How hardcore?

by 4mylove 13 Replies latest jw experiences

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  momzcrazy

  Very hard core. I pioneered every summer after my baptism at 13. Became a regular pioneer a year after graduation, or 4 months after getting married. Although I got DF'd at 16 I came back within the year. If you read my profile you would find out I was willing to die for the cause. After hubby left I became the martyr believing wife, dutifully taking the kids to meetings and shouldering all scriptural responsibility. Making hubby miserable all the way. I even travelled to the DC in Alabama 6 yrs alone with kids. I was just a drone though, none of it really hit home until this year. My brain fog cleared up and I started thinking for myself.

  I'm not saying a relationship can't survive in JW land, we did. It was just hard on me to have a divided heart. When you are a true Witness it is very time consuming. I wish you luck ie. he doesn't ever go back and you can have it all forever.

  momz
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  WTWizard

  I was brought in by the hardest core witlesses one could want (they told me that things that were basically conscience matters were wrong and would stop me from getting the good things I needed, and they wanted me to pioneer and put in excess hours in field circus). They tried to teach me that anything more liberal would not work once I learned the hardcore system.

  That lasted only until Jehovah started breaking promises and moving fulfillment to my doing more and more without delivering anything. And, once that Puketower of April 1, 1995 got studied, and they moved to get the sisters in a$$emblies to reject me (so they could blame poor Satan), that totally blew it for good. At that point, I was no longer a witless, but only wanted to waste as much of their time and energy in bickering about whose turn it is to hound me this time. Meetings and field circus began to disappear, and I started getting much more liberal in my music selections and TV programs. By 2001, anything went except Kingdumb sxxx (of course, I still didn't celebrate Christmas or listen to Christmas songs).

  Now, I am just about 100% liberal with respects to the witless rules. None of them mean anything to me. They can take their rules and shove them.
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  R.F.

  I was very "in". I had full trust in the organisation at one time and thought that all my doubts would reach some reasonable clarification at some later time. Until that time would come though, I was determined to be as hardcore as they come, and that very much was the case. Many said that until I came along they hadn't seen so many younger ones so serious about the religion.

  I was only baptized some 3 years ago, and I quickly was appointed a MS and Pioneer. I had aspirations to enter the circuit work later on as well, hoping that I can play a part in straightening some things out that I saw as problems within the organization, more in particular with local congregations...........even though now I realise there isn't much that can be done to "fix" things.

  Things definitely have changed in such a short time.
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  mentalclearness

  Not very hardcore. Never had a great field service record. Missed alot of meetings. I guess more o the fringes. But Although I didn't believe 100% I still wanted to be part of the club. And I was born into it. Family is very hard core. Guess that's probably why I kept trucking along so many years......