Where It Goes From Here

Recently I have been spending time on YouTube and have been astounded at the number of people who are posting videos about their life time of experiences serving as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Their stories are amazingly sad and there seems to be a total lack of direction and confusion as to what to do next. Now I am or have been one of those people, and my girlfriend always tells me to just move on. I do think that is over simplifying the problem. Being a JW for most, if not all has been a way of life. For many years, we were told to believe that any one that has an organization built by a man and which has built a following is a cult. Its okay to see things as they really are. Jehovah's Witnesses are a religious organization based on FEAR!

Fear is a paralyzing consequence that instills in you an inability to act and move forward based on some unseen or unreal consequence.

Put FEAR aside. For those brothers and sisters now disfellowshipped and faced with a choice please take a moment and stand outside the organizations and ask yourself some questions, youu know the questions you are not allowed to ask for FEAR or being disfellowshipped or MARKED as bad association?

Ask them now. Go to the library - talk to people outside of the kingdom hall. Here are a few steps I took that helped me make some new friends and get some healing oil on my head:

1. Go back to school and take classes. Make sure you take some classes about religious history.
2. On the nights you would normally go to the meetings, go to a local social event where you can meet new people, ideally NOT a bar.
3. Listen to positive reinforcements daily or weekly. Try Joel Osteen. He is serious motivation and is pisitive in his outlook on the future.
4. Join the local health club and take exercise classes. There you will meet new friends that wont judge you harshly because of your religious background.

Give yourself 3 to 6 months of this activity and DO NOT visit a Kingdom Hall at this time. Do not accept any literature but if you want to read a Bible, take a Bible history class and get a different perspective.

These are some tips I have. I know its hard. I am still struggling but it does get better. Stay tuned as I will have more later.