sorry for the length of this, i hope anyone stopping by to read will take the time and read it.
i haven't included any things i would consider "apostate" specifics about doctrines, or major scandals.
it's just a general layout of the path i took to becoming an exjw.
FMF: This brother who serves in the same hall as the GB was asked to never come back to our hall again. When I say he was insane, I am not making hyperbole. He was nuts, he said crazy things.
Great story! Thanks for sharing.
Could you elucidate on your comment above? Some specifics would be entertaining.
i am really struggling with this particular situation in my life, and i really need your help to readjust my thinking.
i am recently divorced from my ex-jw husband.
we were both disfellowshipped at around the same time about 2-3years ago.
LosingIt: I don't know what to say.
My ex-wife did many of the same things. When we were together, she wouldn't do anything that would bring us closer together: hiking, dancing, visiting family, going to a counselor, spending time with non-JW family.
Then, as soon as I left her she immediately started doing ALL of these things. Go figure. They are way fucked up people.
The only difference between my ex and yours is she is still in the cult.
Did I mention how fucked up she is?
You have to live your own life and live it well. Not for revenge, but for yourself.
Congrats on your Master's degree. I just got mine this last summer! I'm making more money, but more importantly: I'm enjoying my life and my work now more than ever!
Let's review: It's a cult!
i haven't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.
in view of the cutbacks being announced, this weekends watchtower study is staggeringly badly timed - it's about how kingdom halls should be viewed, financed and maintained.
a footnote even mentions that the same principles apply to "assembly halls and other facilities that are used for pure worship".
i just read an email from a friend, and she shared some very interesting emails from her friends about information on changes now happening at the bethels around the world.
here is the email: .
---------------------------------thanks sally, jesus is directing the org and all decisions and instructions to us may not seem practical from now on, neither will we understand the reasonings behind many of the changes that the organization makes.
Do you understand this?
Of course not. No one could. It doesn't make sense.
If more pioneers are being sent into the field, the result will be more new ones coming into the congregations. And yet, the building projects are being curtailed.
More contradictions.
So, should an announcement like this surprise us?
Yes it should, it absolutely should.
But yet they continue ...
Not at all. As we get closer to the end, some decisions may be made that we perhaps don’t understand, that may seem to go against all logic. Whatever the reasons, obeying and accepting those decisions will result in blessings.
Well that is just fucking ridiculous.
It really is amazing how effective that now infamous quote from the November 15th, 2013 Watchtower has become:
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The R&F are regurgitating this nauseating propaganda right on cue.
It's scary to sit back and watch this unfold, seeing how effective the mind-manipulation is. I fear for my children.
Let's review: Its a cult!
http://www.zalkin.com/blog/yom-kippur-thoughts-pope-francis/.
yom kippur thoughts for pope francis.
by: irwin zalkin.
Irwin Zalkin: I was disappointed to see no acknowledgment or compassion for the victims of clergy abuse, ... I was disappointed, but not surprised.
And you could easily substitute the Governing Body and other WT leaders for the Pope in Zalkins essay.
october 4, 2015. to all congregations.
re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.
dear brothers:.
I don't want to be a damp squib but do we know this letter is actually real.
How interesting ... we can't tell parody from the real thing, ... or the real thing from parody.
What does this say about the quality of "the real thing"?
seriously, they will change the midweek meeting ever so slightly.
it is just repackaging of the same old stuff.seriously, we don't know if construction is halted for days, weeks, months, forever, or what.. we don't know if new kingdom halls will still go up, old kingdom halls will be closed and sold.
they have laid off bethelites before and they will lay them off some more.
Ah, a voice of reason cries out in the wilderness.OTWO: Speculation is fun, I know we are going to do it, but just be careful running with these scissors.
FayeDunaway: It's always fun to speculate on the future of the religion that was BUILT on speculating on the future!
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!
i keep hearing this in threads.....
SB: Just for interest sake, wouldn't it be like the US president filing a DMCA for a transcript of the state of the union address?
No it would not. Speeches by federal employees are in the public domain.
Fair use does not allow for anything under copyright to be reproduced in whole without the express permission of the copyright holder. Only excerpts may be used for legitimate purposes such as education, journalistic reporting, etc.
I don't believe it!
No, seriously: I don't believe it!!!
I guess that makes you a prophet.
i keep hearing this in threads.....
Saintbertholdt: The weird thing is they claimed copyright infringement on the transcript of a public talk.
Speeches are subject to copyright protection just as much as any other intellectual property. The odd thing is that it is the person that gave the speech that would own the copyrights, unless specifically transferred.
