Question for those raised a JW (page 4)

stopthepain

Great question NWT.I often said that to my parents when I first began to fade.If I wasn't forced into it,would I have ever believed it?I swear there was a timeframe,between the age of 9-12 that as a child,I seriously questioned what I was involved in.In the mind of an innocent child,basic "truths" didn't make sense to me.It was only when I became a teenager,after adults manipulated me to discount my questions,that I blindly ignored those doubts,and went along for a social status,and just blocked everything out ,sub-conciously.

I wouls say "mom,why i9s jehovah gouing to kill all my friends,its not there fault there parents aren't jehovahs witness?Also the stories of noahs ark,adam and eve,and the explanation of why Jehovah wanted us to screw up so bad ,to prove that we couldn'trule ourselves just didn't make sense,but to doubt was to be punished,and I justwanted to be normal.Cult mentality then took over,until I met the girl who saved me,the only person who has shown me unconditional love,then the org destroyed that.

All that bering said,Hell no would I have became a JW.

STP

Dragonlady76

I would have....

NEVER....NEVER....NEVER....NEVER....NEVER....NEVER....NEVER....

Joined this cult! I'm a strong willed and independent thinking woman, not a good fit for the JW veiw on women in the org. I don't need a group of people to make me feel whole or important.

Religion is the opiate of the masses - Karl Marx

Dragonlady76

jeanniebeanz

Hard to say with any certainty. I think some witnesses who have woken up years after becoming involved with them don't even remember what it was that hooked them in the first place, since their teachings have changed so much. They wake up and they have built a world and a family on principles and beliefs that no longer exist, though their membership is considered irrivocable and to leave would make their families and world fall apart.

So sad...

All I can say for certain is that there is no way I would be interested if I had found this site first and learned what they are really about.

J

seattleniceguy

Never.

I have always been a happy, optimistic, science-loving person. Those three things just don't go with the Witnesses.

SNG

minimus

I have said to other JWs when I was an elder going from house to house with them that I would've been one of those "do not do's" on the HTH record. I woulda kicked the Witnesses out right away. They would just hysterically laugh as if I was kidding. I wasn't.

whyamihere

For me it is not a Yes or No answer!

I would assume if I was at a low point in my life. I was Vulnerable and sad and needing love and attention like alot of people have entering the JW Religion. I might have joined or looked into it.

However, if I was happy with my life and knew Love and had a healthy relationship with God and Jesus I probably would not.

When you are happy and loving life you don't look for happiness and love.

Brooke

stopthepain

Brooke,you said"when you are happy and loving life,you don't look for hapiness and love."

Well said,I had never really thought of it that way,but that seems to hit the nail on the head.stp

whyamihere

Stopthepain,

I am glad you liked the comment.

Take a look at those entering in the JW Religion. They all have something in common. They are very Vulnerable people needing hope. A Jehovah's Witness can bring that false hope.

Brooke

stopthepain

When I first read that,I thought of my parents lives.{22 years old when they converted to The org}lost ,without loving familie,came from abuse,mental and physical.

We all need to "break the cycle" of abuse.stp

whyamihere

We all need to "break the cycle" of abuse.

STP you did. You broke that cycle. You know the truth and for what it is. Keep on speaking the truth for whatever it may be. When the topic of JW comes up you can not only bring the Truth out in the open but spread that word and maybe save someone.

Brooke

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