- Being the only kid in class that didn't salute the flag
- Not being able to play any sports in school
- Not being able to see girls openly
- Not being able to return a greeting in a decent way (Merry Christmas, Happy New Year)
- Not being able to have any friends outside the Borganization
- Being picked on for being a Jehovah
- Having to wake up hard working folks early on Saturday
- Having to hide my porn
- Having to miss out on good jobs to favor pioneering
- Missing out on college (I am in now at age 46)
Reasons You Hated Being A Jehovah's Witness
by minimus 42 Replies latest jw friends
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Tired of the Hypocrisy
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Free
I would rather eat glass while watching static on the TV then attend 1 more minute of those boring meetings.(boring is an understatement)
Could somebody tell me where the hell is spellcheck here ?
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VoidEater
Welcome, I'd Rather watch Saturday Morning Cartoons - although I didn't like Saturday morning cartoons myself (except for Space Ghost), I would definitely rather sit in front of the TV than make cold calls early Saturday morning to people that would really rather be sleeping or enjoying their family than answering the door...
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Robert7
time time time... I hated wasting my precious free time. Fine, I'll give them Sunday, but depending on the time, you can waste 1/2 your day when it's a noon meeting. Then Saturday, my ONLY day to sleep in and enjoy a full day off (god forbid), I get guilt-ed into service. Then wasting 2 nights a week, I HATED losing 2 nights a week.
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HSS1971
" Life was'nt that much fun because everything had to be only half lived" Cheetos put into words how I always felt. My ex wife put the guilt grip on me because of my music choices. I could'nt listen to KISS or metallica. Plus she would'nt let me do oral on her. Sex gets boring doing the same thing over and over and over again. It got to the point where I was thinking of different sisters in the cong while having sex with my wife, now my ex. Also movies. I could'nt enjoy any worthwhile movies. All the movies I liked she found objectionable. It's like the only "approved" movies for JWs are lite comedies. One time we went to see Rush Hour #2 I think it was. Anyway wife get offended 5 min. in cuz of all the cussing. I was liking the flic, she wants to leave the theatre. Another time I rented "Last Emperor", about the last emperor of China, a bio pic. Anyways were watching together and at about midway theres a scene where two sexy girls are kissing and licking eachothers feet. Wife gets offended again, can't watch the rest. - It was like that the whole time I was a JW. Never had any fun at all. Life was so damn boring. Hell if I was riding in a car with an elder and rubber-necked to look at a hot ass girl on the street, I got scolded for it. JEEEZ !
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R.Crusoe
I realised that at no time in my life could I justify converting another soul to a regime that made me feel so low!
All the hype and brainwashing confused my reasoning but my heart was destroyed by it!
I knew I could never honour my pledge to serve as one converting others to this misery!
It's why I think governments should regulate their ministry to the general population by imposing a list of factual considerations to be put to any people BEFORE baptism.
At baptism JWs take complete control of your human network and many do the dip not having the full knowledge as to some life changing stuff that lies ahead!
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lancelink
the ultimate thing that happened was this :
a friend had a dog who was getting really old, so the parents decided to put him down.
The whole situation was really sad, and after the dog was put to sleep, they all came home with the kids
pretty upset.
And the the cong. overseer stopped by and heard the whole story from the parents, and his reply just made me realize
how empty jw's were emotionally.
His reply should have been" oh I'm sorry about your loss",
no it was " well, dogs don't have souls so lets move on and go out in service this afternoon."
I was just devastated that a man of so called spiritual maturity could say something like this to a family.
And the topping was that the parents started to agree with him, like he was absolutly correct!!!
How foolish the family was for letting something like human emotions get in the way.
i believe that the kids were affected in ways nobody could understand.
That is the tipping point when I realized that there is emotionally something missing with these people, -
IP_SEC
I cant say I ever hated being a JW... but I sure love not being one.
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crapola
I,too used to sit at the meetings and look around and wonder if anyone else hated being there as much as I did. I would look at the old bros. and sis. and know that they thought Armegeddon would come anytime now, but where was it. I practically grew up in one cong. and saw many old people die still saying it was right around the corner. Was I going to also be old someday and still saying the same thing? I don't think so.It's so bogus. There is so much that does'nt make sense. And thank goodness my son has helped me see that.I also hated going in service. I one day met a man in service that had left it a few years earlier and I left his house that day so envious of him because he had the courage to leavr and here I was still knocking on the doors and not beleiving half of what i was saying.I'll never do it again! I also hated going to assemblies. Those long days of setting all day long till you thought your butt would never be thst same and listening to the long and boring talks. I honestly don't know how i did it.There's much more but I'm sure you all have heard itall before, so bye for now. I would messages from anyone out there and I'll be sure to answer.
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crapola
Yeah, my kids never could have there school friends over either. I know they hated that.