Belief - repost

[andrewducker]

Question three was borked. Rewritten to actually cover all the bases, and not be internally contradictory. Apologies to the 7 people who already filled it in!

[Poll #1427776]

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[luckylove.livejournal.com]

I was brought up as a JW and as a kid I definitely believed. As I grew older I still believed but didn't like a lot of it. The whole 'living forever on a paradise Earth' scared the crap out of me and would induce feelings of anxiety and panic. I'm not entirely sure why. Probably because I couldn't stand the thought of having to spend an eternity with only the rest of the congregation. While they weren't bad people they weren't much fun. It sounded so dull and boring. I still believed whole-heartedly up until the age of about 16 when I started questioning but still went along with all the beliefs. Creation, no Christmas, no celebrating birthdays, no blood transfusions etc. It was only when I started university that I let that lot go. I went from JW to agnostic to wiccan to atheism. I'm much happier with regards to the whole belief front now.