This is something that the “elders” and other leaders within the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization would not want you to read. I was once a “Witness” as the members of the organization regularly refer to themselves. Fortunately for me, I was never baptized as a full-blown member and was able to free myself from the organization when I was in my late teens.
Although both of my parents were also members of the organization, they too disassociated themselves with the organization around the same time as the true nature of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and their flock of Jehovah’s Witnesses started to reveal itself.
If you’re currently a Witness, you need to read this. Before you do another thing, this is something you must consider: Why is it that the organization strongly encourages its members to avoid associating with those “of the world” and even shun friends and family members that have left the organization?
If you’ve got two brain cells to rub together, you should be able to realize that it is all about control. Like the vast majority of religions in the world, the leaders of the Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t want you getting any ideas from “outsiders” in your head that may allow you to see through the fog of lies they have carefully constructed over the years to keep their members drinking the JW Kool Aid and reaching into their wallets for money to stuff into the donation box.
Why would the organization ban books such as Crisis of Conscience by former high-ranking society honcho Ray Franz? What organization that genuinely seeks truth would ban any book? The banning of a book sounds more like something we would expect from the Nazis and not from a loving organization that is supposedly aligned with God. They ban books like this because they don’t want their flock to learn the real truth.
Ask yourself this question and then answer it honestly: Why would “The Society” need to ban a book when they are the ones who claim to have the truth? After all, if you have the truth on your side, what could you possibly have to fear from a book?
That should be all the proof you need to make you realize just how seriously you have been duped. The last thing “The Society” wants is for its members to allow their thoughts to stray far from the doctrine that’s constantly being fed to them at meetings and assemblies. They know that a book from a true insider represents a true threat to the stranglehold they have on their member’s freedom. Allowing members to apply a little critical thinking against the lies and fantasies they have concocted to remain in power and exercise tremendous control over millions of members is a potential threat.
I’ve been thinking about writing something like this for quite some time, but the event that finally prompted me to do it was this story. It’s no surprise that it was policy inside the JW organization to keep incidents like child molestation under wraps by directing “elders” to keep such matters internal. The pattern repeats itself. Keep it quiet. We’ll take care of it. Don’t say anything.
They don’t want the dirty truth (the real truth) emerging that exposes the true goals of those in control of the organization. What “Witness” would not be concerned after learning that there were child molesters in their midst? Other than the molesters and perverts themselves, of course!
Here’s another question for you witnesses out there? Why is it that “The Society” seems to be sitting on cash and/or assets that are impressive enough to settle lawsuits and apparently have enough left to continue on? What is it that they are doing with all that cash you’re putting in the donation box?
I’ve seen things through the years that turn my stomach. I still have relatives that are under the spell of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and their masters at “The Society,” which gives me a unique perspective on what goes on within the ranks.
Those who wake up and finally realize the truth about “The Society” may not be as lucky as I was to have the remainder of their immediate family wake up as well. They will likely face isolation from family members who remain under the spell of the JW Organization.
I’ve seen parents shun their own children, refusing to speak with them, see them or have any contact with them whatsoever. I’ve also seen the reverse, where children will turn on their parents and cut off all contact with them. All because the shunned family members have decided to leave the JW Organization.
Does that sound like Christian behavior? Hardly! It’s behavior that’s encouraged by “The Society” to keep their mind-numbed members in check and continue to let the control freaks in New York dictate virtually every aspect of their lives. After all, if the real truth is allowed to spread among family members and others, there’s a risk that they will leave the organization, thereby reducing the number of individuals under “The Society’s” control. Needless to say, former members no longer drop folded up bills in the donation box, now do they?
Here’s the bottom of the bottom line. The group that’s firmly in control of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, “The Society,” is made up of men. Let me repeat that. It’s made up of men. Just like every other religion, it’s all under the control of your fellow humans. Their claims that they have a special “hot line” to God is just that. Claims. Their string of failed predictions and internal policies like the one that keeps the incidents of child molestation under wraps is adequate proof of their true identity.
For a while I struggled a bit about the whole concept of God. I was basically agnostic for many years after leaving the JW Organization. I’ve since come to realize that God does exist and that we, as human beings, are entitled to our own personal relationships with the creator without inserting a “priest,” “pastor,” “minister,” “mullah” or “elder” in between yourself and God. What makes these people with these fancy titles any better than you or I? Nothing!
Have the courage to think for yourself and reach your own conclusions. Men, almost to a fault, are self-serving and when you align yourself with a church, synagogue, mosque or kingdom hall, you are hitching your spiritual wagon to a wagon trail being driven and directed by men who are no better than you are. They eat, drink, sleep, bleed and die just like the rest of us.
Align yourself with God if that is your choice. Just don’t align yourself with an organization of men that’s been created and corrupted. If the leaders of these various religious groups are so exceptional, let them prove it. Can they walk on water? Can they turn water into wine? If so, perhaps they really are messengers from God. Otherwise, they’re just human beings like you and me and even the Bible makes that abundantly clear. Although it reads slightly differently depending on what version of the Bible you consult, the message is clear. Don’t trust men. What more do you need to know?