thats a great bit of info for newbies here.
I remember the first thing I checked was the Watchtower's Purpose statement that they suddenly changed without any notice to members. They changed it from how the Watchtower points to the events that take place before this generation that started in 1914 ends. Then after 95 it didn't mention that year at all - mainly because their prediction of the generation ending's time had run out in 95. Can anyone clear this up for me? Can someone post the old WT purpose vs. the newer one?
I remember digging out old watchtowers to see it for myself. Seeing it with my own eyes sent a chill up my spine to know that such a huge change had gone virtually unnoticed by me and most JWs. This change was majorly significant to the whole religion and I would have never known anything about it if it had not been brough to my attention by the people from this site. It was certainly not mentioned in a talk or by any JWs. This made me painfully aware that there are indeed strange things that go on unnoticed by most. Then as I dug further I found a whole avalance of proof of cooky and inconsistent things within the org.