IF.....

by AK - Jeff 26 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  AK - Jeff

  I did not post this with any preconceived notions of my own reaction actually.

  I would not go back. There is little that I cared for in retrospect about the way the religion operated. I don't wear suits anymore. I don't like uppity self-proclaimed religious zealouts of any stripe any longer [don't think I ever did]. The locals have all shown me that they are total assholes too, so even that would not draw me back.

  I would not go back. If they did such things, I would perhaps feel ok in an occasional drop in to speak with the few Jw's who have not branded me as the Debil's helper. Otherwise no. I am more and more thinking that religion in general is not in my future at all. I do believe in a Maker of some sort. But I don't need a place called 'church' to be spiritually fed.

  Jeff
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  Junction-Guy

  Jesus said we are to forgive one another, but I doubt that he meant a corporation such as the Watchtower,just people.
  
  No, there is no way on this earth that I would ever go back,besides they have the most boring services of any church/religion/cult that I have ever attended. It is just a dorky religion all the way around.
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  38 Years

  I got out and I'm staying out, thank you very much
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  RollerDave

  Even if 'doctrine' were transformed, would 'operations' be?

  Would the elders still run the KH?

  would they still count hours?

  Would they still use manipulation and mind control?

  If they didn't, would there still BE a KH to go back to?

  I wouldn't go back in any case except maybe to tear up their ladscaping with my truck.

  RD
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  ex-nj-jw

  NO, absolutely not. Even though it would make my parents and siblings that are still in happy, I refuse to live my life for someone else's satisfaction. I have no desire to be involved with any organized religion.

  nj
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  changeling

  Never, ever! I no longer believe in god nor see the need for any religion.

  changeling
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  OnTheWayOut

  Once I saw the trick from the magician's point of view, it was no longer a miracle, just a trick.

  If they apologize and are more tolerant of dissenting views, the vast majority of fader wannabe's will leave.
  The young ones who got tricked into baptism, they will leave.

  The grandparents who are tired of waiting for Armageddon, they won't join anti-JW forums, but they will
  stop pretending to enjoy service to WTS.

  There is a reason they can't back down- once you go so far, there really is no turning back.
  That's their reason for never doing as your "IF" hypothesizes. That's my reason for never going back.