In response to people like Sexyteen, I point out that most Witnesses
are just naive, child-like people willing to believe most anything
their leadership tells them.
However, Watchtower leadership is genuinely evil.
Why? Because they know - or have every reason to know that they
are guilty of fraud, deception, and bloodguilt.
1) The blood tranfusion issue has been exposed again and again
as a fraud. It started because of Fred Franz's superficial
scholarship - now, so many lives have been sacrificed that
they can't say they were wrong. If blood is sacred BECAUSE
IT IS A SYMBOL OF LIFE, THEN IT IS LIFE THAT IS THE PRIORITY.
Refusing a life saving treatment, based on blood, is therefore
unscriptural and un Christian. They have every bit of information
at their disposal - and chose to continue to encourage innocent
deaths - that is evil.
2) Their entire organization is based on the deception that they
alone have a channel to God and that their word is therefore
reliable. They have preached that Armageddon is "soon" for 120
years. They told young people in 1969 that they didn't need
college because they would never grow old! (Aw may22 '69).
They strongly discouraged Witnesses against having children
during the 1930's (Children book). Make no mistake, these
deceptions hurt people.
3) They damage, injure and wreck families by extreme teachings.
An existing extended family is nearly impossible to maintain
when the celebration of holidays is forbidden( just try and
get everyone's schedule to line up apart from days that nearly
everyone gets off). Upon conversion to the Watchtower, other
relatives become 'worldly people' and 'bad associations' who
will die at Armageddon.
They ruin children by forcing them to attend 5 boring pointless
meetings a week together with a phoney, unproductive 'ministry.
They rant on, forbidding masturbation as a means of release
(TWO chapters in the Youth book). By placing such emphasis on
numbers, they fail to emphasize goodness, love, and charity.
Why do think congregations are loaded with Witness families
and marriages falling apart? They further injure families
by allowing corruption and lying by elders - and cover up
child sexual abuse - for the same reasons as the Catholic Church.
Innocent deaths, wrecked careers, and ruined families - just for
a start.
AND THEY HAVE EVERY REASON TO KNOW THEY ARE WRONG. ALL THE FACTS
ARE EASILY AVAILABLE TO THEM.
If this isn't evil, what is?
metatron ( and they've known FOR YEARS that their disfellowshipping
practices are wrong - but refuse to change)