Summer Regional Convention

by miss.ives01 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • sowhatnow
    sowhatnow

    miss. , I want to sympathize with you greatly, and everyone else for that matter,

    that has a [adult] child that has basically shunned or has an attitude about them.

    there are few greater emotional pains than to have your own flesh and blood turn on you, and then to have them convince others to share that warped view.

    I know the pain, and it is difficult to live with every day. it eats at your soul. It breaks your spirit. even if you have the opportunity to discuss things and it seems to be ok, you'll always question their intentions.

    You permanently live in doubt.

    it comes to a point where you find joy in nothing at all , your simply existing for the benefit of others.

    The very fact that someone who claims to love us, can treat us in such hurtful ways, is proof that their conscience and thinking ability has been altered.

    Id like to think normally our own children or close family wouldnt turn against us unless they were mercilessly convinced of something.

    and I bet they still have a hard time still accepting that thought process. and then it eats at them.

    You however are seeing the obvious. And to question things, shows your finally reasoning on you own.

    don't turn your back on it.

  • William Penwell
    William Penwell
    I am grappling with the "what ifs" they are somehow right about all of this. I have to say though they would not allow me to live in their new world if I made it. Whats wrong with them?? Why are they so sure??

    This is all part of the cult conditioning and it does take a while to get de-programmed. Growing up in the 60's and 70's and seeing first hand the 1975 fiasco I have no doubt in my mind the organization is wrong. They can make all the excuses they want but if they were spirit directed like they claim the are, they would not make mistakes in the first place. Then when you learn this is not the first failed prediction the society has made over the years. Why are they so sure? Is because they are a cult.



  • miss.ives01
    miss.ives01

    How very touched I am by all of your comments!!!! I have dreamed of expressing these thoughts. I have kept them pent up for so long. I know the witnesses see it and sometime I forget who I am talking to and let my thoughts slip but pull them back quickly. Thank you all.

  • miss.ives01
    miss.ives01

    Scratchme1010 I do have many concerns but I know they will pass. I will pursue what I pursued my entire life only in secret. The arts, science and mysteries... the unknown. I love our big world of info. I never could do anything witlhout guilt. I cant tell you how many time I got caught up on a painting and didnt study for the meeting. There I would sit with small remnants of paint on a nail and think I hope no one sees my unstudied lesson.

    No, life goes on. But pain does remain. I will fake it with my daughter and act as normal as possible. Try to act like nothing is wrong. As a witness, I have gotten good at faking. lol

    I'm really not good at it and I know I do it all in vain..

  • zeb
    zeb

    They preach the end, the end, woe to all. Yet for over 100 years they have predicted by one form or another the time of the end. All the while there exist in the ranks those who bully wives and abuse children; as is coming out in the UK, Australia, and Spain. I have to believe that there will be more thanks to the internet 'spreading the word' hence the wt empire is cracking and they will predict hells wrath on all because they see it coming at ...them!

    Peace unto you sleep well with your honest heart.

  • millie210
    millie210

    Welcome miss.ives!

    I smiled while reading your description of seeing the remnant evidence of your painting on your nail and the hope no one would notice you hadnt studied.

    Perhaps this will make you smile...

    I would get involved in my projects and not study either, so I would grab up my Watchtower very last minute and underline madly and randomly. Being sure to space out the underlining so it looked intentional.

    I was so clever! (not really)

    But I am way past all that now.

    Do you think perhaps your daughter is not all that in to it either?

    That would be nice.

  • miss.ives01
    miss.ives01

    Hello milli210, I would do the same thing- underline wildly!!!l lol

    How sad isnt it!!! Yes, I smiled about the underlining. Thank you. We do fancy ourselves clever dont we?

    Oh well, it made us feel better for the moment.

    Yes, My daughter is very much involved as I was at one time. I set a good example for her. Now she considers me a bad influence. Wow how the tables have turned. I have many regrets and have reaped the consequences. I fortunately reaquainted myself with siblings years ago and tearfully apologized for losing touch. You know how it is, they're not the best association. It stings and hurts.... now I know how my siblings felt. I'll take my lashes now.

    God, its a mixed up world. Why did I ever believe I should abandon them. One is disfellowshiped and a wonderful person she was 18. My other sister tried so hard to connect. Im so glad they had more love in their hearts than I had in my actions. Shame on me. It has worked out well.

    Thank you so much for your words of encouragement...

  • schnell
    schnell

    I didn't go. My mom lent us her login to watch it online and so my wife and I downloaded the convention to my wife's laptop.

    It seems rather weird to me that they'd sell Bethel to Trump's son in law, and then turn right around and use the fear of fascism to pass off dramas of a police state in "the great tribulation".

    "Any Witnesses in here?!" Yes, because we're that important.

    And holy crap, was that sister's experience at work entirely sexist. Yup, watch your coworkers ladies, or they'll make you question your husband's dominance.

    And oh God the porn one! No! God no, you don't have to make a video with some dude with a dumb look on his face as he looks at porn on his phone. Just no!

  • scratchme1010
    scratchme1010

    Scratchme1010 I do have many concerns but I know they will pass. I will pursue what I pursued my entire life only in secret. The arts, science and mysteries... the unknown. I love our big world of info. I never could do anything witlhout guilt. I cant tell you how many time I got caught up on a painting and didnt study for the meeting. There I would sit with small remnants of paint on a nail and think I hope no one sees my unstudied lesson.

    No, life goes on. But pain does remain. I will fake it with my daughter and act as normal as possible. Try to act like nothing is wrong. As a witness, I have gotten good at faking. lol

    I'm really not good at it and I know I do it all in vain..

    I've been there. You'll get good at it

  • DesirousOfChange
    DesirousOfChange

    I am grappling with the "what ifs" they are somehow right about all of this. ~ miss.ives

    They haven't been "right" about any of their other predictions in the past 100 years. Please do some research into the WTS. Originally they taught that CJ "returned" in the late 1800's (1874 or something like that) and that Armageddon would occur in 1914 and bring THE END to this "system of things". WRONG!

    Then they predicted THE END in 1925 and even purchased a "mansion" in California in which David, Moses, Abraham and other "greats" would live upon their resurrection. WRONG AGAIN!

    Then they predicted THE END in the book "Children" released at the 1941 Dist Conv in St Louis which predicted that young persons then would not have time left in this system to marry or have children. (My grandmother was in the audience then.) WRONG AGAIN!

    Then they predicted THE END would come in 1975. (They deny this, but it's clearly in their old literature. See Awake! Magazine May 22, 1969) Obviously, WRONG AGAIN!

    Then they predicted THE END would come by the "end of this 20th Century". Need I say it? WRONG AGAIN!

    And so now they repeat the same old BS that Armageddon is "right around the corner". And thus have many like you wondering, "What if they are somehow right about all of this?" How could anyone really put any faith in someone proved repeatedly to be a False Prophet? (Deut 18:18-22)

    Even a broken clock is right twice each day -- and that is much better than the WTS's record! . . . . Doc

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