wouldacouldashoulda
JoinedTopics Started by wouldacouldashoulda
-
81
An Elder wrote anomously...
by Butterflyleia85 ini realize as an elder that i am speaking out against the very organization i try to faithfully represent, but i personally think that the governing body is wrong by teaching that only what they teach us, as printed in the watchtower publications, should be considered to be the truth.
theyve made the expression of any personal opinions or group debates over their official versions of biblical truths subject to disciplinary action often leading to someone being disfellowshipped.. .
that is why i feel that i must keep my own identity somewhat anonymous.
-
70
Apostanoodle London Wed 4th November 2009
by sweet pea ini'm coming back to the uk and will be in town for the 4th november (unfortunately besty and the podlets won't be coming with me) but i would love to meet up with y'all.
especially as i missed the last one.
so, who's up for wagamama's, covent garden, on wednesday 4th november 2009.
-
61
COs Disappearing Latest
by wouldacouldashoulda inhi posters.
could someone give me the latest on cos and whether they are disappearing or not?
please feel free to post recent links i may have missed.. .
-
46
Need to make my home worth less. Any tips?
by wouldacouldashoulda ini am getting divorced and need to give my wife 50% of the equity in my home despite her not working (despite being told to) and having no kids.. .
time for payback.. .
i want tips on how to devalue my home when the agents come visiting.. .
-
39
Did you get drunk/take drugs as a witness?
by wouldacouldashoulda insmoked.
got drunk.
taken drugs (non medicinal).
-
33
Dead JW found in bath after 6 days
by wouldacouldashoulda inhi guys.
i was a witness in sunny old london and was in a congregation where a brother was found after being dead 6 days (estimated).
he was an older publisher who had no family and was a fairly odd character.
-
32
JWs produce useless men
by wouldacouldashoulda ina non witness who had studied the jws commented that the religion produce unmanly men.
do you agree with him?.
.
-
31
So my elder/dad says he will shun me....i figured as much...
by oompa inso i know many of you guys say the best way to show dubs is to be all happy and all when you exit.....but not all of us are doin that well at it....even though i have lost all friends from my dub life....i really dont want to lose my son and folks....this would happen if i end this odd and painful arrangement of a marriage to a really wonderful wife who is hardcore jw.
my desire for freedom and normal social life, and the 800 lb gorilla in the room we live with are not doing so well...........i am tired of having to leave the house and go in the garage to talk on the phone with my non-dub friends.....tired of totally separate social lives.......tired of rules in place that prevent us from speaking about certain taboo topics with each other........my mental/emotional state is not well and has not been for four years.
so i spoke with my dad very openly and honestly about how i have had to wear "masks" through life....one for school since third grade to fit in....another for my parents and jw friends........and that now i still lead a double life when not around my wife........told him outright i feel jws meet every single definition of a cult btw.......he already knew i felt that way but had never said it so directly........i asked him if he felt history repeats itself and could fds not be just like the scribes and pharisees that made so many rules for gods people that they had actually corrupted gods message............he said he has wondered that before too.