'A Remembering'--Batman #10 quote reminded me of my research into JWs

by sd-7 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  sd-7

  Batman had this thought in a recent comic, Batman #10 (from the reboot, the 'New 52' as they call 'em now), and it really spoke to me about what happened when I first Googled '1914' on that fateful day nearly three-and-a-half years ago:

  "Henri Ducard, the great detective, once told me that there's a feeling you get on a case sometimes...a feeling that comes when the pieces suddenly fit into place and the answer you've been looking for all that time begins to appear. The feeling, Ducard said, is like 'a remembering.' Not so much a discovery of something new, as a remembering of what you knew all along. Something right in front of you. That feeling is the best indicator you have your answer, said Ducard."

  As I was reading 'Crisis of Conscience', I had that feeling descend over me. The late Ray Franz was just showing me what I'd already known, in an orderly and specific manner. I already knew, before I even did that first Google search of '1914', that I was going to find out that it was all b.s. Of course, the more urgent concern of mine was that I was going to be screwed because I still lived at home and hadn't really been preparing to move out. But my personal epic failures aside, I had this extraordinary feeling of having all the answers I needed. It was a relief like nothing I'd ever felt in my entire life. I had to check and recheck to make sure I wasn't losing my mind, but it was all there and all real. And all right in front of me, all along.

  Anyone else identify with that sentiment? Well, I'm sure you do. I just had to post it because I'd been thinking about it since the day I read those words in the comic. Ah, Batman. Thank you for making me paranoid enough to realize I couldn't trust anyone, even the ones I trusted most.

  --sd-7
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  jamiebowers

  I can kind of relate. As you know, I was a believer even after I was df'd. But because of the experiences I had about the cover ups of child molestation and the indirect condoning of domestic violence within the congregations, I bounced between thinking there must be something wrong with me and something must be wrong with the organization.

  Thankfully, Barbara Anderson and Bill Bowen, both to whom I will be eternally grateful, appeared on Dateline, and the truth about "the truth" eventually hit me.
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  breakfast of champions

  There is definitely 'feel' to human intuition that is difficult to describe, but what many fail to do is use it as a springboard from which to break down and methodically examine problems, and find out just why that 'feel' was present. Most just use their intuition as a quick way to make a decision, never going beyond the gut feeling.

  When I first googled '587 607', of course tons of apostate sites appeared. Not frightened of them, but just out of wanting to be as unbiased in my search as possible, I started doing research at county libraries - not only on 607 but religion in general as well as Jehovah's Witnesses. Once I knew it was BS, I went back to the Internet and ended up here!