Brummie a good thread - (oh I have gone bold)...
Me (Mrs NW) I was brought up a JW, so I can understand the school thing, about not going into assemblies, and not attending the school discos, and generally feeling left out of the 'social' whirl. I did make some good friends in the org, but I have learnt that friendships from JWs are fickle..
I am able to talk to people from all walks of life, and I am not shy, I put this down to going on the doors, and not knowing what is behind the door.
I did benefit from the moral standards instilled into me, because it laid a good foundation for me in later life. I developed a deep love for my Creator. I learnt how to study and research, which is good.
Plus the fact I met NW, so some good came out of it LOL.
Also, the children have all grown up with a 'spiritual' background which is not such a bad thing. But we have allowed them to choose. All four of them can see religion for what it really is, but all four still love Jehovah, but feel that it comes from the heart to worship him, and not to be told by some old man what to do, and what to say.
BUT, since leaving the org, I am now able to look at them and realise the depth in which the teachings that were instilled in me, and the 'qualities' have actually allowed me to see the deep fissures in the teachings, hence I have been able to research to a greater depth and see them with warts and all.
It has been a long time in coming, but worth the wait.
Mrs Nightwarrior
