I was taken out of the religion finally by my mom when I was about 10 ...she decided living without her side of the family that was not in the religion was too much to bare. Thats what this religion does to you ...if you think you want to be apart of the real world they will cut you off and what ever friends or family members you have in this "cult" will see you as dead to them when u leave.
2007-03-12 11:43:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was brought up from birth into a JW family and faithfully did as I was told till my mid 20's. I finally managed to escape their clutches but not without emotional and spiritual damage. I no longer believed them. It was all the false prophesies about the coming battle of Armageddon that I couldn't swallow. 1975 came and went and thousands of Witnesses were disillusioned and disappointed - many of them left, too.
The most un-Christian thing about this organisation is how they shun those who disagree and leave. I know exactly what you're talking about. But please take hope. God knows our hearts and he can heal us. Just because the JW's are preaching a false gospel does not mean to say that God is a liar. Although I abandoned God and wandered in a spiritual wilderness for many years, God had not abandoned me and, 11 years ago this March, brought me to saving grace in Jesus.
I pray God will work in your life to heal you and restore you. I pray the Holy Spirit will enter your mind and reveal to you the beauty of Christ, the risen Lord and Saviour. I pray you will find it in your heart to forgive those who have hurt you, just as our Heavenly Father forgives us. God bless you and the rest of your family.
2007-03-13 18:43:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 5⤋
What a load of rubbish!!
I used to be a catholic and becoming a Witness is the best thing that ever happened to me.
My life is now complete and I have purpose,something I never had before in this horrible system under Satans control.How can you call this "the real world"?We were never meant to live like this;the violence,immorality,hunger,hatred.If you think this is the real world,you are very much mistaken!
Jehovah's Witnesses are not a cult.Jesus Christ is the head of the congregation.It is a religion that bases its teachings solely on the Bible.eg.
2Cor6:14:"Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers".
2Cor.6:17:"'Therefore get out from among them,and seperate yourselves',says Jehovah"
At Luke12:51Jesus states:"Do you imagine I came to give peace on the earth?No,indeed,I tell you,but rather division"
Our love for Jehovah surpasses all other things.Only Jehovah can give us salvation but he requires our loyalty.If family or friends choose not to serve Jehovah,then be it.Our loyalty lies first with our God.We do not 'see them as dead' as you so bluntly put.I still talk regularely with my mum and see her from time to time.Family is important whether or not they believe in Jehovah.But the line is drawn as far as joining in celebrations that conflict with God's Word and attending gatherings and the like that are out of harmony with Bible teachings ie excessive drinking,smoking,swearing etc.
If more people followed the guidelines found in God's Holy Word,this would truely be a better world.
You are very much misguided.
2007-03-16 02:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by lillie 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Hi. Firstly your 2 questions contradict each other. So please clarify. Did your mother leave your father when you were 10 or 12? She stopped being a Witness when?? If you were 10 years old when your mother decided to stop being a Witness then that means you spent a rather short amount of times around Witnesses the fact that you feel ruined says something about you more than the beliefs your mother had. Judging by your take on the beliefs of Witnesses it seems you were never actually taught them. I don't see how something you don't know about could mess you up.
It's not like becoming a Witness is something someone can just decide on a whim to do. You must gain a thourough knowledge of the Bible. It is similar to being married. If you decide to Divorce a mate do you expect the mate to be fine with it?
2007-03-14 08:29:36 · answer #3 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
being a Jehovah Witness has made me a better person. I know have a worldwide brother and sisterhood in 236 lands. now I know that my late husband is just resting and I will see him again in the new system. I know that Jehovah and Jesus Christ is my best friend and I can go to them anytime I want to with a problem or to just to talk. we are not brainwashed or a cult. we are the true religion. anna you know nothing about us. we are not misled. why don't you learn about us before you talk nasty about us
2007-03-14 08:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by lover of Jehovah and Jesus 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Dear Amanda,
My heart breaks for you but rejoices at the same time that you were spared from more time as a Watchtower Witness.
I grew up in a very stormy household because my mom was and still is a jw but my dad never was. I give thanks to my heavenly Father for His marvelous protection.
