any former Jehovah's Witnesses here?

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yogosans14 said:
Hello!I am in a similar situation, I am 17 and I have been studying with my JW grandmother for about 2 years. Still haven’t got baptized (thank god). I used to have a deep hatred for Catholics but then I started looking into this 2,000 year old Christian Church and found that there is no WAY the JWs can be the true religion since they were Established in the 1800s. They have made many false prophecy’s but deny it, and just a simple google search of NWT mistranslations clearly shows that the translators delibraltly twisted words to fit there theology. I cannot wait to turn 18 and be set free from this messy false prophet religion!

Let me assure you, if you are baptized and you join Catholicism and your parents are devout JWs they will shun you without questions unless you re convert. Its sad really, the JWs use emotional blackmail to try and win members over…
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Very cultish in nature.
 
WitnessSpouse said:
Jehovah’s Witnesses are not Baptized according to the Biblical formula (In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. MT 28:19) and therefore do not have Sacramental marriages that are not recognized by the Church.
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Indeed, they baptize in the name of the Father, son, and the “Spirit Directed Organization”

Tottaly unbiblical
 
Indifferently said:
I don’t mean to judge but if you are married to a man with a living wife, in what sense have you kept the faith?
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The church does grant anullments, either for lack of form or for a defect in the marriage. It’s a bit presumptious of you to bring this up…charity would presume on the side of an anullment having been grant for lack of form.
 
yellowbird said:
Wow. That really is an incredible flip flop. I’m honestly shocked. It was such a foundation of our faith. Everything was winding down because that generation was getting so old.

I wonder how they explain the Millions Now Living Will Never Die of 1925 - the sweet old woman who studied with me was at that World Fair and although she was advanced in years, she was confident that the system would end before she died. I suppose that’s the case with that entire generation - they HAVE passed away and with them, most of the memories of those failed predictions.

I experienced a hint of :hmmm: in 1990 when the Organization announced they were buying more property in upstate NY… I recall my congregation being very confused - why would they do that with such little time left? Soon we can have all the proprety we need - after all the people are gone. But of course nobody voiced that very loudly…

I remember - a young man he’s a senior in HS, super smart. Gets a full ride scholarship to college and not only decides he’s not going to take it, but he’s going to drop of our HS before graduating to go to Bethel. That didn’t work out - so now he’s a HS drop out - marries a young sister, and they have two children. He’s working landscape and they barely get by … I get to know him & his wife at the Tuesday night meeting … gosh I forget what it’s called now - the one that met in homes. Anyhow, now he’s in his mid 20s and he says he loved science wanted to be a dentist and sometimes thinks that his life would’ve been so much easier if he had accepted the scholarship because landscape is hard in the hot Florida sun - but he knows he did the right thing - the system is ending soon. We all nod in agreement - college would’ve been a total waste of time. So what if he lives in a single wide moble home with his wife and kids? Fast forward all these years - that guy would be in his 50s. … I wonder if he’s still doing landscape? And then I wonder how many others are just like him… who passed up opportunities because they believed what we all were told.
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Book Study…the Tuesday meetings are called Book Studies. So many JW’s have passed on college because of this belief…sad.
 
I am a 4th Generation Jehovah’s Witness turned Christian. But not catholic.
 
Dear Winston,

thank you again for your helpful quote you wrote under my thread.
I just found yours here, and only wanted to make sure if you are all right. You wrote that you are on your way, and all Ex-JWs know what that means.

Just saying, I myself find it so helpful to walk outside in nature and try to make a new start by praising our Creator for every beautiful flower, tree, bird, deer, rabbit, creek or river, for everything He made so wonderfully and lovingly for us to enjoy.
So, simply out of my own experience, I want to encourage you to direct your thoughts to the immense love of our dear Lord, and try to imagining Him walking with you. As I do that, I am feeling much better.

His love for us compensates every lost relationship due to the shunning.

Carry on, dear Winston, Jesus loves you dearly, and so does His Father!

Love, small sister
 
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