Arrogant in my own sought after self righteousness? Yes. Proud to be? I think Haughty would more aptly describe it.
Were You Ever "Proud" To Be A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus 52 Replies latest jw friends
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GentlyFeral
Yes. Yes I was, because we believed good things, could explain them sensibly (this was back in the early seventies before the new-light-strobe picked up speed), were un-racist and looked forward to a paradise that Julia Butterfly Hill herself would envy.
Then I realized, twenty-three years later, that I had been gradually cheated out of the Golden Rule, and I left.
gently feral
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lonelysheep
I didn't start with them until 5 years ago. During that time, I always felt proud whenever I was around witnesses. Other than that, I cringed everytime I had to explain why I wasn't celebrating something.
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Es
I was always proud to be a JW at the quick builds and conventions that was bout it. es
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garybuss
Were You Ever "Proud" To Be A Jehovah's Witness?
Cool topic! Sometimes I wonder what was me and what was delivered, induced, inculcated . . . what was impressed on my mind by the frequent instruction and repetition used by the Jehovah's Witnesses on me.
I don't really think I was actually proud. Oh, maybe when I was 7 or 8. I wanted to be proud, but it's hard to be proud when I'm not happy, and I wasn't happy as a Witness. It was too hard. The seats were too hard. The meetings were too long. I wanted to sleep in Saturday and Sunday mornings. The people were mean and the religion part didn't make sense. -
JH
No, I never was proud being a JW, because I always hated being different from others.
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Tez
Yes I was proud to be a Jehovah's Witness. I felt I had a direction in life, I felt there was a hope for this world that I could share. Maybe it was disillusionment... but what has replaced it???
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lazyslob
There was never reason for that.
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xjwms
Once when I went through an audit with the IRS.
See I really am honest.!
Oh, ... and Look, ...$$$ how much, $$$ I have been giving to the, $$$ ORG.
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LouBelle
I was told to be proud.
The only time I truly felt proud was when I was baptised & then my cousins.
Otherwise it was just a thing. I told people because I just did