It's not Enough to "Leave the Truth"

metatron

Of all the damage done by years of warped Watchtower teachings, one point stands out:

The degradation - or complete removal - of critical thinking ability.

While many wrongs exist, it would be hard to find any other that generates such a continuing pattern of needless suffering

as the inability to reason critically. Here's a few examples:

Brother X gets his chance to marry Sister Trim - who he's dreamed about for many years ( They are both divorced and 'between'

marriages 'in the truth') Result: another failed/unhappy marriage! Why? He allowed FANTASY-THINKING to take over which prevented

him from seeing that she is impractical, chronically depressed - and not ( beyond 15 minutes in bed) a pleasant person to live with.

Elder Joe is privately in tears. His kids are drinking , fornicating, smoking weed, and have no ambition.

Elder Joe then counsels a family with young kids about the need to do everything the Society says in raising children,

perpetuating another generation of ill-educated, loutish, - and DF'D Witness kids. Why?

It never occurs to him that the Witness 'world-view' is so extreme ( EVERYBODY NOT A WITNESS IS DEAD MEAT, COLLEGE
IS BAD, ATTENDING 5 WORTHLESS MEETINGS A WEEK, A FAKE MINISTRY OF PRETENSE, ETC, ETC) ---- that it nearly

guarantees that kids will lose ambition and discard all their parents moral instruction because they see it as a product of mindless

fanaticism ( the baby goes out with the bathwater ) --- -----------and they're not taught active compassion AND they're taught that LOVE

is always SECONDARY to whatever the organization demands. This is a scheme for success?

Sister Y has endless chronic illnesses that no doctor can pin down. She grabs every trendy quack therapy that comes her way

uncritically, NEVER REASONING that her emotional inner life needs renewal. Her body is subconsciously crying out for help

but the message - blocked out by rigid Watchtower obedience - never gets thru. Instead she NOTES THAT EVERY CONGREGATION

OF JW'S HAS SISTERS LIKE HER ( all suffering in "Satan's system of things") and says "Armageddon is SOON".

Brother S buys a promising business, hoping to get relief from drudgery. The business quickly collapses because a BUSINESS
ISN'T RUN BY MAGIC! Employees don't manage themselves and other local businessmen expect participation in local clubs

like Kiwanis, Lions, etc. You also need to ally yourself with the common celebration of various holidays - Christmas specials,

for example. Somehow, all this escapes his notice.

If you want to leave the 'organization', by all means do so

But PLEASE, for your own sake, liberate yourself from excessive "fantasy-thinking" and the uncritical foolishness

that infests Jehovah's Witnesses as a result of years of habitual indoctrination - designed to KEEP THEM COMPLIANT.

Godspeed and Good Luck to all of you,

metatron

patio34

Very good items to remember, Meta.

Pat

bluesapphire

Another one:

Sister pretty but over 30 loves a successful, compassionate, handsome, well-bred WORLDLY co-worker who wants to marry her. Sister pretty gets counselled by the elders to "wait on Jehovah" and not become "unevenly yoked".

Jump forward 5 years ... Sister pretty (not so pretty anymore, gained weight, depressed) is courted by brother divorced wife-abuser aged 45 with three children. Sister pretty doesn't feel attracted to brother divorced wife-abuser but she marries him because "Jehovah has answered her prayers."

Jump forward another 5 years ... Sister pretty very depressed, sick of taking care of brother divorced kids, sick of his elders meetings, sick of being verbally and physically abused, wants children of her own. Commits adultery to get out of marriage, gets disfellowshipped, wonders what happened to the successful, compassionate, handsome, well-bred co-worker the elders told her to drop.

Sister pretty wishes she never listened to "Jehovah's representatives - the elders". Wishes she had used her own ability to think and reason for herself and her own life decisions. Too bad, so sad, too late!

Dansk

Hi Blue,

Goodness that picture of yours is, well, you look so damn tasty...................

Was that a true story? Here's a true story:

A sister in my ex-cong, who'd been divorced before she got baptised, went about as a dutiful sister for a couple of years and, having had to start out again, worked hard to bring the money in. She met a worldly guy at work and ended getting disfellowshipped - before ending up marrying him. He ripped her off, she lost all her money, he cheated on her and she ended up getting divorced - but got reinstated after attending meetings for about six months to a year.

Moving on a couple of years, this previously lovely looking woman, now looking gaunt, met up with another worldly fellow who was single. He learnt she was a JW and thought so much of her that he started studying. The elders warned her not to have anything to do with the man, even though they had genuine feelings for each other. The sister complied with the elders' counsel and the man she loved exited the scene.

Some time later, at a District Convention, the sister noticed a familiar guy sitting in the audience. Yes, you've guessed it, and he was now a brother! Unfortunately, he wasn't alone - his sister wife was sat with him!

Elders are prats!

Dansk

bluesapphire

tasty???

Dansk, mine was made up but oh so true in the saddest sense. It happens much too often in this religion. The women suffer much more than the men.

True story:

Brother nice catches his wife in bed with another man. He files for divorce. Becomes attracted to cute little blonde waitress at the restaurant he's been going to.

It's all hush hush -- even by the elders who know about it. The divorce is finalized and brother nice marries said waitress within weeks and lo and behold worldly waitress begins a bible study.

It's all okay though because the elders realized that brother nice "has his needs ya know..."

berylblue

Do you think more women get DF for fornication than men? Meaning the elders come down harder on a woman for that sort of thing.

Rosemarie

Maverick

Some very good points brought out here. A person has to actively deprogram after getting free of the WatchTower poison.

As for the inherent unhappiness of the sisters, they are easly pickings for a rogue like me. I am the badboy daddy warned them about, (and they listened to him them). They are older and wiser and they are not listening to them,(the elders) now! Maverick

Dansk

Bluesapphire: Tasty = Gorgeous

Rosemarie, Hi!: I definitely believe sisters have a worse deal than men when it comes to elders looking into "fornication" matters. It's as if the guy is almost expected to sew his oats but, ah!, the girl shouldn't let him so she's more liable!!

I also believe many elders get off on hearing the juicy details: "How far did you go?", "How many times did you do it?", "Did you have oral sex?", etc. I bet the elders queue up for the juicy JCs! I remember one elder confiding in me (I was a well-thought of MS at the time) about a couple in our congregation. They were married to different partners but the wife of the guy spilled the beans on them. I got to learn some most intimate details and the elder was obviously enjoying himself telling me. So, yes, I'd say sisters do have it worse.

Dansk

bluesapphire

Thanks Dansk!!!

What do you mean "they were married to different partners"? do you mean they were putting on a con and each of them had another spouse somewhere else? Woah!

On the elders defense, I think it's human nature to want to listen to juicy details. The problem comes in when you're self righteous yet you know you're human just like everyone else.

I remember I hated the elders standing outside the hall during meetings or in the back of the hall whispering while all of us lowly sisters had to sit and listen to the same redundant bull shit talk. Oh how I wanted to be a fly -- better yet a mosquito.

It's not Enough to "Leave the Truth"

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