Yes, I was deleted awhile back. I changed congregations, but before they sent my publisher card over, they recommended my deletion, and I signed the form at the assembly. Really weird. They had tried previously to delete me, but it didn't work.
But anyway, back to this thread. There are so many sad stories on this forum, and those that have moved on, and have the strength to leave the Organization and start over, or who have faded successfully, that's great. But wow, a lot of suffering.
I want to tell another experience about this.
A family in my congregation many years ago had a Ministerial Servant father, mother, and two kids. The father left the family and the Witnesses. The wife tried her best raising her kids. Neither of them went to college, they pioneered. They were looked down upon in the congregation because they were poor. Their clothes were used. They grew up, and are still Witnesses, so is the mom. But the son married a woman 30 years his senior who convinced him to marry her. He thought he was a loser because he had no privileges because the elders made him try harder because his father wasn't a witness.
The daughter married a flaky witness, and he cheated on her, and didn't get disfellowshipped, and lied about HER to everyone. The mom is scared because she didn't earn a lot of money by cleaning houses for 40 years. Now she says her Social Security won't be enough.
Yes, they are OK. They go to work every day. They go to the movies. But what a life. Treated bad, looked down upon. The son and daughter have to kill themselves to make money. It's just SAD people, AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE EXPERIENCE.
Yes, other people have problems. And other people have terrible illnesses and suffering.
But so much suffering and so many lives have been ripped apart . TH IS CAN BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATIONS' POLICIES.
Last week I went to the meeting, and the elders said they want to talk to me after. So here comes the chills and the terrible anticipation of what they want. Did someone out me on this forum? Did I include too much personal information? Is someone accusing me of something? Turns out they want to know why things in my past congregation haven't been "resolved." So here we go again.
Its hard to figure out what to do, there are three choices. Stay in the Organization, and suffer because of the control. Or leave and lose family and friends who are brainwashed, and who WERE RAISED BRAINWASHED. Or leave behind everything and adopt a "who cares" attitude about all the friends who I left behind.
And after this post is written I will feel a little better and then I will read someone else's worse situation and wonder how many millions of people's lives have been ruined by the Watchtower Organization.
BF
