This is the main site of the guy who made it.
http://www.geocities.com/loyal2truth/religion/fundamentalism/watchtower/index.html
http://hometown.aol.com/smcdownlds/courseindex.html .
This is the main site of the guy who made it.
http://www.geocities.com/loyal2truth/religion/fundamentalism/watchtower/index.html
http://hometown.aol.com/smcdownlds/courseindex.html .
as you know, my twin daughters, recently got baptised.
they are now shunning me.
i hadn't seen them in person for about 3 weeks.
Thanks, everyone, for your responses. I don't want to say it's nice to know that there's somebody who knows how I feel. It's not a good thing, and I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Horrible Life, I know, exactly, what you mean. I should cut off the funds, but you know they're going to say that they're being persecuted by me! Their minds are totally controlled by the organization. I don't think that there's anything that I can do to make them see the light. I'll have to do what one of the posters said "don't play the game" just say hello and talk to them as if there's no such thing as shunning. I guess that I should always acknowledge my children even if they don't acknowledge me.
I know that they are really going to be shocked when they find out that I'm, now, totally opposed to the religion. I, definitely, intend to let them see and know this. I can only hope that I haven't lost my girls forever.
i'm new to the site.
i've been posting here and there.
i've read that some of the older ones are starting to go on with their lives.
I'm new to the site. I've been posting here and there. I've read that some of the older ones are starting to go on with their lives. I just wanted you all to know we appreciate the help that you give us. Please, don't forsake us. We have a lot to learn and can use your experiences and knowledge to help us get by. I think you are helping us "to get a life" by hanging around. I know that you have things to do, but just give us new ones a thought every now and then.
Thanks
Melinda
i was raised a witness but never baptised and left when i was 17 causing my father (among other reasons) to be "demoted"?
from being a ministerial servant.
for a very very long time i didn't talk about it and only recently started getting involved in the local ex-jw meet ups.
Lady Lee, I wonder if you felt like you didn't belong because you knew that the religion was wrong???
BTW, how do you cut and paste?
as you know, my twin daughters, recently got baptised.
they are now shunning me.
i hadn't seen them in person for about 3 weeks.
As you know, my twin daughters, recently got baptised. They are now shunning me. I hadn't seen them in person for about 3 weeks. Today, my youngest daughter had to play in the orchestra. Well, after the play, I was standing with my grandson waiting for my youngest daughter, and who do I see, one of the twins. She made sure that I could see her. I didn't know what to do. I did send my grandson over to say hello to his aunt. She did pick him up and kiss him and what not....but she didn't say a word to me. I didn't say anything either. Isn't it crazy that you can raise a child and worry about them every single day, and they have the nerve to not speak to you after they join this religion?
It was truly a sad moment. I guess that I have many more to come.
this may sound strange, but do jws have any specific teachings on body piercings?
i know that mormons do... they only allow females to have one piercing in each ear and then they must wear "tasteful, modest earrings"... in other words, i don't think they're wearing big hoops or dangling chandalier earrings... but what do jws think about piercings?
my boyfriend's sister got her eyebrow pierced... and her "jw" parents encouraged it.
I do believe that women pierced their noses and wore gold nose rings back in biblical times. Remember the scripture at Proverbs 11:22 which talked about a pig with a gold nose ring and a women without discretion.
new to the forum, new to the truth.
trying to get a better understanding of what i'm looking for.. .
i'm a young married mother of three beatuiful babies.
I have to give you PROPS, Cygnus, man you do know your stuff! Tell the truth and shame the devil!
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hello to all, i was raised pretty much as a jw and became one of the super goodie two shoes type, you know......didnt even swear when i was alone.. im now disfellowshipped and since i followed the guideline of not having friends outside the organization i now find myself completely alone, my friends are all jw's and none of them can talk to me.
so now i feel lost....on another planet almost .
Just get some rest. You've, probably, been going like a energizer bunny to the meetings and out in field service. You have got to learn how to relax. In time, you'll make new friends. It's a hard place, but it's a good place too. Think of the things that you were never allowed to do while in the truth. Find the ones that you thought were acceptable and do it!
so, there's major drama going on in my family at the moment.
personally i've been trying to keep well clear of it, but there's all hell breaking loose with members of the extended family, and my mum's been called in as peace keeper.
anyway, several members of the family were discussing something, (i won't go in to details, it's not my place, and i just didn't pay that much attention) anyway, i'm going about my business in the kitchen, then i wander through to the living room, where someone mentions the possibility of a family member getting dfed, anyway, i make my first comment in a long time and say "so what?
"Run, Forrest, run!"