What Ways Did Jehovah's Witnesses Make You Feel Guilty???

minimus

I believe that many religions try to make their adherents feel GUILT. And of course, the Witnesses are no different and imo, are more guilty than most. People go to a meeting during a snowstorm because the elders feel it's not THAT bad. So a person goes and risks getting hurt or killed....And why?? Because of guilt!...........How were YOU affected by guilt?

JH

Whatever you do, they try to make you feel guilty. If you go see a movie, probably they would say, "Would Jesus go and see that move"? Whatever you do, you better put the interests of the kingdom first or else they will make you feel guilty.

If you get married to a non believer, you have to bear the guilt forever.

If the Overseer is in town and you don't make it to all the meetings and don't go out enough in the service while he is visiting the congregation, they program you to feel guilt.

Euphemism

Like JH said... they try to make you feel guilty in a lot of ways. But I guess your question is, in what ways did they succeed?

Well, sex was a biggie, of course. I felt guilty for masturbating, and occasionally looking at porn. I felt guilty for having doubts about God, the Bible, and the organization. I felt guilty for not making my pioneer hours; I felt guilty for not being bolder about business and informal witnessing.

At first, I felt guilty when I started listening to rock (I grew up only listening to classical and jazz), and then to heavy metal. But I got over that (although I still sometimes felt guilty for listening to any song about sex).

Oh and I almost forgot... I felt guilty about wanting a career in academia, until I pretty much ripped out that desire by "sacrifcing" my best academic opportunity.

Elsewhere

Put Kingdom Interests (Whatever the WTS tells you) first.

When I was a kid I always hated being asked: "What do you plan on doing when you grow up?" The obvious answer was: "Pioneer and go to bethel", but those were the last things I wanted to do... yet I did both.

I hated having to rationalize my going to college. I would tell people that I was only going so I could make a "comfortable" living. I was made to feel awful for trying to have a career... people kept telling me that my career was supposed to be serving Jehover.

I hated the way everyone kept bugging me to get baptized. I finally did to get them to stop "worrying about me" (Marking me as a potential threat)

I hated the way everyone kept bugging me to do parts on the stage. I hated talking about things I did not believe.

I hated going Door-to-door teaching people things that I did not believe.

I hated the way they would call wanting to know where I was if I missed any JW activities, meetings, or field service.

I hated the way everyone got upset when I finally told them that I did not believe what the WTS taught. I told them I was not leaving them, only the organization. Unfortunately JWs cannot distinguish the difference between themselves and the organization.

Soledad

in everyway possible.

When I went shopping for new clothes, I felt guilt.

When I went to the library to take out books and cassettes, I felt guilt

When someone at school was being friendly to me, I felt guilt

If I wanted to be friendly, I felt guilt

If I didn't feel like going out on field service on a Wednesday afternoon, I felt guilt

If I was sick, I felt guilt

If someone else was sick and I didn't know about it, I felt guilt

anytime I had doubts about what was being taught or said, I felt guilt

when I didn't meet the monthly quota for pioneering, I felt guilt

when I watched tv, I felt guilt...............

................................................and so on and so on and so on

minimus

My wife as well as a number of other sisters only stayed in the Theocratic Ministry School because they felt guilty to not be enrolled in the "school".

micheal

I felt guilty if I didn't comment

I felt guilty if I sped past a brother I knew on the way to the convention

I felt guilty if I didn't stay long after the meeting associating

I felt guilty if I didn't get my time in when I pioneered

I felt guilty if I didn't study my watchtower

No wonder so many jw's are on meds.

minimus

I felt guilty judging people that were no better nor any worse than me. As an elder you are told that you have a special right to judge your brother. YOU have to keep the congregation clean, YOU must know your sheep and set them straight at all times.Elders are conditioned to make judgments as if they were acting for God himself.

Sassy

There was always a constant guilt over my head because as we know, no matter who you were in the 'religion', you could do MORE. And since I could see others doing more than me, I knew I was for sure LACKING and so I never felt good about myself.. I felt bad if I missed too many meetings a month, I felt bad if I was too tired to be alert at the meetings, I felt bad if I hadn't studied my lesson so much that all the scriptures were written in the margins, I felt bad because my hours were never high enough in service, I felt bad because I didn't reach out to enough people to encourage them .. it was never ending feeling bad about not enough!!!!

I DO NOT MISS THAT AT ALL

ESTEE

I stayed with my alcoholic cheating husband about 20 years too long ... I was being a dutiful submissive jw wife
I felt guilty for not pioneering as often as I "might"
When I spent money, I felt guilty
When I watched TV, I felt guilty for not studying my lessons
When I studied my lessons, I felt guilty for neglecting my housework
When I did housework, I felt guilty for "neglecting" my kids
When I spent time with my kids, I felt guilty for neglecting service
When I spent time in service, I felt guilty for not earning money
When I spent time earning money as with a job, I felt guilty for neglecting my husband
When I spent time with my husband, I felt guilty for neglecting my kids...etc...you get it...

*SCREAMS*

ESTEE

What Ways Did Jehovah's Witnesses Make You Feel Guilty???

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