hey folks......has anyone else heard of, or experienced this before?.
i visited by parents over the weekend and accompanied them to their assembly....same rubbish spoken about since ive been born....obey the gb, donate your last penny, no education and be a pushover.. anyways, our assembly hall has lush vegetation and scenery, so i was more focused on that....i started dozing off after lunch, so got up and went walking, saw some older folks from the congregation i grew up with.. upon the conclusion of the assembly, wed normally leave out right after the prayer ends so as to avoid the traffic.
however, for this assembly he told me that hes gonna be a few minutes with the elders and branch representatives...so a few minutes turned into an hour..
The CO is probably getting a little uptight about money because he has been told from Bethel to retrieve all expected funds. Bethel are having to pay for all these child abuse lawsuits, it clearly explains why the CO is being blunt with the cong elders.
Does your dad know about the lawsuits and settlements?
Kate xx
yesterday, my wife was getting ready for the kh and told the kids that they had to get ready too.
i figured, oh well, they're heading to the hall at least i can get the time i need to catch up on some house work and what not.
before i know it, the wife gave up and allowed the kids to stay.
I told her that I have NO interest in making my children think my way (that's what religious people do) and instead I just simply present things as they simply are to the best of my knowledge.- gary
To be fair I think as parents we all want our children to follow in our footsteps and think like us in important matters. Those who view university education as an assest will encourage theor kids to go to uni, vegetarians encourage their kids to be vegetarian and present them with the pros and cons of meat. We all do it, so to recognise this is the first step, it's not necessarily a bad thing as long as we teach them critical thinking too, and keep reminding them they make good choices when they do.
Kate xx
have you watched the 4 min animated white board drawing video on jw.org called "what's a real friend?".
it is one of the most hypocritical pieces they have produced!.
it goes into detail explaining that real friends "don't judge you, dont talk about you behind your back, don't hold grudges, don't expect you to conform, and encourage individuality!".
But I certainly cant stand being around witnesses or the org!-Stuck
If your finding it difficult being around JWs just keep reminding yourself it's not their fault, they are trapped in a cult. There are two types of JWs, liars and doormats. Sadly you are a liar at the moment because you stopped being a doormat. There are other liars in the cong too, those with all the privileges that bend all the rules to suit them, and the doormats who are obedient in all the rules and struggle this is the majority of JWs.
If you can't stand it that much you need to devise an exit plan.
Kate xx
hello guys & gals!.
we've just launched our brand new episode, s01e01 - irwin zalkin, which we recorded last night.. you can listen to it right here - http://www.jwpodcast.org/2014/11/03/s01e01-irwin-zalkin.
in this ground-breaking bumper show, we interview irwin zalkin, the lawyer who filed and won this new child abuse case against the watchtower organisation, which saw the victim, jose lopez awarded $13.5 million.. i think you'll agree with me (after listening to the interview) that irwin really knows his 'watchtower' stuff!.
I have just finished listenng to it. I really enjoyed it and thought everyones contribution was eqaully good and productive. Thank you. Kate xx
hello guys & gals!.
we've just launched our brand new episode, s01e01 - irwin zalkin, which we recorded last night.. you can listen to it right here - http://www.jwpodcast.org/2014/11/03/s01e01-irwin-zalkin.
in this ground-breaking bumper show, we interview irwin zalkin, the lawyer who filed and won this new child abuse case against the watchtower organisation, which saw the victim, jose lopez awarded $13.5 million.. i think you'll agree with me (after listening to the interview) that irwin really knows his 'watchtower' stuff!.
Listening to it now. Kate xx
well as i have stated before, both our boys do mma fighting and training as do i. this past weekend we had a good practice.
went to get a bite to eat and our way home our younger son said...hey, lets go look at the trick or treaters.
both me and my wife said ok. .
I agree with Alpha man, I said it on a different thread. You wife is waking up. Keep us updated.
Kate xx
have you watched the 4 min animated white board drawing video on jw.org called "what's a real friend?".
it is one of the most hypocritical pieces they have produced!.
it goes into detail explaining that real friends "don't judge you, dont talk about you behind your back, don't hold grudges, don't expect you to conform, and encourage individuality!".
Stuck,
I am noticing a pattern in the threads you start. Double standards and hypocrisy. Once you see it you are awake to it everywhere. Can you really keep on doing this? Have you got the strength?
Kate xx
i had a rough time with my wife last week.
i guess i started the fight by telling her that her love is conditional.
( and the fight started).
You have made a move and told her what you believe, now the hurdle is that she thinks you should both believe the same. Once she reads CoC she will believe the same as you. It really is the book that wakes most people up properly.
There are lots of different ways you can get her to read it. You can take all the kids somewhere for the weekend and leave her in peace to read it. A poster on here took his kids to the assembly and his wife read the whole book and woke up to TTATT.
Show her why you believe as you do now, I think you are very close to waking her up especially if she is using bad language.
Kate xx
im so frustrated i could kill myself right now!!
im 15 and a couple weeks ago i confessed to my parents that i didn't want to be a jehovahs witness anymore and also that i was bisexual.
i had just gotten back from an eating disorder clinic and my parents decided to put me back in school (i was homeschooling before).
Horseygirl,
You have a lot of issues here and this board is probably not the best place for you right now. Being a JW and being home schooled is not ideal, but you do have to live by your parents rules for now. The cutting is a sign of bigger mental issues, you need to talk to your doctor about the cutiing and not wanting to be a JW. Say you feel isolated being home schooled.
Being gay is fine, your parents need to accept this, if they don't you can tell your doctor.
Go to the doctor by yourself and explain all of this to them.
Please stop cutting yourself and don't do anything silly. You have made the first move by comming here, now go to the doctor.
Kate xx
it happened again like in july when i talked to an elder and his wife about child abuse, but this time i got a hold of rank and file members who fortunately i was able to play like a fiddle as they had no idea what they were up against here.
so brother middle age ex-hippie convert ( as he told me later ) and sister middle age hair in a bun offered me the awake on death or our view of death.
i graciously accepted gaining their trust saying yes, i had close loved ones who had died over the years but didn't know if i believed in a resurrection or hereafter.
Thanks for the bump, it was a good outcome. Kate xx
