I know what you mean Jermone. I was raised a JW and have been about 9 months. The first few monhts were hard, I had nightmares abour armeggedon and i was so afraid I could be wrong? Plus having children , you are responsible for their lives too. Over time things became clearer and I came to terms with my decision. I think the WT does has some truth and they have alot of good ideas, on the way we should live and treat others. The main problem for me with that is that THEY dont live up to what the preach. It looks so nice in the mags , but when it comes with really dealing with the flock, they are a bunch of liers. What has helped me the most is to seperate, God and Jesus, from Jehovah and the watchtower organization. Notice that the later was only concerned with Jehovah and the organziation. Somehow they seemed to leave Jesus out of the equation. I am now focasing my efforts on learning more about God and Jesus and how to be the best person I can , and how I can be more like Jesus. If I try to concern myself with doubts about my choice , I will never move forward. I am a much better christain now and I see a change in myself and the way I see things. I dont want to ever go back. But even thou I feel this way , every once in awhile I will have a twinge of doubt that they are the only organization or people Jehovah will favor. Then I think logically and remember all the crazy things the wt has said and done.
I just know the God and Jesus loves us and they will not abanddon us the way the wt has.
Is there a way that the Watchtower could be true?
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LyinEyes
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Doc_jedd
Nope once I get lied to I tend to think whatever else they say is bullshit too! ...........Jedd
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larc
LyinEyes,
There is one big difference between you and Jerome. You have lived the experience; Jerome has not. He is an 18 year old boy trying to help his girl friend out of the religion. So for him, it is a hypothetical question, not one that he has faced in real life.
Jerome is playing with ideas that he has not experienced.
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LyinEyes
I meant to type that I have been out of the wt for 9 months. It was hard for me to accept that I had been brainwashed all my life , but that is a harsh reality. I would suggest that you do some research on leaving a cult and the subtle signs of being brainwashed. I was really taken back by those findings. I thougth I was too smart to be brainwashed. LOL But that just showed me the evil tactics the WT uses especially on the young to get their grips on them forever. I have learned also that it takes years maybe the rest of your life to come to terms with leaving a cult . Just take it one day at a time, and like someone eles said, things will get easier and those doubts do fade. We all have such similar stories , and we are all going thru the phases of leaving a cult, some of us are on phase 1 and others are alot more advanced. Good luck on your journey .
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LB
In my mind Jerome, not a chance.
Odds are better that I will wake up next to Brittney Spears in the morning.
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jerome
Ok larc...
poor, little, young, inexperienced, niave me couldent possibly be able to even grasp the concept of pain.
But anyway this is my reasoning.
If I dont her to come to her senses soon then everything that I have said now will most likely dawn on her sometime in the future.
I had a moral obgligation to try my best and I did. Nnd I continue to do so.
Realistically I dont think that she will do anything rash in the near future but at least I feel better knowing that she has a better chance of not falling into the trap.
Mabe when I am your age that i'll look at younger people the same way that you do but as for right now I just dont get why it is that you have such a trivialistic opinion of my issues.
Ok I am young, no I dont know it all, no I cant look at things the same way that you do, no my trivial experiences can compare to your life works but that does not mean that I cannot care for somebody enough to try very hard to prevent them from making a mistake. Especially one as big as this.
As far as my experience on this board I detect a pattern of people making up their minds about you before you really get a chance to express yourself, some people are just like that I gues.
As far as I can see opionions have been established and minds have been made up from the time I got here. And they arent going to change anytime soon. But no matter, I have an agenda and I am going to stick to the plan.
I am trying to keep my goals realistic ( thats if a guy my age understands what realism is) and will continue to work to acheive my goals.
Comming to this message board is but a minor inconvience compared to what anyone will have to go through after finding out that they entire outlook on life has got to be readjusted. I know alot of jws personally and i'll do as much as reasonably possible to inform them about the errenous decision that they are making.
If it were me I would want somebody to do the same.
Just doing my part.
jerome
