What is the best thing and worst thing about being a JW?

by micheal 17 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • micheal
    micheal

    I would say the best thing is when one has just started studying and coming to meetings for the first time they are treated like gold. But things really start to detiroriate quickly from there.

    The worst thing is the control. Your life is so closley monitored that it feels like one is in a symbolic jail cell. It is enough to drive a person crazy. I mean the list is very long, but this is just one of the worst.

  • blondie
    blondie

    You ever hear the saying about the little boy who kept hitting himself in the head with a hammer, because it felt so good when he stopped?

    Blondie

  • minimus
    minimus

    The best thing about being a JW is that you KNOW that you're better than anyone else. The worst thing about being a JW is that you don't know sh-t.

  • unbeliever
    unbeliever

    best thing- can't think of anything

    worse thing- the way it fu*ks with your mind, scars you for life, and robs you of your childhood.

  • freedom96
    freedom96

    Still thinking about the best thing from being a JW. I don't have the time to write down all the bad things.

  • Red Witch
    Red Witch

    Being told you won't get old. And will live forever in happiness in an earthly paradise.

    Finding out the "end" did not happen in 1975!!!!

  • TresHappy
    TresHappy

    Best thing "unconditional love" at the Kingdom Hall in the beginning - only to learn you're being love bombed, which is common among the cults.

    Another good thing - not having to buy Christmas presents for my relatives. Worst thing, most of those relatives are now gone.

  • run dont walk
    run dont walk

    best thing - live forever

    worst thing - life is over

    Hmmmmmmmmmm, they contradict each other don't they, just like the JW's

  • Vivamus
    Vivamus

    Best thing ... As long as you believe, you are really happy, with a tight group of friends around you and a feeling of security and peace.

    Worst thing ... The minute you start doubting, the tight group of friends around you turn into your worst enemies, and will drop you when the elders say so. The feeling that you have lived a lie.

    -

    And the world shall tremble in the wake of the Blue Bubblegum
    Dutch District Overbeer

  • arancia
    arancia

    dear,vivamus you are so right !

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