https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/s/toPjST02Yg
This thread talks about all the social advantages there are in being in a cult. Many “friends” easily accessible. This person talks about the JW app where they are connected to 500 people and are “friends” with 100 of them.
Another insightful comment describes that as “forced connections with people whose real personalities are hidden under a facade”.
I think many people trade their souls and morals for this fake connection. I certainly lost about 100 percent of those fake connections when I decided that the path of lifetime service to prop up “WOW” TM and self inflated nincompoops was not the best for my family.
How many people disagree with the tenets of TWI but are too afraid to leave because of their “friends”????
Heres a tip. They are not your friends. They are less your friends than the neighbors on your street for the most part and than your average person in a community. Those ties aren’t worth the sacrifice. The juice is not worth the squeeze IMO.