Why not? I'm not going to let an upbringing in a cult predispose me towards a mechanical, unintellectual hate of organized religion. No, that's saved for the WTS.
Is Organized Religion Something You'd Be Involved In Again?
by minimus 51 Replies latest jw friends
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sunny
This question is something I struggle with alot. I have a 6 year old daughter that , because we stopped going to meetings when she was 1 or so, has never had any organized religious training. I won't say spiritual training because we talk and share things of a spiritual nature all the time. She is full of questions. Do I miss going to all those meetings every week? NO! Do I feel spiritually unfed? NO! But the sense of community that I once embraced is lacking. I was not raised in the "truth" so my family and friends have not disappeared as some others have experienced and I enjoy meeting and making new friends...but once upon a time I had a supportive spiritual family. I realize being a JW came into my life when I was a vulnerable young new mom and wife and it filled a space. I know there were always things that I did not agree with and behaviors that I knew were wrong. It just took me and my husband 20 years to be able to let go of it. None of our 3 older daughters who were raised going to meetings have decided that it was for them either.
To answer your question... No,I will never be involved with an organized religion again.While I do believe in "god" I don't believe in the humanizing of said "god".There are too many questions that absolutely NO human can answer, and that's ok with me. What I try to be is the best human,wife,mom,friend,daughter,sister I can be.I've only got one chance at this I figure.
sunny
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lilbit
I dont think Ill ever be part of organized religion again. But I do Pray and I do plan on teaching my children about god. I feel like Sunny, Im just being the best person I can be and teaching my children the same.
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Purza
No -- never again. I was discussing this with my boyfriend tonight at dinner -- that I am not even sure that jesus really existed. I think organized religlion has f*cked up things so bad throughout the years that nothing is really what it seems. And since I don't think we can ever really know, I think I will go it alone and find my own spirituality in my life experiences.
Purza
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New Worldly Translation
I'm working on sense stress & modulation this week so -
HELL NO!!!!!!!!!
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talesin
Nope. I'm content without it.
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nowisee
i don't know.
it would be hard for me to embrace every detail of any particular organization.
yet i know we are to gather together. that where there are 2 or 3 there He is also. i have found that difficult to achieve apart from an organized group.
i tend to be a loner.....for many reasons. but how can i love my brother/sister if i never see them?
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alfie
Not on your Nelly. I'm quite content to be an unorganized pagan.
CIAO4NIAO!!!
alfie
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new boy
YES!
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new boy
I'm not throwing the baby out with the bath water. There is a GOD. Just not Jehovah the god of hate, love fear. How could we make God in our own image.