Choosing Death (for born ins) (page 3)

Scarred for life

I agree with garybuss. When I left I was choosing sanity. I would have gone totally insane if I had continued the pretending and the farce of being a JW.

At the time I left I absolutely thought that if those JWs are right and Armageddon is coming soon, then I would rather die and at least have a taste of a normal life before that happens. I got over those thoughts quickly and realized I had been lied to my whole life.

I may have thought that I was weak at some point in my very young life but at the time that I left I felt strong and empowered and independent for the first time ever.

chickpea

what does it say about the b0rg
that those who once bought their
tripe hook line and sinker (me)
eventually choose DEATH (according
to the b0rg teachings) rather than
remain in that mind-numbing fog?

independent_tre

All of us here had the most powerful weapon used against us... and they still couldn't break us. Yet, they call us 'weak'.

That makes it so weird trying to 'fade' from the org, because I feel that dubs around me try to look down on me as if I am weak, when I feel anything but weak. I feel full of life, like I've regained some lost freedom.

Great post.

Purza

They use fear to try to keep you in. Yes, I was fearful when I first left and thought for sure "the end was coming". As time has passed, that fear has subsided and is pretty much a distant memory (it rears its ugly head in other forms now and then). My husband (who was born a Catholic and was never a dub) says that my parents are afraid of death and that is why they hold on to this religion so strongly. I hear from my mother on a weekly basis that the end is very near. Yeah, uh huh.

Purza

choosing life

I left to choose life.

BurnTheShips

We chose life. To live as a slave is worse than death.

Regardless of what path we walk here, atheist or believer, political ideology, or anything else. We all have a Truth in common, we chose that Truth: That the Jehovah's Witnesses are not the sole Truth. And that Truth has given us greater freedom.

BTS

dinah

for our newbies.

I've noticed several of them were "born in"

Narkissos

I'm neither a newbie nor a born-in but I'm glad you brought this thread bttt as I missed it the first time. Great post indeed.

In more than one sense I too believe that (facing/accepting) death is the beginning of freedom.

slimboyfat

Well personally, given the choice, I would love to live forever on a JW paradise earth. Who doesn't want to see loved ones again? So I can't agree with the sentiment that some would rather die than have what JWs offer. Having said that obviously there is no paradise earth and we have to come to terms with that.

DJK

I never beleived in God. My choice's were freedom or slavery.

Besides, I felt I had something greater than God,,,,,,,ME!

Choosing Death (for born ins)

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