by 2pink 30 Replies latest jw friends
i'm just curious here.
as i am exiting currently and trying to find my new place (and belief system) in this world, i am wondering what the experience was like for other XJWs. did you go onto a new faith? if so, which one and why? if not, why not?
i'd love to read your responses. thanks for reading!
Good evening,
I decided that all religion was complete bullshit once I left the borg. I looked into Buddism briefly, but didn't make a whole lot of sense either.
Happily agnostic now. (a very small step above athiest... as small as you can get)
You'll probably find most are like me, or atheists.
2Pink, I see curiosity about other religions as a point in one's journey out from the JW's. I did examine some religions, as my sister goes to a church and seems happy.
What I decided (for me) is that religion seems to be about a person (or a body of people) telling you what THEIR opinion is about God and what you're supposed to do about it (.... or else???).
After a while, listening to them reminded me of the style (but not the content) of the JW leaders. I had been preached to enough, and also had done enough preaching/witnessing, to last several lifetimes. I don't need it any more.
Welcome to the forum, 2pink.
I fully expected to end up in some small "bible church" or somesuch when I exited; but I never did. I suppose part of the reason was that A) I needed/wanted a break from weekly church of any kind, as I'd gone to the KH my entire life, and B) I'm not much of a joiner.
But maybe the reason I didn't feel the need to be somewhere on Sunday morning, listening to a sermon, is that it didn't take me long to figure out that that just.doesn't.make.sense - to me. Why would God want you to get to know him through some other person? Or a church?
And the answer, of course, is that She wouldn't.
I faded and would pretty much need to stay away from other religions so that my mother doesn't feel a need to shun me.
Fortunately, as I was fooled once, that ruined me for even looking into other religions.
I read enough to learn that I am confident the Bible is the words of men.
Nope...I feel claustraphobic when someone tries to tell me what to think.
i fellowship with christian millenial fellowship-cmf-occasionaly.sometimes i travel to a no trinity-no hellfire church.
I haven't quite ventured out to a proper fade yet, but close. I'm pretty set in my mind that I don't want to be a witness anymore. I have too many questions that cannot be answered and that isn't enough for me to participate and stay active within any religion. I have looked into Agnosticism, and would say that is what I most relate to. I do not think I'll ever attend any other church however.
I always thought I'd join a church.......... I guess, I thought that's just what people do...work all week and go to church on Sunday.
I did go and check out a few different religions/churchs. But never could bring myself to join one. I was afraid they'd start expecting me to be there, and then start asking questions when I wasn't. besides... I never could buy into any of them completely and I never wanted to feel traped again.
Now I feel no need to go and can't even imagine wanting to go........ sitting with a bunch of people that I may or not like...... feeling forced to listen to something I may or not agree with....when given the choice to do anything else I don't think so.
I'm also assuming that by 'faith' you meant 'church'...but I guess it doesn't have to mean the same.
And welcome..
lisa
I joined a similar like minded church SDA but faded away from them as well. They believe Jesus is Jehovah God! I have gone to many churches to see what they believe and what they offer!
No matter what church I have attended they all have false doctrines and are money making organization. Actually, I have found most sermons full of twist and turns that they make the JW look good.
