my dad hasn't spoken to me in about 18 months after we had a fight over the wts.
(see thread i started then: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/170916/1/id-like-to-shoot-my-dad ).
so, today he calls me and leaves a message that he's having a "family reunion" on june 26 and i'm welcome to come and bring the family.
I agree with Quandry. I think you should go. He has invited you. You can go and not talk about anything related to JWs or religion. Maybe you can regain some family connections.
I 100% understand your feelings and your desire to argue about doctrine. But just let it go for right now.
You can go and be looking good and showing everybody how well you're doing and how happy you are away from the KH.
september will mark my first year out of the watch towers darkness (pun intended).
i embarked on my full blown search for truth about the truth in april 2009, and by september of that same year i was convinced the organization was no different than any other religion; but i was wrong again.
because if there were like any other christian denomination, such as the baptists, methodists, presbyterians, lutherans, etc...it would have been a lot easier to endure sitting in their meetings, listening to their rhetoric, and engaging in some of their activities.
They're all afraid to question anything in the open. That's why the internet is such an enemy to the GB.
well, some of you know that i have a 16 year old son who lives with his jw mother.
she has already mastered the art of guilt control on him.
i am most anxious that he not get baptized at all or at least unless he has really understood the whole truth, not just the watchtower truth.
I agree with freeflyingfaerie. I was never respected as an individual or felt that I was loved unconditionally or accepted for who I am by my parents but mostly my mother. What you are giving them is priceless and your whole family will reap the rewards.
You are helping them to expand their minds and their hearts and their spirits and their dreams.
well, some of you know that i have a 16 year old son who lives with his jw mother.
she has already mastered the art of guilt control on him.
i am most anxious that he not get baptized at all or at least unless he has really understood the whole truth, not just the watchtower truth.
Aussie, I think you're doing a good job. Perhaps you could suggest to your daughter that she could become a teacher. That would satisfy her desire to be around children but would require more education and creativity. It would also pay a lot more.
I remember very clearly being 13 and being a JW. It was becoming very clear to me that my role in life was to be a subservient wife and mother and there was no other path to take, no choices. I remember that I felt that I needed to start looking for a husband. And I didn't want just anybody. And there was no one in our congregation that appealed to me.
It wasn't very long after that that I started questioning the whole JW world. And a year or so down the road I rejected the whole thing.
This is a critical time for both your kids. Just keep doing what you're doing. They are listening. But they're listening to the JWs, too.
5 years ago when i attended my last meeting.
ever since i started making decisions, instead of waiting on jehovah, things have been happening faster for me, its weird.. all my life i was told just wait on jehovah, wait on him for a husband, wait on him for children, wait on him for a happy life.. well you know what i stopped waiting and i am happy!!!!.
yes i did get a wonderful husband (who adores my every move) while in the org.
You go, girl!
jimmy dean died today, he was 81.. i remember watching hiim and he was just a young guy then... .
few songs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz6kzgeex6o.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noxqr9u8bbk.
Yes, I remember Jimmy Dean.
for those that went to meeting what was the general response to this "new understanding" of "this generation"?
at my hall i don't think anyone really got it or cared.
swallowed hook, line and sinker.
Stepford Wives. It's scary.
i think i drank too much coffee.
it feels like my heart wants to bounce out of my chest.
is that good?
I am so glad to read this. Because coffee has recently started doing the same thing to my heart. It also irritates my bladder very badly. Just this week I stopped making any coffee. My husband makes it on the weekends. I had one cup yesterday. Too much. I had about 1/2 cup today. That's all I can tolerate. I've drunk coffee for 32 years. But not anymore.
a couple of months back, my son asked me to get in touch with my jw/elder father.
he is planning a trip to colorado to visit his mother's family there, and thought it would be good to see his grandfather.
since i have no contact with my father, i asked my cousin to broach the subject with him.
I absolutely have relatives like that too. An aunt and an uncle come to mind right away. I have decided the same as you. If all they can talk about is JW crap then they're out of my life. I don't need it. I have other things to fill my life.
i hope y'all jumped into the creek for most of the afternoon.
tell us about it..
I hope y'all jumped into the creek for most of the afternoon. Tell us about it.
