many years ago i met an older man in the ministry who told me he was a baptized jw years ago, when i met him he was an alchoholic and had girlfriends, i told the elders, two came by and they told me to treat him as a regular worldly guy, my question is (i know this is a fuzzy area) about how much time needs to go by before someone (me for instance) would be looked upon as a non jw worldly person?.
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Thanks everyone for your response so far,
One thought that struck me,
(and mixing with my own)
is that jws, especially family are thinking:
Come back to Jehovah,
meaning come out of the "mud"
Because we are "assuredly living the life of drunken gambler"
Rather than the life of a thinking person who can't pretend to live the lie of belief anymore,
Thanks again,
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yes!
yes!
we too believe in paradise and that god will destroy all our enemies!
Yes! Yes! We too believe in Paradise and that God will destroy all our enemies!!
lets play a fun game?.
we all know that as witnesses, we were constantly told to read the bible, and ask ourselves what the passage we read reveals about god.. as an example, here is a wt that highlights this.. may 2016 wt study edition "benefit fully from jehovah's provisions".
8 ask questions.
i bring up this subject because of all the restrictions children have to endure in the jw cult.
they are made prisoners of mind and body.
being forced to do things that are not natural for children to do.
Every day I was sent off to school I was told "You know who you are"
That meant that I was "different" and that I was representing Almighty God,
If I misbehaved it was going to make Him look bad,
I think that's quite a lot of responsibilty to throw on a six year old,
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Well, I agree, they don't care about children, and reading about long term older Bethelites kicked to the curb I have to ask, who do they care about?
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Re: Funchback,
This was you and I way back when,
They think that they're making "their own" choices but are they?
Their brain (cerebral cortex) hasn't developed yet!
My son (as encouraged) was reading "Bible Stories" to my granddaughter while in the womb,
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the wt teaches that "fatherless boys" need special care and attention in the congregation.
however, as brought out at the rc their definition of "fatherless boys" includes boys that have actual fathers who maybe very well qualified to teach and raise their sons.
according to wt, if either of your parents aren't jws then you are a "fatherless boy.
If I were a "worldly" father I would not appreciate someone trying to replace/compensate for me in any way,
If this is encouraged by Watch Tower it is disturbing,
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many years ago i met an older man in the ministry who told me he was a baptized jw years ago, when i met him he was an alchoholic and had girlfriends, i told the elders, two came by and they told me to treat him as a regular worldly guy, my question is (i know this is a fuzzy area) about how much time needs to go by before someone (me for instance) would be looked upon as a non jw worldly person?.
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Thanks,
I have family that's in (they all live at a distance), they tend to be by the book so I'm just trying not to give them an "official" reason to shun me if possible,
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many years ago i met an older man in the ministry who told me he was a baptized jw years ago, when i met him he was an alchoholic and had girlfriends, i told the elders, two came by and they told me to treat him as a regular worldly guy, my question is (i know this is a fuzzy area) about how much time needs to go by before someone (me for instance) would be looked upon as a non jw worldly person?.
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Many years ago I met an older man in the ministry who told me he was a baptized JW years ago, when I met him he was an alchoholic and had girlfriends, I told the elders, two came by and they told me to treat him as a regular worldly guy, my question is (I know this is a fuzzy area) about how much time needs to go by before someone (me for instance) would be looked upon as a non JW worldly person?
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