I am gutted that i missed out on so much and lost my youth, we only get one.
8 hours a week lost attending meetings, another 3 on ministry. Saturday mornings, Sunday mornings for nearly two decades, wasted, stolen.
School, girlfriends, careers, hopes and dreams all stamped down before they could grow.....Then there is the sacrificed birthdays, Christmas, 'worldly family'........And for what? Is it really good enough that a child experience that just becsuse it makes an emotionaly challenged parent feel appeased Obviously not, yet still more join or cling on to it.
What really confuses me is ...."the JW's stole my kids...".. No YOU, the parent, the guardian stole their life, their freedoms, their rights, their youth from them, you handed them over in exchange for emotional appeasement. Considering the sacrifices and costs involved, a little more research and thought may have been appropriate as a parent.....maybe? Especially as parents who buy into thus crap have had their life, had their chance, had their youth. They are not the ones making the significant sacrifice. Of course your indoctrinated children stay entrenched, YOU brought them up that way, also it is so much to have lost if it was all for nothing. They will have lost so much more than you if they quit.
Keep children out of religion, teach them how to question, seek answers and appraise evidence first..... The cost of indoctrination is too high. Being different as a child is hard enough as it is, watching other children not only be 'normal' but have all of the above can be too much. For me it was probably easier to pretend it wasnt a shit life when I was younger , believed the teachings, now its evidently untrue, it becomes a significant loss, never to be experienced again. Its done now, nothing can be done,,but for others who have children, this is your responsibility, your desicion. The control the 7 men have over your kids is a fallacy, they are not dictating your children's life, you are! You can stop anytime you want, your children can't.
JW kids are brought up quicker than a chicken mcnugget, the bible stories book starts with desolation and ends with depictions of destruction. the JWs talk about protecting kids from violence, sex snd magic, whilst the bible story book is full of illustrated violence, blood, death, murder, magic, sex and even rape. Children should be thinking about robots not jesus on a stake. Non JW tots don't steal or lie or swear , all without the crazy, evil indoctrination of a sky man that is always watching and if you do 'wrong' will be angry with you ... (Point to picture of agesd Adam and Eve..... )
If i have the privelage of being a dad, my children will be watching cartoons on Saturday mornings and not dishing out mags in the rain, if I am lucky enough go witness that, I believe it will be restitution for what I missed out on. If you are an ex jw with kids that left to protect them, know you have my utmost respect xxx
