What Have YOU Learned Since Leaving???

by minimus 40 Replies latest jw friends

  • PEC
    PEC

    I learned that wanting and working to get something, is not being materialistic.

    Materialistic is the constant want to get rich.

    Philip

  • twinflame2
    twinflame2

    I've learned:

    • Many people have been more deeply hurt/scarred by the religion than me
    • It's hard to not allow myself to be controlled
    • There are many good people out there doing good things
    • You can find many kindred spirits on boards like this
    • To be shy of any type of spiritual discussion
    • Some people don't want to find out the JW's are not 'the Truth', no matter how plain
    • The pain my parents must have felt when I didn't allow them fun things like holidays with my children
    • The pain my daughter felt when we shunned her

    Grrrrrr.....I can't make it separate lines. I don't remember having this much trouble before. It's Firefox...one last attempt to fix. Sorry for all the edits.

  • BLISSISIGNORANCE
    BLISSISIGNORANCE

    Life is very good and fear is very bad! The WTS relies on fear to control people so they don't know how wondeful life is without it! Cheers, Bliss

  • mia_b
    mia_b

    i learned to love me and from there i learned i could love someone else.

  • becca1
    becca1

    That spirituality has nothing to do with religion.

  • zack
    zack

    Great answer to your own question! I too hated the thought that I had been in a CULT! What me? Yes, me!

    So, I learned that NO ONE knows everything.

    That all people are entitled to be heard--- maybe THEY are right.

    I learned to live as Jesus said: Love others, enjoy today(no anxieties)------ leave tomorrow to US.

    I learned NOT to have JW guilt.

    Thanks, JWD and all like you who had the courage to THINK and to ACT. I'll tell you, I prayed fervently for God to give me the TRUTH. I know now He did, he

    let me escape. The rest is up to me.

  • ninja
    ninja

    That my marriage wasn't/isn't as strong as I thought it had been for the last 17 (almost) years

  • Carmel
    Carmel

    Chemistry, Zoology, and lots of other stuff! carmel

  • Madame Quixote
    Madame Quixote

    . . . that the kingdom halls are good places to shit a dog.

    I've also learned how to use a variety of fonts and colours.

    Y'all learned a lot of way cooler stuff.

  • minimus
    minimus

    Madame.....I must say, that's quite the statement about Kingdom Halls and dogs.

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