by lepermessiah 5 Replies latest jw friends
Is it possible in JW land?
My family notices that I am uncomfortable around JW's at this point....
I keep telling them that I like the people, but I know what comes along with being "friends" with JW's....its conditional, unless you get someone who is willing to be your friend on the "down-low".
Also, the conversations always center around congregation activities, organizational BS, etc........
I was at a gathering a while back, and it was hard to find a group discussing something "normal"
The Organization is like a braggart constantly telling you how great he is and bullying you to agree.
This braggart organization pretends to speak for God Almighty and does so by throwing the name "Jehovah" around like they're
best buddies.
But, when they are caught in a lie, an error, a backtrack they claim what? That they are "only human."
So, which is it?
I liked the people I knew....hell, I LOVED the people I knew at the Kingdom Hall. Then, I went to prison for my faith for two years and NOT ONE of my so-called "brothers and sisters" who have "love among themselves"--NOT ONE of them came to visit me, wrote me a card or letter or even asked me how things went when I got out.
Who can maintain their objective sanity with such a revelation of "love" and such a bullying by an organization?
I like some of the people in the Borg, couldn't care less about others and there are one or two I hate, but that’s another thread.
How I express it is that on the whole I have as little to do with the Borg as possible, but still talk to and am friendly towards the JWs I like. By my actions people can see how I feel.
I am done pretending everything is ok when it clearly isn’t JW land.
Terry, I am sorry to hear about how you were abandoned it still makes me angry and sad when I read experiences like yours. We think these people are our friends and they abandon us without a second thought. At least in the end we have the last laugh.
Express hatred of the organization by throwing out the magazines when you see them.
Express liking of people by talking to them about anything other than the Organization.
Best of all, make new friends who don't put a mortgage on your friendship. It's about paying the price of cult membership to enjoy thier expressions of love. Fail. W.Once
I understand that Jehovah’s Witnesses may be individually moral and good, although knowingly religiously misguided by their leaders. Collectively,however, they are part of a destructive high control group that has cost many thousands of innocent children’s lives (blood), and destroyed the innocence of tens of thousands more (child abuse). I came to this understanding after granting myself permission to break their rules on researching Jehovah’s Witness history, beliefs, practices and scandals. I believe they are just another Adventist offshoot despite their special pleading of uniqueness.
As long as they dictate shunning of former members and inasmuch as that directly affects me and my children I will continue to be somewhat personally defined as an ex-Jehovah’s Witness. The leadership and my brother made it impossible for me to leave quietly with my dignity intact and so I will continue to harbour a certain degree of resentment about my loss of family, friends and reputation.
Even if you do like many of the people still in it - this is a moot point if they are afraid to even look you in the face, let alone talk to you normally.
