Were YOU A Mindless Witness? (page 2)

fullofdoubtnow

Were YOU A Mindless Witness?

For most of ny time as a jw, yes I was.

daystar

I was born in the truth and I am still amazed at my LACK of Bible knowledge!!! I studied for all the meetings, gave talks, and went out in the preaching work and I wonder where all my knowledge went! I must have just been going through the motions.

Ditto for me, woofer! Now, I just don't care to have much "bible knowledge". I'd rather read the dictionary.

Well, lets see...

I seem to recall the word being put around in my first congregation that I was a "fighter against Jehovah." I also remember a circuit oveseer being told basically the same thing when he objected to some lies written about me in a letter to the Society, that was enough for the lies to remain (ironically though, I've never been difellowshipped). So what do you think?

Forscher

minimus

Obviously, we here aren't "mindless". There comes a time when every soon to be "apostate" wises up and realizes the truth about "The Truth". Thankfully, we can start enjoying "normal" aka "worldly" things for the first time.

GermanXJW

I was not mindless but following men in autority for a long time - because they surely knew better...

SirNose586

I was not mindless but following men in autority for a long time - because they surely knew better...

Same here. I figured, "There are some unanswered doubts I have about this religion, but I guess I shouldn't worry because there are these anointed brothers and sisters, and you can't fake that." Once I dismantled all the claims to authority the Borg had, I got my mind back, and now I question what I can without raising too much suspicion.

garybuss

I was a COW, Child Of Witnesses, I accepted Witness claims just as unquestioningly as I accepted my own name and the identity of my parents.

I stayed a Witness supporter in spite of the Witness people as long as I could. The fiasco of 1975, and the disrespect I took from the Witness people before that mess did me in for keeps.

Wasanelder Once

I was in denial. I knew something wasn't right but wanted it to be so bad that I stuck with it since I wasn't offered any viable alternatives. Little did I know that they were only deemed non viable by me due to the indoctrination of the Faceful and Excrete Salve.

Now I knows betterer.

W.Once

greendawn

No that's why I became inactive after only a year. I was a good dub and was doing everything correctly yet I could not see any of the promised love after leaving the world to find many brothers and sisters in the org. I gave them enough time they didn't respond and I gave up.

Lady Lee

Were YOU A Mindless Witness?

Absolutely.

Growing up in a physically, emotionally and sexually abusive home taught me about the penalty for lack of obedience. When my mother joined the JWs it only gave ":God's/WTS" stamp of approval for controlling women and children and that dissent would be dealt with harshly.

I had been so conditioned by the previous abuse that once I was a JW, I stuffed doubts and questions down so deep it took 10 years to finally begin thinking again

Were YOU A Mindless Witness?

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