What "hooked" you? (page 2)

Dawn

I believe that most individuals who become JW's as adults have two things in common:
(1) Limited bible knowledge, and (2) at an emotional pivot point in their life.

I was born into it - but the people I spoke to who were "converts" later in life all seemed to have these two common denominators.

Even though I was DF'd, I was still hooked by this religion and believed I was doomed to destruction until I started studying the bible independently of their literature (about 10 years after my DF). I was only realy "free" when I gained enough bible knowledge to KNOW they were not the truth.

I really feel for those who realize it is not the truth while they are still in - what a tough position to be in - knowing the truth and facing the possibility of loosing friends and family. I probably could not have made that decision, so I guess it's a good thing it was made for me!

I only wish the rest of my family was free.

Cassiline

Born into it

C

When the pain of being where we are, becomes greater than our fear of letting go...we will risk and heal and grow.

Mimilly

I was 17years old, had just had a baby, a brand new marriage, moved to a brand new country with a brand new language. My husband was gone for most of the year on military exercises and I had no friends.
Their 'love-bombing' worked on me. At that time I was in dire need of friends and a feeling of family.

Mimilly

VioletAnai

I was born into it too, but questioned as a teen and left.

My mum told me her story:

She was having a seance. It was her aunty May apparantly. Things started getting out of hand. Glasses flew across the room, the table was flipped and my mum was freaking. She screamed the name Jehovah - she'd neva heard it in her life (gran was roman catholic!) and the violence stopped. A few weeks later, she received a visit from the jw's and hasn't looked back.

I thank my mum for raising me with good morals. My mum has always tried her best to follow the bibles recommendations and she also tried to make us....tho all of us ended up leaving. But, I must say, I got a good start. For the most part I'm a pretty decent person...I think.

But my sister and I are studying again.....

radar

What "hooked" you?

The idea of seeing an end to wickedness and suffering at the hands of Angelic beings and the prospect of never seeing death.

This was too incredable for it not to be true, particularly the fact that the two who were telling us this fantastic story seemed to have a reverential respect for the Bible and were ordinary looking people!!

Lesson one then: Appearances can be deceptive.

OUTLAW

I was never hooked.I was born in it,and was kept an unwilling prisoner.When I grew up I made my escape and never returned to the bowels of WBTS HELL...OUTLAW

termite 35

I felt sorry for them; they were walking in the rain and no one would open their doors...took the mags...did'nt want my children to die,as they told me they would if I did'nt get it right...had postnatal depression at the time...
now I love it when it rains...........

new boy

Born into it, but choose it ahead of time. This happen by way of reincarnation. I needed to experience a NAZIS religion, and stand up to it, in my last life I was a Nazis. That time I set back and said nothing. I later took my own life. Since the NAZIS were gone I choose the NAZIS religion to take its place. It worked out perfect. Now my contract is up. Everything is in divine order.

"Ingorance is 100% curable" Jessie Cathill

KPL

Born into it, left as a teen, and returned (groan) after I was married and expecting my son. I was baptised after my daughter was born. Served zealously while married to an "unbelieving" mate. divorced, a few years later DF'd. For me, the reason I returned was because of a huge guilt trip. All 5 of thier children no longer attended and they were so happy when I finally said ok when they asked. After that, I didn't have the heart. Eventually I woke up.

DanTheMan

I don't think my story varies that much from a lot of the others here. I was biblically illiterate, from a dysfunctional family, full of anxiety and low self-esteem, in desperate need of certainty.

The love-bombing was key for me. All the instant friends was intoxicating, as was having an answer for everything and not having to think on my own anymore. Totalism is very seductive to a confused, lonely 22 year old.

Still reeling from the experience.

What "hooked" you?

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