I'll be a Witness when I retire.

by adjusted knowledge 3 Replies latest jw friends

  • adjusted knowledge
    adjusted knowledge

    I was around age 5 when my father allowed an Elder and his wife into our home for a bible study. My father never got baptized and left the religion completely when I was 12. He would tell the family that when he retires he would return to the religion. He never went into absolutely why he left, but I think it has to do with the fact he reported an Elder's daughter making out with a "worldly" guy, and it was my father that got lambasted. Or it could be he has four college degrees, and didn't want to be educated by window washers.

    Anyway, 26 years later my father is now retired. He retired last year, but I forgot about his "promise", one he made several times. I called him out on it recently, to see what he would say. My mother and sister are still witnesses, but not very active.

    "Hey Dad, remember you were going back to the Kingdom when you retire?"

    His response....

    "ehh well I got a lot of yard work now that I'm retired"

    I wish he had that attitude 33 years ago.

  • Ignoranceisbliss
    Ignoranceisbliss
    He sounds like a good man.
  • Vidiot
    Vidiot
    Sounds like he was the smart one in the family (or maybe just had a better bullshit detector).
  • disillusioned 2
    disillusioned 2

    My dad invited the witnesses into our house, my mum would never have. My dad got baptised as a witness in 1958 when I was 4, my mum wasn't interested. My dad very quickly stopped going (don't really know why). They carried on calling on my mum, persuaded her to have a study and they studied with her for 10 years, at the same time they (the witnesses) got my mum to get other witnesses to have studies with my sister and I. Bombardment! My sister and I were many times over the 10 years made to go to the meetings on our own, we were taken to assemblies by the people who were studying with us and taken on the ministry, no sign of my mum or dad!

    By the time my mum got the courage to tell her family (that I think was holding her back) I was 14 and well indoctrinated myself by then. We all went to meetings etc and my dad happily stayed at home watching tv.

    He went back a few times but always stopped very quickly. I never even asked him why until years later when I myself was having doubts. He said there was a lot he didn't agree with. I asked him what attracted him in the first place, he said he wanted to see his mum again (he was 14 when she died) and now I guess I never will. I thought that was so sad. My mum and dad are both 85 now, my dad is waiting to die and my mum is still waiting for the new system!

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