Hello Minimus,
Yes, I was referring to your story. I wanted to know more about it.
Beware of a Jehovah's Witnesses With No Life!!!
by minimus 23 Replies latest jw friends
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minimus
No "story". Just a number of observations.
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I feel really sorry for those types. Imagine if anything ever came along to shock their life. If they got disfellowshipped, they lose all of their friends. Imagine the emotional trauma. Or somebody who suddenly has a light come on and realize there's something wrong with the Witnesses. What can you do? Your whole world is JW and you're scared of all the evils that lurk outside.
I was raised a JW. I've been on private reproof and I'm sure I've been shunned by others. But I always made friends at school and did things with them too. When I stopped going to meetings and I lost my JW friends, I still had a support group to rely on.
My dad is in his 80's. His entire social life revolves around the Witnesses (with the exception of me). I'm not DF'ed or DA'd. Whenever my dad tries to coax me into coming back to meetings, it's like I want to show him why I can't believe that anymore. But I can't. If I show him, he may question his faith. If he falls out of it, he loses everyone who makes up the majority of his life right now. He'll never go to another church and never build up another support network like he has now. With everything he lives for gone, he'll just sit around feeling bad about the whole JW experience and probably start a steady descent health-wise.
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minimus
When my mom has asked me what I would expect her to do if she ever did leave-----it puts some things in perspective. She's nearly 81. She does get some help and support from her only associates---Witnesses.