can you find the society's visual ranking of importance?.
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Oh wait! Watchtower is on more than one building. Further Watchtower and Awake appear on the same side as "Read God's work daily" but "Read the Watchtower and Awake" are displayed up high on that building and "Read God's word daily" is way down low almost out of site.
Is this right?
can you find the society's visual ranking of importance?.
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I definately notice the big WATCHTOWER sign before I see the "Read your bible daily one." It's hardly visible from that angle, if I didn't know it was there I'd completely miss it. Does the Watchtower sign appear bigger even from the front angle of the "Read your bible daily" sign? The letters do appear to be much bigger.
im not sure if this has been discussed before but id be interested to read some comments from those who became jws later in life.
what caught your attention and sucked you in?.
my parents became jws when i was 5 years old, so it was pretty much the only way of life that i knew.
I'm almost too embarrassed to share my story... but here it is... maybe it'll help a lurker.
I had never done any kind of theological research. I was at a very vulnerable point in my life, my boyfriend of 5 years (whom was raised a JW but never was baptized) had broken up with me. I was mortified by it and felt I needed to find God. Thanks to him I decided to look into the JW faith, hoping it would help me understand him better and give me an answer to why he could have broken up with me after 5 years of dedicating myself completely to him. They gave me easy answers to hard questions, they convinced me they were God's only chosen organization. After all, I had never talked to anyone of any other religion that could explain the scriptures so well and I knew it was true that no other religion offered free home bible studies. This to me showed clearly that they had to be the right religion.
Yes, I was entirely ignorant, gullible and stupid. I didn't do the research… I didn't question enough. I needed hope, they gave it to me and I just ate it up.
If I could do it all over again....
Oh in case any of you wonder, no I didn't end up with that guy. I studied and got baptized and he left me anyway. As far as I know he has never gotten baptized. I'm entirely grateful I didn't end up with him though, he was an alcoholic in major denial, probably resulting from the JW upbringing.
any other past/post sufferers who can describe these symptoms related to within the jw upbringing and comparison to outside, any improvements or no?.
also anyone with any strange physical manifestations of 'strange' illnesses whilst a witness?.
plus mental states, then and now, and what do you aspire to, to enable future happiness?.
(((Lady Lee)))
You've touched me with your story. How courageous and brave, I'm so glad you were able to find your way out from the "cage" or the prison, if you will, the JW religion creates for us in our minds.
I remember that prison myself. I remember feeling trapped like a caged animal.... I was so torn, wishing I had never learned of the truth[tm] because if I left it God would not approve of me and if I stayed I'd continue to lead a highly stressful and miserable life. I menioned in another post that reading everything I have on the internet was the key to opening the door and letting myself out of that prison.
You're story is very encouraging, I hope any lurkers here that are in similar abusive situations as you were will listen and know that there is a way out. Thank you for sharing.
check this out:.
stockholm syndrome .
``they weren't bad people.
Interesting, where did you get this info.?
any other past/post sufferers who can describe these symptoms related to within the jw upbringing and comparison to outside, any improvements or no?.
also anyone with any strange physical manifestations of 'strange' illnesses whilst a witness?.
plus mental states, then and now, and what do you aspire to, to enable future happiness?.
Cool Matty, thanks a lot!
any other past/post sufferers who can describe these symptoms related to within the jw upbringing and comparison to outside, any improvements or no?.
also anyone with any strange physical manifestations of 'strange' illnesses whilst a witness?.
plus mental states, then and now, and what do you aspire to, to enable future happiness?.
Invisible,
It's interesting you mention this. Just the other day my JW husband and his sister were talking about brothers and sisters they knew that had "strange" illnesses, unexplainable illnesses. Thinking about it now I also remember a sister I knew that would constantly get sick and the doctors would tell her it was all in her head.
I remember someone on this forum mentioned this before, at the time I didn't give much thought to it but after I heard this conversation between my husband and his sister, it of course sparked my interest. When I heard them talking about it, I kept my mouth shut because I didn't and don't have much knowledge on it.
Do you know of some good websites where I might get some good info. regarding this matter?
well, you all seem to have moms in the "truth"..... my mom isn't, never was and was unhappy i became one.
but then she came around to accept it and not have a bad view of jws.. now i am df'd and she was madder than a hornet.
even called one of the elders and gave him a piece of her mind.
SimpleSally,
Neither my mother nor any members of my immediate family ever became JWs either, thank goodness.
Isn't it nice to now share wonderful times with them? My family and
I have gotten close since my becoming inactive, especially my sister and I.
Even if my husband never leaves the JWs, at least now I have my mom, sister, brother-in-law, nieces and nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles to once again share my life with. (Father and grandparents are deceased).
Maybe you could put some up those birthday pictures here, I'd like to see them!
here is a draft of the letter i am sending my wifes po.
he sent me some printouts from the national library of medicine about twin-to-twin-transfusion syndrome.
i brought this topic up in the past with my wife and him, months ago.
Thank you so much for posting your letter for us freeman. I'm not a great writer and find it hard to put my thoughts down on paper. I will be needing to write a similar letter soon and reading your letter has helped me a great deal in gathering my thoughts to present a coherent, flowing and clear understanding of the subject.
Thanks again, you helped me out.
Star
yes, it's that time again!
time to put your feet up, relax with something nice to drink, and muse over dubdom for a couple of minutes.. last weekend we asked: "what did you like most about the meetings?
" so, to be fair to objectivity, we should ask for the 'other side'.
Too many meeting to attend and 2 hour meetings were definately my biggest problem with meetings. Then to have to sacrifice myself this way and have to sit there and listen to a really bad speaker... uuuggghhh...
Theocratic Ministry School... Was that a test of obedience or what??
