Welcome, “TheMark,” to the JW discussion board! It’s the best of its kind, for sure. (I’m sure the head guy, Simon, would heartily agree.) It’s always encouraging and satisfying to see more and more people streaming to – I mean, FROM – the WT (the “mountain of Jehovah,” as they see arrogantly themselves). I see you’ve been lurking here for close to eight months already. That’s certainly enough time to get quite an eye-opening education in the real truth – that is, the truth about the truth (“TTATT”).
The classic, must-read books for us folks at the beginning of our awakenings are Raymond Franz’s Crisis of Conscience and In Search of Christian Freedom. (Absolutely superb!) Another good classic is M. James Penton’s book, Apocalypse Delayed. A most poignant one which is extremely well researched and absolutely, completely blows to nothing the WT’s 607 BCE / 1914 CE nonsense is Carl Olof Jonsson’s The Gentile Times Reconsidered. I’ve read all those books, and I couldn’t imagine anyone with half the number of neurons of a housefly still believing in that WT governing body after reading any one of them.
We need to keep exchanging mutual support through forums such as this, because the cult indoctrination persists on a deep subconscious level for many years even after one has left the WT organization. I find that the fear, anxiety, and shame doesn’t just go away overnight – especially for someone like myself, who was born into a strongly JW family in 1966.
I’m looking forward to seeing your posts, and we would all be interested to know just what made you wake up and realize that the WT teachings just don’t add up. Take care.
