hey guys,.
ff had her jc today.
i was all ready with quotes from the "pay attention" book and reasoning to show they should let me sit in on it, but they didn't even object.
I would have thought they'ld have one all set up.
Yeah, me too. But then again, the SAME excuse was given to me just like the ones that I've heard for years when I really DID want a study. They're "too busy". I do have them to thank for not "finding the time" because who knows, I might still be stuck in the borg today if they had. ewwww!
hey guys,.
ff had her jc today.
i was all ready with quotes from the "pay attention" book and reasoning to show they should let me sit in on it, but they didn't even object.
Now that one of you are "out" and one "in", you can do whatever you want and just blame Dave.
Now YOU weren't suppose to know that!!! You didn't hear it from me.
hey guys,.
ff had her jc today.
i was all ready with quotes from the "pay attention" book and reasoning to show they should let me sit in on it, but they didn't even object.
Thank you dear...at least YOU where the one to have to look like a J@#% A@@.
LOL
hey guys,.
ff had her jc today.
i was all ready with quotes from the "pay attention" book and reasoning to show they should let me sit in on it, but they didn't even object.
'you can still have it if you want to you self righteous sons a ...'
well, since I'm a lady, I won't finish that sentence.
BITCH!!!!
There...had to be said...I'll say it! Guess I'm no lady. Or maybe just kissing up has made me a bit ill.
is it realy the worst thing one can go through?
are you afraid of it??
has being disfellowshipped actually turned into a "blessing"?
It worries me a little because of the shunning with my parents...but in the long run I believe it will be for the good. I won't have to look over my shoulders all the time. Right now at this point in my life, though, I guess I hope that I can put it off.
As far as being DF'd from the religion. I have no problems with that.
periodically, we post about what we realize were good fables that were spoken as "gospel".
smurfs running up and down the aisles of the hall is a well known one......any you remember???
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Have you heard this one?
A JW sister was dating this young man. She couldn't marry him because he wasn't baptized and so he studied, became a JW. One day as they were walking by the ocean, she wanted to test him to see if he got baptized for the "the right reasons", so she threw her book bag into the ocean and claimed "I don't want to serve Jehovah anymore". He then threw his bag into the ocean saying that he agreed. And so on that she decided to not marry him.
Interesting...didn't that "pollute" the world?
Didn't she lie?
Hard to believe this story.
ok...thought this was interesting.. mom called this morning practically begging me to go to the jc meeting that's coming up this weekend.
i explained that i had asked 6 different elders to get a study started with me within a span of 4 years because i was "feeling weak".
each time i asked for a study i would say "i need help because i'm losing faith".
I agree with jgnat...
It sounds like she's going through the shock of it all. I went through it as well probably along with most on here. I even yelled at Dave (even though I had my doubts for years before him) why he even brought this up!!! I was mad that he was able to prove to me the WT's teachings wasn't quite correct. I just wanted it to all go away and go back to not knowing what I had found out (at first). After the ranting I went out and bought both Crisis of Conscience and Christian Freedom books both by Raymond Franz. He is a former member of the Governing Body which got my attention because he was "higher up". They did help out quite a bit. Then also, this forum has helped out with the support I needed. Being a JW's it's almost like a security blanket. When it's ripped away from you, you feel exposed. Something?s missing. Because in it, you feel you are 100% positive that you're in the 'right' religion. And when that's taken away from you, you feel lost at first. And that's what she is probably going through right now.
FF
ok...thought this was interesting.. mom called this morning practically begging me to go to the jc meeting that's coming up this weekend.
i explained that i had asked 6 different elders to get a study started with me within a span of 4 years because i was "feeling weak".
each time i asked for a study i would say "i need help because i'm losing faith".
The CO had brushed off my friend's concern and said (refering to me): "He's mental"
Wow Steve...that was harsh. It's hard to go through something like that, especially when you're basically crying out for help. It stays with you for a very long time. At least you can thank them that they didn't listen and you were able to break free.
ok...thought this was interesting.. mom called this morning practically begging me to go to the jc meeting that's coming up this weekend.
i explained that i had asked 6 different elders to get a study started with me within a span of 4 years because i was "feeling weak".
each time i asked for a study i would say "i need help because i'm losing faith".
one day they will contact me I am sure..
Sassy...how long have you been out?
the classic for me was several years ago.
angharad had just left to go out but came back after a few minutes with a very sheepish / worried look on her face.. "i hit something with the car" she whimpered.. "argh ...
" says i, thinking the worse (ie.
We were low on groceries one day and so I didn't know we were out of sugar. I was sick and hubby was "taking care of me" when I asked if he would make me some tea. He goes, makes the tea and brings it back to me...
Here...taste it. (saying sheepishly)
Blah!!!! What did YOU do to the tea???
Ummm...well, we were out of sugar so I put grape jelly in it.
YUCK!!!!
