BLISSISIGNORANCE - hi luv! still luving your guts... Yep they are who you think they are indeed.
god i'm glad i'm away, not from the smokers or drug poppers but from the double life and hypocricy.
Hear hear... me too!
TallTexan - Thanks for sharing your story. Its amazing what double lives people lead. I can just imagine that brother about to die when he saw you and your wife in the audience!
they rationalize that anything they do is o.k., because even though they are weak they at least still believe.
Weak being the operative word. Weak to live the way the WTBTS dictates, weak to examine if what they believe is true or not.
Odrade - He's an idiot. Well said. I must agree.
curlygirl - Good point. And I must admit the thought crossed my mind. I though perhaps it may be a situation of I have dirt on you you have dirt on me situation and that may deter him.
InquiryMan - "and thus are not free from the JWs bondage" so true... it is a bondage. But no need for hypocrisy.
greendawn - you got it right
but it also appears that they've got powerful shoulders at the KH, or some high status, and that renders them immune to the fear of getting disfellowshipped because they are quite blatant about what they do.
They have a family that is very well known in the area and have immunity.
Van Gogh - Thanks for your comments. And I appreciate your reasons why you can't elaborate into your recent situation. I hope that things work out for you and the PO leaves you alone.
tetrapod.sapien - hi ya gorgeous! Your ex-best friend sounds like my old best friend too. Drinks like its going out of fashion. But has taken it upon themselves to yell at me in the supermarket for abandoning Jehovah in the past.
Spectrum - I think Richard is confused. I think he has an inner battle going on to be quite honest. My opinion is that he is only in it to keep in contact with his relatives.
delilah - Good greif sound like that elder is one of those who do it for the power trip.... Thanks for your wise advice.
may need to reassure him, that you are not interested in what he is doing, therefore he need not fear you, but he has no right to treat you like he has been.
I may try something similar to this.
Finally-Free and FairMind - hehehe... It was my intial thought. To dob them in. My BF wants to do it. He thinks that if they get disphellowshipped it will be doing them a favour. How funny. I still not sure what to do though.
ballistic - I don't think they have any morals at all. How can these people go about like they are better than anyone else. Its not normal behaviour and not accepted by society in general.
joelbear - thanks for writing.
it gives them a psychological way to think they are better than "the world" even though they are just like everyone else with their own particular vices.
and its just a game i don't want to play ever again....
GetBusyLiving - I like how you describe these types as cowardly garbage. I guess in a round about way your right. At least I don't have to talk to such gutless wonders and associate with them at meetings anymore.