They Were Right About You
"Jehovah is going to destroy these worldly people and if you insist on spending so much time with them, he will destroy you too" The above is a direct quote from one of our mothers, fathers, or any overzealous magazine wielding sycophant that we've crossed paths within our cult past. I'm confident that this quote is real and true because I can't remember who said it or when it was said. This kind of verbiage is a testament to the level of rhetorical fear saturation I and others experienced growing up as a Jehovah's Witnesses. Fear of death and abandonment were core concepts. "What will you do when we're not here to protect you" my father queried as I struggled to answer a question in my own words instead of directly from the printed paragraph. The idea that I may be separated from my parents was a common scare tactic used during my youth. It was always something like a government round-up and torture. Looking back, I see the silliness i