I'm sure this question has been raised a lot but it is always good to look back. The last 5 or 6 years of me being a JW, I did not have a very good go of it. One thing I actually did enjoy was going to the international convention. I was looking back at pictures of my international convention and realized I actually had a really good time. The actual talks were pretty blah but I did enjoy meeting people from all over the world. It was a new experience for me as I had never been to another country. I got to see some pretty cool stuff in Berlin and Stockholm when we weren't being bored to death during the discourses.
Was There Anything You Actually Enjoyed About Being A JW?
by MrFreeze 42 Replies latest jw experiences
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Farkel
:Was There Anything You Actually Enjoyed About Being A JW?
Yes. Knowing I would be a free ex-JW after I attended my final Meeting.
Farkel
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Sulla
Difficult to say. I think I really enjoyed how easy it was to get social status. My father gave talks on the DC and was known for being pretty good; combine that with pioneering and Bethel and a couple good marriages (sister to a young pioneer/elder) and you have valuable social capital. I miss the easy social capital.
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MrFreeze
Yes Farkel, that feeling of freedom soon to be obtained, there is nothing like it. All of us who escaped know exactly how Andy Dufresne felt.
Sulla, that is a good point. With little competition and not much effort, it is a lot easier to obtain a high social status in the JW's.
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QueenWitch
the yearly conventions cuz this was the only family "vacation" we got.
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Bubblegum Apotheosis
I enjoyed talking Bible prophecy over a cocktail, after the Assembly in Long Beach. We had a good time speculating when the "End" would come, enjoyed the company of some very sharp brothers and sisters.
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blond-moment
Cheese danish.
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dingo1
being better than the heathens. what poor judgment.
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designs
Back in the mid 1960s in our congregation there were about 30 of us all in High School; we surfed, camped, had our own football games, group bike rides, fun.
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wasblind
I think folks confuse socializing in the religion, with the " religion " itself
as for bein' a " JW ", what's enjoyable ?????
Scince I left, my blood pressure has improved