People are often willing to endure great sacrifices in order to obtain what they have been Promised will be theirs in the future.The WT.Society promises people that if they become faithful JW'S.and endure to the very end,they will then live on a beautiful new earth.The pictures in the Societies publications can be very attractive and eye-catching.But with every Promise there is a Catch.Even if this promise were true ( and it is not),in order for you to have even a chance of obtaining entrance into this new earth you must sit through five boring meetings every week,spend at least ten hours every month in "field service"(that is going from door to door),be in complete submission to the vast control the Society has over every part of your life, absent yourself from any family gatherings at holidays or birthdays, not be involved in competitive sports,hate everyone else in the world as being evil,and never question anything the Society does---even if the Society changes its doctrine to just the opposite of what it use to teach.Worse yet ,the Society never informs you that the new earth they promise is something which,to be realized,you must spend one thousand years in strenuously building it by manual labor.Yes," PROMISES with a CATCH",start out with an attractive bait attached to its hook.Most people, including myself, do not realize or have not realized that, Promises with a Catch are very easy to get caught up with and very difficult to get out of.Do you find this to be true?Has it happened to you?For most on this board I know it has.I want to thank all of you for helping me and my own to come out from under the Societies "PROMISES with a CATCH". Blueblades
PROMISES with a CATCH!
by Blueblades 5 Replies latest jw friends
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Gopher
Well I grew up in the organization, so the hooks were into me even deeper. The approval of my parents (whom I of course relied on for everything physically and emotionally in my early years) hinged on being loyal to the organization that they were a part of.
I finally left, or really was pushed out, at age 39 due to a harsh, unforgiving and myopic judicial system. It was hard to realize the truth about what was happening, that I really had been attached to a dysfunctional and absurd religious system all my life. It was hard to do a 180-degree turn, because the JW way was all I knew.
A couple of years later I am slowly adapting to what seems to be a more normal life. I'm of course much more wary of false promises, and am quite skeptical of all religion as a result of what has happened. No more "promises with a catch" for me -- reality is much more rewarding.
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mouthy
(((((Gopher))))))((((((Blueblades)))) been there done that..... Love you UN conditionally
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Lindy
You both are right. I grew up in it too, and it was very hard to realize that I had been so controlled... That is all it is about..Control, greed and power....same with all religions as far as I can see...
Freedom is so nice. I can think, do and be who I really am, take me or leave me. Those who like me, really like me, and not because I am a "sister." Or that I am "in" at the hall, or because I pioneer, or married to an elder or ....well you get it! How good is that!? To be who you are and to be actually liked for that!? They haven't got a clue!
Gopher, it really does get easier as time goes by....and life gets much more real and a lot more fun.
As Always,
Lindy
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Tish
The trouble is you don't know you are into promises with a catch until the damage is done. I could never have seen the catch whilst in, but only now that I am out.
Tish
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DIAMOND
Just like many of you I was raised in this thing. I cannot believe how silly I was to take all this at face value and not question anything. All I knew was what my mother and the society told me. And I did it. I'm now fading away slowly and I hope one day to experience the total freedom many of you speak of. And I hope I can take my 9 year old daughter with me so she can have a normal life.
Diamond