Fanatic

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Have any of you became ex jw fanatics. I have struggled with it since leaving 4 yrs ago. How do you cope with it.

finally awake

What do you mean by ex JW fanatic? Someone who actively pickets the conventions, passes out leaflets, or goes all out in breaking all the JW rules?

d

What I meant was a person who is constanly preaching against the Jw's.It can include picketing assemblies.

I'm not an active fanatic I guess. I can't see myself picketing an assembly or anything. I do occasionally talk about some of the crazy stuff dubs do/believe with my friends who have never had any up close experience with them. My primary coping mechanism is coming on here to discuss things. At first I was scared to death of the local dubs and worried endlessly that they would make my life difficult. So far that really hasn't happened, and I no longer try to hide or keep my activities on the down low. I have Christmas lights up all over my house, and I live a block down the same street as one dub family.

Phizzy

I left about the same time as you D, (d), and at first I was SO ANGRY with what they had done to me, stolen and ruined my life, that I simply wanted to bring down the WT by any method and free as many JW's on the way as I could.

I have gradually calmed down, I realise that the WT is not going to be brought down by any effort of mine alone, and that picketing Assemblies etc is a total waste of time, as is more often than not engaging in conversation with individual JW's.

I find now that I am less and less interested in them, I no longer read a lot of the threads on here where people are simply pointing out what to me is as John Cleese might say "the bleedin' obvious" about them, not that I am belittling the posters who write thus, I believe you guys are doing a good work, pointing out to Lurkers what they simply have not seen yet, well done, keep it up, it is just that I am tired of going over what is old ground for me.

I will participate in any action or campaign that does not compromise my position, as an Inactive non-attender. In fact. if something which I beleive will be really effective comes along, I will be there and take any consequences, i.e DFing , but for the most part I am content to live at peace with myself as much as possible.

I still have the anger deep down though, and the problem is that there is little outlet for it, which is bad for one, suppressed anger is not good.

So, please let us know on here if anything effective crops up, we really need to find an outlet for our anger !

whathappened

If you make bringing down the Watchtower Society your whole life, then you are still giving them some control of your life.

I never let an opportunity to tell people I meet the truth about Jehovah's Witnesses, usually they are mesmerized by what I have to say. If I see magazines in a waiting room I will take them and dispose of them. I don't think I would ever picket a meeting or assembly.

I do feel strongly about supporting forums like this one, jwfacts.com, silentlambs, freeminds, and jwstruggle, of course. If I can in any way help someone leave this disgusting cult, I will.

Pterist

Yes, I can emphasize with being angry after being misled. I visited KHs and put literature on JW cars before I was run off the property. Constantly, seeking out JW in forums to expose their errors.

However, as I looked at the big picture and the example of the apostle Paul and his zeal as a pharisee, he showed in his letter to the Galatians that the law was a gift as a PEDAGOGY (Galatians 3:23-29) leading to Christ. If it were not for my search for the meaning of life as I studied with a work mate, I would not have come to appreciate the value of the scriptures. The WTS has the same record of success as does the AA and other support groups for a changed life. I believe the more we are responsible with what we learn from Gods dealing with imperfect creatures, the more capacity we have for more truth. As Christ said nobody can come to him unless the Father draws him, and nobody can reveal the Father except Christ. I now believe, I learned what I needed from the Watchtower org. as I took the good and left the bad. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 and moved on to a quiet life in Christ's peace.

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