On Yahoo Answers I've seen several people who did leave the organization and I'm going to send your question to them because they will be able to identify with what you have been through.
God bless you and thank you for asking.
Edit: Thank you as well, Latino, for posting that excellent site. I think I could spend days reading everything!
2007-03-12 12:50:44 · answer #5 · answered by JOYfilled - Romans 8:28 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Amanda, I am so sorry for your pain and the way the WickedTower has hurt you. You don't say how old you are now, or how long it has been since you left the bORG - but if it has only been a short while, I can promise that the pain does become bearable, and you will be stronger for the experience.
As my therapist said after I left the WretchTower, "Some day you will see it as one of your best learning experiences."
As much as I despise the blatant lies and arrogant self-serving hypocrisy that opened my eyes and led me to freedom away from the WrongTower, I do today look back on it as a great learning experience. Much of the success that I enjoy today can be related to skills and qualities I developed while a J-Dub; and much of who I am today comes from the agony, pain, and distress that came from leaving "The Lie" (as opposed to their favored phrase, "The Truth").
I have learned not to get my self-worth and self-value and approval from outside or from others - that I am a worthy child of god for who and what I am and not for what I do. I have learned that life does not depend on some self-serving sinful blasphemous hypocritical arrogant liar saying I am worthy of life - that my worthy is from god, not man. That choices are mine, for good or bad; and that the results of my choices are mine as well. I do not blame Satan for bad things that are a result of my own decisions; and, I always thank god on high for any blessing, great or small. I have had many to thank him for, and a few failures to blame myself for.
I have learned that god knows who I am and where I am at all times, and that he or his angels do not need me to carry a magazine or be in a particular building on Sunday at 4 pm in order to know where I am. He knows my heart and who I *WANT* to be, not just the frail human that I sometimes act like. Like a real, loving caring parent, he wants me to succeed and will help when I really need it. Sometimes he lets me fall and skin my knee, but he always applies a bandage and helps me back up.
I cannot say that Jehovah's Witnesses ruined my life. I did develop some good skills and qualities during the 34 years I was there. I learned some things that I would not have learned otherwise - about myself, about religion, about god, about the world. I am better because of it.
I know how to identify a falsehood and a cult. From personal experience. I know how to stand up against intimidation and lies and hate and rejection. I am stronger, better, wiser, more confident. I might have developed those traits without the pain and hurt and tears and suffering that came about from leaving the WrathfulTower. But maybe I wouldn't have, and would have lived out my life without experiencing the great grace and love and wisdom that only comes from one.
In closing, I'll copy and paste the chorus from Alanis Morissette's "You Learn."
You live you learn
You love you learn
You cry you learn
You lose you learn
You bleed you learn
You scream you learn
You grieve you learn
You choke you learn
You laugh you learn
You choose you learn
You pray you learn
You ask you learn
You live you learn
2007-03-13 04:46:37 · answer #6 · answered by View from a horse 3 · 3⤊ 6⤋
My heart breaks for JWs....good people that are grossly misled.
lover... I know. Trust me when I tell you that I know. And it is most definitely not nasty to say my heart is breaking for you. It's true...satan is leading away , so far away from the truth and he's disguising it pretty well. I'll pray for you no matter what you say about me.
lillie, if you think that Jesus Christ is the head of the organization, than you are far more misled than the rest! You just put your self defined "lesser god" in charge of Almighty Jehovah!!! Or do you still believe that Jesus is God?
2007-03-15 02:20:59 · answer #7 · answered by ~♥Anna♥~ 5 · 3⤊ 5⤋
So far, its been pretty good for me and mine, and I'm not even all the way in yet.
I guess if your life revolved around pleasing or pleasuring yourself then yeah, confronting God's ideas on sex and pagan stuff are pretty likely to ruin all that fun...
JW's follow the bible pretty strickly. If thats not your cup of tea then go ahead and enjoy yourself for the rest of your life...
Matt 24:37-39
2007-03-13 08:58:32 · answer #8 · answered by Al 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋
http://www.bible.ca/jw.htm
2007-03-12 11:47:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