Hi to all, I have been on this site some years ago and have contributed articles exposing the hypocrisy of this organization. I was brought up as a JWs. Served as an elder and special pioneer attended the ministerial training school been an instructor of the Pioneer School till disassociating myself from the borg in 1994.
Being an active JWs is not an easy life and involves all your time, hardly you have time for yourself. Always busy with meetings, field service, meeting preperations, talks preperation, elders meeting, judicial commitees, shepherding work and much much more. (A slave of the Watctower)
I have seen the double standard of members of the governing body (example of Milton Henschel) while on his zone visit staying in a 5 star hotel and during the day instead joing the other witnesses on the ministry he stayed visiting historical places as a tourist. I have seen conflicts between elders, courtcases involving the blood issue, young ones finishing school without any qualifications just pioneering and suffering financial problems and going through divorce or (seperation). I have seen young ones brought up as JWs abandoning the "teaching" and going to drugs, prison, and suicide as they felt pressure and could not be like their school mates.
I would like to wish all those on this forum a Happy New Year and courage and support for those who are on the way out from the tentacles of the Watchtower Society.