I do think JWs learn to compartmentalize well. it's the only way to function for a Witless.
How Do People Like Sir 82 & Others Who Are Active JWs Do It ???
by minimus 93 Replies latest jw friends
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snowbird
I try to maintain a sense of decorum for my daughter's sake, but sometimes I feel like parading in front of the KH with a placard that says,
THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR LORD AWAY ... John 20:13.
Sylvia
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minimus
The Fearon's can helpya.
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moshe
JW's lie to the public when they are out in field service and it appears theyoften lie to other JW's when they don't believe it's the truth anymore. WTF- don't people stand for anything based on their own convictions?
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pirata
WTF- don't people stand for anything based on their own convictions?
No, not always. Though that could explain why I sometimes feel like crap.
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minimus
Sir 82, where are you?
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jamiebowers
JW's lie to the public when they are out in field service and it appears theyoften lie to other JW's when they don't believe it's the truth anymore. WTF- don't people stand for anything based on their own
convictions?
Moshe, I love your posts and your anti-jw spunk, but I must ask you this:
Do you have any family, other than your ex-wife, who are jw?
I've only lost contact with one famly member that I really care about, and it really hurts, even more than 20 years later. If I hadn't been running for my life when I exited the cult, I would've been much better off fading so as to be able to speak to my own mother.
That being said, I have no idea how people who know the truth about the "truth" can continue with meetings and field service. I literally get sick to my stomach just hearing recorded talks in the comfort of my own home. I don't know if it's post traumatic stress or that I lack the courage of my own convictions. But anyway, my hat is off to you.
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sir82
In no particular order:
Family who will never stop being JWs
Morbid curiosity of how the train wreck that is the org. will proceed - I've got a front row seat
Concern for friends still inside - I think I may be able to do "more good" by being in and appearing reasonable than by fading or going out in a "blaze of glory"
Laziness
Fear of the unknown
How long will I last this way? Who knows - something's got to give at some point.
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civicsi00
I would have been able to do it, to stay in and try to help others out. But I have a family, wife and son, and I think it's torture to put them through something that is false. Especially my son. He's still too young to be able to distinguish what I would have been doing, and it would be disastrous if he started becoming influenced by them. Better to stay away and find other means of helping people out, or help others who are already making their way out.
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minimus
Thanks Sir for your responses.