this is my current bottom-line conclusion after starting to see through the jw game 3 to 4 years ago and going through my own process of waking up.
it helps to write it down and put it "out there".
i hope it helps or resonates with you in your own personal process.. basically if i were given 10 seconds to say something to an active jehovah's witness that i cared about it would be the headline above.
@Perry I'm genuinely interested to know if you can provide one example of a bible character exercising faith as we are expected to today, without proofs?
I can think of examples when bible characters demanded proofs before getting on board, a fleece in the middle of a threshing floor covered with dew or something... but I can't think of any examples where a bible character took a leap of faith blindly.
yesterday, i was feeling very blue.
this is quite unusual for me, as i tend to be quite an upbeat, positive person, so spells of sadness or depression take me by surprise and are a real shock to the system.
you know, i don’t believe in “putting on a face” or pretending to be ok; this “fake it ’til you make it” malarkey has never been something i’ve liked.
I have explored my passion for the natural world and have focussed on a particular interest of mine: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. There's a lifetime of study here and it also gets me out of the house and into the woods, which is good for the soul even if you aren't interested in little flying critters!
hi.i have a 13 year old daughter that i still have for a limited time as she comes to stay about one night a month at present.the law here in australia is on my side in that the australian governments stand is that the child needs regular access to both parents .
i am currently arranging for mediation to have her more often .
her mother can not stand that i am living with another woman and doesn't want her here .
I don't know if you've heard of this cult called the JW's Nathan Natas? They remove free will from people by coercion techniques that affect all aspects of their lives, even when it comes to family relationships.
Agnosticnow's very valid concern is that this sick method of controlling people will take his child from him. If I was in their position I would also be looking at all avenues of countering the indoctrination with the hope of maintaining my relationship with my child.
so--ive bought a house--got the keys yesterday--took a car full of stuff over to it today--i'm upstairs--heard my wife talking to someone downstairs at the doorstep.............. yep--2 dubs--handing our invites to an assembly next month.
but its in a town called bournemouth ( uk )--which means an hours car journey--plus a very expensive ferry crossing.
( i live on an offshore island ).
Man I got so pissed in Bournemouth one time.
first of all, the wt tell this lie to the rank and file:.
two factors—which must coincide—result in the disfellowshipping of one of jehovah’s witnesses.
first, a baptized witness commits a serious sin.
Tell me. When the prodigal son returned. How long did he have to wait before his father embraced him back? A year? Two years? No, he welcomed him back immediately. Those who stop their sinful course and repent should be welcomed back right away.
Actually the father starts doing backflips of joy from the moment the prodigal appears on the horizon. He might have been coming back to give his dad a quick update on how he loves lying with pigs for all the father knows.
hi i was raised in the truth in the uk since my birth in 1970 i went wayward as my family left in 1981 when i was 11 never took a career just wasted my life away now i'm 46 i rejoined when i was 22 rose to be a auxiliary pioneer and ms then it all went wrong my wife diagnosed bipolar disorder i got diagnosed depression a mega implosion occurred now i'm lost what now ?.
Hi openheart,
my non-JW wife is bi-polar as well, it's been incredibly hard over the years so I understand your pain.
My advice with regards to your wife would be to talk to a professional, the sooner the better. Talking to my wife on my own ended up in endless circles that just repeated every time she was at the top or the bottom of her mood cycle. You need that dispassionate outside viewpoint to break the cycle.
Good luck,
Matt
hi, i just signed up.
i'm 35, i've been baptized 20 years, married 15 years.
it seems like the wife and i are going in opposite directions spiritually.
Hi samj,
Either the Organisation is right or it is wrong in what it teaches (you can't be partially right with divine stuff, it's an all or nothing deal). If the Organisation is right then what are you messing around at? If the Organisation is wrong, then it's your wife who is on a downward spiritual path just by following the Organisations teachings.
Cheers,
Matt.
two ball bearings manufactured at the same time, in the same factory, by rigorous engineering standards, and produced to serve the same function inside a particular machine.. question: are they identical?.
the practical test of identity is separateness which identifies some reason for a rational distinction our mind demands!.
you can replace one ball bearing with any other ball bearing of the same batch.
You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You aren’t your clothes or your reflection in the mirror.
You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
:)
very long story.
i've been away from this site for a while.. basically, i tried to leave.
handed in my disassociation letter, it kicked up a storm and 2 weeks later i was disfellowshipped.
Don't play the reinstatement game, play the lawyers, parental rights game.
Good luck.
having left the witnesses i hope i won't get " fooled again".
yet life outside the organisation seems one big advertistiment telling me how useless i am.
these advertisements tell me i am physically ugly, which can only be corrected by buying the advertisers " answer to my prayers" product.
The people telling you that you're too fat, ugly, dirty or uncool are after exactly the same thing the Jehovah's Witnesses are: Your money.
