Who would still be a Jehovah's Witness if it wasn't for the INTERNET???

by What-A-Coincidence 45 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  uninformed

  I was growing very disenchanted by the end of the 90's. I resigned as an elder in 2000 ( after over 30 years) due to a lack of respect for the elders, circuit overseers, and the Society.

  But, I still kept going, stayed in the ministry school and went in service, faithfully.

  I don't think that I would have left except for the revealing power of the internet. It was the UN thing that was the final hammer. I just could not tolerate being part of an organization that hypocritically condemned all other religions for association with the UN and then when they did it, it was 'just for a library card'.

  I am grateful to Robert King, my first internet apostate, and later to all of the great folks that are on this and other forums.

  Hooray for the internet. Long live the exposure of the WT Society for what it really is.

  Brant
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  eclipse

  No.

  I left long before I found apostate information,

  when I got brave enough to venture into the apostate waters, I was pleasantly surprised at how so many others felt the exact same way I did.

  This site and others only confirmed my doubts.
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  Numinous

  Favorite saying after I left: WAKE UP AND SMELL THE INTERNET. Wish I had gone on much sooner. To know that I was not alone...priceless.
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  stillajwexelder

  I still am DESPITE the internet
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  keyser soze

  I stopped believing it was the truth long before I discovered this website. There were too many things about them, and the bible in general that just didn't make sense. But I was always able to go through the motions of being a JW, even after I stopped believing. But after learning about the UN, 607, the child molestation issue, and other things on this website, I decided I could no longer be a part of it in any way. The internet has served as validation more than anything else. It has allowed me to walk away without any regrets.
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  helncon

  When i left the internet was just coming of age.

  I was around but you were warned not to go on it...lol...

  I wished i had the knowledge to use it to may have helped me not get DF.

  But i guess there is nothing to stop them when you are a target.

  Helen
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  LoverOfTruth

  I was out long before the Internet became routinely available in homes and it was a challenging, sometimes lonely period in my life. I was coming along in my opinion, better than most ex-JWs but when I found this site the emothional healing soared. I am thankful others won't have to go through the same hurt (at least not for long)
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  aSphereisnotaCircle

  No but I would still be an apologist...

  yeah, same here.

  After leaving I had aboslutely no interest in checking out apostate websites, I was still loyal. Then one day, completely by accident, I stumbled upon Silentlambs. I read stories from dozens and dozens of JW's who had been sexually assaluted as children and how it all was covered up by the elders. This was a profound moment for me, I realized that I wasn't the only one this had happened to. All those years I defended the elders who knew I was being assaulted but did nothing. And forbade me to tell anyone. And told my mother to keep the abuser in the house, but maybe I could go live somewhere else. And told me to be more understanding of the stress my abuser was under, and maybe I could be a better daughter. And told me I must forgave, and never speak of it again.

  I made excuses for those a**holes,................ for decades.

  I made excuses for those worthless pieces of crap who believed it was more important to protect God, the omnipotent being. But a child in their congregation was not worthy of their concern.

  And I would still be making excuse if it hadn't been for Silentlambs. Thank you Bill, thank you Barbara.
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  TheCoolerKing

  Who would still be a Jehovah's Witness if it wasn't for the INTERNET???

  Not me!!! I dropped out long before Al Gore invented the internet...

  TCK
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  esw1966

  I would have still been a witness if it hadn't been for the internet!

  I believed the jw's. I got df'd a second time and I needed to prove to myself what was real and not real, what was good and what was bad so that I could go back and never get in trouble again. I would be able to get my act together and firmly make the truth my own.

  In my discoveries, I learned I had been wrong all those years. The internet was very helpful. This site was very helpful. Bible reading was the most helpful. But what I needed was to be able to see it out of the jw context.

  Thanks for helping me get through all the garbage that has been heaped on me and us all by jdubs!

  Ethan