If one reads Genesis from the first chapter through the end with an open mind, it is clear that Not only is it not true, but that God is potrayed as a cruel, petty, childish micromanaging tyrant. If one continues reading the OT this is just further solidified. How do JWs NOT SEE the obvious? I know its mind control but really?? Even when I was mentally in I had a big problem with much of the OT. From the beginning, accourding to the fable, God created two naieve people and put a tempting fruit tree in THE MIDDLE of the garden as a loylty test. He failed to warn them of the serpent or any danger. He failed to warn Abel of his bloodthirsty brother coming to kill him, and the list could go on and on and on. Even the Job account was very disturbing to me for obvious reasons. The flood for obvious reasons.
Did doubts over Jehovah himself and his alleged start anyone here leaving the WT? If Genesis is wrong, nothing else matters, the whole JW religion crumbles. Why cant more see how barbaric God is in the OT? Why should he be held to a lower standard than me as a father? If I left cups of antifreeze for my daughter and warned her not to drink them and she did anyways, is that moral? I did warn her after all.. If there was a predator on the loose and I didnt warn my children about him and they lured my child away, is that their fault or mine? At best the OT god was a very negligent parent. At worse, pure evil.
This is what started my path to mental freedom. Even whild believing it was true, I could not bring myself to love a god that did or failed to do the things that I read about in Genesis-Malachi. Only after deciding I would not worship such an evil entity did I find out it was all hogwash anyways, which was a relief to me. Anyone feel the same?