i'll start by saying, i'm a ministerial servant who is trapped in the religion.
my wife is hardcore...but i've slowly been getting her to lighten up, so i'll take it!
all my friends and family are jw's, and i am employed by a jw (who is actually a great boss).
Have been Catholic and a JW for 32, left in 2007 and never look back or wonder what if there is a creator and missing out on something. If there was a creator there would not be the confucion that we see about him.
Everything dies in the universe and on earth and so do humans.
And by the way,for some it might be a relief to die and not be with their wife eternally.
i am moving congregations soon and what is the best way to do it.
do you just show up in the new place and tell the elders you are new there and they will deal with it?.
Just get lost and your life will be so much better. I promise !
my mentally in jw wife is trying to organize a "princess party" for my 4 year old daughter and her little cousins and friends.
she was looking at prices of a tent for the backyard party in case it rains.
she asked the hardware store how much and they said 90 dollars for the day.
When ever they want to see your daughter make sure they don't. They don't deserve it. He's a real greedy prick.
2014-07-13 appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servantsto all bodies of elders.
the link removed by request is also available at the forms link.
the congregation secretary should arrange for this letter to be retained in the congregation permanent file of policy letters.
CO are usually broke so go ahead and sue them.
Once again the GB throws CO and elders under the bus in order to save their ass.
Don't you love them?
the other day i posted my delimma about dealing with family and leaving.. update: my wife came home from the hall sunday (i have now missed about 3 weeks in a row) and the elders now want to schedule a sheperding call.. should i just blow them off, or when they come over (because im sure my wife will have them over even if i decline) just tell them i cant do it right now?.
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Don't do it..most likely your wife arranged it since she hopes they can help you and put some sense into you.
Since you know it's not the truth and the watchtower is a cult and will be hard for you not to say something that merits DF.
No need to meet with them
we had an assembly part here 6 months ago where a sister was interviewed by the co because she left her job to do more wt work, she talked about some jobs that she had recently been offered with good pay but turned these down.
most listening to this is would be thinking that this sister is being blessed by jehovah for taking this stand, how much faith she has to do this and what can we do personally with our own jobs, made me almost feel guilty for having a job.
anyway come forward 6 months to now, this family has had to move to another region because the husband couldnt find enough work to support his family here.
Nothing new. Know many older couple here in US that receive minumum Social Security, get food stanp and housing allowance because they are poor.
They put kingdom interest first and now begging in their later years.
a lot of comments have been made about possible big changes at the agm in the fall.. comments range from changes to the blood doctrine or who compose the one hundred and forty four thousand.. my speculation is.... (and if someone else had this kind of thread i am not stealing from you..just never read it).
the door to door as we know it will cease to exist.
the publishing of a monthly public wt and awake will end.. instead each month a tract with different subjects and a redirect to jw.org will come out.
Will not be surprised if they will declare that the good news of the kingdom has been preached all over the earth by JW and as said above ease up on it by working only with tracks.
In the 1st century Paul also said the good news was preached everywhere. The GB can say whatever they want and will be sucked up by JWs
as divine.
michael sam...the football player who came out as gay, received an award on the espy's sports award show last night.
they had a video presentation documenting his struggles and it was brought out in the video piece that as a jehovah's witness, he was prohibited from playing in organized team sports...but that he went and defiantly played anyway.
so, sam not only had to overcome the gay issue but also that of being a witness.
It would be interesting to see if she ever needed financial help who she would go to.
If she goes to the elders for help they would tell her to see her son since he's obligated to help her and not the congregation.
i attended my last meeting in january 2014, having realised that i'd been lied to for 20+ years (i'm now 43 y/o).
rumours spread of my 'apostasy'.. in may, cobe contacted me inviting me to a private meeting with elders at the kh.
(no mention of the meeting being a jc).
Great !!! Glad you got them off your back and humble them.
these 2 options are before me right now-.
1. write a letter to the elders and my family, not da myself but basically saying i have too much going on in my life and am confused, so that they will stop bothering my wife and stop asking me questions all the time.
after i write the letter continue to go to the hall less and less.... 2. appease my wife.
Good luck....not easy to cope and there is no wisdom that can be given here.
Slowly miss meetings and don't give an explanation to anyone.
Tell others you"re coping with some doubts but make sure you never say anything agaist the GB or the watchtower. You do that and you will be DF.
Was married for 26 years and my marriage ended because i did not believe anymore.
Moved to a Spanish congregation for a while even though i could not speak the language and slowly faded. It was beautiful exit.
Good luck.
