by minimus 32 Replies latest jw friends
Oh yes.LOL I see what you meant now.
That if a married JW couple does oral sex they are commiting acts of homosexuality!
HAHAHAHAH
Yeah right!
I forgot about that unbelievable,stupid,illogical Society statement.
Great spirits have always enountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-Albert Einstein
In elementary school, I was fine with telling others that I was a dub. They just brushed that label aside, and liked me because I was friendly and funny. When I hit high school and word got out, it spread like a horrible disease. I was labelled as some asshole that comes and pisses you off on Saturday morning trying to sell crappy magazines that nobody wants. Actually, all that is pretty true.
Anyway, I began my successful exit when I changed high schools. I began attending a school that was nowhere near my territory (no running into classmates in FS). I quit going to the JW room for the national anthem, and I cussed like a sailor. I was free! I no longer had to hide the fact that I was talking to girls (or dating them). I felt so much better leaving my JW life behind with my old high school.
Yeah, but even from that point on it could be a really long time - and there's no guarantee that someone will actually leave, even if in their heart they're not the total JW. I remember this sweet young sister who was all gung ho at one point, talking about witnessing at school at an assembly part.. Couple years later when she was probably in her teens you can tell just by looking at her that she no longer had that same kind of zeal, hopefully she is enjoying her life now.
BTW, did anyone notice the subject of this thread is not in the form of a question?
You think there's somewhat of a correlation between level of embarrassment and likelyhood of leaving the org at some point? A JW close to me, I have noticed, is not particularly forthcoming about the fact she's a JW. Perhaps this is a trait common to all JWs.
One of the guilt-tripping questions they ask from time to time at meetings or at DC's or CA's is "do your coworkers know you're a Witness?" I always cringed because I did try to hide it from people a lot.
The embarrassment came from the fact that work was often an escape for me, a place where I could put the cult personality aside for a while and just be friendly with people without having to maintain the aloof, self-righteous air of a Armageddon-crazed religious fundy. My coworkers that did know I was a JW must have scratched their heads quite a bit, as I was really immature and frankly inappropriate at work a lot of the time. Painful, embarrassing memories.
Mark, I couldn't fit it in question form.
The lady who had the book study in her house for decades almost never went in service and IF she did go she refused to work her own neighborhood because she said she didn't want anybody to know she is a Witness. She was a Witness her whole life and she died an old Witness.
I wasn't proud of being a Witness and I tried to keep it a secret in high school. I quit trying to be a Witness in 1974.
Once people realize that you are a JW, they look at you in a different way. A good JW loves that recognition. A "normal" person thinks it sucks.
The seed is sown. With a little nurturing and good luck, anything is possible. Take special note of any JWs that don't want to be identified as one. They're ripe for the pickins'!
It's a subtle form of sadomasochism. This kind of thing is very familiar to the psychiatric profession. Many other groups display it, too.
Remember, pain released endorphins!
