Confronting my JW teachings and beliefs. Just read Crisis of Conscience.

by digderidoo 14 Replies latest jw friends

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  digderidoo

  I have just finished reading Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz. I only stumbled across this book on Wednesday in the town library while waiting for a public computer. The last couple of days in the UK has seen miserable weather which has effected my work so i have had plenty of spare time to read this book. I have heard about it on the net but have never sought the book out or had any intention of reading it. I wished i had read it many years ago when i left the WTBTS and would recommend it to anyone in the process of leaving the society.

  As i have previously mentioned on other posts i have just started attending AA meetings. My way of dealing with my JW past has not been confronted obviously because i was too wasted to care. Upon attending recent AA meetings the issue of God has been mentioned within the AA forcing me to look at why i feel the way i do about these issues.

  This book is an incredible read, helping me to do exactly this. I have never read a book so quick, not being able to put it down. Highly recommended.

  Paul
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  nvrgnbk

  Crazy, huh?

  Congrats on your new clarity.
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  MissingLink

  I have to back you up. Especially being a fellow smoking primate.

  I'm on chapter 4/13 and its an amazing book. Detailed to the point of being boring in alot of places, but this is necessary to prove it's accuracy.
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  nomoreguilt

  Read it once, then go back and read it again. See how much more you catch.

  NMG
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  OBVES

  I have the book you recommend at home for a long time ! I don't even remember how much I read . But what I read was disapointing.

  The author of the book is in a religion that is contrary to the Bible.

  You should check his beliefs against what the Bible says. We are learning the truths from the Bible and again I must admit we look for the best interpretation of the Bible among those who raise rather big claims to be of the true religion .

  What crisis of consciousness if one left religion that fits God's plan as I have proven in my posts and now is in a religion that is unsecure.

  I am not the only one who predicts the end of the world very soon . Check with Harold Camping who wrote two books : " Wheat and Tares " and " Time Has an End " .

  Or another preacher Ronald Weinland - known in more than 100 countries already .He wrote the book : " 2008.God's Final Witness ".

  And see how we all see the world religions today .

  I will try to find the book you speak about and read more but don't expect the results you would like to see .

  What the author wrote can be outdated a great deal as we now live in the times when the best understanding of the Bible comes out into view.
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  PEC

  I am not the only one who predicts the end of the world very soon

  Yes, OBVES, people have been predicting the end of the world, since the beginning of time and they have all been wrong and you will be proven wrong also.

  Philip
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  Eyes Open

  I've just ordered Crisis and hope to read it over the next few months.
  
  apocalypse!
  
  Good night all. Will see you tomorrow, unless Armageddon comes in the meantime.
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  llbh

  I read this too like many here. What a lovely man. A must read for all ex JW'a and JW's

  Started reading thinking ok then did not put down.

  Regards David
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  wildfell

  I found Mr Ray Franz to be a highly articulate and persuasive person and the book Crisis of Conscience acted like a link-breaker from the governing body and their clutches. Once I read it, it become easy to understand how the governing body could sanction policies that protect the pedophiles in the organisation and silence their victims. They are so drunk on power and their position as "Kings". In my opinion, the quote from Lord Acton defines the governing body perfectly:

  "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

  Ray Franz also authored another outstanding book, "In Search of Christian Freedom", which is a sequel to Crisis of Conscience. It examines jw doctrines, policy and culture.

  I am sure that the governing body thought they could silence him permanently when they disfellowshipped him - little did they know he would put those writing skills to such good use, helping free people from the jw cult.
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  LoverOfTruth

  Don't be so hard on yourself Paul. It took me about 12 years after I left to read it. And then it was only at the coaxing of my older daugher Miranda. I remember thinking the same as you, "If only I'd read it sooner" ~ This would helped me through the depression stage of my recovery.