Hi.. I'm also new and wanted some opinion...

Lynne Y

Hi, I'm Lynne.. I was wondering about religion for months and found this website.. I was hoping to get some feedbacks..

Almost everyone in my mom's family is a witness, and I was born and raised as a witness. And yet, I never really wanted to get baptized, maybe because my father left the truth(? although I don't like the expression, the truth, I don't know what else to say.. heh..)

I'm 22 yrs old and I'm not baptized yet. People who went to meetings will know how much pressure i am under. A girl born and raised in the truth is not baptized until the age of 22? heh..

Yet, I'm not so sure if this is "the True Religion". My mom always tells me this is the only thing that will save me from this wicked world.. but every time I try to convince my self that this is the truth, I always come up with doubts, and end up arguing..

If you don't mind answering, (um.. how should I word it, ex-JW?), when you left JW, did you find something else that you thought was true? Or did you left JW because you didn't agree with/ disappointed by JW?

Also, I live away from home and I haven't gone to the meetings for about 2 yrs. Yet, I didn't have guts to tell mom that I'm not attending the meetings anymore. I think I should let her know sooner or later, but I'm worried that mom will be deeply hurt.

I'm going back to mom's place for a month. Should I pretend i'm still going to the meetings and attend meetings with her for that month, or will it be better to confront her and let her know how I feel? I think many other people had to go through similar steps when they decided to leave JW when their family still had full faith in it..

Can you please help me out? Thank you!

PopeOfEruke

Lynn

what got me going out the door was all the hypocrisy, and especially the lie they made about not charging the householder for literature because jehovah wanted us to be set separate from the world. That was in Germany yet I knew that in other countries money was still charged for the literature, for 10 more years in some cases. I realized that I was being misled by a very clever and cunning organisation.

Once I left I checked some things out and was amazed at the level of deception the Watchtower Society descends to to keep control of the sheep.

I have no more interest in ay religion, I think if God exists he needs a good swift kick up the arse for letting so many terrible things happen to us humans while he sits up in heaven doing what?? eating chocolates?

Welcome to the forum!

The Pope

crazyblondeb

I feel your pain!!! Before I found these sites, I was lost! You will find sooo much love and support here. Each person has to find their own belief system. It may come quickly, or it may take a long time. I quit going because my stepdad, a MS, was molesting me. Plus EVERY time I did something not quite right, there was always an elder's meeting. I just got fed up and ran away from home @ 17yr.

That was more than 20 yrs ago. Only the last few years have I found where I belong. For me, it was wicca.

Remember, we are all here for you!!!Keep your head up!

shelley

DannyBloem

Hello, Welcome.

It is nice to hear from you and that you have the courage posting.

Anyway, first you can be very happy that you never gave in and became baptized. If you did the decission would be much worse, ebcause you would have the endure the shuning when leaving.

There are a lot of people here who all have different reasons why the left the 'truth'.
For many it was disapointment, but what theay all have in common here is that they foud out it is not the truth, and that the GB is basically hiding things, making up things.

It is very clear they are a false prophet. The history is very clear.

For example: the WTS has assiociated with the UN. (very wrong for them): prove: http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/watchtower.pdf

If you read some of the post here there is much more.

Take care

Danny

greendawn

The jws are a cult they are not a real religion, see the intense control they exert on their members eg you can get thrown out for criticising the leadership or any of their beliefs and are not allowed to read literature of other religions. There are many other cults out there with the same mindset but also some serious religions, though I never joined any.

Sooner or later you will have to tell your family about your decision not to be with the jws, and fortunately you never got baptised.

sass_my_frass

Hi Lynn, it's a very big question you know. Since you've been absent from the meetings have you noticed anything about the world that you weren't expecting? I was afraid of who I'd run into out there, as I thought they were all wolves, but it turns out that there is the exact ratio of nice:nasty people inside and outside of The Truth.

