Well, that's happening slowly Gumby. I'm coming back to the JH pre JW.
One thing I'm proud of is that I gave blood 2 months ago, and i'll do it again very soon.
Slowly the de programming is coming about.
Do you feel as if your relationship with God was ruined by the JW's?
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gumby
Thanks for answering bud....now I follow ya
Gumby
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gumby
I forgot to answer the threads question in my last post.....( I just gotta quit smokin that stuff)
Anyways, my relationship with god was ruined after I left the witnesses. I was raised a witness.
Gumby
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heathen
The WTBTS doesn't want you to have a relationship with God they just want you to obey them as if you were having a relationship with God . I am way better off since not going all the way in the religion , I've had a chance to examine it on the web like never before . I think I actually have a better idea of what the bible is saying and exactly what Gods purpose is than I did before .
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Golf
Nope!
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Golf
No
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jeanniebeanz
If I had been raised in a more reasonable religion, I may have never felt the need to dig as deeply into the subject once I left. What ruined my belief in God was the digging I did to prove to myself that the Witnesses were full of crap and I had made the right decision to leave.
A side effect was that the more I dug, the more I disbelieved in god at all.
Actually, I'd like to have a warm relationship with an all powerful creator...but...I just don't believe he's out there anymore.
J
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tetrapod.sapien
Before being a JW' I felt as if I was at peace with God, and now through the JW brainwash, I feel as if I'm at odds with God...
Does anybody else feel this way?
no. my relationship with god is much more healthy now, thanks for asking. TS
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AlmostAtheist
It seems to happen with some people. They equate god and the bOrg, then they catch the bOrg lying to them, but continue to think god is linked somehow. Mad at bOrg = mad at God.
I left god first, then the Watchtower as a result. At the time I walked out, I thought the watchtower had the Bible right. Ha! Then I met you guys. *blush*
I had no relationship with God before I met JW's. I built one up that I thought was quite good. Jehovah felt like a true friend to me, I felt very close to him. But then I never equated him with the bOrg, either.
Dave