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What made you a JW?
by radar 39 Replies latest watchtower bible
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betweenworlds
Unlike betweenworlds, I HATED the holidays
lol! I was only 3 years old, what was not to like? Got candy, toys, and more candy
betweenworlds
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radar
Did any of you feel convinced that you had God's spirit?
if so, did this re-inforce your belief that you had found God's Organisation?What do you associate that conviction with, now that you have rejected that belief system?
Radar
Like all people who have nothing, I lived on dreams
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teenyuck
Raised as a JW. Hated it, always.
Never believed in "Gods Spirit." I have no faith. I do not trust people or what they say. Especially JW's. They are hateful SOB's.
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Englishman
No choice.
Raised in it, dragged a-kickin' and a-screamin' to the meetings, then battered around the head with it so much that I was eventually convinced it was the truth.
Never liked it though, apart from the "Apres ski" after the meetings.
Never took a WT book off the shelf in my life, not ever, even as a
MS. I much preferred to read James Michener and Neville Shute, which according to my Dad was my downfall, all those graphic descriptions of those lusty dusky maidens in "Hawaii" was just too much, and my brain and my groin sort of traded places.Englishman.
Bring on the dancing girls!
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clash_city_rockers
Well I was raised a Romanist. I always had religious fellings or something. But in the end when I was 19 or 20 it was this girl..... Man, was I foolish. Mistakes of youth.....
cheers with lots of beers,
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Thomas Poole
I became a JW because my parents had not taught me the Bible.
When I went to church, it was for something to do with my friends.I never learned anything because I had no scriptural sharing in
my family because my family was disfunctional. If I had known who
I was in Christ, I would not have become a witness.tp
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Thirdson
Radar,
I was raised in it. First son was about 5 when my folks got baptized and he's 8 years older than me. When you are raised in it you think it is the truth, you believe everything you are told and think yourself lucky. I remember when I was about 11 my mom asking us (during family study...yawn) whether we thought we'd have become Witnesses if it wasn't for her and dad. She then reinforced how fortunate we were to be raised in the "Truth". It disturbed me and I imagined growing up in a non-Witness family, living in ignorance and dying at Armageddon sometime in 1975 or a few weeks afterwards.
When you are raised as a JW you only see the bad in other religions, you scoff at the attempts of others to do good and feel superior to everyone else. It's a wonder any of us leave! I did eventually, so did other siblings -- 4 out 2 to go.
Thirdson
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cat1759
I was raised in it. I would never have left if my son was not molested as I never questioned their beliefs. Just knew that is was all I knew and therefore the truth. After things started happening and I saw a different side to those people I left.
After leaving I felt hopeless and guilty. I was no longer a good person. I was no longer going out in service. I chose working to get away from my own guilt. The more I worked the less pain about life I felt.
That carried me until 1996 when i came online. I met some wonderful people, wrote my story for the net and the bitterness has been slowly ebbing away. Before that time I tried several times to go back to the hall as I was not disfellowshipped. Each time they would all welcome me and I would get so mad I could spit in their faces. My therapist told me to stop going as I had no will to live. I just wanted it to be all over. I only got depressed when going to the hall.
After that, studied the bible on my own to find out what the bible actually had to say. I was shocked and amazed. Jehovahs Witnesses are wrong, they are demonic and should be recognized for the harm they have done to others.
I have enjoyed the posts on these sites. So interesting.
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crownboy
RAW too Harmony.
Thirdson said:
When you are raised in it you think it is the truth, you believe everything you are told and think yourself lucky. I remember when I was about 11 my mom asking us (during family study...yawn) whether we thought we'd have become Witnesses if it wasn't for her and dad. She then reinforced how fortunate we were to be raised in the "Truth". It disturbed me and I imagined growing up in a non-Witness family, living in ignorance.
My sentiments exactly. Especially when you're very young. You feel fortunate that God allowed you to be born in "the truth". Talks always stressed that children who are raised "in the truth" aren't missing out on life, but have gained it. I always honestly knew that there was no way I would have voluntarily converted to the JW religion, so I truly felt blessed to have been born into it. Of course, my opinion on this has changed greatly.Go therefore and baptize the people in the name of the father and of the son... what the hell, we just need to bring up the yearbook numbers!