green dawn wrote: "Because they offer a very seductive package of a soon to be paradise and eternal life, and that enticement paralyses critical thinking especially at times when one feels down due to adverse circumstances." Yeah but that is so odd to me since I was named in accordance to being born into the "new system of things", and here it is 30 years later with just new reasons why the date was changed out, and now no one knows except for Jehovah etc... etc... The thing is I have an older sibling who is and has always been into self destructiveness due to this loving organization that makes everyone feel like they are not living up to the standards expected. I advised her on how I felt and told her how much easier life is when you aren't wasting it trying to please everyone else all the time (since that in itself is completely impossible anyway)... My parents don't understand how the way she feels is directly related to her environment. It makes me so sad, for all of them.. Oh well what can a person do, I am the crazy one in their minds after all.
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by t297crazy inhi i have been reading everyone's posts for a few days.
i've been away from being jw for about 10 years, but only recently has it occured to me what a bunch of crap the whole thing is... i am still young, and so therefore it seems odd to me that all of my family are strong jw's.
especially my dad he was an elder), who i always associated with being a very intelligent person.
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Has anyone else ever wondered about.........
by t297crazy inhi i have been reading everyone's posts for a few days.
i've been away from being jw for about 10 years, but only recently has it occured to me what a bunch of crap the whole thing is... i am still young, and so therefore it seems odd to me that all of my family are strong jw's.
especially my dad he was an elder), who i always associated with being a very intelligent person.
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What i don't understand also is how they don't check into things for themselves just because the society tells them not to. RED FLAG! if I had not been so afraid of looking into things that were not approved by the society, I would have realized how I felt about everything so much sooner. Instead if you mention anything like "thnk for yourself", its like a switch that turns off in their heads.
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Has anyone else ever wondered about.........
by t297crazy inhi i have been reading everyone's posts for a few days.
i've been away from being jw for about 10 years, but only recently has it occured to me what a bunch of crap the whole thing is... i am still young, and so therefore it seems odd to me that all of my family are strong jw's.
especially my dad he was an elder), who i always associated with being a very intelligent person.
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Hi I have been reading everyone's posts for a few days. I've been away from being JW for about 10 years, but only recently has it occured to me what a bunch of crap the whole thing is... I am still young, and so therefore it seems odd to me that all of my family are strong JW's. Especially my dad he was an elder), who I always associated with being a very intelligent person. A few years ago he wrote me a heartfelt letter asking me why I do not wish to be a part of the orgaqnization any longer (I disassociated myself prior), and how he would hate to see me die at armaggedon. I cried when I received his letter, and then I let him study with me since I wanted so badly to be accepted by him. But I would always find myself asking questions that were just for fun, such as, "dad what does beastiality mean exactly." (even though I knew what it was, at the time I thought it was funny to put him on the spot). He would always go into this biblical detail of whatever we were talking about. At that time I didn't think about religion deep enough to even realize how I truly felt, and why I didn't take anything seriously back then. It's been a couple of years since I have done anything, studying or meetings and lately I have felt like it is all so surreal. The whole idea of the truth and/or any organized religion. I feel like all of it is just a controll mechanism, and surely I am not one to be controlled. I know how I feel, and believe me I am holding back here on my feelings, but as far as my parents are concerned I just don't understand how they could buy into it. How could my parents really believe all of this stuff? Does anyone else have a problem believing their parents really buy into this or what? I sometimes find myself thinking maybe they just feel like they have invested so much of their lives into it that have nothing else. Either that or my dad doesn't want to admit they were wrong and change every aspect of their lives now, being that they are getting older and all... Any thoughts on this would be very appreciated...