My day at the hospital with Jehovah's people

I quit!

I went to the hospital today. My wife's sister has cancer they thought she was dying. My wife and her were very close when they were children. She has four children of her own and they were all there. I have a pretty good relationship considering most of them are active jdubs and I'm the know "apostate". There were quite a few of their JW friends there. One of them I knew as a little girl. She went to the same hall I went to when I was a jw. Now she has teenage daughters. There were 4 or 5 JW elders in the group. I'm not even sure who they were or where they were from. Two of them introduced themselves to some of the family so I guess they didn't even know them. We shook hands and talked a little. I'm not sure why I'm writing this. The whole situation makes me sick. I hate cancer as much as I hate the Watchtower. Anyway it was very strange spending most of the day being the only non-jw in the group. My emotions really run their course when I am around them in a situation like this. I am angry because so much of the damage done to this family is done because they are in the Watchtower and I am the only one that can see it. When I see the elders there I am angry because they are being nice and leaving a good impression and I'm worried that some poor soul on the outside might see this and feel they have something good to offer. I'm angry at them because they seem like nice guys but are so freaking brainwashed they don't even know they are being screwed. I feel like telling them off and warning the other people in the waiting room about their religion. Definitely not the right time or place. Anyway it really sucked. Those of you who still pray please pray for them they really need it.

onlycurious

I am sorry to hear about your sister-in-law. Cancer is an awful disease and it robs many people of their lives and loved ones.

Your own personal testimony of exiting the wts will profoundly impact many people. It's important that you keep telling people. You just never know how many lives you are 'saving' down the road.

Mrs Smith

So sorry to hear about your SIL. I will keep her in my prayers.

Snoozy

Amen!...I felt the same way when my MIL (JW) had a roomful of witnesses at the restaurant..all they could talk about was how their saying a prayer before we ate may set such an impression on the other "worldly" people at the restaurant and they may come to a meeting..(they handed out a few tracts so they could count time.). I felt like throwing up!..

Same way in the hospital..they were more concerned with preaching to anyone that came in than they were the patient!

Jerks!

Snoozy..

Rooster

alt sorry. sometimes life just sucks.