i find it funny how my over zelous jw parents who talk so poorly of the world and there pagan traditions, somehow magically end up eating a turkey dinner on freakin thanksgiving.
but of course, god forbid anyone call it thanksgigving thats outrageous.. dont they see how ridiclously stupid they look?
it just go to show how a cult can brainwash a person.. anyone else have similar experiences?.
I find it funny how my over zelous Jw parents who talk so poorly of the world and there pagan traditions, somehow magically end up eating a turkey dinner on freakin thanksgiving.
But of course, god forbid anyone call it thanksgigving thats outrageous.
Dont they see how ridiclously stupid they look? it just go to show how a cult can brainwash a person.
Anyone else have similar experiences?
I have a few observations.
Having not been to a convention in over two years i had a complete diffrent perspective on the event. While i was initially pissed off by everything i heard, this feeling was replaced with nostalgia. Not in that i want to go back to the group or that i missed the lifestyle , but in that i remeber how brainwashed i used to be and it's kind of funny to see how rediculous i looked.
Its very difficult to be hard on people who belive the crap that comes off that stage. There just misled people that think there part of something big. Very big. I honestly never seen the WTS hint that the end was this close with so much furver and in enthusiasm in all the years ive been there.
So in the end you can call them hypocrites and whatever but just remember Dilusion are a mental condition, so its not really their fault.
I also saw the WTS for what it really is. Just another fundementalist church, so i finnaly realised that i had no need to be ashamed that i used to be a part of that. All this talk of bringing down the WTS used to apeall to me but now im gunna adopt more of a live and let live attitude. And in retrospect i can laugh at the nonsense they belive so firmly in a nostaligic way rather than a resentful way.
I feel alot of people on this board harber alot of hate for this group, and i dont neccicarily blame you. But if you feel this strongly about what you went through, even years after then guess what? They still have you minds and they win.
All in all, in a way i actually benifited from the convention. That is a first for me, so i can really join in the Borg slogan of "this was the best convention yet"
you know the family i mean in the congo, its always a 2.4 family,the father is always always an elder, the wife is always has an air of supremness who looks down her nose at all the other sisters, the kids always appear to be textbook straight of a watchtower illistration " how to be a perfect jw".
they spend their time practiculay glued to the platform, showing everyone how they are not measuring up to their perfect example.
and all round just making everyone feel unworthy.
Sounds a bit like my family, but i wouldnt be so quick to laugh.
Its usually the father drunk with elder power dragging his family along.
Believe me the ride is miserable.
ive been lurking this site for quite a while but for some reason never could muster up the courage to post.. let me give a little background on my self.. i am 18 and male an still living with my parents.
i was baptised at 15 basically against my will (by cracking under the pressure) but only truly broke out of the drone like mindswhen i was 17. since then its been totall choas in my life all of it stemming from the orginization of course.
my parents are the defenition of brainwashed wittnesses, my father even belives he is anointed.. after i got baptised i suffered from intense deppression and with a little soul searching, after a year i realized that i need some time for my self.
Thanks for the love and advice everyone. As it stands i am out of high school, but we all know how the job market is now so as much as im trying it is near impossible to find a decent job. I want to go to school, in a way, i was never pused to go in my house as you know and i really dont know how to move foward getting into a college.
ive been lurking this site for quite a while but for some reason never could muster up the courage to post.. let me give a little background on my self.. i am 18 and male an still living with my parents.
i was baptised at 15 basically against my will (by cracking under the pressure) but only truly broke out of the drone like mindswhen i was 17. since then its been totall choas in my life all of it stemming from the orginization of course.
my parents are the defenition of brainwashed wittnesses, my father even belives he is anointed.. after i got baptised i suffered from intense deppression and with a little soul searching, after a year i realized that i need some time for my self.
Ive been lurking this site for quite a while but for some reason never could muster up the courage to post.
Let me give a little background on my self.
I am 18 and male an still living with my parents. I was baptised at 15 basically against my will (by cracking under the pressure) but only truly broke out of the drone like mindswhen i was 17. Since then its been totall choas in my life all of it stemming from the orginization of course. My parents are the defenition of brainwashed wittnesses, my father even belives he is anointed.
After i got baptised I suffered from intense deppression and with a little soul searching, after a year i realized that i need some time for my self. I made the diffucult decision to stop goin to meetings (if you grew up a witnness you understand this isnt something you just do).
And like magic after i stopped going to the pointless meetings pretending to be a drone and stopped bothering people knocking at there doors this huge weight got lifted off my shoulders and my deppression lifted. But just as soon as one problem went away the constant onslaught of my miserable parents make living in this house sour. And as i recently turned 18 i forsee me getting thrown out flat on my face soon.
There is so much more depth to my story but for now this is what i have.
So here i am.
