For 2 years, soon after my daughter's baptism, I have been exchanging many emails with an elder of her congregation. Good man, but he is a JW and he just drove me to the brink of madness recently; that was the drop the spill the water. It's a cult. The guy is intelligent and fairly well educated, but he, my two brothers, another elder, and few JW friends have led me to believe that they are beyond repair and I am wasting an important part of my life, so I am putting this business of JW's behind. I am putting all my apostate books, ancient history books, bibles, and biblical scholarship studies away. Even my science and astronomy books have to go. They always remind me of how dishonest the WT is when they misquote great scientists and thinkers. I am also stopping my visits to ex JW's websites. I need to enjoy life again; free myself from the insidious influence of the WT.
Thank you all for your help. I got to pull my son out on time thanks to you. My son is a wonderful young man with more heart than brains and yet he scored an IQ of 145. Straight A student, never a B in his entire life. Ranked number one in his graduation from junior high (out of 350). Now that he is in his freshman year, he is part of the swim team (practices 2 1/2 hours a day), he volunteers in the library, animal shelter, and city sponsored events. He also participates in a Boys and Girls Club sponsored by Disney and other deep pockets here in California. He and two friends last Friday just won, in a young inventors competition, the opportunity to go to Paris, France with all expenses paid to present their invention. I won't give details lest someone steals the idea that may potentially become valuable intelectual property. He is one hell of a kid who happens to be reading Crisis of Conscience. He must be out of the cult by now. But I won't take my chances. I will feed him more Ray Franz and Carl Olof Jonsson by the time he is giving his valedictorian speech, three years from now. My middle finger goes to the Governing Body with great pleasure because, thanks to you all, I stole a District.. (oops, I forgot the WT changes too fast) a Circuit Overseer.
I am glad I have planted the seed of apostasy with my family and others. I hope some of the translations that I made of apostate articles to Spanish have helped, or will help, someone. I am very hopeful that the bright future awaiting my son should serve as a good example of what happens when you give the middle finger to the WT. I hope many parents and their children get to see the difference. Sadly, in my 22 years of association with JW's I have witnessed how dozens of young kids lives are ruined by this cult. They are not accepted by the WT and have a hard time adjusting to the real world. Sad, very sad!
Regarding my baptized daughter, things are harder, but I am glad she is attending university come next fall. I am confident that she will see the BS before she graduates in four years.
My sincere apologies to anyone whom I have offended. I am leaving as a better person than when I just visited the first time, a man who is no longer indifferent to the plight of disfellowshipped men and women, and also very willing to help homosexuals reach equality in every possible way. Thank you for the transformation. Thank you for waking me up to the reality behind the love bombing at kingdom halls.
Felipe Morales [email protected]