Haven't been here for a while now...well had a look on a couple of occasions but that's it.
Just wanted to share an experience that happened earlier on this evening.
The elder and wife that "brought us in" came around to dump their shit on us..namely the wt/a. After a brief exchange on life's trivialities,(as they do)! I siezed my opportunity to give them some shit back. Speaking now from a standpoint that is far removed from the indoctrinated view that I once held....
It was probably down to my new found awareness, plus the freedom that I experience thesedays, also endless amounts of suppresion that I was once bound by that no longer has it's hold, but I tell you I was not afraid anymore and I spoke my mind.
What a liberating time that was!
I reminded them of my hours of need and how they abandoned me when I needed someone to simply listen. I told of how isolated I felt when all I wanted was an empathetic ear. I asked them what Jesus would do if he feared that one of his sheep were going astray. I related to them of the seclusion and feelings of isolation that were so prevalent at the time that I first started to miss meetings and the sheer desperation of feeling that I wasn't quite good enough because I was unable to meet the requirements of pioneer hours.
Despite the usual responses from them that usually start with a but, I maintained my stance and challenged them outright.
I asked them "would Jesus do that?" I directly challenged them as to whether they felt like the treatment that they gave me was "christlike" and disputed their reasoning that they are only out to promote the bible's teachings. My main arguement I suppose, was that they just don't listen, or at least when they pretend that they do, they have filters on and only process info that is pertinent to them and their methods of turning such around to suit their own purpose and that is ultimately to convert!
My aim was to cover every eventuality and so I said to them that when they are driving away thinking "tut, tut, tut, another lost sheep etc,etc, instead to think "what would Jesus do in such a situation?" "Would Jesus drive away wagging his head and dismiss me as being worldly or would he take time out to really listen and try to empathise and truly get alongside me in my grief and find a way forward. They spoke about free will and Jehovah's patience. I asked about a shepherd, losing a sheep or finding one with a broken limb and asked whether the loving shepherd would abandon it. Again they could not respond true to fact, rather in their usual style of patronisingly, superficial mode.
Long story shortened..........
They asked if it was worthwhile returning to bring more wt/a mags, I told them no and they could take that backdated pile of eight that they had already tried to dump conveniently on my table.
Without hesitation they jumped up from their seats, grabbed their pearls....(garbage) and left.
Thank *#@$ for that!
Bay64me.
