Lies and the Lying Jehovah's Witnesses who tell them

by joelbear 18 Replies latest jw friends

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  joelbear

  A visit home recently brought me back up against the destructiveness of the Watchtower Society.

  Far from being happy, my parents are exhaustingly sad, angry and bitter. They spent the weekend
  chopping first at each other and then at my brother and I. How we had disappointed them. How, we
  were the reason for all their unhappiness.

  It became pretty clear to me that there unhappiness came from inside themselves. I blame it on living
  a lie. My parents have been witnesses for 60 years. I think on the inside they know its a lie and therefore
  know that they have spent a lifetime passing on that lie. How could one hope to be happy?

  Do you know any happy Jehovah's Witnesses? I mean people who seriously live as witnesses. Are any
  of them happy, showing the signs of a happy life in the way they speak and behave?

  Lying makes people unhappy.
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  Sassy

  Actually my mother loves being a Jehovah's Witness and really believes all the bs. She is excited every day to go out into the field and tell others about this grand hope. The only thing that discourages her is that now I, the last of her children have left for the world.
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  Englishman

  Joelbear,

  No, I don't know of any really happy JW's. I do know that they feign happiness when they meet up. Actually, it is such a put on act, this "Hail-fellow-well-met" act that they go through so as to be positively nauseating to the casual observer.

  Englishman.
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  Azalo

  i think my parents are genuinely happy being JW's, I think its part of what makes them blind to all the inconsistency.
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  mann377

  There are many schools of thought here. First the way a person veiws their religion has a lot to do with their attitude. Some view it as a insurance policy for the here after ( These are the arrogant ones), some use it to persue egotistical goals (These are the enforcers), some use it for social reasons because regular society will not put up with them ( These are the usefull fools). Most will become bitter when they realize the time they have spent devoted to an organization that has no more truth or guidence than a house cat. Many demonstrate there bitterness in various ways and what you have experienced from your parents is just a sign of their bitterness ( ever heard of the saying " misery loves company"). Remember a religion that has all the answers................allows no questions!
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  Special K

  Hear! Hear!! Mann377.... great post..

  sincerely

  Special K
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  Yerusalyim

  This post made me think of my youngest step son...the one who believes the least of the two still in...he'll be in the longest...and probably become an elder. He's going through the motions...I've met some who are trully happy...others...like my step son...are there because it's advantageous.
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  stillajwexelder

  Remember a religion that has all the answers................allows no questions!

  GREAT POST MANN377
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  shamus

  Do I personally know any happy JDuds? Yes. They lead double lives. They are not unhappy. The unhappy ones are the ones that do everything that the society tells them to do. I sure was in the "unhappy" class. I couldn't take the man made rules.
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  SM62

  I know many JWs who are genuinely happy. Some are close family and I know they are happy because I know them very well. Granted, there are many who lead double lives and many who are very unhappy within the organisation, but you can't say that there are no happy JWs - that's just as daft as the JWs saying all 'worldly' people are unhappy. I was an unhappy JW and I'm glad I'm out, but if my family are happy being JWs, I'm happy for them, as long as they don't put any pressure on me to conform to their ways, and vice versa - I won't force them to think like me!

  Terri