No longer being a JW is empowering!
I saw some JW's while out on a date !
by Pitchess Co-Gen 12 Replies latest jw experiences
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Vidiot
Pitchess Co-Gen - "Why do witnesses get scared of disfellowshipped ones?"
On an organizational level, authoritarian regimes need an existential enemy to rally against.
On a personal level, I suspect many are afraid to discover than XJWs aren't actually living in perpetual moral squalor and/or might actually be happier for having left (either voluntarily or otherwise).
In addition, it's basic human nature to acknowledge the presence of another human being that you're personally familiar with, but WT conditioning requires one to override that natural tendency, which in my experienc, causes emotional discomfort. I suspect that the "fear" is of the anxiety that emotional discomfort brings.
I could be wrong.
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Pitchess Co-Gen
On a better note I'm going to meet her again for lunch on Saturday .