Happy Birthday.....glad you had a nice card.....thanks for sharing with us.
Kate xx
i am an inactive awake "witness" who recently had a birthday.
most of my family is in.
my hubby is awake, with no family in.
Happy Birthday.....glad you had a nice card.....thanks for sharing with us.
Kate xx
i have been disfellowshipped twice, and currently am- both times for sex.
i have a high need for sex in my relationship, and after 3 marriages, keep not finding that need in the other person.
so, i end up going out of the organization looking for it.
I call troll on this post lol hahahaha
Kate xx
ok, i am not now, nor will i ever be a jw.
so ive been with my gf for over a year now and she has finally woke up to how destructive the cult was to her!
she turned to it more and had private tutors?
Welcome to the board. You seem very caring and thoughtful. The best thing you can do right now is tell her how well she thinks for herself and how good she is at making decisions.
This will help her support herself and leave her family home when she is stable. You can also help her make future plans.
Take care
Kate xx
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