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  Cons of being a jehovah's witness

  by raxxxx in

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  what could u list as negative things as being a jw/ex jw for example when u were growing up etc that still affext u now?.

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  pghdjmarty

  I think not being able to use my natural talents to their fullest extent.I was, and still am, very artistic. I was never able to pursue further education with regards to my ability to create art and music as Armageddon was "just around the corner" and secular education was chasing the wind. Also, I have been djing since I was about 16 years old. However, while I was a JW, I was limited to JW events only. The first time I did a worldly event I was counseled about how doing worldly events could bring me closer to the worldly attitudes and the trappings of this system. It's pretty cool because since I have not been a JW, my djing has been very successful and I do all my own promo materials for my company. Closer to the trappings of this system, indeed...and loving it!
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  What was the first thing you did...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  when you left the man-made organization currently known as the wtbts??.

  and for those still "in" but mentally "out" what have you started doing thats against the silly, stupid and non-scriptural watchtower policy/law/rule??.

  i know the question has been made before on another thread but i couldn't find it and also there's been quite some growth in new ones here to jwn, so just wanted to see if we could all share some lovely/funny/random experiences.

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  In addition to all the things listed, there were two big things I did that took some courage to do. I got in touch with people who I had tried to convert to the JW belief system and apologized for my narrow minded, biased attitude toward them. Most were more forgiving than any JW would have ever been. Also, I started to approach people who were JWs if I saw them in public. I would (and still do) go up to them and say hello. If they would say that I wasn't allowed to talk to them, I would say "No, YOU're not ALLOWED to talk to me...no one tells me who I can and cannot talk to anymore."I guess it's my way of trying to show others how controlling the WTBTS really is. I also started to dj in "worldly" venues, not limiting myself to doing weddings where I was terrified that I might get pulled into the "blue room" for a song I might play that may offend someone. P.S. The first two weren't as much fun as the other things I started to do!
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  Text message from a bro at the hall I got this morning as I woke

  by shakyground in

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  we miss you, hope to see you soon.

  your dad will be wondering where you are at the resurrection.

  love, bro.

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  Isn't the reason to be a JW is for the sanctification of Jehovah's name? If you're going to do it for selfish reasons, like seeing your loved one after Armageddon, you're not going to make it anyway. If you don't believe everything about the JWs, you're condemned to death anyway. Besides the obvious emotional blackmail that is so obvious in this message, it's dripping with the "holier than thou" attitude that's rampant within the JWs.Maybe the JWs are finally realizing that the world is learning the truth about them and not joining their little cult at the rate that they would like. They're going to do what newspapers and magazines do when their readership is down...contact former subscribers and see if they would like to sign up again. So sad.
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  What was the last meeting you ever went to?

  by lilbluekitty in

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  i figured out it's been 4 months and 5 days since my last meeting ever.

  july 10th, it was a sunday.

  i hadn't been there in 2 months or so and decided to see if anyone noticed i'd been gone.

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  pghdjmarty

  The last actual meeting I ever went to was the Memorial in the year 1999. My dad was dying so I went to the meeting because it was the "feel good" thing to do.I did it because I knew it would make my dad happy. I could not get out of there fast enough. The last time I was ever at a Kingdom Hall was for my dad's "memorial service". I could not believe how many of the Witnesses didn't even extend their condolences to me. All they could say is that my dad would want me to come back into the organization so I could see him and my mother (also deceased) again. Little did they know that my dad and I had talked to each other, over a case of Strohs beer, one evening about a lot of things. One was about why I didnt come back after being disfellowshipped. I explained to him how I felt nothing but despair when I was a Jehovah's Witness and had never been as happy as I was since I left the JWs. He said that all he and my mother had wanted for me was to be happy so if I was happy he wouldn't question it ever again. I knew my dad was cool because he never quit talking to me when I was disfellowshipped, but it was with those few words he said that I knew he understood. I think he was one of those "blackmailed" JWs who stayed to keep his relationships in the JWs.