Have you ever had " a moment of clarity"?

by elderelite 46 Replies latest jw experiences

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  lionpaw

  voideater-

  you are right...God is laughing...

  son- hey dad! can i have my playstation 3 now?!

  dad- not yet billy,

  son -why!!? ive been really good in school and cleaned my room and, and, and...um

  dad- good job billy, but just wait a moment.

  son - come on dad!! buy me my ps3!

  dad -i dont have to repeat myself billy, u got my answer.

  son- fine! one day im going to grow up leave this torture hole and im going to buy my ps3 and u wont be able to tell me no!!!!

  dad - (thinks) yes...how cute billy...(giggles, kids say the darndest things!)
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  Heaven

  I have had many of these types of moments in my life.

  The one that was significant for me involving the JWs was, as a teenager, reading that I had to live in subjection/subjugation to my husband. I had to look those words up in the dictionary and when I did, I was revolted. That was over 30 years ago. It still hits me like a ton of bricks how horribly wrong this is. It makes my stomach knot up.
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  elderelite

  Its great to see that they are still comming..

  @poppers.. it was exactly that but I wouldn't be able to identify it as such for sometime
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  streets76

  I went to the funeral of my beloved grandfather when I was eight years old. It was my first encounter with death. I thought to myself, "That's gonna be me sooner or later."

  Eat, drink, and be merry, folks.
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  elderelite

  Bump
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  The Oracle

  Interesting.

  Great thread. Thanks for the bump.
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  Captain Obvious

  THANK YOU for bumping this thread! Great read. I didn't know these moments were real until I had one.

  I was sitting on my couch, just as I am right now typing this, iPad in my lap. I had been curious about old WT writings, so I downloaded an old WT and was skimming, thinking to myself, 'wow, this Russell guy just spews numbers and dates and gibberish! Nothing makes sense in here.' then I saw him reference 606 bce as being the date for jerusalem's fall. Then it clicked, and the house of cards fell down. I right then realized that after the 'ordinal year' issue was sorted out, 1914 didn't change! A little further research on 607/587 and the scales fell from my eyes with regard to the FDS and WT. If this isn't right, nothing is right. I had wasted the first 25 years of my life in a false religion.

  Then I thought, 'what about my wife? My family?' My in-laws Would just be proved right about me. I just sat on my couch and sobbed. And I don't cry. Before that I hadnt cried since my dog died when I was a kid.

  I remember that moment now as if it just happened.