I was raised Jehovah’s Witness and left that religion 4 years ago. AMA!

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Did you know that there's 5 years to accuse your rapist after you turn 18? There's still a chance to catch him I didn’t know that! I’m 27 years old now though, so it’s been 14 years since those incidents. When #MeToo happened, I really put into thought if I should speak up about it, and confront my parents as well. But my thoughts and feelings are still conflicted, he has a family now, and I wouldn’t want his family to be affected by his actions. Does that even make sense? Here
Have you gone up to any of the carts that the JW's put out in public, and just casually talk to them? No not really. I try to avoid them. However, sometimes me and my husband want to just to mess with them and talk to them about all the controversial subjects they have never been trained to talk about. Here
First off, I'm so sorry that happened to you. Do you have any spiritual, religious, philosophical beliefs, now? And what are your thought on religion in general? Understanding other people’s religions, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders, etc has been my goal since I left. As soon as I left, I wanted to learn as much as I could. These new perspectives have opened my eyes, but put me in quite a limbo of beliefs. I don’t know if the New World really exists, I don’t know if God really exists, I don’t know if there’s an afterlife, what happens when I die, what is my purpose in life? You know? The One thing I do know is that love always wins. About religion, my friend recommended for me to go to her church which accept all beliefs and religions, but I’m not sure if I’m ready yet. I’m open to study other religions like Buddhism, Judaism, or Islam. Do you recommend any? Here
What specific reasons made you leave the religion? Originally, I felt like I wasn’t doing the JW things for myself. I was going to meetings for my family not for myself, I was a regular pioneer, which is a “privilege” for a woman to be able to spread the word of the lord House to house, but I was doing it to compensate for my thoughts and feelings. So I wasn’t being authentic to my soul. Here

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