Hello friends. I am an ex mormon who got a little bit obsessed with cults and how they work, after leaving the church.
recently i have been very interested in learning about the structure of JW because i find it very similar in some ways to how the mormon church is organized, except with different names for everything.
I have some questions:
Does the love bomb stop the moment you get baptized? I mean, do they pressure you to baptize by loving you a lot, then after you take the bath, they discard you? Thats what happened to me in mormon church in some ways. The missionaries were always loving me, but the moment i got baptized they stoped giving a .... about me.
Do they force you to speak publiccly, even if you have difficulties doing it ? (It was one of the reasons i left the church)
Do they force you to give public speeches about a theme, or force you to go give a prayer to everybody as soon as you are a newly convert, and extremely introvert with stage fright and anxiety? It happened to me, I was called to speak publicly i refused the calling (it is all done before the church services, during the week), then they started to talk to me like i am some sort of rebel.
I went for a bible study for a while, knowing it was a cult, but it was just for the lulz, they are actually really nice ppl, and i went just to get a taste of what JW meetings feel like, and their social dynamics, etc.
What i noticed is they are exactly the oposite as mormons, they didnt make me feel welcome in the meetings. I mean they all greeted me, and showed respect, but they all looked scared of me or something. Mormons are the oposite, the whole church love bombs the new potential convert. What i noticed with my short experiment with JW is that the only people who love bomb you are your bible teachers. am i correct here? Do they start to love bomb you as a whole congregation as soon as you get baptized, or become more "Advanced" in your studies? Do they approach you more after that?
Finaly, is your average JW also a double standart type of person? I mean: Do they actually follow what they preach? Do they really believe in their hearts what they teach and learn? Because most mormons i knew were all preaching the law of chastity (no fucking till marriage), but they still did it in secret with their girlfriends. They all dont drink alchool it is forbidden by the church but i knew i lot of mormons who drinked in secret... Hypocrisy
sorry for my imperfect english. I am from an european country.
best wishes and peace to all