Yep Truthseeker it is an erie and awful carnival ride isn't it? Too many ups and downs but mostly downs......Only the ups if you are deemed "worthy"......
Would things have been different if you had a "normal" life in the truth?
by truthseeker 12 Replies latest jw friends
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I quit!
I wonder what you meant by normal life in the truth. Now I understand. I guess I did have a pretty normal life as a JW at least as normal as it could be. I left for reasons of conscience when I stopped believing it was the truth not because of any experiences with the people I knew as a witness. I always had lots of friends in the "truth". When I was single there were lots of single people to hang out with. Married people would also invite me to do things with them. When I got married we had about 400 people at our wedding. Once I was married we still had a lot of people over. I had a regular group of kids I would go running with. I'd take them to the beach. I had friends to surf with. Friends to go on ski trips with. Friend to go to shows and to dinner with. It all ended the minute it was known that I had left the "truth". That was what was so strange. It ended so abruptly. It would have made it a lot easier to leave if I didn't like them and they didn't like me but that wasn't the case. I guess my point is that once you realize it isn't the truth and that you and all of your friends are being deceived by a book publishing company it is hard to stick around no matter what the circumstances are. To stay I would have had to go through life living a lie and I just didn't want to do that.
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Amazing
Hi Farkel,
My email is [email protected]. Likewise its good to see you posting ... I pop in and out at times ... not like I used to do. When you email me, I will share my phone number and we can catch up on life ... I am back in Illinois after spending almost a year at a nuke plant in northeast Wisconsin. I will also copy this to a PM just to be sure you see it.
I enjoyed your comments on the thread about the LDS and the Mormon Temple. I never went to visit any of the Mormon facilities ... but I did pass by them several times as I traveled on I-80 east or west. I agree with you that their Temple is an edifice that looks like it is dedicated to God ... whereas the Watchtower buildings looks like something dedicated to a corporation.
I look forward to hearing from you.