DID THE WATCHTOWER DESTROY YOUR VIEW OF HUMANITY?

by Terry 22 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • bikerchic
    bikerchic

    LOL!

    Now that is satire at it's best Terry, thanks for the laughs!

    A keeper for sure.

  • luna2
    luna2

    LMAO, Terry. Very nice summation of the WTS come on.

    I'm not sure it destroyed my view of humanity...I still liked people, just thought they were misguided. It did, however, cause me to become very disconnected and isolated because it was the only way I could deal with the knowledge that everybody was gonna buy it at the big A.

  • homesteader
    homesteader

    I wouldn't say it destroyed my view of humanity, but it certainly changed it. Now that I'm on the outside looking in I can't believe how warped their belief system is and sometimes I wonder how I got caught up in it all. This post helps explain it...all the attention and "love" in the beginning were what a lonely soul like myself needed. I gradually and subconsiously built up a support network outside of the org. before I faded. All the wonderful "worldly" people I met have restored my faith in humanity. For the first time in my life I am experiencing unconditional love despite my human failings....farting, burping, being independent, reading secular books, sleeping in, telling lies now and then.

    Despite what the org says, there are also many neat adolescents that are not JW's who have morals and aspirations to contribute to society in meaningful way. One included is my 19 year old son who just graduated from a Catholic School and plans on becoming an elementary teacher. I got away from JW's four years ago. He went to the prom and I was so proud and happy for him. It blew my mind to think that at one time I thought this was an evil thing and actually lost sleep over my older children wanting to do such a worldly thing. Grace.

  • MonkeyPrincess
    MonkeyPrincess

    wow, you almost got me sucked in there.. i was about to pay the $19.99. lol

    they didnt destroy my view of humanity at all, in fact they just confirmed what i already knew..
    That people out there are good and nice. They just want to be loved, successful and happy.
    I have met so many good, honest 'worldly' people since i left, its hard to beleive i was so
    afraid of them.

    MP

  • crazyblondeb
    crazyblondeb

    And to think, at one time we all had a lifetime membership, nonrefundable, of course!

    I remember when we'd be driving down the road. If we pulled up to a car where someone was smoking, drinking, or had the music up too load, we were told how bad that person was. When it did become me I loved it! For people that aren't suppose to judge, they sure do it big time! When I did escape I learned I had been lied to. The "wordly" people were the ones that cared and helped me believe in myself, even when I didn't. Didn't they used to always talk about "sheep in wolves clothing"?

  • delilah
    delilah

    No, it most certainly did not destroy my view of humanity. I always knew that there were many people in the "world", who were perhaps better "christians", than some in the congregation. I can't get believe how haughty the JW's are, and how they look down their noses at non-JW's. It's disgusting how they think they have the "truth", and everyone else is so "misguided" by the devil....there are plenty of people I'd much rather associate with,who try to worship "god" to the best of their knowledge and ability, and treat everyone with respect and kindness, than those pompous,judgemental, holier-than-thou JW's. If anything, the WTBS destroyed my faith in them!!!!

    Dee

  • jeanniebeanz
    jeanniebeanz

    LOL

    Actually, they didn't destroy my view of humanity, they just did not ever let it develop in the first place. Once out of the cult, I came to my own conclusions on humanity just like any other normal person...

    J

  • BluesBrother
    BluesBrother

    Love the post ... It is so true.

    Perhaps that explains why the congos have a higher than normal percentage of people that are "intellectually challenged" and socially misfits . We knew {and loved] them. Individually they were honest genuine people with whom I felt more kinship than my fellow elders.

    The open exposure of the post reveals it to be the con artists trick that it really is.

  • Golden Girl
    Golden Girl

    This reply for Greendawn...remember this comes from a group who's former leader sold"Miracle wheat"..

    And was arrested for it!..And labeled a "Con Man"...

    In response to the original post..

    They could not ruin what I thought of other human beings.(Not for lack of trying).Just made me want to join them..(The other human beings)

    I felt the same as another poster..I too felt like the normal human being was "Normal" ..with a small percentage being really bad..and some smaller precentage being..extremely good..

    Snoozy...who we all know is in the latter group...

  • what_Truth?
    what_Truth?

    I can answer this best by quoting a few line from my anti-JW song.

    "But when you leave it behind
    You see the world's not that bad
    It's still far from perfect
    but who really wants that

    Look Deep inside you will find
    A purpose crying for you
    Don't listen to elders
    baby do what you do"

    That's about it. When I left the org I had to develop my own moral values, my own spiritual beleifs, and my own world view. Based on what I've experienced in the 11 years since I've concluded that:

    -People are inhearently good. Usually not for altruistic reasons, but so what?

    -A few hundred years from now we'll go from a mighty anglo-american empire to a cautionary tale. Our society will be overrun. Our technology will be forgotten, our gods will be ridiculed.

    -People's methods may change but people themselves are constant

    -A rising crime rate looks different to a hermit living in the bush

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