for years, i was told this..... " anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back???
guess what guys i am the opposite, now i quit cold-turkey (looking back, i should have faded correctly) i am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me.
since i have left the meetings, (jan. was my last meeting, i think).
So a brother randomly drops by my work today. (I work in a 15 stroy building-floor 8) and I get called by the receptionist to go down to the lobby. Long story short, he says that you can't expect Jah's blessing if you don't go to meetings.
I gave the example of Job and Abraham of how people can be blessed by Jah for their condition of their heart not if they were Isrealites or JW's the bro was left stumped. LOL
for years, i was told this..... " anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back???
guess what guys i am the opposite, now i quit cold-turkey (looking back, i should have faded correctly) i am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me.
since i have left the meetings, (jan. was my last meeting, i think).
El Guapo, Wow. I am so happy your health has improved. No waiting on Jehovah. lol Are you really going to Memorial at your old Hall or are you just pulling our leg? If you do go, are you fitting into an old suit, or are you going to buy a new one?
Just Lois
No, I am seriously planning on going.
A brother came by my house last night to drop off a memorial inviation. He said we missed you and I wanted to bring this to you. I asked: Do you miss ME, really? I haven't been to a meeting in 3 months and you've never called me? Do you only care for me if I got to meetings? He said: Uhhh I gotta go. LOL
I do have to take a suit to get altered, no way it's fitting.
for years, i was told this..... " anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back???
guess what guys i am the opposite, now i quit cold-turkey (looking back, i should have faded correctly) i am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me.
since i have left the meetings, (jan. was my last meeting, i think).
For years, I was told this..... " Anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back??? Guess what guys I am the opposite, Now I quit cold-turkey (looking back, I should have faded correctly) I am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me. My response, I still live at the same place, why didn't you ever stop by? You missed me?, Why didn't you call or text? You have a weird way of showing it. LOL
Since I have left the meetings, (Jan. was my last meeting, I think)
I have lost 33 lbs (as of 03/06/2013), my blood sugar has never been more stable, and I am on track for being the employee of the quarter..... NEVER been happier!
i think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love.
" so i'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- i mean, the taliban -- ugh, i mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.. i am an apostate.
here, i'll save you the trouble:.
It's early, but this gets my vote for post of the year!
so it has been over a month, maybe closer to two that i haven't attended a meeting.
my stress level has gone way down, and my life is pretty good right now.
well as you know, there are tons of nosy witnessess.
So I took the advice here and blamed being stumbled by an elder as the reason why I am no longer going to meetings. I told my parents, it got to My brother and he (elder) has labeled me as an apostate when I said that Jah blesses all those who have a sincere heart not just those who go to meetings. I cited Matthew 18:20 and he said that was the text a person in his cong who DA'ed himself used. I told him as an elder, you need to read 1. Cor 13 THE WHOLE CHAPTER and pray on it. He said you are turning your back on Jah.... "If walks like a duck, swims like a duck, sounds like a duck....
Not suprised coming from a regular pioneer elder.
What a douche.
so it has been over a month, maybe closer to two that i haven't attended a meeting.
my stress level has gone way down, and my life is pretty good right now.
well as you know, there are tons of nosy witnessess.
El Guapo, I have no idea how old you are or how old your parents are. If you are born in or not.
I am asking because If your parents "lived" thru the nightmare The Watch Tower Society put us through in 1975 and or, you were raised with that rubbish = you have stress, and they should understand because honestly, they have to feel that stress too.
I am born in, everyone one in my family is a regular pioneer. I never was, nor wanted to be a pioneer. My dad (elder) asked me about a year ago why I kept telling the elders in my cong. that I didn't want to be named an elder. I said that the Judicial committe arrangement is a deal-breaker for me. Who am I to judge any one of my brothers and sisters??? That's Jesus' job, and no one could ever do it any better. Especially not an imperfect man like me.
Thanks for the ideas, anyone else feel free to chime in.
so it has been over a month, maybe closer to two that i haven't attended a meeting.
my stress level has gone way down, and my life is pretty good right now.
well as you know, there are tons of nosy witnessess.
So it has been over a month, maybe closer to two that I haven't attended a meeting. My stress level has gone WAY down, and my life is pretty good right now. Well as you know, there are TONS of nosy witnessess. I live with my wife on the East Coast my entire family lives in California yet somehow I got an email yesterday from my mom asking why we stopped going to meetings. REALLY? I know it's our decision, but still it's my mom and I love her, just not sure how to tell her why I'm not going. I can't tell her about TTATT, my family is uber-zelaous and they would shun me in an instant.
Any ideas???
hi guys,.
i was going through some old threads (love this site) and i came across someone mentioning in a post that this site started as gathering place for jw's and somehow became an "apostate" site.
lol .
Hi Guys,
I was going through some old threads (love this site) and I came across someone mentioning in a post that this site started as gathering place for JW's and somehow became an "apostate" site. LOL (hate that word)
I think that is so awesome, the info that I have learned on this site, jwfacts, and jwstruggle have been essential in my doubting/fading from the Watchtower.
Can anyone clue me in on how the "tide turned" to make JWN what is today?
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i read a post on this site that said that there is a double standard for elders as opposed to regular r&f publishers.
can't seem to find it now, but i believe it was in the elders manual stating this....... thinking back, i can vividly remember one instance: the po's (a superstar in the district) daughter was getting married.
she was marrying a "brother" who was only baptized but 3 months, yet the were able to use the hall for their wedding.. another brother in our hall (about 2 years later) was planning on getting married, he asked for permission to use the hall for his wedding and was told that his service hours were too low (he was averaging about 3-5 hours a month) i asked him later why he was so pissed at the elders and he said this was the reason.. has anyone else ever noticed this "double-standard"?.
I read a post on this site that said that there is a double standard for elders as opposed to regular R&F publishers. Can't seem to find it now, but I believe it was in the elders manual stating this......
Thinking back, I can vividly remember one instance: The PO's (a superstar in the district) daughter was getting married. She was marrying a "brother" who was only baptized but 3 months, yet the were able to use the hall for their wedding.
Another brother in our hall (about 2 years later) was planning on getting married, he asked for permission to use the hall for his wedding and was told that his service hours were too low (he was averaging about 3-5 hours a month) I asked him later why he was so pissed at the elders and he said this was the reason.
Has anyone else ever noticed this "double-standard"?
