Were you intolerant of anyone not a Witness? Was your whole life consumed by "the Truth"?
Were You One Of Those Witnesses Who Lived In Your Own Little World?
by minimus 12 Replies latest jw friends
-
-
halcyon
No. I was one who always believed that Witnesses were presumptuous if they believed (more than just intellectually) that they were the only ones who would "survive". I ALWAYS believed that on the Last Day, JWs would look around and be shocked at all the non-witnesses who made it through to the paradise with them. And they would also be shocked at how many of their own congregation members and friends would fall at their side.
I've always believed in personal responsibility rather than group responsibility, and God's promise of saving those with "good heart conditions" no matter who they were.
Since I've been out, I've realized that Christ died for ALL, not just "good" people. -
stillajwexelder
No - never that bad. I like to think I had balance
-
OUTLAW
JW Kids have no choice but to live in their own little world.....It`s strictly enforced by JW Parents,who live in their own little world...............
...OUTLAW -
jamiebowers
Yes, I was one of those jws who lived in their own little world. I wasn't intolerant of non-jws, though. I just really believed it was the truth and enjoyed going out in field service. Even when faced with elders who tried to bully me into staying in a dangerously abusive marriage and then refusing to understand that I was afraid to hang around to see whether my jw husband would choose to commit adultery or murder after I filed for divorce, I believed it was the truth. For years I felt guilty for not having enough faith in Jehovah to risk my life by staying under the manipulation of a dangerously mentally ill man, either by remaining in the marriage or by stalking him in order to prove adultery. I saw Bill Bowen on the Dateline program 12 years after I was df'd, and that's what finally opened my eyes.
-
Tired of the Hypocrisy
I was not really intolerant of non JWs. I was more leary of them.
-
Mickey mouse
Not exactly but I realise now that I was disgustingly aloof and mentally dismissive of non witnesses.
-
Blueblades
No, I tried to help as many as I could. I wanted others to live in paradise forever. I felt that time was short and did all I could to help others realize this.
Now, no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I enjoy social activity with others, I live and let live.
Time is short only as far as our life span goes, 70 or 80 years.
I'm 63 and taking it one day at a time.
Blueblades
-
WTWizard
I was in the beginning--I thought that worldly people only existed to be recruited (that was what the humanoid that dragged me in taught me--he was absolutely resolute that I was going to be a hard core Value Destroyer Training School graduate that would get the whole world into the cancer). That didn't last very long after he left the territory, though.
-
minimus
As a child, the only thing I knew, was JWism. once I matured and grew up, i knew that JWs were arrogant. That arrogance, to me, is their downfall.
...OUTLAW