please pardon if this a repeated topic.
i have had virtually no contact with any witnesses beside my mother for the past few years.
she watches tv constantly and claims she has never seen anything on the watchtower abuse cases.
with satan's media and satan's internet the odds seem to be in his favor,while jehovah's earthly organization with all these multi-million dollar lawsuits waiting to be settled in or out of court it.. it seems that satan's multi-organization can claim the high moral ground while jehovah's earthly organization is left holding the bag full(in the thousands 23,000?
) of anonymous child molesters just waiting for another victim and more lawsuits in the making.
looks like a victory for satan demoting jehovah's organization to the shit can file of ancient history.. for a hundred years it looked like jehovah's organization was going to keep going strong then jehovah caused so many wrong dates for when the end of the world was coming and now with the invention of the internet where these big problems with jehovah can be aired in public seems to cast a spell of doom over jehovah causing him to hate to see tight pants on men and women and child like wizard toys and deaf people mastering the art of baiting ..
It's a good come back if you ever get in a bind when being interrogated by "encouraging" friends, family or nosy elders:
I'm leaving things in Jehovah's hands
i learned this past week that my wife is now awake.
i just shared the pbs newshour segment with her with no comment other than something along the lines of, "jw story on pbs.".
she is furious at the arrogance of these men.. thats what happens when you get a momma angry!.
I was feeling a bit down this morning.
This news is like dream come true.
I am so happy for you both.
It's bittersweet as I read this joyful story while my wife is at the meeting.
This fills me with hope. Congrats once again!
i figure it's about time that i stop silently lurking around this community and actually add to the conversation, so here goes a first post.
a little about me-i was born "half-in", that is, my mother has been a witness for the entirety of my life whereas my father has never been.
i was an active part of the congregation (at least for what an unbaptized publisher can do) until i turned 18 and got an opportunity to attend a university (go school!).
Welcome. So much to learn.
Reassure yourself with information that you are doing the right thing.
Did your father try to convince your mother that it was a cult?
hello everybody, i was wondering if anyone has been guilted or emotionally blackmailed into attending the memorial this year.
something along the lines of "if you loved your family you would at least attend the memorial".
i myself haven't attended in 5 years.
I received very little "encouragement" to attend last year.
So far, nothing this year.
I will not attend any meetings at the KH again.
the time has come to leave this forum.
this is my last post.
mission completed.
You are always welcome to message me.
Do not return or stay in the Watchtower church.
i know of several examples of ones that "left the truth" for up to 20 years, only to suffer through the reinstatement process and feel like they are finally back on track.. how does this happen?.
i personally know of one example where a father of three, leaves jws, abandons wife and family, lives as a gay man then comes back 20 years later as a partaking member of the anointed..
Thanks for the responses.
Another type of person I see is the one that has been in for 20 or more years that still do the bare minimum. Never reach out, skip most talks, barely report time or they go inactive for months at a time.
They attend all the meetings and assemblies, will "stand up for Jee-ho-vah" every time but they are sloths. Everyone knows, especially them. How do you be that person?
i know of several examples of ones that "left the truth" for up to 20 years, only to suffer through the reinstatement process and feel like they are finally back on track.. how does this happen?.
i personally know of one example where a father of three, leaves jws, abandons wife and family, lives as a gay man then comes back 20 years later as a partaking member of the anointed..
I know of several examples of ones that "left the truth" for up to 20 years, only to suffer through the reinstatement process and feel like they are finally back on track.
How does this happen?
I personally know of one example where a father of three, leaves JWs, abandons wife and family, lives as a gay man then comes back 20 years later as a partaking member of the anointed.
i seldom hear of people getting df'd anymore.
years ago it seemed there were a few per year in a congregation.
Something happened in my area nearly 20 years ago.
People were getting DF'd every meeting for 6 weeks in a row.
It was really unerving. seems like 20ish people were involved.
about 50/50 DF to reproved.
I never really got to the bottom of the "wrongdoing".
I seem to remember gossip about satanism/witchcraft being whispered and quickly ignored...
Very few came back to "the truth".
I agree, people "in" want to be there for the most part. They will leave first, instead getting DF'd.
That's what I did.
great report by abc on the abuses in jw-dot-org land.... i hope it opens a "floodgate" of future news reports and exposes.
if you ask yourself, "why hasn't the watchtower leadership changed their policy on the 2 witness rule?
if one or more persons on the gb has victims out there that can't come forward because of the 2 witness rule, then that would explain the permanent road block to policy change that is obviously in place.
This type of reality could trigger mass suicide among the congregations.
Not joking. The mind control has so many people in it's grasp. Generations of families controlled.
