Hello All: I have been lurking around this site for over two years. Due to a recent post of someone claiming to be an elder (which has been removed) I have been motivated to post. I have been around this site for well over two years and have read most of your posts carefully. I began to read posts as the story of amazing was unfolding. I have been registered for almost two years so I am not a fake or a TROLL! I feel like I know many of you personally. Thanks Lady Liberty for your enlightening words on 607 what bunk they have taught! I too have not swallowed it for some time. I am hesitant to reveal much about myself since I am a lifetime witness and most of my family are also. I have been a Witness all of my life and am now near retirement age. Additionally my wife is a totally firm hard nosed pioneer whose only flaw is devotion to a false religion that she does not really know.I love her dearly and will not lose her over this. She and I (up till a year or so ago) are totally "Captives of a Concept". I have many loved ones and lifetime freinds, too much to loose by leaving this corrupt Organization and so will probably never totally leave. But I do have plans to cut back severely in the future.
I am getting to where I can no longer teach the people in the congregation the drivel that is handed out ( can you imagine three times studying the Revelation book) and I no longer want to be an elder. There are so many that I know that are so totally blinded by the teachings that they would never look at anything hinting of Apostacy beleiving that the big A is right around the corner and they will surely lose their lives should they deviate from the (TRUTH)_. I am sorry if this is long but I just had to vent to someone since there is no one else in my life that I can confide in. Some time I may reveal more of how I feel but for now this is close enough to the edge. Thanks again for listening.
