it's only a rumor.
but we all know that sometimes rumors become a reality.. supposedly the public watchtower and awake magazines will be combined together and the two shall become one.. i wonder if the present 16 page "rags" are becoming an embarrassment.
they truly are rags of the lowest quality..
It's only a rumor. But we all know that sometimes rumors become a reality.
Supposedly the public watchtower and awake magazines will be combined together and the two shall become one.
I wonder if the present 16 page "rags" are becoming an embarrassment. They truly are rags of the lowest quality.
i've published a new article on my blog about the agony that people go through in seeking reinstatement.
part one includes a personal experience of one that crawled throught this field of glass in order to be able to regain a relationship with a close friend that is asleep in the jw movement.. part two will have a transcript (and accompanying audio on my youtube channel) from a sister that recorded her entire reinstatement hearing, including what the elders said about her after she was dismissed from the room while they deliberated.. here's a peek at the article on jwstruggle:.
.. .. .. there are likely a number of you on jwnet that have "been there and back again" and gone through it.. what was the hardest thing about getting reinstated?.
Thanks RayPublisher! Love your site and the article is captivating.
this is my first post here on jehovahs witness.net.
i joined a ltitle while ago but have been deciding if i want to become active on this site and i believe the response to my question here will determine my descision.
i am a former jehovahs witness and have quite a story.
Well said Blondie :)
this is my first post here on jehovahs witness.net.
i joined a ltitle while ago but have been deciding if i want to become active on this site and i believe the response to my question here will determine my descision.
i am a former jehovahs witness and have quite a story.
my wife got me started watching this show last year.
we've downloaded the previous seasons on netflix and have found it to be really well done.
the story line, scenery,costumes,old cars and compelling characters have us hooked.
I love it. I started watching it first, but now hubby is addictited to it.
well here it is, my first post!
it feels like a huge step like the point of no return.
i am a born in, still in wanting to get out ms. i have refused eldership, used to pioneer and have sooo many stories.
Wow! so many new members the last couple of weeks! I am so happy that many are figuring things out. I also want to give Awakening a heartfelt WELCOME.
I would have to agree with the members that have suggested to tread lightly and carefully. And I love what Jnat has said: "Don't spook the natives."
From personal experience, I know that if my husband would have told me right off the bat what he was learning and his involvement with this forum's predecessor, I would have left him. I was so "cooked" and so devoted that I would have tossed him and our marriage aside. No question in my mind. He knew that too. For the sake of our marriage and family, he kept it all in. I realized after, how difficult this was for him. But eventually through his gentle prodding and reasoning--I started to see things too. I love him so much more for this sacrifice.
My 2 cents worth: do all you can and educate yourself on what this religion is really all about. Take time for yourself and your wife. Increase the time you spend together and do fun stuff. Every once in a while draw her out. Most likely your wife has doubts of her own and things don't make sense for her either.
See if you can step down from your duties and when you go to meetings make use of your time o read other stuff. It's easy now. Just use a mobile device --sit at the very back and tune things out.
Wishing you all the best
Wannaexit
not to start some form of popularity contests here but i was wondering how popular some people were?
how far did your network go in this organization?
this question also pertains to those who are actively fading..
I wasen't popular--but I got a lot of attention. I was the role model--pioneering right out of highschool. I was a very productive pioneer. I had a lot of studies and I was on stage a lot and was interviewed at assemblies. Now that I have stepped back and do very little---I have become a nobody in their eyes. I like my situation now a lot better.
just wondering if your name describes what you saw, how you were treated when you were "in" or now "out", maybe your personality, ect.... i'm label licker and the why i picked this name was because of all the licking up one side of elders and down the other to either be an elder or ministerial servant.
one time i was standing right in front of this brother who wasn't made an ms yet and he totally ignored me and talked right over my head speaking really loud trying to catch the co's attention.. got sick of watching the poor elderly sitting all alone or standing against the wall like a wall flower with noone to talk to and yet all these label lickers would take turns picking up the elders elderly parents and take them shopping and do their groceries at least four times a week while out in service, yet, there was noone there to take a meal to a sister who just got out of the hospital with a heart attack.
when i had shown up at her apartment with a meal she asked if i could wash her private and change her bandages.
when I figured TTATT in 2002 I wanted to exit out of this religion so bad--hence the name WANNAEXIT
hi there, as was suggested to me, i'm starting this thread to say hi to everyone.. my awakening began recently, after the new light on the 'slave'.
i felt it didn't add up and went to check and found out ttatt.
for a while i tried to find evidence of whether the wt might still be god's organization, i needn't say i couldn't.. i had already resigned as a ministerial servant and a pioneer, had already had several issues with the elders and did not put up with their nonsense for a long.
Welcome Holmes!! Sounds like the latest teaching is really going to backfire.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-secession-idusbre90r15n20130128.
ok, not yet....... but this could be a move in that direction.. things are gonna get weird.. metatron.
Quebec has been threatening to separate for a very loooong time. I am also of the opinion that it will never go through it
