Would YOU Have Died For The Witness Religion? (page 3)

minimus

It was easier to just say no to everything, even if the GB said it's up to you.

straightshooter

Definitely would have died for the witness religion.

wha happened?

When I became a 'dub, I was convinced I would be imprisoned, and possibly die for my faith. I found it perfectly acceptable in that time

minimus

My mom still worries about being taken to a concentration camp. She's 86 and worries about that crap.

Scully

I almost did, when my son was born more than 25 years ago. The nurse looking after me when I finally woke up tore a strip off me for almost dying and leaving my baby without his mother.

sizemik

Stop asking questions like this it scares me.

I almost killed my wife.

tec

I think so, if I had been convinced that it was true. (not just because the GB said so)

I say 'think', because someone might have been able to convince me that i could not leave my children like that... and i think that would have been a 'reality slap', and i think I would have taken blood in that case.

So in truth, I am not sure. But I never got far enough along to believe it... especially since as I was learning, the whole blood fractions thing had come out, and that just seemed so ridiculous.

Peace,

tammy

problemaddict

Yep. Totally would have died. HERE IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING.

Even when I was doing backstrokes in the Kool-Aid, when my first child came around, I told myself that if he really needed blood or he would die...I would give it to him. I reasoned that since he was a baby, and couldn't make the decision, he would still be able to be approved by God. I would be held accountable and not make it, but if I didn't involve my wife in the decision, he could still make it under her if he was a minor. Brilliant!

Sounds so crazy now. That was the beginning of the end for me in regards to thinking Jehovah is so cruel as to force someone to do such a thing.

I even shared this totally logical normal idea with a couple close friends, and that is when I knew I had an issue.

Apognophos

It's one thing for a young person like me, with no children or siblings, to be in the position of staking one's life on the no-blood teaching, but I really feel for those of you who had to go through that as parents.

puffthedragon

Yes.

Would YOU Have Died For The Witness Religion?

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