When You Left The "Truth" Were People Shocked? (page 2)

sd-7

I don't know. I had been missing a lot of meetings and coming in right when they were over. The elders at my old congregation wanted to 'meet' with me, but were intentionally vague as to why. It's probable that Mom ratted me out, but I could never conclusively prove she talked to the elders.

Most could probably tell something was wrong. But obviously, I'll never know how they feel. None of the people I considered as trustworthy reached out to say goodbye or anything at all, for that matter. Guess if my own brother ends up with "f*** you" as his parting words to me, well...I can't expect better from anyone else...

--sd-7

sd-7

And by the way, you can't leave "truth", as "truth" is not a geographic location. You can stop believing truth, but you can't leave it. So that's kind of a stupid phrase. If anything, I left BECAUSE of truth. Truth has to be proven beyond circular logic in order for it to have meaning, after all.

I left a religion, but I have moved far closer to truth because of it.

--sd-7

Ilovebirthdays

Yes. I am from a big family of JW's (they are pretty much the elder body for the 2 congregations that met in the hall) and I was (and still am) the only one in 4 generations of JW's on my mother's side of the family that up and left. I also don't think they saw it coming because I had led such a sheltered and restricted life, I know they didn't think I would be able to figure out how to leave on my own. I know they thought I would come running back admitting I was wrong and crying that the world was such a horrible place, and the bigger shock is that I've been out for over 13 years and built my own life, and obviously have no desire to go back.

minimus

I still get people "praying" that I come back.

andys

When I left I put on my facebook page that I was going to a different church because I was so angry about being cheated, and then for a whole entire month every weekend i had the elders coming to my house, I finally got up the nerve to answer the door, when i let the elders in all i can say is I wish i had a video camera with me, the looks on their faces, they were looking around like there was demons in my place, the were very nervous, then I told them I am no longer a Jehovahs Witness.............................................

ziddina

Nope!!

I figured out, when I was eight years old, that the bible WASN'T 'divinely inspired' - heck, the god of "Moses" didn't even know what a volcano WAS, so 'he' COULDN'T be "all-knowing"... [Exodus 19: 16-19]

After that, I pretty much did just enough to avoid (most) of the hitting/kicking/slapping/insults from my dad and to a lesser extent, from my mom.

If it hadn't been for the physical intimidation, I would have left at the age of eight...

So, like Girlie, I just drifted along until I was big enough and self-confident enough to realize that my parents couldn't hit me anymore. I was never much of a witness, so I don't think there was much of a stir when I left...

In a way, that's unfortunate. It would have been nice to rattle a few JW's faith as I left...

Zid

minimus

....pretty smart 8 year old!

ziddina

Aw, thanks...

(If I'd been REALLY smart, I would have figured a way out of that insane family... Kids were still basically considered their parents' "property" when I was little...)

VampireDCLXV

I was just an average schmo (or maybe even less than average). Sure, I was always in good standing but I never held any special "privileges" like being an MS or pioneer despite the "encouragement" to do so from others. My FS hours were middling at best.

I'd say that, by and large, the majority simply didn't care. Out of sight, out of mind: right? Several folks were already ignoring or shunning me (maybe because of rumours that I'm still unaware of). Others were saddened by my absence. A small handful still think that maybe they can get me back someday or that I'll return on my own like I did once before. Not a chance! My family knows better than to try to pressure me into anything that I don't want to do...

V665 V665

Reality79

Maybe. Some don't even know I'm inactive let alone "shocked" I've left da troof. As for the rest, don't know and don't care.

When You Left The "Truth" Were People Shocked?

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