My JW mother always calls me on my birthday to tell me that she felt a pain in her ass and then remembered it was my birthday. Does that count?
TweetieBird
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Birthday???
by Kophagangelos inis true, that the jw in the us can celeberate the birthday?
is this new light from wt?
who know more?
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The JW life
by TweetieBird inmy mother-in-law, who has several children, leads a miserable existence because of being a witness.
she stays in constant turmoil because usually at any given time one or more of her children is in a disfellowshipped state.
none are spiritual giants, however all believe that the witnesses have the truth except one, my spouse.
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TweetieBird
TexSham,
By George, I think you've got it. But that's not the only thing.
Years ago her kids would always come to her if they had money problems or other problems and she would always be Mrs. Fix-it. Now that her kids are on their own, making decent livings and what-not, she's not as needed as she once was, therefore, she now feels impelled to fix their spirituality.
One elder told my husband one time that he felt like she was the type of person that needed stress and turmoil in her life to exist. I thought he was crazy when he said it, but I think he may have been right.
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TweetieBird
Why would I want to bash males, I love them.
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The JW life
by TweetieBird inmy mother-in-law, who has several children, leads a miserable existence because of being a witness.
she stays in constant turmoil because usually at any given time one or more of her children is in a disfellowshipped state.
none are spiritual giants, however all believe that the witnesses have the truth except one, my spouse.
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TweetieBird
My mother-in-law, who has several children, leads a miserable existence because of being a witness. She stays in constant turmoil because usually at any given time one or more of her children is in a disfellowshipped state. None are spiritual giants, however all believe that the witnesses have the truth except one, my spouse. There is another child that is having doubts. I say children, but really all are over the age of 25 but in her mind they are children, therefore, she feels she can control their lives.
Recently her daughter said it would be nice to get together with her and not talk about any of the family problems and just have a nice discussion that is upbeat and positive. Her reply, "Just what do I have to be happy about?" Her life is so centered on her children that until ALL are living the JW life, she will not be happy.
I use to have a great relationship with her and we were able to talk about many different subjects, but now I avoid her because she is hell-bent on trying to save me. It is really sad because she has absolutely nothing in her life, except "Jehovah" and she is a miserable soul because she fears that most of her children are going to die at Armageddon because they are not pioneering or ministerial servants or elders. She lives in constant turmoil because of this.
She called us last week to let us know how disappointed she was that we did not attend the "special talk that was given around the world to all of Jehovah's people at the same time." My husband told her that he was sorry that it hurts her that we don't go, but that we can't live a lie. He continued that maybe someday we will have a change of heart (NOT) but that for now she is just going to have to accept things the way they are.
I wish there was some way to be around her without my spirituality being an issue. Does anyone have any ideas of how to shut her up without hurting her feelings?
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Totally Stumped
by Jourles inhere it is april 16, 2002. i have not been out in service for, oh, about 2-3 years now?
my wife is the die-hard jw who always reaches her quota, if not a little more.
we have been in a new congregation for about a year now, and we have yet to receive a "shepherding visit" from the local elders.
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TweetieBird
Count your blessings! We've had about 10 in the past year and a half. Recently one of the elders called to see if we had any time to turn in for the month. My husband informed him that we haven't been out in months (truth be told, it's been a couple of years). He said we need to try and informal when we can.
Unbelievable!
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Why don't people like me
by joelbear ini've recently discovered that the great majority of my problems are my own fault.
which leads me to conclude that it is also my own fault that people don't like me very much.. y'all have pretty much seen me at my best and my worst.
why do you think people don't like me?.
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TweetieBird
Joel,
You're one of my favorite posters on this board so quit thinking like that. You are loved by many on this forum, but all that counts is if you love yourself. -
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The special talk
by Leander ini know i'm a bit late on this but i wanted to discuss the so called special talk.
during the entire talk all i could think about was the fact that this was just another way for the society to keep the flock frightened about armageddon.
since their generation theory was basically going to be proved wrong they had to scrap that teaching.
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TweetieBird
>>Another scripture that was used was Jeremiah 23:32. "Here I am against the prophets of false dreams is the utterance of Jehovah, who relate them and cause my people to wander about because of their falsehoods and because of their boasting. But I myself did not send them or command them. So they will by no means benefit this people is the utterance of Jehovah."
I would be interested in the comments that followed the reading of that scripture.
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It's a shame , but its probably true
by sleepy init's a shame , but its probably true, i bet there are more ex-witnesses (those who are dis'ed or dont go anymore)who still believe its the truth than those who don't.. what do you think?
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TweetieBird
I agree with you, especially if they were raised a JW. It's deeply ingrained in you for some reason.
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It hit the fan
by truthseeker1 inwell, to bring you guys up to speed, here is what happend this weekend.
i told my wife how i was feeling and why i didn't believe the wt was not god's org.
it went pretty bad.
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TweetieBird
to DoubleEdge,
I stand corrected about the Seventh Day Adventists as I don't know what they do to former members. I did not really mean to lump them in with the others as far as shunning goes, just the history of their beginning. But, I have read stories of former Mormons and Scientologists that experienced the same type of treatment that witnesses experience when they leave.
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Deep Concerns
by Derrick inyears ago an evangelical christian couple invited me into their home on a hot summer day.
over glasses of lemonade they shared their amazing theory about the watchtower society, a twisted but insanely plausible one that has mentally percolated over the years.
every now and then their theory surfaces in my thoughts with occasional "what if" scenarios about the true nature of the mysterious "men behind the curtain in oz" (with oz being a metaphor for the vatican city of jehovah's witnesses' world that is headquartered in new york state).
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TweetieBird
Derrick,
I think this couple may not have been too far off the mark. My situation is a little different as my parents were JW's when I was born, therefore, I did not know any other way. But, my parents had been of other mainstream religions and my father had been searching out "the truth" when a witness approached him. He ultimately became disillusioned with the witnesses and left. I firmly believe that before he died, he did find "the door" that John 10:7 speaks about and that SJ alluded to. I have one brother (raised a witness) who left and is an athiest, I think.
I've noticed that a lot that post here have become disillusioned with God and religion, therefore, come to the conclusion that there is not a true one.
I personally have stayed away from anything religious, including the bible, but I feel deep-down that there is a higher being, just not sure what to do about it.