The good in Jehovah's Witnesses. (page 6)

Valis

hmmm...doggie vomit in a white whinge sauce...a return sounds "tempting" but no thank you.

Thier version of unconditional love blows chunks all over...makes it kind of hard to return to IMO...

Sincerely,

District Overbeer

observador

Hi Jamara. Welcome to the board.

Please allow me to comment on something you said.

All I know is that my mother really believes what she believes and she raised me and my siblings the way she thought was best. was it? who knows. I know this though she is good. regardless. She gave of her time and effort to make sure that we had a stable foundation and even though I am scarred because of the looks and c riticism from other about choices I made and even though I am confused about what is right and wrong spiritually I know she did what she thought was best and for that I can say she is good. So there is some good in JW's.

Jamara, when we leave the whole JW way of life, it is common to be confused about things. I just want to point out 2 things that you may have got confused:

1) the fact that your mother raised you and your siblings strictly according to JW standards does not necessarily prove that she IS good. She was simply doing zealously what she was taught was the best way of life to you. For that matter, the definition of "good" may be quite different for a lot of people.

2) and more important: even if your mother IS good, that doesn't mean that the JW religion is good. Remember, the whole discussion, as I gather, is about whether or not the religion is good. In other words, there are a lot of people like your mother, educating their children the best way they can, and they never even opened their Bible.

It is nice to hear different opinions anyway. Have peace.

chok

Hi Scoob

I found your comments both touching and honest. And I totally agree with what you have put. I think I am the stage whereby I just want to live without the rules and regulations, but cant cope with being shunned. So its time to pack up and move on from a place where I have lived all my life.

Wishing you all the best

Chok

shera

I wouldn't have anything to do with a religion that is based on lies and is still lieing.

little witch

If someone here were not going to "meetings" because of fear and isolation, how is it that the group of those that created the fear and isolation are somehow able to give comfort?

I just don't get it.

If someone left the dubs and felt afraid and alone, where were they to find comfort and friendship??????

chok

I think the look of disappointment is probably the worst thing ever. i am good person in my opnion, but suddenly becasue I havent been to the meetings for a few months I am seen as this horrible person who has become wordly, adn is putting her lovely childrens lives at risk. I would never do that I love them. I just dont want them to go through what I have been through. Constantly feeling as though they have to do the right thing and if they dont then they are just not good enough.

My head is absolutely spinning with the things I have read on here.

little witch

Chok,

For someone who has a spinning head you make perfect sense!

Welcome BTW

little witch

The way I am reading the post is this...

"if the group made you feel lonely and unhappy, then come back and let them make you feel better''

Correct me if I am wrong....

bebu

I did not read all the replies to this thread. My disclaimer.

I can remember what it was like to try and do the "right" thing and follow the way of the Truth

Well, that is a noble goal! Why would anyone stop you? I think everyone ought to be encouraged to do what is right, and follow what is true. At heart, we may not be so different.

They say that people don't counterfeit garbage; they counterfeit something of value. And I think that the WT borrows much of what people agree is good, and then fabricates (counterfeits) the rest. The good that you know in JW is not inherent to the religion, but a borrowed cover for a counterfeit.

So, I think that if a person is truly deciding to search for what is right, it will eventually be found outside of the WT. But that's a painful thing for you to accept, I know. I'm sorry about that.

"Just Do the right thing!"

bebu

confusedjw

cruzanheart

"when my mom dies if she gets all her marbles back and realizes what happened after she went into the nursing home there'll be hell to pay: first, my dad (an elder for 40 years and her husband for 54) had an affair, got disfellowshipped, got reinstated, had a couple of other quiet affairs (finally got smart enough to NOT confess to the elders), spent most of the money she guarded like a dragon during their married life, drank too much, and committed suicide."

Oh my goodness. All that humanity in one sentence.

Wow - I hope she gets her marbles back and is thrilled with her daughter!

The good in Jehovah's Witnesses.

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