troubled mind
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I noticed a subtle difference in Topics...it's fascinating!
by Gill ini started reading and joined this forum over a year ago.. to me it was then, and still is a wonderful freedom that i'd never experienced before, having been trapped in dub land my whole life.
i was totally alone with my husband on our thoughts of the wtbts and had no idea so many people felt the same.
mainly i read and discussed things on how 'we' all coped now that we were well into our fades or had already escaped completely.
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I will no longer feel guilty about.....how about you?
by troubled mind ini will no longer feel guilty about following my own conscience......
if i want to donate to a needy child's christmas fund, i will not feel guilty....
i will give presents to my family when i feel motivated - guilt free......
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White Blood Cells, Red Blood Cells both pass between mother and baby.
by ithinkisee inthe society claims that certain components of blood will not violate conscience because they already pass naturally between mother and fetus.
(funny how they tell me what violates my conscience, but that is another story) anyways, here is their reasoning:.
watchtower of june 1, 1990, pages 30 & 31 .
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I just found this site....THANK GOD!
by confused_101 inok long story short i was baptized at 17 (because i felt pressured into it), and i was df about 2yrs ago i believe (i'm 27 now).
i wasn't at the final meeting, or any meeting about my dfing.
i had an elder call me twice at work and tell me that there was meeting that night.
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My first time being shunned in public
by xjwms inso thats what it feels like.. i am not df'ed or da'ed, ... i have just stopped going to meetings.
my wife is trying to be as active as she can.. so all morning i am out of my regular routine.
late getting out of bed and late about everything today.. so i leave the house, and before getting to the office, i decide to stop at the mall for a quick, maybe 15 min, walk.. as soon as i get inside, taking my coat off, here is the elder who did everything he could in his power to get me out...and lied...and added to gossip that ran me outta there.. he and his wife spot me .. and turn there heads away and continue on their walk, .. eyes fixed on some thing away from me.. so thats what it feels like.........now i know.
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While You Were A JW, What Things Struck You To Raise Your Eyebrows?
by minimus ini'll never forget the time the circuit and district overseers told the elders that from now on the elders would be solely responsible for all judicial matters and that if anyone was going to get sued, it was not going to be the society.
at that point, the 2 overseers laughed outloud.
i knew we were going to get screwed for sure because the watchtower society was already setting us up.
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Chewing Gum at KH
by stillajwexelder inthe elders frown upon chewing gum at the kingdom hall and we have had a locals needs part where it was mentioned.
is/was chewing gum at your hall a no-no?
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Do jw youths understand
by carla indo jw youths understand that if they just didn't get baptized their parents would not be able to shun them later?
they must be able to see how this works in other families.
is it feasable for a jw teen to reject baptism?
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Being raised as a Depressed JW...
by Smoky in...i was never happy, always thinkin this is it and holding back on everything that i wanted to do, why?
because that is what is taught being a jw kid.
it seemed to me that it was wrong to have fun, so i did not have any fun.
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WT decision makers = hopelessly out of touch
by watch the tower ini worked at the hq for a few years in the 90's and i've personally known and met several influential bethelites during my time there.
these are brothers that have been there 20-30-40+ years and hold various degrees of authority within the org.
looking back and thinking about these ppl, i can't help but comment how out of touch these people were.