Thanks for sharing. I really view this as sacred ground for anyone, regardless of their ultimate conclusions.
Here are some anecdotal musings that I have gleaned from reading here and my own experience....
Firstly, it seems we all have a void where belief used to be. It is a space. At first its painful, because of the emotional investment in said belief. For some, because it is never addressed, that pain stays for years, decades.
(I don't believe that it has to stay that way.)
I also realize that at first, this pain causes the theist/atheist debates that we see popping up here on the board. Between those who filled that JW void with another faith and religion, and those who chose to fill that void without the worship of god or the need for organized religion.
I don't know what is best for you. It is my opinioin that we all need to listen to what we have been trying to tell ourselves for some time. We need to listen to ourselves. It's discovering what deep down, we already are, and what we already sense and think.
I have my own views, which are for me. What you choose to fill that void with, (which hopefully takes away any lingering pain) is up to you. I think that exciting and good news.
My only piece of (unsolicited) advice is: avoid doing nothing. Avoid the decision to not give this enough thought where you arrive at some conclusion. Because if you do that, you will only stay bitter at JW's, and bitter in general.
