The JW new world system scum

greendawn

We now know that the new system of things as imagined by the JWs is a myth, a poison that's meant to seduce the unaware into the org so that they can then be controlled, abused, and exploited.

But during the time when you were taken in by the myth what sort of things were you imagining about this delightful new world and your participation in it?

Or perhaps deep down you never really believed it and ignored it.

googlemagoogle

i always thought that the world as it is now is a much better place than the wt paradise.

PopeOfEruke

When I was a little boy I imagined I would have my own space ship in the new system; it was such a cool fantasy. And what made it really cool was that it would have separate male and female toilets.

luna2

I had a pretty hard time picturing it...at least picturing it like the illustrations of their's. I couldn't get past the aftermath of Armadeddon with no electricity, no running water, no transportation, and no food. I just did not see Jesus waving his sword of vengence and delivering us from that. If you look at the Bible as a blueprint of how Jehovah deals with his peoples, they never got anything without a lot of work and rules.

I figured there'd be a hundreds of years of cleaning and repairing to do and then hundreds more of people getting resurrected and "trained". Hell, we'd all need training in what Jehovah's version of perfection is so we could work towards it for a thousand years (that worried me a lot).

It was all very fuzzy...and it seemed like everybody had their own peculiar vision of what a paradise earth was going to be. A lot of people were bound to be disappointed.

SallySue

When I was in, we were told to pick out the biggest house belonging to a "worldly person" because we could take it over. That was, of course, after we kicked their dead body and said, "Told ya!"

greendawn

With me this idea somehow seemed too good to be true so I never thought about it, it would be boring to live on earth for ever anyway, it is too small for that.

satirev

i always thought "i am never going to make it" to be honest...

amarantha

It was pounded into us that it was right around the corner. I was told I wouldn't even graduate high school before the new world came, so no point worrying about what I was going to do afterwards.

I remember being very concerned about all the clean up we were going to have to do. After all, we were going to be responsible for cleaning the whole world and turning it into a paradise. I saw years of gardening & weeding ahead of me (a chore I hated). I also became a fanatic about trying to get my parents to recycle. It never worked, and it frustrated me to no end. I would tell them: "Don't you know you're just going to have to clean it up later?" I don't think they got it. Of course I'm still a recycling nut, but for other reasons. And it still amazes me that very few of my JW relatives care about the amount of trash they generate, and can't be bothered to recycle. I content myself by imagining them in "paradise" sifting through a garbage dump. Makes me wonder how many of them stop to imagine the what the reality would be like if this new world actually came.

Netty

I was a kid, and had the idea forced upon me. And, well, I never could really buy into it, even when I was small, I just didnt get it. What we we supposed to do for eternity, eat fruit, and play with lions and tigers? Then, as an adult, it even became harder to imagine. Just never could put myself there.

Balsam

I fed on that baloney for 30 years. And the paradise earth is probably what kept me in it even after the 1975 failed date came and went 25 more years. By 2000 that paradise seemed pretty remote to me. Then it seemed more like bull droppings. I wanted to believe that the earth could be a peaceful place with people not hurting each other and living in peace with the all the animals. I guess I saw JW living kind of like the Amish do. Horse and buggies getting around. Thought perhaps there would be fewer meetings to attend since we'd be out of that old bad world. I figured that Jehovah would just clean up the worst of the mess after all he is the one who made the mess worse. I thought of raising horses, and farming, and being happy. That my idiot JW husband would change into a kind and loving man speaking words I longed to hear. I longed to be health, and all my disabilities being gone. I longed to have my body youthful again. I think the hope in the new system caused me to not take care of my body the way I should have because the new system was just around the corner.

Boy we sure were dubbed weren't we???? That idea of paradise caused us to do nothing to make like better in the here and now. Caused some of us to not take care of our health. I even knew one who didn't take care of their families well because the end was around the corner. It was a bit false dream, that did more damage than it did good.

Ruth

The JW new world system scum

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