hi everyone hope you are all coping in these strange times.
thought i would share this article with you.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gallery/woman-born-jehovahs-witnesses-says-4632869?fbclid=iwar1og2qnklc-ifp4b26yke-tif63satbtpyvnwaucf12diejv9j2jm_yldufbclid=iwar1og2qnklc-ifp4b26yke-tif63satbtpyvnwaucf12diejv9j2jm_yldu.
Hi everyone hope you are all coping in these strange times.
Thought I would share this article with you. https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gallery/woman-born-jehovahs-witnesses-says-4632869?fbclid=IwAR1OG2qNklc-Ifp4b26YKE-TIF63sAtbTpYVnWaUCF12diEjV9j2jM_ylDUfbclid=IwAR1OG2qNklc-Ifp4b26YKE-TIF63sAtbTpYVnWaUCF12diEjV9j2jM_ylDU
last week i posted a thread asking about who knew any "real anointed" and got some cracking replies.. that got me to thinking, as someone brought up in the 70's and 80's in the watchtower religion, my experience of bible studeis in their homes and those who made it to the hall were mostly batshit crazy or at least people with some serious quirks.. i'll relate a few, none of whose names i remember with any clarity.. in our cong we had an older couple who were from london, but who had been in the 1950's in the circuit work in the mid west usa.
they brought along some woman one night they had started a study with who told everyone cheerfully she was a recovering alcoholic and this was her cure (coming to the meetings).
this went on for a few weeks until one night they brought her to the memorial and she was royally pissed, and i mean barely able to stand; and went up to the platform table and necked some wine.
A woman having a bible study attended our Kingdom Hall when I was in my teens. My Mum told me that this woman had an addiction of staring at the bulge in men's trousers to see what side their penis was on and she was praying to God to help her overcome this addiction! She visited our home and sat at the dining room table talking to my Mum and then my Dad arrived home from work. The woman said 'hello' to him and her eyes went straight down to his crotch.... I cried with laughter! :-D xxx
are any of you aware of this new documentary that is coming out in february?.
https://people.com/crime/jehovas-witnesses-alleged-sex-abuse-oxygen-documentary/?fbclid=iwar3dwbod6ihak4woe7rtv0giknfppgh0mlgs56rtjpse_kdxhcqb4xs6j-o.
Are any of you aware of this new documentary that is coming out in February?
have you seen this footage of a woman commenting on yesterdays watchtower article about child abuse and what happened.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3_ndjphv1w.
Have you seen this footage of a woman commenting on yesterdays watchtower article about child abuse and what happened.
dennis was offered £5 by cool kids smoking pot and fornicating.
he turned it down and went to read the wt as he turned the page.
what did he see?a £5 note.
Has anyone heard the one about a JW in prison? Apparently a prison officer who was well known for beating up the prisoners put the JW in solitary confinement. As this brother was alone, he found a pen in his pocket and wrote the name JEHOVAH on the floor. He then continued to polish it with the arm of his shirt and the letters of the name appeared luminous in the darkness. The prison officer then returned to give the JW a beating, slipped upon the shiny floor where the luminous name of God appeared inches from his face. He ran out of the cell in fright and later became a JW himself hehe! :-D xx
i've been debating whether or not to post this story simply because the org knows who i am (post history from pre-'05 will tell you all you need to know), and i'm not sure if they would give my parents shit if they knew what transpired earlier this summer.
but you know what, i don't care what they do, because my mom is dying of stage iv cancer and i feel this needs to be heard by anyone struggling with the loss of contact from their relatives.. for those who are not familiar with my background, i became a small thorn in the side of the wts while i was still in.
i'm not big on being deceived, and for me, the org crossed my personal 'red line' when it came to blood and the child abuse issue.
Darling Jourles,
Well done for writing out your story it must have been so hard. I was in the same situation with my Dad 3 years ago, but when I did go to see him he reached out to hug me and kissed me all over my face saying "My little girl". My Mum is 86 and I dont know how much time she has left, she cut me off again after the funeral was over, realizing that I wasnt returning to the org. She is not a nice person to me so I dont miss her. I will be there to support my sister when my Mum dies but that is all.
The JWs permit contact in terminally ill cases and I feel the reason for that is so that the family cares for them and the JWs dont have to. My Dad got few visits from them when he was dying and my Mum hardly gets any now she is alone. Your Mum speaks to you but she is still following instructions just as my mother does. The JWs will not shun you at the funeral, they spoke to me on that day and one of them said "your Dad talked about you all the time" as if that would give me comfort instead of seeing him.
I do hope you find a way to cope with this it is so hard. <3 xxx
do you think the watchtower will sell off any more kingdom hall after the 3,000 have been sold of and why do you think that.
If the Borg needs the money they will sell more Im sure. :-/ x
i resigned from the jw's in my 20's over 30 years ago, i was immediately shunned by my entire family and it's remained that way with a few exceptions ever since.
one of those exceptions was being contacted by a cousin a few years back and during that conversation i discovered that my mother had been and still was the prime mover in my complete and continuing shunning.
i then used what contacts i had left to confirm it.
My mums in her 80s. My eldest brother is an elder who moved over 300 miles away even though she needed care. I am in her eyes the black sheep and DF so she wants nothing to do with me. My sister is inactive but was always the favoured child so for her it has been 'payback' time and she is doing the caring. The JWS are letting her do that even though she is inactive so that they dont have to. I will help my sister after my mum has died, but I will not get involved now. :-/ x
was just pondering the mindset of the average jw.. would it be appropriate to think that many are sycophants?.
think of the way they act towards those they preach to.
or the way they act towards one another in the congregation - especially towards those taking the lead (elders).
They think the elders are not human and couldnt possibly do anything bad or have any human thoughts. I remember when I heard an elder was going to Spain for his holiday and I made a remark about the topless women on the beaches there. My mum said he would never had lustful thoughts or look at these women because he was an elder!!! Hmmmm :-D x
hi there folks.. i took a bit of time out from the forum, however i'm back again.. what was it really like for you, your experiences good or bad, etc, in the org?.
if you were granted a listening ear by the gb, what changes would you like to see implemented?.
If you are attractive the Elders are much harder on you because you are turning them on and they cant handle it! (no pun intended) :-D x
