The Process Starts Early in Childhood.

by Blueblades 18 Replies latest jw friends

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  Blueblades

  The process starts early in childhood:

  No playing with children of other faiths.

  No reading of non-Watch Tower books.

  No birthday parties.

  No holiday celebrations.

  No Christmas presents.

  No Easter egg hunts.

  No Halloween activity.

  The list goes on and on .This ensures isolation that brings almost total separation from all others for whom Christ Jesus died.

  The feelings of "persecution" begins early in the teen years:

  No saluting the flag or engaging in any religious activity.

  No school sports, plays, or social activities.

  No close association with "worldy classmates".

  And before "new light", no vaccinations.

  The young person stands out as "weird", "different", and this by design.

  Continuing in this process means rejecting of normal relations with neighbors ( fellow schoolmates ) Instead of relationships, the young witness is involved in multiple indoctrination sessions and public displays of religious activity ( street corner and door to door work ), which locks him or her into the control of the Watch Tower system.

  Further, the Witness must associate only with other members, date only other members ( "a chaperon" was required under Fred Franz ).Marry only other members, ( earlier marriage was discouraged ) but if he or she does marry and has children, they must be prepared for the cycle to be repeated.

  This lifestyle robs them not only of the joys and delights of childhood, but also handicaps their preparation for a normal life.

  From the "Four Presidents", Edmond C.Gruss.page 71,72.

  I know how true this is , having raised my children,from birth to adult-hood according to the society's process of raising families in the indoctrination of the Watch Tower.

  I am grateful that my children are out and doing well.Many others are not doing so well and still suffer the effects of this process that started in their early childhood.Was or are you still still going through this process?

  Blueblades
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  avishai

  Right on BB! I was'nt supposed to make it to 18 before armaggeddon. I'm 34. Sad. But my little girl will have all those things i did'nt.
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  franklin J

  yes, I lived through all of that.

  It does rob you of childhood. With the exception of "vaccinations"; all the above mentioned items are accurate.

  I did have "friends" growing up who were JWs. There was a social life; within limitations. However; none of them will "ackowledge" me now, much less socialize with me. In contrast to my wife ( who is Catholic) who still regularly sees all of her grammar and high school friends.

  Like Avashai said in his Post; my children will never know what it means to be the "different" one in the class; or be known as the "kid who does not salute the flag".

  I suppose that it taught me at an early age, self discipline and resistance to peer pressure; that is the upside of that way of life. It was; however; a tough price to pay.

  It was a hard childhood.
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  Doubtfully Yours

  It makes me feel so sad for the children at my present cong.

  DY
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  garybuss

  The Witness people and my parents told me I would never have to go to high school becuase Armageddon would come before that. After I got out of the eighth grade my parents took me to the New York assembly in 1958. I can't imagine Armageddon being much worse than that. I started high school that fall and my mother went to bed with a migraine headache. She is still there. I will be 60 in June. GaryB
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  Elsewhere

  Yeah, I distinctly recall being repeatedly told that there was noooo way I would graduate high school... in fact they doubted that I would ever get to high school at all.

  I remember as a kid thinking about the year 2000... how far away it seemed. When I was a kid I did the math and found that I would be about 27 in the year 2000. I did not see how it was possible for me to reach that if armageddon was really on its way.
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  Phantom Stranger

  Yeah, I remember hearing that in 1969 - "he'll never have to go to school!"

  There's another price we paid: not playing in sports.

  We didn't get the same exposure to:

  • Working with people that we don't like towards a common (and measurable) goal
  • Being coached, possibly by someone we don't like but who knows more about what we're doing than we do
  • Failing and losing, and finding lessons from it, and not giving up
  • Winning (at least sometimes)

  Prices that are often forgotten - but I think they're high.
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  Doubtfully Yours

  I remember vividly back in the early 80s this sister telling me that she won't have to worry about her baby boy going to school because Armagedon would come before then; the boy was like 3 years old then. He's now married, with a 3-year old son of his own.

  That sister hasn't learned a thing from her own experience, though. She still has those silly expressions of urgency, and that the New System is right there in front of us, etc.

  Whenever I find fellow Witnesses that express urgency in some way, I make sure I tell that sister's experience among others I recall. I've gotten myself so well disliked over that!

  What a crock, I tell you!

  DY
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  Poztate

  the New York assembly in 1958. I can't imagine Armageddon being much worse than that

  Hey Gary,

  I was there in 58.It was one LONG BORING time for a little kid. Day after day they droned on with all those wonderful new truths.

  Of course most of what they taught then has long ago been tossed on the trash pile. It was not so much what they taught but the long repeditive brain washing that happened at events like that. 250,000 peple all learning how not to think for themselves.

  They love to have the little children start this unlearning process early in life.By the time most of these are adults they will never have an independant religious thought again.The BORG has them for life.
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  minimus

  THAT'S THE KEY!!!! Start early and brainwash them , condition them, mind control them----use whatever expression makes you feel better----and take their life away.