my congregation got a reminder today to start donating money.
elder said that after the letter on the new donation arrangement was read, the contributions for that fund went from the average (i believe it was $500 or so) to $0.
after that reminder, cash was put into those boxes.
I've seen this personally. No late fee, of course, but definitely a notice.-leaving_quietly
I must say I am not surprised, they are a business masquerading as a charity, to be fair I thought zoo's bill was real at first glance until I saw the late fee, and 144000 ref number lol!. Kate xx
you maintained a level of personal decency and integrity that you almost certainly would not have had if you had chosen another direction.. sure, you would have had some very "colorful" friends and experiences if you had gone another way, but you still chose the more "edgy" people in the congregation as your friends and you still enjoyed yourself, even if there were a lot of phony constraints.. you looked for ways to be of value to others.
don't stop doing that!.
you kept the darker side of your personality in check.
Magnum,
Thank you so much for your story. I really appreciated reading it. You are not painting a rosey picture you are being honest and that what I need. I am not much younger than you trying to build my life together and the full reality of the matter is, I may not be able to have back what I once achieved before the WT.
Thank you Magnum
Kate xx
just found out that my little sister is getting df'd next week.
her husband left her about a year ago got df'd and recently got a girl pregnant.
my sister has had a hard time with the whole situation as you can imagine.
.put it that way, it's almost like they don't want XJWs to come back-Vidiot
It depends on who your daddy is in the cong. Df'ing is a fear strategy used to keep the rest of the cong in line. Some get away with lots of unscriptural activity, but others do not. Kate xx
i was an elder in prescott for many years... anyone now out from there?
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Welcome to JWN, looking forward to hearing your story. Kate xx
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Interesting video. For me it was great, ppl with AS find it hard to read body language full stop, this has really taught me a lot. Noe I need to know when it is a good idea or not to call out ppl on their nonsense. That's another problem, to know when to shut up or speak up.
Kate xx
you maintained a level of personal decency and integrity that you almost certainly would not have had if you had chosen another direction.. sure, you would have had some very "colorful" friends and experiences if you had gone another way, but you still chose the more "edgy" people in the congregation as your friends and you still enjoyed yourself, even if there were a lot of phony constraints.. you looked for ways to be of value to others.
don't stop doing that!.
you kept the darker side of your personality in check.
I had not considered how that might happen.-stillin
I know that some JWs are just plodders and they just keep going and are better people for it. I know you see the positive things too, and it's good to have a positive view. I suppose my efforts in the FS and my success with getting studies was positive, these studies are very good friends of mine now I am out.
So I do see the positive if I try a little harder
Kate xx
my congregation got a reminder today to start donating money.
elder said that after the letter on the new donation arrangement was read, the contributions for that fund went from the average (i believe it was $500 or so) to $0.
after that reminder, cash was put into those boxes.
Lol! This was so predictable. JWs will not stick to their pledge. WT will get some extra cash from this scheme though. Kate xx
you maintained a level of personal decency and integrity that you almost certainly would not have had if you had chosen another direction.. sure, you would have had some very "colorful" friends and experiences if you had gone another way, but you still chose the more "edgy" people in the congregation as your friends and you still enjoyed yourself, even if there were a lot of phony constraints.. you looked for ways to be of value to others.
don't stop doing that!.
you kept the darker side of your personality in check.
you kept the darker side of your personality in check. People liked you.-stillin
Yes people like me, but people also disliked me very much. WT brought out the darker side of my personality. Being in such a controlling and toxic environment was stressful and I called JWs on their nonsense. This was not a desireable quality to have.
They stole my life and I lost my son, I am still fighting to get him back. It wa a traumatic experience being a JW and now I have left it's traumatic building my life back.
Kate xx
they key to free yourself from the organization is having mental clarity of what is happening in relation to the watchtower, inside and out.
their basic concept is that they are god's sole organization on earth.
there really is no basis for anyone to make that statement.
I think the key is different for everyone as we are unique. But really being free longterm needs dilligent research. jwfacts.com and COC did it for me. Kate xx
i'm not talking about a individual, but a congregation as a whole.. i'm talking about a brother or sister that really hit hard times.. have there ever been an occasion where the brothers (elders).
decided to dip into the kh funds and help one in need????.
example, brother loose his job, get evicted, family of four or.
The two congs we were in never cared about the struggling poor publishers, nothing from cong funds ever helped anyone. Nope. Kate xx
