by lavendar 14 Replies latest jw friends
When you were a JW......did you REALLY & TRULY believe all your non-JW relatives, friends & acquaintances were evil and under satan's influence.....as you were taught by the WTS? Did you buy that ridicules teaching....or did you deep down realize it was bunk?
Lavendar
I never bought it. Family and friendship are highly prized here in the South.
Sylvia
....or did you deep down realize it was bunk?
Always thought it was bunk, don't even think my parents believed it.
I didn't believe that THEY were evil, but I did believe that everyone and every thing not associated with the organization was under Satan's control. Yeah, I believed that, and it's hard to believe now that I did.
I hope our grown son (who's currently being sucked into the WTS) doesn't buy it. He was raised in a very loving & caring family...and my husband & I have helped him financially and supported him through many hard times. I hope he doesn't actually believe the WTS's lie.
Lavendar
Actually yes I did. My parents went as far as telling me that the reason that my uncle and 2 aunts smoked were because they were under the influence of satan and the demons were forcing them to keep smoking.
I think the 3 years that I embrassed the truth 72-75, I thought that people had to be invited into the ark before armegeddon came and I was inviting them in like Noah.
I think I thought that the world was occupying their time and causing them to fail to heed the message that I was so fortunate to be born into.
Not 100% of the time, but if they brought up something against the religion, I did.
Bunk. Although I believed being JW was a definate plus.
I recall liking worldly people, the people I worked with, for instance. I liked the kids at school when I was in high school. I think I just learned what the WT taught but never really thought about whether I believed it.