I grew up being taught that this system was just around the corner, and so it wasn't worth getting an education, or making long-term plans, so I never did and floated for a long time. Thousands of people can relate to that feeling. I noticed that most witnesses go through a bit of reading material, parts of which they do and don't accept, other parts they don't understand but accept because the person teaching them seems to get it and they seem smart enough. I could never understand why any doubts that I had about any beliefs had to be hidden from everybody for fear of being turfed out.

I've since been dismayed by what I've learned about changing teachings on blood, and chronology, among other things, and I'm disgusted by their coverup of child abuse cases. I also always hated disfellowshipping, and now that it's happened to me, I know why.

I'm sorry, but the path to god isn't as simple as asking around... if you're really interested you could spend your lifetime researching it and might get as far as thinking that you're onto something, but it's a search that is as old as civilisation. You'll find people on this site who have moved to every other faith, and people who have moved away from faith altogether. All I can offer is that I've learned that you shouldn't make a decision like 'this is all I ever need to learn to be fully informed about God', at any time in your life, and to be especially careful of who you trust to teach you, as those people might not actually have a clue.

Robert K Stock

I thought the Watchtower was the truth for 15 years. I was wrong. I recommend you read the book, "Crisis of Conscience" by ex-Governing Body member Ray Franz. That book will answer all questions about wether the Watchtower is thr truth or not.

sass_my_frass

Sorry I didn't say anything about your mom; that's a toughie. Recently they're promoting the view that even unbaptised ones who admit to not believing are 'apostate'. You should consider that your mom might be forced to cut you off, and that hurts not only her, but you too. (It really does sting to have your people turn their back on you, it's a very effective game of emotional blackmail on all sides).

It would be great to feel honest and have things out in the open, but it would also be great to pick up the phone and see how she's doing sometimes. If you'd rather keep some semblance of a normal family, it might not be so hard to be polite and warm at the meetings for a month, but do be careful who you listen to, and don't be quick to trust people with your confusion.

Hellrider

Nope, never found anything else that I would call "truth". But after a while, this agnostic view on life/existence etc, can at times seem beatiful. Not knowing anything for sure may seem bewildering, but it will, after a while, make you feel free (I know that sounds strange). About your mother: She seems very much into the JWs, very dedicated. You have to always remember that in her mind, you are going to die in Armageddon if you don`t stay a JW, and this is very sad, I know my mother went thru the same things when 4 of 5 of her kids left (lol, not a very high successrate in my family). So maybe you should conceal things for her, that month you stay with her, I don`t know, but WHATEVER you do, DON`T get baptised!! If you do, and later on (and you will) realise that it was wrong, that the JWs religion is a huge lie, then you`re screwed! Your mother being so faithful and devoted, are you sure she`s not gonna shun you? And what about the rest of your family? DON`T get baptised! Someone here mentioned "crisis of conscience". In the meantime, go to this web-site: http://www.jwfiles.com/ ...and read around. Lots of stuff here. And make sure you read "Large list of predictions" (all of it), it takes maybe 7-8 hours to read thru, cause you have NO idea how much crap they put out over the years. Yeah, the measurements of the pyramids in Egypt coincide with the 2520 years, Jehovah lives on the star Alcycione in the Pleiades solar system, etc, it`s ridicolous. Then compare with the old WT-magasines to be found at your local KH. Then you`ll be cured.

Honesty

Welcome to the board, Lynne.

You can read and believe the Bible or you can believe the WatchTower Bible and Tract Society (many of us here refer to it as the WitchTower Babble and Trick Social Club) but you can not believe both.

The WTBTS even admits that the Good News it preaches is different than the Good News about Jesus.

A close reading of Romans and Galatians confirms that the WTBTS is not Christian in any shape, form or manner.

They deny Romans 10:9

They teach that Jesus died on a stake and half quote their source. As a matter of fact, they do not want you to know the what the cross really means. Take a look at 1 Corinthians 1:18 in several bible translations for comparison.

I left the JW cult for many reasons but the foremost was that Jesus' disciples worshipped Him when He was on earth and HE allowed it. If He had been an angel as the WTBTS insist, He would have stopped His disciples from worshipping Him.

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