel your pain, i look at my parents an consider them a lost cause same might be true of your wife,but your daughter is young please please hang in there dont let her childhood get stolen like so many of ours
You started a new job is it possible to relocate to another city with that job perhaps they have openings in other cities or at the very least a time schedule that interfers with meeting times.
In the meantime get a drink and relax i hate seeing someone's back against the wall because of this destructive cult
we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .
i would say the conventions at the capitol center in landover,md in the early 80s were fun seeing all your family and friends getting those food tickets to buy cheese danishes mmmmm the good ole days
my congregation got a reminder today to start donating money.
elder said that after the letter on the new donation arrangement was read, the contributions for that fund went from the average (i believe it was $500 or so) to $0.
after that reminder, cash was put into those boxes.
lol adcms im dying here......why does god need money indeed
a loud get well grace from all of us to you.
everyone, grace has been in and out of the hospital and i'm sure she would love to read your get wells.
we miss you grace:) wish i could post pictures.
get well grace soon
i am inactive for about 10 years now..
inactive for 23 years after i was reproved i was done.
