Just curious. From my experience there are lots of born ins that become atheist, whereas those that came in from another religion seem to be more likely to go that direction again.
Anyone "born again" who was a born in JW?
by startingover 4 Replies latest jw friends
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startingover
Interesting there are no takers yet. And Burn, I'm not sure why you linked to that other thread, I linked from there to here to keep from hijacking.
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Brother Apostate
Me. See other thread as to why...BA
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halcyon
You can't exactly call me "born again", but about a year before I attended my last meeting, I was sitting in my house doing a bunch of bible reading out of various translations. NOT WT publications, straight bible reading. And I remember it occurred to me at one point that I needed to thank Jesus for saving me, because I was so not deserving of salvation. So I prayed a very non-traditional, non JW type prayer, very personal, that to me felt sorta like a born-again moment, and ever since then it really feels like that moment in my life was a turning point. From that point forward I felt more blessed than I had ever felt before in my life. I felt an assurance of salvation inside me that I'd never felt before. And I felt God's presence in a very positive way. It seems my fear of displeasing God was washed away, and truly, I've held on to that feeling ever since.
I have since read literature on Born-agains, and I didn't say the words they say you're supposed to say, but I feel like for all intents and purposes, I stumbled across the "action" behind the words.
And since then I started feeling a growing obsession with finding and taking communion somewhere. It felt growingly urgent and necessary for my future. I have no idea if that's a born-again thing as well. But it's all part of my own spiritual journey.