so my folks went to the meeting today and somehow i got brought up and they gave them my address so they can call on me because i'm inactive,i am upset about it because they didn't ask me first,i told my parents i wish they hadn't of done that without asking me first and my dad's response was are you not baptised?
and i said yes when i was 17 and i don't want to talk to anyone (i'm 51 now) and want to avoid any discussions that may cause me to lose my relationships with family that is still in,,so now i feel my successful fade will be jeapordized.
BeSunny, the bright spot is that you KNOW about it! Forewarned is fore-armed and all that...so you won't be blindsided at the door at least. Now you know to be cautious for the time the COs in town and you have time to prepare your responses.
Poor old dad thinks he is saving you all over again, just doing what he's been brainwashed to believe.
(((sunny)))
i was called into a meeting by one of the department managers last week.
i had a meeting this morning.. anyway, to cut a long story short.
the people involved in this will be called into a private meeting and spoken to.
Quelly, this may be the start of a larger Courtesy (non-shunning) Program for that chain...kudos to you and your friends for standing up for what is right!
Just think...a newspaper picks up the story and it becomes an investigatory matter...stranger things have happened.
i believe that the older you are the harder it is to leave the watchtower.. .
i am attempting to get a list of ages people learnt the "truth" and what age they left.. .
uun.
Embarrassed to say I came in at 39 as single mom trying to "save" my kids from the big a, thanks to my fleshly sis. Half of family had been in for 3+ decades.
Finally stopped beating myself up for being miserable (that made me "not" spiritual, right?) and started playing massive hooky at 58 and never went back. Too much had never made sense, and in every cong (there were many in diff states) I saw politics and power-grabbing instead of the Love that was preached. Now working in my "retirement" years with no end in sight as my nest egg went to supporting the family while in the borg. BUT so thankful to wake up every day and not be under the oppressive rulership! Still hoping to get adult child out but that one's pretty entrenched. NOT giving up!
we had a co looking for a certain experience for an assembly part coming up and the elders in my hall at the time sent him to see me, since i usually had good experiences out in field service.. anyway, after speaking with the co, i was sorry to inform him that i did not have an experience that suited the type he needed.
he told me that was o.k.
because he could use me anyway for another part.
Thanks for bringing this back.
loecsh just announced a new publication called god's kingdom rules.. looks like crap.. will probably be old light by the time i submit this post.. i feel like i'm live-tweeting an apple event..
Hey Stuck, you have plenty of time to plan your own personal flu epidemic!
when rutherford assumed the presidency of the watchtower society he instituted series of sweeping changes to the teachings and practices of the bible students.
some of these changes were at complete odds with what had been taught previously.
a key example was the elevation of the watchtower society as "god's visible organization on earth".
It frightens me for deluded family members still in...
ok so we might be moving to fl.
wife wants to get away to start over.
i also want to move but at the right time and to the right place.
There are lots of jobs in the Tampa to Sarasota corridor, and health care is booming here. I wouldn't think you'd have much trouble finding work. Feel free to IM if you're planning to be in the area, maybe a few if us could meet up with you!
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not loudly, but just so your table could hear?.
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The married couple public prayer has always irritated me.
Me too! And every cong I've been in has been one for "obvious" prayers at restaurants...always seemed like making an announcement that WE were more religious than those sitting near us. In the South, we remarked about the loud Baptist prayers in restaurants as Pharasitical...ahh, such hypocrites we were. Our deep head-bowing was just as bad. And no one would speak to the waiter or waitress...they would have to stand there and wait on someone to finish.
We were sure wacko back in the borg....
in january my wife separated from me, because she views me as an apostate (to make the story short).. at that time the elders explained to us, that the bible doesn't approve of such a separation.
i heard from my mother in law, that my wife finally wants to divorce.
(when i think of how my wife treated me the last year i actually want a divorce too).. now my question to you:.
My ex got an unscriptural divorce then moved 800m to live near a sis he mysteriously met thru his PO buddy. The ex married her fairly soon after the divorce went through and then both were df'd, but for less than a year as they conveniently moved back to the cong where his daddy was an elder.
It's all in who you know...just like politics.
i had a relative exhort me to attend sunday am of the rc, to which i said no, already read the points online.. i said that i find this decade to be the most enjoyable.. people are relaxed, people have piercings, tats, hair colour du jour, facial hair, yoga pants (okay, not so great with the people of walmart videos), etc., and no one gets a second glance.. the music is awesome, movies are pretty good.. everyone still has their trials and tribulations, bad relationships, economic swings, etc.. but i feel happy.. the posted highlights from sunday am were:.
anticipate future kingdom blessings!.
a world without satan (revelation 20:2,3,7,10).
I like that...first decade without the cult....THAT is spectacular!
