WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO GO BACK????
At one time or other most of us here wanted to be JW's. Some of us stayed in it for a very long time so there must have been something there that we cared for, something that we felt we wanted or...
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I was born into it and didnt leave till I was in my 40s. Nothing could get me to go back. Nothing.
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I was born into it and didnt leave till I was in my 40s. Nothing could get me to go back. Nothing. Same here Freebird. I believe you said you have grown kids that have also left (correct me if I'm...
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The fear factor of that religion is breathtakingly strong Sharon. It could be likened to one of those feral vines that overtakes an entire forest or bushland area ... smothering everything in its path...
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I've just started reading "Crisis of conscience" My entire belief system was shattered within the first few pages. It would take God inspired literature for me to go back.
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I wrestled with this question in late 2007. I was going through my divorce and an opportunity arose that could have possibly saved my marriage. First off, a quick review how I progressed out of "the...
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superpunk wrote: The posted article on Stockholm Religion was very appropriate, here. Parents instill a belief in the mystic in their children before their children have developed critical thinking...
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What would it take for you to want that again? What would have to change? In order to answer that question, I have to give a bit of history. For starters, I was never 100% convinced, there was always...
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I agree with fairchild on the view of religion. Now personally, I would call myself an atheist right now, but if God existed I really don't think it would matter what religion you were. What makes the...
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Nothing...if they said go back or die...I'd die
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The thing that kept me there was indoctrination. I've broken free of the mind control. I have a B.A. and a J.D. There is nothing that would induce me to go back.
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qoute: if they bought back the food tickets, crazy cheap chocolate bar, bacon sandwiches and curry at the conventions maybe i would consider it. i cracked up at that.....possibly agree with you...
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There is nothing that would make me go back. I was born into it and there is too much pain involed with it.
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If hell would freeze over...oooops! Nope, that wouldn't do it. I remember last winter when we had that real bad ice storm and too pathetic Witnesses knocked on my door. Uh, then, ahhhhhh, nothing....
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I couldn't ever go back. i don't even believe in god. The only thing compelling me to answer the question is that fact that recently i was asked this same question by an inactive witness who was...
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A lot of good stuff has been posted here. A lot of who have left have totally lost all belief in God and that is to be expected because of the way "the organization" was presented to us as being...
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Colder wrote: A lot of who have left have totally lost all belief in God and that is to be expected because of the way "the organization" was presented to us as being inseparable from God No. Just no....
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I was also born into it. I will never go back. After seeing everything that they really do, that is not an option. I still believe in God though. I became a born again Christian. I don't believe in...
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Nothing really could get me back, there are too many horrible people there, and I don't believe a word of it. I was gonna write something else while I was reading through the new posts but I forgot Oh...
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