Posts by doddle

Did you ever think about being persecuted?

by Funchback in

i was introduced to the jw religion at the age of 7. i can't recall when i was taught about having to suffer persecution in the so-called last days, but i do remember thinking that i would crumble under pressure.. as i entered my young adult years, i imagined how governments would persecute us.

i had thoughts of being tortured for information and then how i would say anything to the torturer just to stop the pain and then be labeled a modern-day judas, missing out on everlasting life.. the jw way of life and expectations are both scary and unrealistic.. i am glad i have canceled armageddon.

also, if i should ever be tortured for some belief or principle, i shall remain strong until the end.

doddle

I remember as a younger kid when I was learning about the Great Tribulation and how badly persuected we would be on those last days; it frightened me beyond anything else. I was terrified and had nightmares of me and my family getting killed, tortured and hunted down by people of the "world". As I grew up I began to accept that it would happen at a certain point and that it would be for the best, as Jehovah proclaimed it. I no longer accept it anymore and have since drifted away from the religion as well.