Why Grandma wouldn't talk to her grandson.

BabaYaga

That's just it, Dear CoCo... FEAR. The religion is not based on love, it is based on FEAR. I personally have worked for years to purge myself of the fears within me, and it is not easy by any stretch of the imagination. When you are raised to fear everyone and everything, one has a lot of work to do.

I feel sorry for for the grandmother... but I feel much deeper for your friend, who had to get reinstated back into that madness to hear her justification.

Love,
Baba.

compound complex

Dear Baba,

Thank you for your insight - a cringing fear more powerful than the natural love one should rightly bear one's family. Fortunately, Friend is out and has come to terms with the madness in a manner similar to our "escape."

Gratefully,

CoCo

yknot

Fear is a powerful and highly motivating feeling.

After watching the fearmongering of the early 80's........ I am not in the least bewildered.

Dagney

So sad, on so many levels. I am have both anger and sadness for parents and relatives that deal so harshly with their own kin. It does distill down to that "fear of Jehovah" thing. Grrrr.

I think of my mother, now in the last breaths of her life....and she still wonders if Jah will judge her favorably. She talks to me about her struggle everyday to "do what's right." Huh?? She reads her Bible and literature morning till night!!! I think something is missing in their soul that this fear of Jah replaces.

I'm glad your friends is out Coco. I think this dispicable shunning requirement has been and will continue to be one of the major reasons people leave. No one likes it.

no more kool aid

Isn't it sad that this woman lost the opportunity to comfort her grandson. If they would only stop thinking about rules and think about what Jesus would do in such an instance.

Dagney, I think your mother thinks she's not worthy because the organization tells her this three times a week. Did you ever notice that there will be a talk about poor meeting attendance, and there you are sitting at the meeting! Or the talk at the assembly about listening and there you are, listening! After a while you just start to believe you could not possibly measure up.

Mrs. Fiorini

No more kool aid makes a good point. One of the big problems Jesus had with the Pharisees was that they were more interested in following the rules than in showing love. Jesus railed against that. I think modern day JWs should too.

MissingLink

It is true that Fear is the power behind all religion. And this kind of thing is common. But what I don't get is people doing this to their kids or grandkids. If God (or any other maniac) said he was going to kill my kids, I would not step aside from them! I would put myself between the maniac and my kids! Maybe that's just me.

aniron

I know of a lady who was disfellowshipped when younger. Her younger brothers used to run screaming from her if they saw her.

She later learnt this was because their mother had told them that is they spoke to her Jehovah would strike them down.

One brother is now a stuck up his own backside Elder, and the other is having mental problems.

Why Grandma wouldn't talk to her grandson.

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