What Is THE Number One Reason For JWs Leaving??? (page 5)

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steve2

The number one reason for leaving could never ever be apostasy - that implies at least the rubbing together of two independent brain cells.

No, the number one reason - especially for the numberless younger people who are leaving in droves is... Boredom which, of course, induces apathy.

The Watchtower literature itself creates the very boredom it is vainly trying to eliminate! Has anyone else noticed how unbelievably dumbed down the literature has become, especially the Awake! magazine? B-O-R-I-N-G (Double yawn time)...

At least in the past - and as recently as the 1970s - there was fire and passion in the writing. Yes, it was bigoted to the extreme and endearingly cranky towards the churches (I loved the depictions of churches rent in two by lightning). The writing kept you awake in anticipation as to what was around the corner (no pun intended).

Remember that stirringly produced book from the 1970s "The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah". Wow! What genuine excitement among us then younger ones as we flipped through the pages. The congregations were buzzing about the "timeliness" of that book for months.

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kilroy2

I think it goes in cycles, when the socity makes time predictions then they fail, many leave. I can still remember how many quit their jobs, in 73 74 and moved north, [michigan] out of the city, when 76 came around and the money started to run out. many started to wander away from the cult.

the next big lie to surface was the 95 generation, many eat this crap up and say mmmmm can I have more. but some quietly left the org.

now the socity is in a rock and hard place. they are trying to learn form the wrong time predictions of the past but have to keep the rank and file on the edge of their seats. very hard roe to hoe. how long will it last? like P.T. said there is one born every min. most children born to jw parents are surly gong to be suckers.

lisaBObeesa

The number one reason for leaving could never ever be apostasy - that implies at least the rubbing together of two independent brain cells.
No, the number one reason - especially for the numberless younger people who are leaving in droves is... Boredom which, of course, induces apathy.

I think the young people may be smarter than you think and most of them who leave may indeed be 'rubbing together at least two independent brain cells."
But yeah, it is boring, too! And I bet some leave because of that.
My vote: More people leave because of lack of love than anything else.
Lack of love is absolute proof that can be SEEN and FELT. Proof that it is NOT God's organization. And it is the kind of Proof that the Org can't hide by telling people to not read books or the interent.

steve2

lisaBOBeesa wrote "I think the young people may be smarter than you think and most of them who leave may indeed be 'rubbing together at least two independent brain cells."

I'm sure they are; but I've also ceased being amazed by the capacity of people to unthinkingly swallow a message and, even after they fade away from the organization, still react to it as if it is the truth. They'll probably never go back after leaving; but still be emotionally controlled by the Watchtower, albeit with now a reduced impact.

I'm sure that the lack of love in the organization makes the boredom harder to handle and that they both contribute to the attrition.

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What Is THE Number One Reason For JWs Leaving???

for sex,

the majority of those who leave are young jw... then you have marriage couples in a bad relationship and then...

what do you think is the most common cause for df

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MiN,

You knew the answer didn't you?

Going DIRECTLY against human nature is counterproductive producing "revolving door" and exodus, ask Freud.

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So has anyone done a tally- which answer is #1? #2? #3? etc.

Enquiring minds want to know (and too lazy to count it themselves)

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whatistruth

Easily lack of love, selfishness, cruelty, lack of empathy, whatever you want to call it. This is a very tiring thing to be a part of.

LoverOfTruth

Lack of Love. How they treated me wasn't the main issue. It was how they treated others. It made me so sad. It was my coming to the defense of another that started the ball rolling for my disfellowshipping.

What Is THE Number One Reason For JWs Leaving???

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