First let me introduce my self, I am a 33yo male show spent much of his youth in the JW cult, I was not raised into the truth however thought I found it at the age of 11 when a well caring brother knocked my door, I had no father figure so this brother was everything to me, like a father, I quickly began attending meetings even when my mom used to oppose, I was taken like an example kid because I was an "orphan" in the spiritual sense, I got baptized when I was 12, and spent the rest of my teenage years being this good kid everyone thought I was, I hated that attention and pressure however it felt good to be doing good things, when I was about to finish High School I started to get into Punk and ska music, I used to listen to it in secret, one time an elder found out and went to my house when I wasnt there, he went into my room and took all my cds, this was my first time I felt like I was being invaded of my privacy, I was made to feel guilty for liking this music and lost all my priviledges..theres a lot more I can say but I will stick to the main points, I became a reg pioneer, I became an MS, the whole thing, living in New York allowed me to visit Bethel many times and had many many friends there, at the head quarters and Walkill, In my cong we had Bethelite elders etc, so yeah I was "in the club" , I always had a doubt in the back of my mind if what I was doing was the right thing, I used to rent the basement out of en elders house, he is what made me turn, he was the mos unloving person I ever met, for instance he would turn off the heat during snow storms, sometimes due to my pioneering I had no food and he knew this, well no food from him etc. yet all this time I thought I was doing the right thing, eventually I feel in love and started dating this beautiful pioneer girl, daughter of pioneer parents as well, I never felt fully excepted because of my spiritual Orphan status and no family in the truth, eventually got to a point where I could not communicate with her and her parents used to pick up the calls, they told me I could not continue to pursue a relationship with her, I was devastated! long story short I wanted to see her etc, they put a restraining order and labeled me a stalker, made a mistake of sending her an e-mail and well, that got me arrested!! I am in no way a creep nor a stalker but I was made to be seen that way! NO ELDER NO ONE came to my rescue nor did they ever question me, i was just simply sent a short note not even a letter, they didnt even call me a brother in it but a sir. In it they told me that I was no longer part of the congregation, I had no one to bail me out, when I eventually came out well, I looked for the elders and the Bethelite one told me over the phone that because the law was involved that I had to be removed because I made the cong look bad. Now because of having a restraining order I could not even go back to meetings, I could not even picture my life without being a JW, so I stoped going to meetings and began to open my eyes, I began to remember many things that I had just simply closed my eyes to, fsat foward to now, I see the truth about the truth, all these people that were my friends for almost 2 decades are out there, they see me and I am an invisible ghost it seems, I am so sad for them still being brainwashed, I have many friends and finally began my own business where I am very successful at, There is much much more than what I just said, but I went trough so many depressing times, I was by myself in the worst of times, it was there I realized that this can not be Gods organization, i did NOTHING wrong!, please give your self a favor and leave this organization, they ruined my life but I found the strength and wisdom to go on without them,and now I am so much better for it. would love to hear from you guys, I could use your pov and support and new friends, I will answer any questions.
Nodoubter
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My crazy experience, from pioneer to jail bird
by Nodoubter infirst let me introduce my self, i am a 33yo male show spent much of his youth in the jw cult, i was not raised into the truth however thought i found it at the age of 11 when a well caring brother knocked my door, i had no father figure so this brother was everything to me, like a father, i quickly began attending meetings even when my mom used to oppose, i was taken like an example kid because i was an "orphan" in the spiritual sense, i got baptized when i was 12, and spent the rest of my teenage years being this good kid everyone thought i was, i hated that attention and pressure however it felt good to be doing good things, when i was about to finish high school i started to get into punk and ska music, i used to listen to it in secret, one time an elder found out and went to my house when i wasnt there, he went into my room and took all my cds, this was my first time i felt like i was being invaded of my privacy, i was made to feel guilty for liking this music and lost all my priviledges..theres a lot more i can say but i will stick to the main points, i became a reg pioneer, i became an ms, the whole thing, living in new york allowed me to visit bethel many times and had many many friends there, at the head quarters and walkill, in my cong we had bethelite elders etc, so yeah i was "in the club" , i always had a doubt in the back of my mind if what i was doing was the right thing, i used to rent the basement out of en elders house, he is what made me turn, he was the mos unloving person i ever met, for instance he would turn off the heat during snow storms, sometimes due to my pioneering i had no food and he knew this, well no food from him etc.
yet all this time i thought i was doing the right thing, eventually i feel in love and started dating this beautiful pioneer girl, daughter of pioneer parents as well, i never felt fully excepted because of my spiritual orphan status and no family in the truth, eventually got to a point where i could not communicate with her and her parents used to pick up the calls, they told me i could not continue to pursue a relationship with her, i was devastated!
long story short i wanted to see her etc, they put a restraining order and labeled me a stalker, made a mistake of sending her an e-mail and well, that got me arrested!!
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