they raised my two younger brothers and me in the “truth”, and convinced some of their own siblings to join as well.
i married pretty early, raised two of my own in the “truth”, sad to say.
my parents are still in.
I discovered that people are generally good, regardless of whether or not they belong to the cult I was a part of before.
Great point.
The annihilation of “those people” at Armageddon never stuck with me. I am really glad you mention this—a simple thought but gently subversive.
You certainly cut free! Thanks for your story.
i have posted the full story on a fb site.
so my apologies to anyone who's already read it.
some of what i've written is what was told to me by my father.
Glad l caught this. Great story. Terrific that you had an immunity to the religion.
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. racially a very mixed family.
we just looked like average white, working class brits.
dad was in the marine commandos in ww2.
Glad to read your story, Paul.
I can identify with your revulsion at seeing the Corporation’s “love” take over when the elders deal with a publisher in troubles. If there was anything that initially attracted me it was their emphasis on the “identifying mark” : ..by this all will know you are my disciples, by the love you have among one another.
It ain’t over til it’s over...l hope you outlast your losses and out-love the hate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bahseeaoof8.
simply fabulous.
ps.
This is transparency. What a great service to post the policy documents from the WTCorp that trickle down to screw with the r&f.
I love how he felt the outrage when he learned of the Elders Manual . He knows why you get that WTFfeeling when your elders are dealing with you: they are remotely controlled by a legalistic Corporation and not motivated by love and mercy from within themselves.
I love this guy. Great interview.
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. i was born and raised in southern california, with a brief stint with parents as need-greaters in central america.
my parents accepted a study in the d2d work, i believe my father was interested in the revolutionary aspect of the religion, and my mom said she wanted to learn the bible.
they were baptized in 1937 i think, and attended the one and only los angeles kh at the time.
(What a post script!)
Hello, Dagney. Glad to find your story. Maybe some day l will find everyone at Tahoe.
me too, i had to have a study with a jw.
then, a month or two later, another one of my ‘worldly’ mates (dan) asked me “are you going out with emma?” i told him no.
dan had also asked rob himself and rob had said that he wasn’t involved with emma.
Glad you went through with the whole interview, Good for you going to university!
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. male, single, 62 yrs old.
adult adhd.
married in victoria moved back to western australia to start our lives far away from her parents as possible.. two kids, son 37 yrs old, daughter 34. both are married and still jws.
On the very last time, I visited about two weeks before he died dad said to me
“ Nic religion should never come before family”
We hugged and cried.
Glad for this, Nic. Thanks for your story.
tell us a little about yourself and your family.. 33yp guy from liverpool, england.
2nd generation, born in.
baptized at 19, left age 31. divorced with a 4yo daughter.
Good interview, PE. The video was well done. Good to open as a proud apostate. No shame.
when i saw simons thread and the "interview" series of threads that came from it i really enjoyed reading the life stories of those that shared.
a bump for newer people seems like a good idea and i figured i would add mine as well.
again, thanks to simon for the concept of a guided interview thread and the template.. tell us a little about yourself and your family.. hmmm... easy question, hard answer.
Morpheus-
Not only good for us to hear your backstory but for any lurkers to know why you eventually left the Organization having been a true believer -you left because you won’t support a lie. It is discovering ttatt that changes us.
We aren’t monsters but people who try to live honestly. Thanks for being open.
tell us a little about yourself and your family.
my mother introduced me to her jw world when i was 12. i had to attend the weekly book study....boring!!!!
plus the disney tv show was on tuesday eve 8 to 9 and once a month they did a space show......no matter how hard i tried couldn’t get out of that bk study.
Thanks , Giordano. That bit about your wife quietly loving you and not believing the b——-t. Quiet until you said you were out.
l know how that happened with another couple.
How crazy a situation this religion creates! It’s great to get some of your backstory. Hello to your clever wife.
