Some Thoughts on Self Esteem and Disfellowshipping

by What Now? 15 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • LostGeneration
    LostGeneration

    Thanks for your post What Now..you nailed it.

    Sad stories on the board the last few days. This religion is one big P.O.S.

  • What Now?
    What Now?

    Thanks for the replies everyone!

    After having become a mother myself recently, what this organization does to parents and their children disgusts me. I don’t really know how to describe it, but the second your child is put into your arms, everything changes. All of a sudden your entire life revolves around this little bundle and you would do anything for them even though you just met them two seconds ago! It’s a scary love that I never knew existed and I’m sure that every mother must feel that way. The thought of turning my back on my child, treating him as if he’s dead to me – it is the most unnatural thing I can think of and goes against everything I believe that God and his son stand for. And so for the organization to require parents to shun their children, under the guise of it being a matter of loyalty to God and his organization – it turns my stomach! My husband’s mother told him that if he ever left the truth, she and his father would change their will and leave everything to the organization. The couple that I mentioned in my original post – this sister is so angry at her son, she thinks that his wife should not allow him to see their children. She babysits her grandchildren and she doesn’t want him to even come to the door when he drops them off in the morning. It blows my mind that most witnesses don’t think that there’s anything wrong with that. That just SCREAMS cult to me, but they act as if it’s the most normal thing in the world!

    @ flipper - no, I haven’t had a chance to read “Combating Mind Control”. From what I’ve seen on this forum it’s definitely a must read. I’ll have to check it out for sure!

    @New Chapter – I love how you put it – ” There is just never room for pure joy, it always comes with stipulations”. It’s so true. And sad.

  • Knowsnothing
    Knowsnothing

    I only got baptized at 11 years old because my younger sister was.

    Tell me about it. I got baptized at 10, and can totally relate to all you said.

    I didn't want to do this at all, yet the maternal unit suffocated me. It had to be done. Either through guilt trip or physical force.

  • MrFreeze
    MrFreeze

    Children are punished for being children. Parents are forced into loving an organization more than their kids. Great thread.

  • freeflyingfaerie
    freeflyingfaerie

    What Now?~ You put it so well. Your comment about being taken off the will..my parents added insult to injury there too. They revised their will once I left the religion. They were sure to tell me that should anything ever happen to them, my sister would no longer be left in my care. That hurt. They cannot see that this is having the opposite effect than what they are hoping for.

  • ziddina
    ziddina

    Marking this thread - excellent thread, and so very sad!!

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