Where have you turned to?

Robert7

I am very curious, since I am myself trying to figure out where to turn to, if anywhwere. (I am still debating if I am truly an Atheist at heart and religion in general turns me off at least as of now) Where have you turned to since you left the WT? I would imagine that many people who became Witnesses had spiritual needs (which is ironic why I am feeling Atheist, lol) but have you gone to other churches, stopped going to church, become Atheist, etc?

minimus

No where. I'm all religioned out!

babygirl75

I'm all religioned out!

I would have to agree!!!

Babygirl....

eclipse

I have turned to learning about reality

learning my perception of reality

seeing other's perception of their reality

learning to understand and accept differences of personalities

learning to understand history and patterns of human behavior

seeing our future and what possibilities it holds, the far future and my tomorrow...

learning to live in the moment, sharing and giving love to family and friends

appreciating all that I have...

all because I learned that there is no reason to worship a deity

free as a bird....free as the wind...freedom from fear....I do not feel alone at all anymore...

because I am whole and complete.

BurnTheShips

I have cultivated a personal spirituality. I have also gone to several different churches and made new friends. Religion generally responds to an innate human drive and it serves a useful purpose. The problem is that it frequently is perverted such as in the JWs to become a tool for power.

Burn

AWAKE&WATCHING

What eclipe said. No way that I could improve on that.

Burger Time

I always turned inward to begin with. If your speaking of Christianity, it should be exactly as the apostles indicated turn towards Christ. The path is cramp and narrow not simple like JW's make it out to be. That is if you decide your Christian. IF not I think you have to become strong from with in then slowly lean some on good friends and family.

Evidently

I've got my own moral compass to steer by
A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky
And all the preaching voices -
Empty vessels ring so loud
As they move among the crowd
Fools and thieves are well disguised
In the temple and market place

Like a stone in the river
Against the floods of spring
I will quietly resist

Like the willows in the wind
Or the cliffs along the ocean
I will quietly resist

I don't have faith in faith
I don't believe in belief
You can call me faithless
I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that's faith enough for me

I've got my own spirit level for balance
To tell if my choice is leaning up or down
And all the shouting voices
Try to throw me off my course
Some by sermon, some by force
Fools and thieves are dangerous
In the temple and market place

Like a forest bows to winter
Beneath the deep white silence
I will quietly resist

Like a flower in the desert
That only blooms at night
I will quietly resist

Faithless - Neil Peart

OnTheWayOut

No where. I'm all religioned out!

Ditto. My spiritual search has mainly used the internet and the library to
find good books. After my obsession with cult and former JW books has
subsided, I have started going to skeptical books on the Bible and Jesus
and Christianity. I would say I am leaning toward atheism.

Just be careful- I feel that I can be easily swayed by an author's opinion, so
I recognize that it's just one opinion, or one set of facts with a certain spin to
them. I got out of an organization that had one set of "facts" with a certain
spin to them, so I try to acheive balance by looking up opposing views.

Finally-Free

I have pledged my allegiance to the Great Bird God ROCCO! I offer him sacrifices of pellets, vegetables, and tummy rubs. In return he shreds my clothing, chews my furniture, and plucks my nose hairs. Here he is pictured screaming his sacred pronouncements at me.

Where have you turned to?

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