Were you ever scared of going to prison as a JW?... (page 3)

cheen

I was always so scared of the anal rape that goes on in prisons, oh wait! I mean the anal rape that goes on in the KH!..... www.silentlambs.org

I was terribly afraid of it. We were assured that we would experience this persecution. That we would be beaten and tortured in camps. Its all written in the book of Revelation... I read about what happened to JWs in concentration camps and it was horrible. The WTBTS went to so much detail. as a child its terrifying. Its a fear that I always held. I used to think how I would denounce Jehovah if it meant escaping torture. And then used to suffer from the resulting guilt feelings and inner conflict.

penny2

As a child I was convinced we would all end up in a concentration camp in the middle of Australia being tortured, forced to sit in the blazing sun without food or water.

As it turned out, when I did go to the "middle of Australia" - camping at Ayers Rock, it was freezing cold! There was plenty of food and water ...and... I certainly wasn't tortured!!

unclebruce

I was looking forward to spending the Great Tribulation in prison .. free meals .. no more work, no more field service, no more mixing with the world .. everyday like an assembly and, on his way, Jesus coming to smite our enemies .. whoo hoo bring it on!

Crumpet

Uncle Bruce - you totally beat me to it! I used to hope to go to prison too - just the idea of actually being able to hang out with "normal" people - albeit criminals was terribly exciting to me as a fantasising 11 year old!

grew up in a very abusive family. I find it hard to think of anything that would happen to me in prison that didn't happen at home.
Blondie

Hugs to Blondie x

Undecided

Back in the late 50s I was one day from going to prison. It didn't scare me at all then. The day before having to refuse induction in the army I got my 4D ministers clasification in the mail and didn't have to go. One of my KH buddies was in prison then for refussing to be inducted. I was young then.

Ken P.

Honesty

I was in prison... a slave of the Watchtower for almost 16 years.

But.... I escaped and lived to tell about it.

Dr Jekyll

Brucie's dreams

"I was looking forward to spending the Great Tribulation in prison .. free meals .. no more work, no more field service, no more mixing with the world "

The real Brucie in Prison

lol

Hecklerboy

Thanks for all the replys. Glad to here I wasn't the only one that felt that way. Man, am I so glad I'm out of that religion.

On another note: the wife and I are discussing going to Easter Service this Sunday. I've never been to an Easter Service before so it should be interesting.

Terry

Well, I was in Federal Prison from 1967-1969!

Let me tell you what we feared inside.

We feared the Great Tribulation would start while we were in there. Because of the "Truth that leads to Eternal Life" book we "knew" Armageddon was coming in 1975. That meant a great many changes had to happen in the world first!

The Wild Beast had to turn on religion and make it devasted and naked first!

Our being imprisoned was "obviously" just the first step.

When Sirhan-Sirhan shot Robert Kennedy, it was disclosed that his family was Jehovah's Witness!! This scared us shitless! We felt it would paint a huge target on us inside.

When I was paroled in 1969 and got back to my local congregation I was dumbfounded by the casual attitude there!

It was two different worlds! In prison we were all psyched up for the END OF THE WORLD. Outside in the local Kingdom Hall it was business as usual!!

It strikes me now so obvious. Our lives were on the line in prison. We sought refuge in End Times as a release from our fears. In the Kingdom Halls it was more of a fantasy fulfillment of make-believe nature, this coming of Armageddon was like Santa coming at Christmas.

The degree to which Jehovah's Witnesses got excited over Armageddon in the 70's stemmed from how much their personal lives needed a huge change.

Brothers and Sisters living on the edge NEEDED 1975. Those who had their life together merely anticipated fantasy fulfillment.

I find Great Irony in this. FEAR is the engine that drives the religious mind when faith is being used as a crutch for a broken and dysfunctional life. Whether inside PRISON or outside.....what you feared was fueled by the ineptitude of living an ordinary life in an ordinary REAL WORLD SITUATION.

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