My story is little different. I was born in Jehovah's Witness family and I loved Jehovah with no doubt and question. Growing up, unlike the United States children, in the third world country is much difficult and strict. They tend to add their own twist to the believe. My mom I love her to death and worked so hard to raise us with my Dad of course but was way to fanatic about the religion. I hated to go to congregations, only because I felt I was discriminated by other kids at the congregation and some of their moms who thinks they are above me or better than me b/s I was too dark skinned and they saw me as this little crazy kid who always laugh in the middle of the meeting for no reason (I was just entertaining myself to stay awake). If I start telling the whole story it will take days. My older sister, who abused me physically and mentally always pinched me, slapped me, bit me brutally and poked me with any kind of object she can find every time I fall as sleep during the meetings. Not to mention some of the witnesses telling my parents I put on lipstick while I was going to school at 15years old and called me a prostitute and got me in trouble with my mom, which resulted, on my house imprisonment for weeks. I hated! Going to the meetings, I hated the daily text meeting with my parents, because my Mom this was the best time she has to put us down and abuses us mentally in every way she can by quoting the bible. When I came to the US, I went to meetings for a few times and bailed out soon. Went to my worldly habit getting boyfriends, smoked cigarette, partying like crazy just to piss off my Mom. My Dad is a true JW (kind, considerate, always positive and loves me and all of his kids unconditionally) I never heard him say any negative or bad word out of his mouth about us or anyone else around him. My Dad is a true Christian! So to make a long story short, I now realized the witnesses are humans who are sinners like everybody else and I stop focusing on human behavior but on my own relationship with Jehovah and his son Jesus Christ only! Who are our saviors and comfort and by doing my prayers daily and doing good things as much as I can in my daily life helps me live happy. I always say, it's not Jehovah that makes a mistake it's the people. So many years later, now I plan in going back to the congregation and become spiritual again for me!
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Did you feel like this toward the end? Brothers/Sisters & worldly people
by jambon1 ini can remember about 2 years before i exited the org i had a terrible dilema which didn't really have anything to do with my doubts in relation to doctrine.. the problem was hearing over and over and over about the fact that being in the org was 'the best place to be'.
that the brothers were 'true friends'.
didn't they have a video out called 'ypa - how can i make real friends?'.
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