Did you leave the Borg 'in search of truth' or 'freedom from rules'?

by BLISSISIGNORANCE 45 Replies latest jw friends

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  blackout

  I left because, I was tired, exhausted, sad, BURDENED. I thought that Jehovahs people were supposed to be a happy people, I couldn't see many that were happy, most were like me, or else had a fake, forced joy.

  I thought Jehovahs people were supposed to be loving and encouraging. Towards the end when I lived on the same road as the Kingdom hall, not one person visited me in 6 months. Then when I saw a newly appointed elder at the hall and he asked why I hadn't been at meetings lately, I told him' because I have had chronic depression', he said 'Oh is that all' I didn't go back to a meeting for many months.

  No-one visited.

  Then I felt guilty and went back, I decided to approach this elder and tell him WHY I had not been to meetings since he made this comment. He said 'oh no I would never say anything like that'. He then gave me some magazines on depression. It turns out he had just been to an elders meeting where they had told elders how to handle depression. He never visited me even once!

  It just all seemed so wrong to me I faded soon after and moved house.
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  kat_newmas

  I was twelve.... I left because I had developed what you call a conceince. I could not justify the things I saw.

  The generic answers. The shunning. The lack of compassion.

  I ran... jumped right out of the back of a car. . . . I am 33 now... and still running. . . As far away as I can possibly get.

  My only regret... I left an entire family trapped in the burning building that the WTS set fire to.
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  Guest 77

  Lack of genuine love. Love covers all bases, no love doesn't.

  Guest 77
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  Azalo

  I left because I realized that I didnt really believe in waht I was taught my whole life and beyond that Iidnt believe in religion at all and had no spiritual inklings whatsover. It wasn't until later that I realized all of the contradictions in the organization. Although, from as long as I can remember I was always bothered by the expression "the truth"; so much so that I can say with all honesty that throughout the 17 years (from my birth until I left) that I considered myself a JW I never uttered that expression. (in the context that most JW's do anyway)
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  JT

  some leave because they want to be free to smoke, drink, gamble, fornicate, grow beards, celebrate Xmas, take blood and drugs, etc.

  Not meant to Dog you or anything, but it is interesting that you listed the above first as the reason folks leave, this is often the reason that JW beleive folks leave. in my exp very few folks i have met in the 7 yrs on the net leave the org JUST TO FORNICATE- while this may happen once they leave persay, I have seen or been aware of very few who decide "I AIN'T going to the Hall no more so I can get some Coochie"

  most here leave due to the way they were treated, which leads them to take a second look at the dogmas- others like myself for example left entirely due to dogma

  once you realize that wt is Bogus, it is sorta moot to stay and devote your life and energies to a bogus cause

  for years the wt when i was growing up would ask: Would you apply for a job at a company that had a sign saying GOING OUT OF BIZ-

  well it's pretty much the same wt, would you devote your life to an org and cause that you knew would never deliver on it's promises

  folks here were promised new homes, good health, seeing their dead love one, world peace, etc

  and to find out that all you will ever get is an "IOU" from wt, well it makes it pretty clear why most folks leave

  imagine if the the avg jw was allowed to read without fear of DFing, just half the stuff we discuss here in a day- how many do you think would stay

  yet as jw we were not even allowed to THINK differently from the org let alone discuss it at our next gathering with some friends without being label a traitor to god himself

  knowledge is indeed power, but many folks have the knowledge of the errors of wt, yet the fail to use wisdom which would mean putting that knowledge to use in a productive way
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  xjw_b12

• some have been hurt by the Borg and have taken their wounds away to lick them, waiting to see justice .

  Not holding my breath on the justice thing though .

some have trusted the Borg with their lives, time and money...........only to discover recently that there has been lies, cover-ups and hypocracy in the Borg. Now they have left but need to belong to another organization to feel happy.

That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Precisely, it was those dots ... the WBTS used in their publications, when quoting from other sources, or even their own earlier publications. When I started researching the WBTS's own publications, and discovered that those dots represented whole sentences, paragraphs, and in some cases, entire pages of missing text, I could not believe my eyes. Many times the missing text, totally changed the gist of the quote. I was shocked. I felt so betrayed. THOSE LYING, DECEITFUL, CONNIVING BASTARDS ! They have been altering information all these years to make it appear that the sources they were quoting from, held a similar viewpoint, when in many cases it was actually contradictory ! ( their evolution books were a prime example )

And the WBTS claim to be the spokesperson for god, through the FDS ? To reuse a quote I saw on this board a few weeks ago that was originally attributed to a poster called MindChild: " If there really is a god, and these people represent him, that god is one dumb shit "

As for belonging to another organization to feel happy ? Sure. Perhaps a volunteer or social club, but I will never put my trust in another religious organization again.

xjw_b12

" I just want to know the truth, because I've been lied to all my life "