yesterday my wife and i enjoyed one of our regular days out at edinburgh - movie, lunch, walk, meal etc.. in the late afternoon while mrs cofty went shopping i had an hour at the excellent museum of scotland and arranged to meet up outside the national gallery on princes street.
on my way back i saw the jw trolley was at the usual spot on the royal mile.
there was an older man and a young woman standing well back trying hard to look inconspicuous.
I get you're point Cofty, but are you really trying to help him as an individual the way you helped me and many others on this site.
You are very good at debate, but is winning the argument the best way to wake people up?
The fact you showed me how much you cared about me got me out the WT, not the fact that a God does not exist, because I still believe in God.
Show them how much you care, not how much you know.
Kate xx
i have looked around and i don't see this covered, so i am starting a thread.. 1) the new "blood card" goes beyond being just a "blood card".. 2) a new edict concerning compliance.. pay attention to the changes.. first, the new card is termed "advance decision to refuse specified medical treatment".
the big change with the card itself is that it includes an 'override' of your "power of attorney".
this is huge.
I have read the whole thread and understand the worry that some people have and also understand the way some have strategies not to comply.
I have worries. My ex has custody of my son, and he does things that are against the rules but also he won't break other rules. For example he won't remarry as neither of us have committed adultery and he has been warned against it.
I don't know how seriously he would take this, and how my son who is 14 and awake will take it. He is very adamant about not going to meetings or the memorial or assemblies. Also he is not an unbaptised publisher and doesn't go door to door. So in reality I am hoping that the elders view him as a non witness and will leave him be, but his dad might be controlling in that aspect.
This does indeed concern me.
Kate xx
i'm 16 and it seems like most the people on this forum are adults.
i would think since most teenagers have tablets/smartphones there would be more on here but maybe not?
it would be nice to meet some other young people.
My son is 14 and he might be interested in getting an account.....he has similar circumstances to you and you both might be able to support one another
Kate xx
i have posted one other time on this website.
just for the mere fact that i wasn't anger and bitter and ready to declare the gb the sociopathic criminals that so many here ascribe to, my initial question digressed to bickering over ad hominem attacks against the gb and not my beliefs that i'm questioning.
some did give me some help on my questions.
I suppose people come and go on this site.....some with bold statements others just die off.
With different people you get a different site. I have found it's very different here from when I first came.
But I am still here, trying to support others who need my support and ranting about my problems when I need to rant.
Kate xx
i am just venting because my sister has put on facebook that i am no longer "in the truth"!
i have kept a very low profile for years and have silently faded.
many witnesses i have bumped into are very friendly towards me, some from other congregations may not even be aware that i dont go anymore.
Sorry to hear this. You have been there for me. So I am there for you.
Take care and make sure you stay close to the kids xx
Kate xx
our family and friends blame us for the fact that they shun us.
imagine an abusive husband who threatened his wife that if she leaves him he will hunt her down and kill her.
eventually she finds the courage to leave and he carries out his threat.
Good OP,
I don't accept shunning full stop. I talk to JWs whenever I see them. I am polite and friendly and if I have time to stop and chat I express my loss of faith and my reasons. Some JWs will respond and others will shun. But I certainly don't take responsibility for being Df'd and shunned.
Kate xx
so my handle has a typo, it is supposed to be never allowed to be myself but i'm okay with that because it is kind of symbolic of my situation.
as a born-in i have always had expectations forced on me, this is what you are to think, feel and do as a jehovah's witness.
my earliest memories involve being upset that i would die at armageddon because i was bad.
Wow that's terrible to find out, I probably did that to my kids, but as a convert I always expressed my true self which for a long time was a zealous believer who wanted to follow the GB.
I understand now what that did to my kids. I feel so sorry for you and also my kids. Thank you for your story. It's opened my eyes.
Kate xx
this is mine....watch "coolio ft. l.v - gangsta's paradise (official music video)" on youtubehttps://youtu.be/cpgbzylnz7c
My ex has thrown loads of $H*7 at me, and so have the elders. But I am made of Titanium, I am bulletproof
Kate xx
a thought struck me...... the very generation (no pun intended) of people who the society is focussing so much attention on, that is the children, should not even be here!
(think caleb and sofia etc).
their parents, who are probably aged between 20 - 40 are the very generation too that should not be here if the societies strict guidance from the 70's and 80's was followed by their parents...ie to not have kids "because the end is soooooo close!".
Good point stuck......my kids should not be here either.
But WT is so family orientated that obviously people had kids.....and many who didn't regret it.
Glad I did
Kate xx
so many prayers.. consuming.
the obligation.. when did you realize you were talking to yourself?.
That sounds so lovely Rebel....and very romantic. There is God in the heavens if a man can be so wonderful
Kate xx
