How do you answer this question??

by LuciousJ 40 Replies latest jw friends

  • Black Sheep
    Black Sheep

    People often ask why I went to school where I did. (My parents were serving where the Need was Great totally unnecessary).

    "My father was trying to save the Christians from Christianity!"

    This usually leads to your question.

    I tell them I was brought up in a high control religious cult.

    This is never enough information for anyone, so they start probing....

    I tell them it was a doomsday cult who's killer God was supposed to have killed all the bad guys by now and taught that I was never going to leave school and have to earn a living before their big scary Armageddon.

    Not one person has ever stopped asking questions at this point. They all want to know what religion it was.

    After I tell them, I lead the conversation into a discussion of the mind control tactics of cults, shunning etc. Most people do not know of the shunning tactics employed by JWs. I doubt that many would be interested in a Babel Study with a Jaydub by the time the conversation is over.

    I also have a physical defect that is a direct result of the cult influence. Asking me about that leads to a similar conversation.

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