What Is The Hardest Thing About Leaving The Truth? (page 3)

Francois

The hardest thing? Deciding to do it.

But after realizing that Jehovah is not God, it was lots easier. Who wants to worship a phoney-baloney God? Who wants to regard an organization of men who teach this phoney-baloney God?

And being a believer in evolution made it easier. Not only have we physically evolved, we've evolved spiritually as well, our spiritual awareness has evolved and with it our concept of God has evolved. Now we can worship a Father image, the one taught by the master.

And we DO NOT have to give up the desire for life. We have not evolved throughout the ages only to end up here at the unchangeable NOW. We leave this life and continue to evolve, to evolve into beings who are less material and more spiritual with each step until in the far distant future we have evolved into pure spirit beings. Evolution is forever - and so is life. And we are free beings, as Jesus said "the truth shall set you free" and so we are free of the GB, the WTBTS, the phoney posturing, the phoney "field service" the slaving away doing things we'd rather not so that the boys in Brooklyn can count the money. Free at last. Free forever.

My two cents

Buster

Readjusting my thought processes to be less dogmatic. Even after I left, I was so sure that all thought processes had to some to a firm decision of black and white, right and wrong, yes or no. It took way too long.

Besides that, I remember the first few times I scheduled something for a Thursday night - felt really weird.

Pleasuredome

i'm finding it difficult to adjust to being 'spiritually' on my own. mind you, when i look back, i sometimes felt like that at meetings.

now i'm trying like buster, to adjust the 'black and white' attidtude. trying to be more loving and less judgmental.

stopping going to meetings wasnt hard, it was a relief from mind programming i was recognising in most things they said.

benext

The hardest thing is hearing the lies and rumors being told about me and holding my tongue. One day some names will be named.

SpannerintheWorks

The hardest thing?

All those years of WORK for the WBTS that would be wasted!

Spanner

riz

it's hard for me when people still refer to it as The Truth. my gagger goes into overdrive.

jack2

I would think the toughest thing, if one had close friends who are jws, would be missing their friendship - because as we all know, when one leaves or even becomes less active, those friendships become affected.

Jesika

edited because I miss understood the ?

Edited by - Jesika on 12 November 2002 16:11:6

out4good3

it's hard for me when people still refer to it as The Truth.

Gagging is right....

Me and the wife were on our way home from visiting some relatives where the conversation turned to such topics as the sniper, the economy, and the looming war. On our way home she says "I'm so glad I have the Truth. If you let it the world's problem could easily overwhelm you.....blah blah blah....blah....blah...blah...........(even more WT psychobable)........I'm so glad I have the Truth."

Took everything I had to keep from blowing chunks all over the dashboard.

The way JW's throw that word "truth" around...it's more of a brand name than a representation of any devotion they supposedly have to God or their appreciation for the sacrifice of Jesus.

terabletera

Sure this would be different for everyone depending on their "time served"

For me, so far....it's been looking and hearing Dubs now (I am often in their company whether I want it or not thanks to mom) When I hear them, watch them, drive by the conventions and see all those drab skirts and short heels so running to and from the bathroom with kids will be easier....man, I just cringe that I was "THAT". THAT was me. I remember likeing assembly days...cus there was a cafe across the street and I could get a good chai tea. Wow, easily satisfied for my saturday wasn't I?

What Is The Hardest Thing About Leaving The Truth?

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