Before my grandma died she got baptized as a catholic (why do people do that?) anyway at her funeral it was interesting. Although the catholic priest was really annoying. He mumbled a lot and had a heavy accent those two do not go well together. A lot of family were there and it would have been better if the priest had a microphone so we could actually hear him. We were standing up, sitting down, standing up, sitting down..after a while I just stayed sitting down. Then everyone (that's catholic) got up and stood in line to eat the cracker? cookie? waffer? whatever it is. My mother is still active JW and refused to attend the service (even though it was her own mother!) my mom said "If it's at a church, I will not go. Jehovah wouldn't want me to go to a worldly church." ahhhhhh what ignorance. Instead, she waited at the grave site until everyone showed up (about 1 1/2 hours) in the hot heat. Yikes. Non believers were asking for my mother and I didn't know what to say. Some people were saying "It's because she's a JW and doesn't have respect for other religions. We respect her beliefs why can't she do the same." They had a point. Ackward moment.
When I was in the Big Island of Hawaii we found a tiny white church it was beautiful, but very old and parts of it looked like it would fall over to the side. The murals were tropical and very angelic.
I think it would be two faced for any X-JW to join the Catholic Church and still bang on the WTS for it's pedophile scandal.I know that every organization, church or even a football team can have it's major issues/problems. If you have a favorite football team and someone gets into trouble for pedophile, do you stop cheering for that team? Does it make that whole team a pedophile? I believe it's all about balance. Does that make sense?
For me, people are so imperfect that if I do join a church, I kind of have to roll with the punches. I cannot control what anyone else does. I can only control what I do. For me it's not a social thing and I'm not going to get knee deep into it either. I just want a place to go for myself. My hubby has always said "If I was to join a church, I'd never join the mormans, JW's or Catholic church." lol. He doesn't mind if I go, he doesn't want to go. I don't force him, don't ask him, I just love him and let him do whatever he's comfortable doing. If he wants to go, fine. Religion is such a private thing for me I could never force anything like that on my family/friends or my future child like my parents did to me.
I really enjoyed everyone's comments. They gave me a lot to think about and I hope more people submit.
That's the elders at our old hall. They thought they were god. Once They told me I could not bring a backpack to the meetings because it looked "worldly." When I explained that "It is just a bag, it holds my notebooks, bible, pencils I don't see the big deal." They said "It's in your best interst to change bags think of the congregation and how it looks." I never changed bags, they did not know I was broke and could not afford to buy anything "extra." Funny thing is that one of the elders wife gave it to me and thought I'd like it. At the time, I was grateful. Lol. Crazy mixed up world we live in. Nuts....
