Were Stories Told About You When You Left The "Truth"? (page 2)

rekless

Yes, It was spread around that I became a warlock in a Satanic cult.

GetBusyLiving

I am supposedly an alcoholic Satanist fornicating masturbater.

iiz2cool

I suppose if they were willing to make up stuff about us while we were still "active" JW's, I can only imagine what has been circulating since. I mean; what's the point of being a JW if you can't gossip, slander and backstab people?

Sounds familiar. For the 20 years I was a JW they constantly slandered me, with elders always 'taking the lead' in this. The life of a typical JW would be utterly meaningless if they had nothing to gossip about.

Walter

Dragonlady76

No one said a thing about me that I know.

I will say that the KH gossip depended on who you were. If you came from a "good JW family" were an elder, MS or a pioneer elders wife no wrong could be said of you. On the other hand if you were just a regular dub then you would be treated in the traditional cruel fashion. At least at my cong it was like this.

Dragonlady76

blondie

It could be that I am a "fader" and that is why not big gossip has surfaced. Also, we don't have contact with many JWs any more. I think the theory is that we were offended by what someone said or did but no one is sure what it is.

under74

I heard that my sister was a prostitute and I was possibly one too (but they didn't know for sure so they didn't want to spread rumours).

oh, we also had demons in our house and we worshipped them.

minimus

I heard today that my friend is living with a woman and that's why he left 10 yrs. ago. Truth is---he was an elder 3v years ago and only got together with someone after his wife left!

Farkel

: Did stories, exaggerations and fables turn up after you left the "faith"?

The anointed mother of my best dub friend who rarely had anything bad to say about anyone said I was a "horse's ass" (for "leaving the Truth"). So no, people didn't make any exaggerations or misstatements about me when I left the dubs.

Farkel

minimus

That's why they're in the "truth".....Good to see your words!

Gretchen956

Oh yea, I had a boating accident and badly injured my back. I was totally laid up for several months. Prior to that I was active and a regular publisher. No one called no one came over to help and the gossip started. At about the same time my youngest brother came to town and at that time my son was around 10, anyway he was into some things that I did not want my son exposed to, so I told him he could not stay with me. A couple from the KH took him in even though I told them what he was involved in (MS and wife with sons his age). Well several months down the line she calls me and says if I don't go to the elders about my brother that she will. I asked what for? She said she found some gelatin capsules with some sort of organic substance in them. I told her I was pretty sure they were herbs (my mom is very into natural medicine, and often would concoct herbal remedies from dried herbs and geletin capsules). She said that she was sure they were drugs and that I needed to go to the elders.

I said, I never saw them, I don't think they are drugs, my brother is above the age of consent, he doesn't live with me, why would I go to the elders? If you want to go to the elders go ahead but I'm not going to do it. So she starts in on me about what a worthless person I am, that I'm not a christian, that everyone in the congregation knows what a slacker I am, that even the circuit overseer was telling them how I had left the "truth" and was lazy and worthless. I told her that I had heard enough and hung up. Then I called one of the elders (a halfway decent one) and told him what had occurred (about her not my brother, and told him why I thought he wasn't guilty as charged). He was SO apologetic when he heard her allegations of gossip and how far up the food chain they went. I think she ended up getting "counseled" but I also heard the whole family ended up leaving. In fact SNG knows them.

The gossip and the lack of love was that little straw that broke the camel's back. I had been entertaining doubts and had shunted them off, you know, denial, for some time.

Since that time the stories have only gotten juicier. But hell, they have no life so they live vicariously titillating themselves with the thoughts of all the nasty things we all get up to. You know its true!

Sherry

Were Stories Told About You When You Left The "Truth"?

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