by Country Girl 10 Replies latest jw friends
I take every opportunity to tell everyone i meet about the JWs. I wear my little silent lambs pin, and if they ask about it, I tell them about it. If I am in a group, and the subject comes up, I tell. Do you? Tell me about your incidental witnessing about the JW's and/or Silent Lambs.
CG
Hey there lady!!
Let's see.... my incidental witnessing about the witnesses ---
I've witnessed to my family, (especially my brother who has been so affected by the WT doctrine), my friends and neighbors (who don't really understand), to the Mormon missionaries which are constantly dogging me, to members of my bible study group, to my husband (who would rather I have a completely different obsession!), and to a local talk show radio host while on the air (the guy let me talk for about 10 minutes, too!). But the most satisfying witnessing I've done so far was to JW Mom last week... although she is still the quintessential ostrich, at least I finally got the nerve up to talk to her about the UN!
BTW - can I count my time for this?!!!
growedup
Hi CG. I tell people about it if the subject of religion comes up. People seem to be fascinated when I tell them about my experiences because, I think, it's so strange. I tell people because I want to warn them. My favorite time was sitting around a bonfire with my neighbors. They were awestruck, I guess that's the word, at what I told them. What they thought of as a benign entity was a diseased cult. I don't think any of them will ever take a Watchtower and look at it as anything less than the garbage it is.
~Aztec
I take every opportunity. A couple of weeks ago some jw's set up a table outside a dining hall on the campus near where I work. The next day, I left leaflets out, "Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses." It felt good.
Emma
I talk sometimes about it at work ,etc. but I try not to. It is very painful for me still - especially when my parents are so disappointed in me. I mean, I'm doing stuff in theater that many kids never do - and it's not good enough... sigh... oh well, maybe a beer will help. Hm, yes, that will do.
CZAR
I want to be sure that everybody who ever knew I was "one", now knows I'm not - we are working on a list that has included: old "worldly" boyfriends - relatives of course, neighbors, schoolteachers that we used to present the School Brochure to every year. We were out at a happy hour/bar and at a table near us was a large group of people having a great time and we heard the subject of religion come up in their conversation - how we wanted to join them, but we figured we could end up monopolizing their conversation so didn't. Really tho - we were dying to party with them!
I am currently going through a "zealous" phase, where I find myself bringing up the subject with ridiculous frequency to all of my associates. I feel guilty that I was a member for so long, with all that implies-the shunning, the sense of moral superiority, the annoying banging on other's doors on a Saturday morning. The only way I can undo the damage I've caused in other's lives, as well as my own, is to try to tell the TRUTH now, and warn every person I can.
How wonderful that you all are taking the energy to help those around you understand exactly what it meant, and how devastating it was, to be a Witness. I find that sometimes I may overdo it, but I am learning to keep my "social antennae" (as faulty as it is, at times) up to look for an opportunity at the *right* time.
Unfortunately, those that weren't involved with them or another destructive cult can't really emotionally understand the complete and utter devastation that encompasses one upon finding out the truth, but they can at least be warned of the potential dangers. I think the best testament, in my case, is the six wrecked childrens' lives, in the living examples of myself, my brothers and sister. We are all healing, but it's been hell getting here. There's other family issues that contributed to this wreckage, but the religion played an equal part, I believe.
Congratulations to you all for taking the opportunities presented to you to warn others. I sometimes feel that by doing this, I am paying off a great karmic debt, and maybe undoing some of the harm.
CG
Depending on who I'm trying to reach. I leave print outs of Silent Lamb newspaper articles and the Watchtowers' relationship with the U.N. on the dubs cars. I've done some mailing too. I've posted flyers in laundry mats too. Someone actually changed his parking space after I left something on his windshield. I guess he is afraid reading something that makes "mommy" [Wtbts] look bad.
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