I took a hiatus from JWN because the wall started to collapse because I lost several people I’ve known almost my entire life. These were people I thought would never die, the lies told by the Watchtower is unforgivable! There was a party I attended keeping a low profile while documenting what was said. I was sad because the numbers of JWs I know is dropping quickly. The friends at this party were sad because they said “Why has the End not come? We were the Generation that was not supposed to die so what is happening? Do you think the Organization has any business talking about Bible prophecy when we are proof their wrong?
Young JW tweens and JW teens are taking more antidepressants because of the Watchtower's unrealistic expectations that the youth throw away their lives to follow a Cult! I started to fade when we lost several people to suicide I thought were spiritual while the Elders knew they were mentally sick but refused to get them to professional help. Why are the most kind people who love Jesus leaving the Organization or accused of "fault finding" because they quested 1914 and other weird Organization teachings. I've seen more kids getting disfelowshiped for issues best not to speak about, their emotional pain, confusion and lack of direction and goals hurts! Instead of bringing comfort to our Circuits the Witch Hunt that began almost 4 years ago continues with phishing, fishing and badgering phone calls, emails and texts asking if we had any information about the Great Apostate and anyone who might be his moles. The lies the witnesses are spreading about some of the witnesses who left are nonsensical, I heard someone say he was making porn movies and seduced several elders wives and pioneers turning them to the Dark Side. I am not allowed to get their side of the story, just have faith all the stories I hear about men and women removed for disagreeing with the Organization were treated with the utmost respect. The Watchtower and the Elders are afraid because the shift of liability, lawsuits is being made clear to them that the Watchtower won't cover you if your sued! All monies are to be sent to the Watchtower while the congregations must buy liability insurance for the Elders while keeping the Kingdom Hall property in the Watchtower's name.
Instead of helping the brothers and sisters deal with the dead loved ones we got phone calls asking us to report any suspicious activity and avoid talking to certain trouble makers! That was enough for me, I heard the Web was filled with evil doers trying to slander the Watchtower and Governing body. I visited Jwfriends-net (this place) reasoning everyone was wrong and maybe I could help some return to the loving brotherhood. That was not going to be, it was in late July or early August at the Convention when my phone was ringing off the hook. Here I am at the Assembly, God’s dwelling home, a place we claim is filled with love and joy. My friend who moved away was crying o the phone after finding his little 14 year old girl passed out after taking all her mother’s anxiety, pain and sleeping pills. My friend was freaking out because this happened after giving a demonstration at the District Convention about “staying strong and alert and guarding your family (some bogus rubbish)” I began to wobble, if his daughter felt so much anxiety and guilt and choking pressure to perform something is wrong with the Organization!
His son (one of the twins finally) finally said he was homosexual and now the Kingdom Hall is treating this once pillar like family like they are carriers of leprosy or Ebola! I can’t believe how shallow and two-faced the Witnesses everywhere are, they are shunning each other even though the shunners are in good standing (A kingdom divided?). The more I fought to disprove all the claims on jwn, the more it was obvious I was in a Cult!
I read posts that proved that Witnesses can spend their lives serving a concept but once they are of no value, quickly brushed off like garbage! That’s what woke me up from my “thirty year spiritual slumber”, why would anyone join a religion willing to spend 100x the energy of hunting down Apostates or perceived congregation threats while ignoring the kids, teenagers , young adults and elderly witnesses because “we wish we could help the brothers but there’s not enough time in the day!”