Growing up with cult indoctrination scared to death of Armageddon turned me into a Watchtower Zombie
A Phobic World View
The first step that the Watch Tower takes in their indoctrination of their followers is to develop the concept of the "universal war" that all people are inevitably caught up in, namely, that Satan has declared war on Jehovah, and we are automatically on one side or the other; there are no fence-sitters. If you are not doing all that the organization asks, you are on the side of the devil. Everything outside of the Watch Tower is controlled by the devil, and all persons who are not Witnesses are misled by the devil and are bad or dangerous to associate with.
An unbalanced fear of the supernatural is encouraged. Witness children are told to avoid "worldly" magazines, movies, TV shows, music, etc. Any information critical of the Watch Tower is automatically evil and dangerous. Most doctors are evil for wanting to administer blood transfusions. Children have nightmares about mom or dad having to refuse a blood transfusion. Everything is made to appear as part of a large conspiracy to destroy Jehovah's Witnesses. Satan is feared totally out of proportion to the role as represented in the Bible.
Armageddon-ain't-a-coming....sooooo,im-a-getten-outta-here....
"Staying Alive Until 1975" My Story of Growing Up JW with Severe Ulcerative Colitis
Everybody and every group or sect of believers takes from the word and twists it to mean what they want it to mean. It's sad to hear that there are groups that would distort the word so.
Cool pictures there.
although i no longer practice i can still smell the stinch in my skin. every once in a while it seeps out.
here's a blog post that sort of touches on my experience:
http://www.progressiveu.org/183546-allow-me-to-introduce-myself-its-bigg...