Are you prepared for a MARK? I mean have you thought everything out?
Going to speak to my parents about the 'Truth"
by ThomasCovenant 15 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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SuzieQ
I left the religion of JW not due to trying to prove or disprove any arguments about specific topics, but because I was sick, physically and mentally of the huge amount of reading material telling me how to think, and live. I was sick of the meetings, sick of the elders trying to act smarter than they are, and I just walked away. This is important: If you are of age, have a place of your own, are of sound mind and judgement- YOU DON't NEED TO EXPLAIN why you no longer want to study, attend meetings, go door to door or anything else. I tell the JW who come to my door that I just do not have any interest in what they are saying, it is that simple. They then ask "What do you think about the violence, the school shootings!" I tell them I had nothing to do with it, there are disturbed people everywhere and that is life. Life is risk. God can do what God wants to do about it, it has nothing to do with me. SuzieQ Calif.
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smellsgood
3 Strange as it seems, we are living in a similar condition today. Many people do not use their minds, but rather let others think for them. When sound reasoning is presented that disproves a popular conception or what someone has taught them, they refuse it. They live and die, still clinging to what is false ."
Awesome quotes Thomas, I don't think I've seen that many about the dreaded thinking for yourself!
It'd be good to juxtapose those with their contrary counterpart...no independent thinking! -
unique1
Wow, good luck with that. I hope your parents are more open minded than mine were.
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moshe
Good luck. I hope your Dad does not take it personally. It depends how badly he wants to be an elder as having kids who leave the KH might cause him to lose repect at the KH.
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95stormfront
If you are of age, have a place of your own, are of sound mind and judgement- YOU DON't NEED TO EXPLAIN why you no longer want to study, attend meetings, go door to door or anything else.
This is the bottom line !!!!!!
The hardest part in getting over being JW is the constant fear that everything you do or want to do have to be explained and justified to the Elders, congregation, or filtered through the latest WT magazines.
Cliff Nots of last meeting with elders in my home just last year.......
Elder: Why don't you want to go to meetings anymore?
Me: Because I don't want to.
Elder: Why?
Me: Because I don't want to.
Elder: Why?
Me: Because I don't want to !!!!!
Elder: but...why?
Me: Which part of "Because I don't want to" did you not understand?
Elder: Exchanges look with partner elder. "Well, I guess we'll be going then."
Though my wife gave me plenty of dirty looks, she' knows that even though I am baptised I'm not afraid of being labeled a "non-JW" by them and that I will not be intimidated.
As long as I'm a grown ass, mortgage, car note, and tax paying MAN singularly supporting not only my own ugly ass, but her's too, the only person I have to answer to outside of my job is ME !!!!