Neighbor: "I'm so glad you left the JW organization"

by seattleniceguy 14 Replies latest jw friends

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  Honesty

  Almost all of my neighbors (I've been here almost 10 years) have dropped by to thank me for divorcing that cruel, antagonistic, backbiting, whining, lying about the neighbors to other neighbors, fruit and vegetable garden stealing, police calling, screaming, crazy JW wife I was married to. And then they want to discuss Jesus and His message with me because I left the WatchTower mind-controlling, apostate, blasphemous, anti-christ cult and became a baptised Christian.

  I really love and get along well with my neighbors since I DA'd myself. Isn't Satan's world a lot better than the Governing Body makes it out to be !!!!
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  JustTickledPink

  SNG, always love your posts man. If I were gay I'd be all over you.

  Cygnus, I thought you were gay!! Man I had it all wrong. hahahaa

  But back to neighborhoods and such. Our neighbors are great, always say hi, when we surived all three hurricanes this past fall everyone was out helping everyone else out. Sharing generators, sharing supplies, BBQ'ing, etc. It was wonderful.

  Since I have been out I have been invited out way more than I ever was as a JW. We go over friends houses for parties, to play cards, we have a social life. It's so different than the MYTH they preach about "worldy" people. Just another lie that the flock swallow.
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  orangefatcat

  I too am glad you left the WTS. I have to admitt that ever since leaving the organization I have come to meet some very wonderful people. My neighbours are wonderful, We live in a seniors building so everyone knows everything about everything.

  All of my neigbours are so kind. They bring us food, especially since I am now out of the hospital. One next door neighbour and her sister made us a lovely cake, She also provided me with gauze and bandages for my incession. She also made a little hat for the fish on my door.

  another girl down the hall from me gave me some pretty soaps and bathgel and salts and body lotion. I thought it was so kind of her. When I go out on my electric scooter people stop and we chat. It is nice to have good citizens in our building.

  Every two weeks they have afternoon tea and everyone gets to know each other.

  People in general no matter what garbage the WTS feeds its members, our neighbours are great people. Organizations "show up" what the WTS doesn't do for a community or for the needy.

  Some have even said to me that they are glad I left the witnesses as they are cult or not nice you know the things people say about JWs.

  Well I am blessed for sure. People outside the Org. of JW know how to do unto others as they would want others to do to them.

  Sure the world is corrupt and has its problems in other parts in the world but for the most part people are good. You know I know more nice people that are not witnesses.

  I am happy to have good friends and neighbours,

  as always

  Orangefatcat
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  undercover

  I was struck by how much people in a neighborhood know about each other and the goings-on in that neighborhood. When I first left the borg, I was surprised by how my neighbor across the street knew everyone on the street by name and called out to them as they walked by.

  It's still amazing to think of how coccooned you are as a Witness. You live in this tiny world, so you just kind of assume everyone else does too.

  I know that feeling well. When I started to get involved in my neighborhood and get to know the neighbors I was surprised how out of the loop I had been all the years I had lived there. I had always tried to keep to myself and not get inlvolved in anything because of all of them being "worldly".

  Then I saw how they looked after each other, they kept each other's kids, brought food to the sick, had parties. I realized that I was being the unfriendly one in the 'hood. I didn't interact, I didn't care about who was sick or needed help. I hardly spoke to anyone. I was too wrapped up in being a JW. They were half afraid of me, too, I believe. I think that they thought I was going to start preaching to them if we had to have a conversation.

  Now I've made friends all up and down the street. We've had parties and been to their parties. People stop and chat, offer to help on things, ask us to help them. It really is a neighborhood.
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  Whiskeyjack

  Its amazing to be contantly finding out that most of our neighbors are nice humans worth interacting with. I try to be more active on my "street" and really enjoyed my first Toronto neighborhood which was southern Italian (yes, evil Catholics). Many witnesses are so caught up their "make busy" work (courtesy of the org.) to even realize how negatively they're viewed by others because of their "attitude"in really being part of a community.