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What would be the hardest thing to give up if returning the the 'truth'?
by confuzzed 36 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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jwbot
5th time trying to post....
I tried really hard as a JW to be myself...that included things that would get me in trouble.
Now, if I were to go back for some reason...and try to be "a good jw", things I would have to give up for hide:
sex
going out on weekends (not that I do that too often anyway)
recreational drugs
saying "oh shes hot, surely I would trip myself up
good movies
college most likely
my sanity
my honesty
politics and political opinions
feminism
my happiness
the love of my life
true friendships and loves -
Happy Guy :)
In my case it would not be a returning but rather a first time conversion. I owuld have to say the hardest thing to give up would be common sense.
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Fleur
Blondie nailed it on the head for me.
The hardest thing to give up? Myself. My life. Because it would surely kill me to go back. But even harder than giving up my life, would be giving up my child's future. She has so many choices that I never did. I couldn't take that away from her now, not for anyone, not even my family.
essie
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Hecklerboy
My Life
I hated having my life controlled by the Watchtower. Do this, Do that, Don't do this, Don't do that. It's never ending. I'll make the decisions in my life based on my judgement.
I would also have to give up some close friends that are Df'd.
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undercover
iiz2cool
self-respect is what I would lose if I went back. It would probably just break my spirit if I went back.
But, for argument's sake the physical things to give up to go back would be numerous. Drinking, R-rated movies, clubs, concerts, worldly friends, music, the list goes on.
I know that a JW would say "you can still do some of those things", but it was my experience when still in that even if it didn't bother your conscience to do, see, say something, it bothered somebody elses, therefore we still shouldn't do it so as to not stumble someone.
Our conscience didn't really matter, it was the collective conscience that mattered and since the collective conscience was ultra-conservative, based on the teachings from the leaders, most everything "worldly" was ruled out.
Yea, lots of us sneaked around and did things that we hoped nobody found out about, but if you want to be a truly dedicated JW, you have to, have to, give up anything that the collective would frown on.
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Alwayshere
It's not the "Truth" but I would hate to give uo Holden Poker.
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new light
My frontal lobe
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whyamihere
My Freedom.
My Happiness.
My will to live and be happy.
My will and want to succeed in life whatever it may be.
Mainly my kids future and thier happiness!
Brooke WI
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Celia
My frontal lobe
Yep, that's the one - I was going to say :
Brain - Thinking Ability - Common Sense -