If you never have used the internet, would you have returned to the borg or stay in the organization? (page 5)

jemba

Im with MidwichCuckoo, 100% my experience as well.

Id already left physically, couldnt stand anything JW. I definetely had doubts but still thought it was the true religion.

The internet set me free mentally. No more guilt and fear.

Thankfully for, well, me, I proved for myself that JWs are quite definitely wrong before I knew about any sites online that talk about them. So, no, I would not have returned to JW lies even without the Internet. Though I certainly did find additional ways in which JWs are wrong online.

Red Piller

It scares me a little, I think I would have still been a true-blue believer - without the internet.

I stumbled across this site while google-ing "one meeting night a week." I was so excited about this change, since the schedule was burning me out. I figured somebody somewhere was discussing it.

Echo Yknot: Thank you Simon and all the posters who have enlightened me!

stillstuckcruz

What got me started on the internet was my doubts in the first place. I think I would have continued having doubts and been back and forth with myself had it not been for the internet. I would have never known about Ray Franz and his book and other publications. Overall, I believe I would still be in(mentally), even if only a little. While I am still physically in, mentally I am completely out.

wha happened?

With what happened to me? no, I would be an infrequent visitor at best

Giordano

My wife and I were out in our 20's back in the 1960's. Never went back. What made it possible was the Blood issue and Armageddon and the boredom of the meetings. When a high control group demands obedience even unto death (blood) and you come to a private decision that you could not accept that teaching for yourself and your family your pretty much out. It may take a little while but you have started the process.

Yank on One little string and it all falls apart. Thats how we did it before the internet.

AnnOMaly

I think I would have become a very depressed JW and not really known why. Maybe figuring it out much later in life.

JWOP

I'm left wondering how long I would have remained in if it weren't for the Internet; the Internet is what opened my eyes to the UN scandal, and it just grew from there. Before this happened, I was a happy and devout JW. Without the Internet, who knows how much longer it would have taken for me to see the TRUTH. (if ever, shudder!)

If you never have used the internet, would you have returned to the borg or stay in the organization?