If you don't like being a Jehovah's Witness then leave....

by Quirky1 35 Replies latest jw friends

  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW

    If you don't like being a Jehovah's Witness or going to the Kingdom Hall or the Society then leave.... It's as simple as that...

    Ultimately.....Like it or not.....In order to get out..

    Thats exactly what you have to do..

    LEAVE..

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    .Crap!!..Now Theres No Lions To Pet..

    .............In The New System.............................................Good-Bye WatchTower!!..

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    ................................................................................................................................................. photo mutley-ani1.gif ...OUTLAW

  • Bye bye birdie
    Bye bye birdie

    I wish it was that easy.

  • DATA-DOG
    DATA-DOG

    Baby steps are sometimes needed. Even so, your individual circumstances are just that. We can't label people around here. There are a myriad of reasons why just leaving is difficult. Eventually, as OUTLAW says, you have to quit. I wish that I would have just walked out. Now I am forced to run the long-con.

    DD

  • joyfulfader
    joyfulfader

    I was fortunate enough to have been able to just walk away, BUT that is not the norm. My friend is mentally out and has not been to a meeting in close to a year. This person's SPOUSE is weak but still IN mentally. There are children and a loving marriage at stake. It's just NOT that easy to make a blanket statement. The Org wants people to be trapped and feel like they can't go anywhere. While I think some do stay unnecessarily for purely social reasons (not family), it's not fair to think everyone is like you. We are the lucky ones.

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow

    There must be 50 ways to leave Jehovah.

    Just change the word lover to Jehovah.

    SONGS + LYRICS

    50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Add « see all songs Lyrics:

    “The problem is all inside your head”
    She said to me
    “The answer is easy if you
    Take it logically
    I’d like to help you in your struggle
    To be free
    There must be fifty ways
    To leave your lover”

    She said, “It’s really not my habit to intrude
    Furthermore, I hope my meaning
    Won’t be lost or misconstrued
    But I’ll repeat myself
    At the risk of being crude
    There must be fifty ways
    To leave your lover
    Fifty ways to leave your lover”

    You just slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don’t need to be coy, Roy
    Just get yourself free
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don’t need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

    Ooh, slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don’t need to be coy, Roy
    Just listen to me
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don’t need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

    She said, “It grieves me so
    To see you in such pain
    I wish there was something I could do
    To make you smile again”
    I said, “I appreciate that
    And would you please explain
    About the fifty ways?”

    She said, “Why don’t we both
    Just sleep on it tonight
    And I believe in the morning
    You’ll begin to see the light”
    And then she kissed me
    And I realized she probably was right
    There must be fifty ways
    To leave your lover
    Fifty ways to leave your lover

    You just slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don’t need to be coy, Roy
    Just get yourself free
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don’t need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

    Slip out the back, Jack
    Make a new plan, Stan
    You don’t need to be coy, Roy
    Just listen to me
    Hop on the bus, Gus
    You don’t need to discuss much
    Just drop off the key, Lee
    And get yourself free

  • Ucantnome
    Ucantnome

    i don't think it is that simple.

    did i like being Witness? yes and no. i didn't leave because i didn't like being a witness. it was what i believed was right i dont think it was anything to do with liking it.

    i needed to be sure it was the right thing to do when i left and it took time. there were others to consider.

  • westiebilly11
    westiebilly11

    what I'm finding harder to deal with in the two years since I left is trying to forgive myself for making our three children ( now very much grown up) attend meetings..I'm sorry that I dragged them to sit through talk after talk and demo after demo etc etc...and they were so well behaved and complied 'to please daddy'....the time lost to them can never be restored. I wish I had seen the ttatt years ago and enjoyed more of what a real loving father should do with his children..to them I can only say 'sorry'.

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow

    It is easy, ucantnome, if you don't way overthink it.

  • Ucantnome
    Ucantnome

    we are all different.

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow

    Westie, just love them and be there for them when they want to talk or vent about it. YOu did what you felt was right at the time and surely you did fun things with them and gave them good memories. My daughter has fond memories of some experiences she had like older sisters who loved her, get togethers, friends, the motels at the conventions, etc. She remembers the weddings and going to spend time with other JW kids and their families, etc.

    My son told me recently that he appreciates the solid sense of what was right and wrong we raised him with. He doesn't mean silly JW right and wrongs, but the things like stealing. We didn't cuss like sailors like some parents do. He viewed us having respect for others, etc. and we always put family and our children first.

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