Cut all communication with her and move on.
How do you explain to a jw...
by Gadget 14 Replies latest jw friends
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GentlyFeral
I was never very interested in "rescuing" JW's after I left, and still am not. So I don't dance around it, or try in any way to trick or seduce them into thinking for themselves.
I just tell them the truth: that I was stumbled by the conduct of a sister...
(wait for it)
...myself.
GentlyFeral
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Victorian sky
I've been thinking about this too. I do have an interest in helping my family who are still in and my few JW friends but I'm not sure how. I agree that getting into a debate would be futile. I try to think of when I was a JW and what could have possibly reached me? Dotrinal agruments would not have. Maybe something emotional. I would try not to say anything negative about the borg 'cause they'll get defensive. What I've said so far to those who've asked was, 'Being a JW may work for you but it didn't work for me.' I get a blank stare, a long pause then a 'What do you mean?' then I say, 'I was bored out of my mind, depressed, felt like I was suffocating, I'm much happier now, if you wanna know why I'll tell you." They either drop the subject or let me explain. I think the advice of a previous poster was excellent, I just tell them my experience if they'll listen, the trick is not to bash the crazy religion while doing so. - V Sky
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