My younger cousin
Well,I was so worried about him and how he would feel/grow up if i stopped pushing the religion down his throat but i did. Since then, the boy seems so much happier and comfortable with me. I told him he doesn't have to do anything along the lines of religion that he doesn't want to do. He hasn't attended ONE meeting in about 2 months. (I only wish i had something good to replace it with. I still want him to know right from wrong.) He is enjoying school and actually has more friends. I even bought a cake for his birthday last month. He is much happier.
My sister and her husband
When i first became a witness i tried to force this religion on my sis and bro in law SOOOO MANY TIMES. My sister even studied for a few months then stopped. They never were rude to me and never told me why.Last week, my sister and i were shopping and i told her the JW'S stand on education and how everyone is treating me different since I'm not pioneering. I also told her that the elders were so malicious that on the same night that they announced that i was no longer a pioneer (a whole two weeks before i told them in my letter i was stopping) they had a local needs directed right at me! They were speaking not just about the dangers of higher education but about the terrifying dangers of leaving pioneering to pursue higher education. Everyone treated me like dirt after the meeting!!! She couldn't believe their stand!I then told her about some of the other things i was learning on this site and on my own. She shook her head and told me that this is why her husband calls it a cult. Apparently, he too was studying before and he asked the sister questions about the background of the religion and they never returned. He then came online and researched some things so when i tried to force it down their throat they already knew.She told me to get out and that i will always have my family! Thank God they're not witnesses.
My hair
I'm thinking about changing my hairstyle to locks/dreads. This is a no-no in my country because they say it identifies you with Rastafarianism. However in my country about 30% of persons have locks but don't identify with the religion. It's the norm. It's just a hairstyle. However, if you want to get baptized you have to cut your locks in this religion. So i'm still a publisher but i want to grow locks because i look how it looks and my hair is getting too thick and unmanageable. Will they reprove me or DF me? I mean i really don't care! Why don't they tell the indians in my country to stop leaving their hair to grow long because it identifies them with HINDUISM? Why? I don't understand the logic behind this rule! I really want to do this...I want to be free to do as i please with my hair! This is some pics links of locs/dreads-----
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