Do you ever think that you will stop JW-bashing and get on with your life?

by booker-t 67 Replies latest jw friends

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  Fe2O3Girl

  Here we go again - we are all bitter, we hate JWs, we are negative, we should move on...............

  What the hell is "bashing", anyway? Is it a bit like teaching that God will destroy you because you aren't the same religion as me?

  Could someone please show me one post, just one post of mine where I show bitterness, negativity, hatred or anything of that ilk? Go on, I challenge you!

  Seven years ago, I had been out of the JWs, getting on with earning a living, getting a degree, owning my home, meeting my husband, you know all that "not moving on" stuff. But somewhere in the recesses of my mind there was a residue of belief that if anyone had the truth, it was JWs, and all other religions were trash and so on. Then I got internet access and found the H20 message board. Within a few minutes of reading, my mind was completely freed.

  As long as there are lonely people looking for the facts, I will be here. Someone did it for me.
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  vitty

  The WT bash other ppl and religions all the time. But dont like it when others have a go at them.

  They only want to hear the positive stuff that is said about them, and even go as far as saying it is a sin against the spirit (a sin that will never be forgiven) if you talk against the org.

  So many eJWs have a superstition that they cannot say anything bad against the WT in case armageddon comes and theyll will DEFINATLY die. It doesnt matter what other sin theve commited, they "might" get through the big A, But badmouthing the org, theve no chance.

  How many times have we heard brothers on the platform saying when talking about apostates, that they wish they would just leave the poor brothers alone. Yeah right if only we could

  As long as my daughter is in I cant just walk away, that will only happen when the WT has GONE
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  greendawn

  People hotly resent the fact that in the org they were not allowed to have a voice and they compensate for it by airing their ideas and feelings here. Getting cut off from the right to speak your mind is frustrating.
  
  The other point is if the JW leaders want they can always come here and defend their positions we don't follow their example of suppressing free debate.
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  mtbatoon

  There was a time in my life when I ignored any JW past and did what I thought was getting on with my life. There are times when I want to stand outside a KH and shout. Both ways are harmful.

  I accept that my past is a part of my character for good or worse. I rant about many things and the JWs are one of them because it is still effecting the ones I love. If I didn't the anger would build till I said something stupid. I wont hesitate to help anyone in anyway I can that needs help to break away or to realise the org for what it is.

  Bashing is a release for the anger caused by finding out more about the org but that information helps me realise more about myself. So to answer the question no I wont stop bashing the org in moderation because to do so would mean denying my feelings and to turn a blind eye to anything that would upset me would be denying who I am.
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  Big Dog

  I guess we should all stop carping about politics, global warming, child abuse, alcoholism, war, unemployment, etc. and just get on with our lives, right?

  Many people here don't see the WTBS as just a lifestyle choice, they see it as a destructive cult and until something is done about it they feel the need to have dialogue regarding it in the same way there are boards, groups, and forums for just about every other problem people are dealing with.
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  Reefton Jack

  This post makes it sound like you have only two choices - i.e. EITHER you can bash the WTS, OR get on with your life.

  Has anyone considered that you can do both at the same time?

  That is , get on with your life, while at the same time taking a shot at the WTS whenever opportunity presents itself.

  That has been my modus operandi in the eleven years since I broke with the Watchtower madness, anyway.
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  Special K

  Bashing is an awfully strong word, isn't it?

  when I think of bashing, Mike Tyson comes to mind or maybe that's ear biting.

  Everyone who leaves has their own paths of recovery so I just leave them have their own path and I don't try to "psychologize" any one here.

  Special K
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  RichieRich

  Would you tell a Cancer survivor to stop campaigning for a cure? I think not.

  SO why tell all the survivors of the Org that we can't try to help others?

  I'll build on a JW parable. If a building was on fire, and you got out safely, wouldn't you turn around to help the person behind you get out also? Well, thats all we're trying to do...

  (that and a few other things )
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  Emma

  This is a ridiculous accusation! Many of us "got on" with our lives years before finding this site. I've always felt this forum was for support of those of us with common experiences. Are we negative about the wts? You bet! We recognize it for what it is. I'd say most of us are happy, productive, free, glad to be gone and have every right to "bash" whenever we want to! The two are not mutually exclusive! Get over it...

  Emma
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  stopthepain

  I was born into that crackpot religion,so I had no choice,and for years,any choices I tried to make or my family made was solely based on that crap.I left that cult when I was 17,I'm 24 now and and am finally free of it mentally.When you are in that JW world as a child,being told by the people you think you should trust that the world is coming to an end,all your worldly friends are gonna die,only jdubs are going to survive,not to mention being made to stick out,not allowed to play sports,be in drama club,not allowed to even think about liking anyone but a shallow cold fish jw girl,be stunted mentally,physically,emotionally,all while being encouraged to be a magazine peddler during what should be your happy years.I will never stop bashing that cult to people when given the chance.I hate that I was ever a part of it.Also,every witness uses the catholic church as it's personal bashing tool.Agian,jdumbs can say whatever they want about anyone they want,but if you say anything about them,your an apostate. I have gotten on with my life----thanks to all you bashers out there,keep bashing that cult.STP