For those still in- why do you (really) stay, and what would it take for you to leave the org?

serenitynow!

For the so-called conscious class, those of you who know it's all a disgusting lie, what is the real reason you stay in? I find it hard to understand how ones who know what the org truly is would continue to be an active JW. I'm not talking about the "faders"- those with an actual plan to get out as painlessly as possible. I'm also not talking about people who have to become self-sufficient before they can make that move(like a teen living at home). I mean you all who are here all the time with one foot in and one foot out- miserable at the KH, but won't leave. Why?

Is it really for family, or is it just fear? Fear of the "world," fear of starting over?

What exactly would it take for you to just walk away?

Joliette

Well, at this point, its really is an option for me. I'm 27, single, nothing really holding me there. But my parents still go. I live by myself. My brothers dont really go.

pirata

For me family = fear of starting over. I don't want to lose my family over some religion. If my family "wake up", I'll be walking. Until then I live a lie.

ShirleyW

Jolette- Sounds like you're out on your own, you really don't have to put on the "act" for anyone, but only you can plan out how long it will take you to make the actual break from the Borg.

I've often wondered how some on the board here still go to keep peace in the family, I know I wouldn't be able to put up with hearing just a minutes worth of hearing those lies spewed forth from the podium !

MrFreeze

Here's my reasons. My family. Nothing can replace your family, no matter how twisted their beliefs are. That's what unconditional love is all about. If I leave I lose my family.

I will eventually leave, but only when there is something there to fill the void. I'm talking about a special someone, whose family can become like my family and make the sting of losing those precious to me, a little more bareable. I mentioned about someone in one of my threads that talked about a love I lost. Who knows if that would have been the plug to fill the gap left. It may very well have been.

Evidently Apostate

my daughter and 2 sons. thankfully my oldest doesnt want to be a baptized witness and he is 16 so he understands the mind control and is planning college as his escape. my little ones are the reason i put up with my uber jw wife.

Midget-Sasquatch

I only have my immediate family here with me (parents and younger sister). I've always been more of a solitary person and have only ever had a very samll group of people I've ever felt comfortable around. I lose them I lose most of my meaningful relationships. All the rest of my more closer family are in Europe. Sure there are my mother's cousins etc in Toronto but I bareky know them.

baltar447

There's many things I think they are smoking crack about but I haven't come to my own independent conclusions yet about whether it's all right or wrong. I have a family, my wife knows my doubts we don't talk about it alot but I think she's also come to the same conclusion that something's really amiss but another minute she'll be saying she doesn't want to talk about it. We both have said that we need to each read and study the bible on our own and see what it has to say to us. Not in a bug fired hurry to make any decisions.

moshe

are the reason i put up with my uber jw wife.

Maybe in a few more years, E-A, when it's more convenient, you can get rid of her. I'm sure she doesn't deserve to know how you feel inside.

WalkTall

Echoing what others here have said, it is because of my children. I don't want to lose my relationships with them. I love them so much. So, as unbearable as it is to listen to the poisonous lies at the KH and assemblies, etc., I hang in hoping that my children may awaken someday soon.

For those still in- why do you (really) stay, and what would it take for you to leave the org?

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