by Golf 26 Replies latest social family
No, but I wanted to be. I longed to play sports, join the clubs, go to uni,,, etc.
When I realized I was no longer a JW, it was weird.
That`s when I first thought `I am worldly`. That was difficult. It had such a negative connotation.
Now, I know that labels are horse puckey. :)
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"Worldly" = N O R M A L !!!!!!!!
Gumby you lost the $5.00. They thought by assigning me a position it would calm me down, they were in for a surprise!
Scully, that was an interesting piece of info you shared with us. Are you sure her name wasn't 'worldly?' Did you ever tell her to keep her thoughts to herself?
I'm sure Gumby would have told her where to go.
Golf
I will add that in daily practice, the term "worldly" will need an explosion to blast it out of the vocabulary of the rank and file.
Growing up in elementary school I hated the feelings of embarrasent and sadness when i had to go to the library or sit in the hall when my class was having a holiday party or doing holiday crafts. I hated no being able to participate in sports or going to my little friends houses for playdates. But even then in my little head i couldn't understand why loving Jehovah would just disregard so many people that weren't branded JW. I felt terrible and scared for all my little school friends.
I also tried to hide/deny that i was a jw through early high school. I hated people knowing that. Or going to school with other JW's. uggghhh....especially the haughty self-righteous ones. Y'know the ones whose parents were elders and overseers and whatever else.
My parents were divorced and my mom was a devout jw and my dad was not a jw. When i was at my dads house he would let me stay overnight at my "worldly" friends houses and go to prom and football games and do sports. My jw friends that i had grown up with suddenly weren't allowed to hang out with me. I was branded a "bad influence".
I now have two kids and for those of you who are ex-jws can probably relate with this...i am so thankful my children won't have to grow up wishing they were on the other side of the fence being normal and celebrating holiday and having fun with sports and dances...being a normal teenager. I am having so much fun celebrating holiday and birthday with my children. Knowing they will have no feeling of embarrassment or missing out and feeling terrible about themselves is such a huge relief for me. Especially now being a Christian and knowing truly what is the reasons behind holidays and such.
-trinity83
"In my days I've done many things that didn't bother my conscious, yet, by todays standards of the org. I would be labeled as a worldly person"
Are you kidding? Had they known, I would have had my butt kicked out the front door of the kingdumb hall ... they might have even broken my bong!
I suppose most witnesses would label me worldly, after apostate I guess.
For me, I don't want to be labeled, so I never thought myself as "worldy" any more than any other term to describe myself. I am me, and thats it.
