(May 16, 2015 at 12:06 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Honestly? I think your problem isn't with god, but with the rest of the JW community. You're afraid of how you'll be perceived and treated by them if you do decide to get divorced.
Peer pressure is a horrible reason to make a decision. Weigh the choices honestly, then choose. And if the people around you can't accept what you choose, even after you lay it all out for them, then they weren't really in your corner to begin with.
Actually that is just not true. I have no problem leaving JW's. And I have no problem with a group of people that don't support one another unconditionally. Their basis for what they will and will not support is their issue, not mine. I respect JW's and I'll never become bitter towards them as a group. So really, my issue is with god. Because if the judaeo christian god exists then I know that listening to him on how I should act and make decisions will benefit me, if he is benevolent. If the judaeo christian god does not exist then this is just something that I need to figure out as a human how I can best handle it. But I know that divorce would be an option. Is it really that hard to believe that for me, if god exists then I truly feel he is worthy of praise whether or not he asks for it? Life is awesome, that little bit deserves my praise. If god also wants my life to be the best possible then thats even better. But again, if he doesn't even exist and we're a happy accident, then I feel like I can do my best to end my marriage in a dignifying way. And again, I don't believe that god wants me to be stuck in a loveless marriage. I do believe he would want me to turn it into a loving marriage.
