Peter Parka
Well-Known Member
Ok, me telling you this is a huge, huge deal to me. It's something which has affected my life greatly and the hardest thing for me to tell anyone because of the fall out. I was brought up as a Jehovahs Witness, right into my mid 20s I was one.
I was always getting into trouble with them, I really dont think I was cut out for it but when you are brought up in this religion it's extremely hard to make a break. It was only a couple of years after being kicked out, they had enough of my drinking, that I finally managed to address issues and realise there were other ways and they arn't wrong.
Because of my beliefs then, I have encountered all sorts of religions, am knowledgeable about their beliefs and the Bible and realised what was wrong with them all. Working out what is wrong with JWs was the hardest but when you get to it, you realise how much you were brainwashed.
It's very hard to break from or be kicked out of. You are brought up to think you shouldn't hang around or be friends with anyone but JWs and when you get kicked out like I was, none of your JW friends will speak to you. As I was brought up with them, this meant I was left with no friends, I had to start from scratch. They even tried to stop my mum from talking to me but fair play to her, she moved to another JW church where they didn't stop her and she has been really supportive even though she dosent agree with me.
So there you have it, the hardest thing I've ever told anyone.
I was always getting into trouble with them, I really dont think I was cut out for it but when you are brought up in this religion it's extremely hard to make a break. It was only a couple of years after being kicked out, they had enough of my drinking, that I finally managed to address issues and realise there were other ways and they arn't wrong.
Because of my beliefs then, I have encountered all sorts of religions, am knowledgeable about their beliefs and the Bible and realised what was wrong with them all. Working out what is wrong with JWs was the hardest but when you get to it, you realise how much you were brainwashed.
It's very hard to break from or be kicked out of. You are brought up to think you shouldn't hang around or be friends with anyone but JWs and when you get kicked out like I was, none of your JW friends will speak to you. As I was brought up with them, this meant I was left with no friends, I had to start from scratch. They even tried to stop my mum from talking to me but fair play to her, she moved to another JW church where they didn't stop her and she has been really supportive even though she dosent agree with me.
So there you have it, the hardest thing I've ever told anyone.
