Spending time with them; an elder used to say to me after a short greeting, “we have to have you and your husband over,” six years of that.
I had this for the last nineteen years from one of them in my town about me. I finally told him he should just quit talking about it as I was fed up with all talk and no action!
Do jws remind other jws of their past sins....months later, ten years later, 20 years later.
Just a few comments from "elders" in my town. "You are reprehensible. You married a non-jw in the past." " No matter how spiritual they are (you) some men will NEVER be used for anything other than going in FS and scrubbing the KH toilets!" Your past sin (marrying a non-jw) might stumble someone, and we don't know if you will EVER be forgiven. It might be ten, twenty, thirty or more years, if ever."
When an elder reminded her of her past faithful service, her emotions were stirred. She allowed the elders an opportunity to reassure her of Jehovah’s love. In turn, her love was rekindled.
So when "elders" instead remind you of ONE past sin over and over again instead of acknowledging the other many years of faithful serve us what would logically happen to ones love, not only of God but of others in the congregation?
Will jws today do the same?
I heard one older brother say he hoped that when it came tough times and food was scarce that he hoped he would be the one to dole it out because there were way to many others who would hog the food for themselves and their families and then all would go hungry. He said he would sparingly dole a little out to each one and all could get something. Of course he was reviled and finally forced off the body by the young bucks.
Weak, discouraged, depressed = any jw that says they have never been in one or all of these categories is lying.
My father would give some of them the benefit of the doubt and say they were either foolishly naive, or lying.
Just a few of my own observations.
