Any born-ins have this attitude about converts?

Nambo

So there was this great gang of us, from South London, Manchester and Wolverhampton, went to socialise with a group in Fishguard in Wales.

Amongst the conversations one of the single sisters stated, "I could never marry anybody who used to be in the world".

I guess a lifetime of knocking on doors had given her the impression there couldnt possibly be a convert in her midst, never mind later alone with her in her MGB.

So whats with this, did you think we had rat scabies or were possesed by demons or something?

Theocratic Sedition

Amongst the conversations one of the single sisters stated, "I could never marry anybody who used to be in the world".

I've been amongst JWs my whole life, baptized for the past 20 years and still quite active and have NEVER heard that sort of sentiment. The brothers I've seen come into Da Troof got more attention from the sisters than the born-ins from what I've seen throughout the years. It's like the young converted male is exotic or something. As far as a condescending attitude, something that I've noticed more as of late is how converts tend to have an almost disappointed view towards the lack of motivation born-ins display when it comes to certain features of the religion, particulary field service. The born-in often views the zeal of a convert with a sort of experienced pessimism, like, "he's new and and will be just as average as I am in another year or so."

Joe Grundy

Nambo: I live only 15 miles from there. We could have had a beer!

nuthouse escapee

Nambo, have a quick experience to share. In my congo we had a single brother in his 40's who was looking for a mate. He had dated a few sisters and then found one he was very interested in. To make a long story short, she was not always a JW. I guess he assumed wrongly that his 30 something love interest was a virgin. As expected she was not. When he found this out the relationship came to an abrupt end. She was a lovely person and he threw her away due to non-JW past behaviour. Fool! Leslie

Glander

I never was aware of any negative view of converts, to the contrary, newbies seemed to confirm that we born-ins were on the right track.

Remember, when potential converts start coming to the meetings they are love bombed. After they are baptized we are only concerned that they don't masturbate.

a young couple in our cong. were pressured to marry because they had sat together at meetings, etc. They married and then he found out that before she was a witness she had lost her virginity. he could not handle it and they divorced in a short time.

elderelite

I never ever felt that way.... Until i woke up :-) i always figured in was in.... Some people will always find a way to be classiest and make distinctions, to have a 'cool kids table'.

Some people are just natural born jack asses :P

transhuman68

I suspect it's all about S-E-X. A born-in sister would assume that a born-in brother was atill a v-v-v-v-virgin! and so he wouldn't tell her that she was lousy in bed- because he wouldn't know any better. That's my guess, lol!

3rdgen

As a born in I always respected converts MORE because they were not pressured by family and friends to get baptized. They usually had to overcome obsticals to do it. However there is a double standard when it comes to dating a convert. And yes, it has everything to do with sex. The Watchtower has printed articles about using caution because a convert could have contracted a VD or even AIDS and pass it on to their JW mate. They also use STDs as a reason to be wary of those who were born in, left, then came back to the Borg. The society was pushing converts getting tested for STDs before getting serious with any JW.

rebel8

did you think we had rat scabies or were possesed by demons or something

You had sex, consorted with demons, did drugs or were prostitutes (or all of the above). Having had a taste of Satanic freedom, you were at high risk to return to your vomit. That's what we were brainwashed to believe...

What is MGB?

Pitchess Co-Gen

I've never heard anyone say somthing like that when I was in, but they alway find a way to brand you anyway. As for the topic of "Since she's not a virgin or he's not a virgin "; I'm not gonna marry him. To that dumb because they always try to find somthing about your past to judge you on for some strage reason.

Any born-ins have this attitude about converts?

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