Hi, I'm PoppyR's son. I was brought up a Jehovah's witness and have only very recently lots most of my faith in it. For years I was in that religion and could never quite make sense of it. It took a couple of hours of talking to my mum for my mind to be completely changed.
At first, I was very upset and felt like I had lost a very close friend, but eventually I realised that 'the world' isn't such an awful place after all. Plus, being a witness takes away alot of oppurtunities from you. I have never been baptised; good thing too. Because the bible often refers to people with 'no natural affection.' But if a witness is disfellowshipped all their family and friends seem to turn against them just like that.
I have signed up to this forum, for alot of reasons but this is the main one. I want to have all of your opinions on religion. Because at the moment I'm totally unsure whether I should be saying a prayer or celebrating the fact that I don't have to anymore.