What Ever Attracted You To The Witnesses In The First Place?

by minimus 49 Replies latest jw friends

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  straightshooter

  The teachings on hellfire, Trinity, not getting evolved in the military, and especially the flag salute being idolatry all sounded reasonable and separated the jw from other religions. Thats what drew me to get baptized as a jw.
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  Mary

  I was born in. Thought the idea of never dying, of never having to watch my parents or even grandparents die was a great thing.
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  minimus

  Never dying or growing old sounds pretty nifty.
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  PSacramento

  Such a fear of death...I didn't realize that played such a major factor.
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  Farkel

  :What Ever Attracted You To The Witnesses In The First Place?

  It was this pesky circumstance known as "birth."

  Farkel
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  Open mind

  Muffin Eggs & Shasta Cola.
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  minimus

  In the 50s and 60s, it was all homestyle cooked meals at the Conventions. I remember looking forward to those times.
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  chickpea

  i was low hanging fruit...
  a much beloved brother
  died of AIDS (miss you
  everyday, michael) and
  a late 2nd trimester
  miscarriage of a boy,
  ((((paul benjamin))))
  within a calendar year
  had me reeling emotionally...
  
  when my pre-schooler asked
  me "where are uncle michael and
  baby paul now?" and all i could say
  was "i am not sure..." , well you can
  guess the rest.... the JWs had ALL
  the answers i needed.... resurrection,
  paradise earth, upright and holy organization

  heeeere fishy fishy fishy....
  swallowed it hook, line and sinker
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  minimus

  It's very typical for people to turn to religion in times of need. Too bad you went to the wrong one.
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  nugget

  My mother came into the organisation when I was 4 so I knew no better. She said she had been praying and the angels led the witnesses to her so pretty heady stuff when you are 4.

  I wanted to believe that people I loved deeply would be resurrected but lived in fear that others who were not baptised would die at Armagedon. It is kind of warped to be glad and sad when unbelieving relatives died because then they would get a resurrection. Paradise is a great concept but the price sucks.