my first post here and unfortunately it is asking for help.. i was a born in jehovah's witness and from my earliest memories, i know i hated being one.
i hated the embarrassment of being the "outsider" at school and i hated not being allowed to have any friends.
of course i had the obligatory friends in the kingdom hall - none of whom were my age exactly and none of whom i would have personally chosen to be friends with if i had been left to pick them myself in a natural setting.
It sounds a little irrational, but then again you were traumatized being in this religion. It's an obvious unresolved issue with you, one that you haven't met head on.
A therapist may help you put things in their right prospective, so that you can move on from this.
are jehovah's witnesses on their way to practicing amish style rumspringa?
basically pushing young people out into the world and seeing who comes back with their faith intact.
after so many generations of discouraging education, it seems like an easy way to ensure that there are some educated born-ins.
They don't have to push the young ones into a "rumpspringa". There is a lot of freedom among the witness teenagers these days. The kids are doing whatever they want. There are always parties, they travel (under the guise of going where the need is great), they go to their proms, they are getting paired up and dating very young and unchaperoned and no one says a thing.
When I was was growing up, there were so many rules, we literally choked and many in my age group left once they had the chance.
have you noticed how happy witnesses are when they have a change in meeting schedules, so that a meeting is missed?.
eg, the week of an assembly, the midweek meeting is not held, and they all say "oh it will be nice to have a night off".. or if a public speaker doesn't come for the talk, and the meeting has just the wt study, they all enjoy "an early mark".
or if they go on holiday, they say "oh we are on holiday, we won't go to the meeting".
i read in a european ex jw forum that this year they are making a special effort to invite not only the inactive but also a special effort is made to invite all disfellowshipped.
.
i don't know if this as always been a common practice, or something started anew so they can boast about the numbers of attendees..
I read in a European ex jw forum that this year they are making a special effort to invite not only the inactive but also a special effort is made to invite all disfellowshipped.
I don't know if this as always been a common practice, or something started anew so they can boast about the numbers of attendees.
we saw it with raymond franz.
but do you think we could ever see one of the current gb members or future ones, make the same choice?.
to leave, and expose it..
lately, in the february broadcast program, at the 46 minutes mark, the watchtower provides the story of felicity sneesby.
this report focuses on how, despite her serious illness, she, along with her family, has always placed her faith in jehovah and how happy she is for being part of jehovah’s family.. i am shocked by how this jw’s report completely ignores the help that this family has received from this system of things through the years.
for instance, they slept at the ronald mcdonald house on at least 6 separate occasions and for long periods of time.
Here is the what was reported on the gofundme webpage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulswb2avxvc.
let's set aside our differences for the moment and appreciate this excellent documentary cedars put together that should prove to be an invaluable tool in helping to expose the child abuse issues in the organization.. i was humbled to be able to help with this project on such an important subject, though my part in it was insignificant..
watchtower caught lying again in the december 15th article “a living translation of god's word”.
more like a lying then a living translation of god”s word if you ask me.
but i digress... .
in the u.s., three's company was not allowed.
it was explained to me that it was an immoral show because a man and women lived together and no one was married.
the sister who gave this observation was a family friend and we were newbies to the religion.. at least i somehow managed to watch the benny hill show undetected..
The golden girls
Three's company
Bewitched
puff the magic dragon
any show that had kissing scenes
Mash
Soap operas
the love boat
Star trek
It's no wonder I was a depressed and unhappy
it's nearly march and awake!
no.3 has still not appeared on jw.org.
has it come out in paper form, or has something gone wrong?
wait a sec... the awake comes out in April. The pattern is :
Jan, Watchtower.
Feb. Awake.
March Watchtower,
April Awake
May Watchtower
Etc
