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Doubtfully Yours

Just yesterday I told my hubby, ever so casual and over a nice dinner conversation, that I had outgrown the Organization. That after being brought up in it and having heard the same stuff over and over again, it just didn't appeal to me anymore; and that the few meetings I did attend were pure torture.

I confessed to him I felt sorry that I couldn't help him attain privileges because of my behavior, but that if it was up to me I wouldn't step foot in another meeting for the rest of my life.

He took it well. It felt good to get it out of my chest.

Just one step closer towards the longest fade in JW history.

Any thoughts or other similar stories???

DY

onacruse

DY, I just had a long conversation with a friend who's been "out" for a long long time.

There comes a point, in your own soul, where you just say "enough is enough, and no more."

I saw your post on another thread, along this same line. And, though I don't know you, if I may offer my own humble opinion: make your choice, be done with it, and no regrets.

Sincerely,

Craig

Doubtfully Yours

Craig,

I've made my choice, but only mentally. You see, I love my parents dearly and they're so entrapped by this cult that I feel I'll lose them if I withdraw totally. I'll lose my marriage for sure and this my husband told me also yesterday, ever so casually too.

DY

Odrade

he sounds like a nice upstandign christian

shotgun

(((((((((((doubtfully yours))))))))))))))

I know how you feel..

A very wise woman told me this

Shotgun: It is your wife's strict adherence to her religous beliefs -- which divide your household-- they are affecting your relationship. If she believed in you - and believed in your marriage - then whether you have rejected WT doxology or not should not matter. Look at Nina and Chris -- he left how many years before she opened her eyes? But they lasted because she CHOSE to believe in Chris even when his religious beliefs -- which DIVIDE people -- were different than her own

It hit the nail right on the head so I thought I'd share it with you.

Suzyque

I told my parents about 2 months ago and my mother was not too happy about it. When I told her that I was happy that I didn't have to worry about the meetings and field service, etc... she got upset and told me not to say that I'm happy because it made her sad that I was no longer going to be a witness. I was scared at first to tell them how I truly felt about the org. but after I told them I felt better. I even told my missionary sister a month after I told my mother about leaving the org. She was was very sad but to my surprise she didn't yell at me. She recently sent me a letter about how sad she was after she talked to me. She sent me some photocopies of certain articles from the Watchtower that I had questioned her about regarding the WTBTS.

Doubtfully yours, I hope that your husband will keep on being supportive of your decision to leave the org.

willyloman

that I had outgrown the Organization...

We've had this same conversation at our house, except that we both outgrew it at the same time (thank god). I think that's precisely correct. We are not the same people we were years ago, we've got more experience, we've seen more of life, and we're wiser. The organization, with its "one size fits all" mentality, simply cannot grow. It's message is geared to the mindset of its newest member and is designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator. To stay in the "truth" all your life is to never grow at all. I keep remembering the school overseer who proudly proclaimed each Thursday night, "This is the school you never graduate from."

Boy, did he have that right! The students not only don't graduate, they repeat the same grade over and over again.

Double Edge

that I had outgrown the Organization...

Excellent choice of words. Obviously, you never wore blinders.

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