OPENMINDED, that was excellent!!
What Bothers You The Most About Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus 54 Replies latest jw friends
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Dismembered
:What Bothers You The Most About Jehovah's Witnesses?
Openminded has said it all. Incredible!
ps: I wish he'd post more often.
Dismembered
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minimus
Me too, Dis.
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xjwms
That I was soooo brainwashed
and that I gave and gave
and that its not easy to burn that bridge for me.
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openminded
that essay was written by hillarystep - very well written
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minimus
I saw HS but wondered why Hillary would ever have 2 accounts. Simon won't tolerate this. Can't be. He would never break such a rule.
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undercover
What Bothers You The Most About Jehovah's Witnesses?
That they exist?
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serendipity
HI ubgood & welcome!
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DesertRat
Besides the hypocrisy & other points already touched on...the fact that a person's best is never good enough. For me there was the constant pressure to do more, more, MORE--usually without acknowledgment or commendation of any kind. And don't dare give yourself credit for anything--you're just doing what Jehovah expects of you!!! For someone who has already struggled throughout life with much lower-than-average self-esteem (due to Asperger's & other factors), messages such as these were especially detrimental emotionally & psychologically.
What bothers me most, however, is the fact that I wasted over 25 years of my life among them, trying to please them, & now must pick up the pieces & learn skills for 'normal' living that most people in my age bracket probably mastered years ago..
DR
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free2beme
The fact that they can keep a straight face and say "I honestly believe all this crap." When you know they don't.