Terry, true! They have that smirk that says, HA HA! We know something you don't know!!!
Jehovah's Witnesses---A Religion That Frowns On Everything!
by minimus 25 Replies latest jw friends
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jaguarbass
I used to get so mad at my mother when I was younger for bringing that evil religion
into the house. I remember being very angry many times and saying to myself, everything is
not wrong, everything is not bad.
I read many self help books after leaving the tower to reprogram my brain.
I even did self hypnosis, Silva mind control to reprogram my brain and bury
all the negativity.
I would listen to cassette programs, like you cant afford the luxury of a negative thought.
Sometimes I still pull out books like "You cant afford the luxury of a negative thought" by
Peter McWilliams and "Your Erroneous Zones" by Wayne Dyer, so I can be sure I am not falling back
into negative thinking.
Negative thinking, the sky is falling , nothing is good, the world is a bad place
is the only kind of thinking I new until I was 31 years old.
I even went to AA for 7 years to learn new ways to think.
And I was no more of a drunk than the average garden variety JW.
What a terrible curse that organization is on humanity.
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Chalam
Titus 1:15-16 (New International Version)
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
Blessings,
Stephen
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serenitynow!
As I heard another ex JW say, this is definitely a "thou shalt not" religion. Basically anything that is possible to give any pleasure or satisfaction is forbidden. I knew a sister that frowned on any kind of competition like having a race, games, etc. That was unchristian somehow.
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nugget
The constant guilt and stress, finding excuses for not doing more. My children quickly learned that the only reason for non attendance at meetings was illness so they would have no end of mystery illnesses and headaches on meeting nights.
At school so many new opportunities have been opened up to them, song practice, school plays, parties, celebrations of all sorts. Biggest of all the right to decide what they want to believe if anything. The right to think for themselves is the most important gain of all.
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serenitynow!
It's interesting your kids got away with feigning illness. If I remember correctly, if you were too sick for the meetings, you could not do anything remotely fun staying at home. When I was a teen and rebelled, not going to meetings, my mom would unplug the house phone and take it with her, sometimes the TV too.
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WTWizard
I think it's easier to list what you can do: Read the Bible (the Not Well Translated) along with the washtowel littera-trash (never read the Bible and just the Bible), pretend that the Washtowel story is reality, pray for Jehovah's name and tyranny, go to the boasting sessions, and go out in field circus. There are in fact only 5 things you can do without inviting a call from Brother Hounder--anything else takes away from Jehovah.
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EmptyInside
All these rules make me feel claustrophobic. You can't talk to your closest friends or family if they are disfellowshipped, unless you want to be too. NO R rated movies, no facebook, and no large gatherings, and no friends outside the org. And at my hall, no stopping to read the information board during the meeting and don't chew gum.
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jehovahsheep
the wts fails to aknowledge that a christian is accountable to god not an organization.
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minimus
The Pharisees weren't this bad!