What's Wrong with the Watchtower? (page 3)

The '75 false hysteria was only 20 years before! Twice stupid. Not me. I never went to another meeting after that Nov. '95 WT.Yet, this garbage is what millions sold their soul for. At least Esau got a bowl of soup.

LostintheFog1999

For me it was a few things plus the way I was treated by this "loving organisation" when I was ill and in need of support.

But changes based upon the "light gets brighter" fallacy never made sense to me. Because what WT does is blow out the old flame and introduce a new one. So the light stays as one light. Later on it too will be blown out and replaced with another leaving with the same amount of light. Except for the personal realisation (💡lightbulb moment?) that for all of this new light, they are all in darkness really.

Vanderhoven7

An anonymous someone from another site writes:

“Growing up as a pioneer, sacrificing my childhood to preach 90 hours a month about the imminent end of times, I poured my heart into what I believed was a divine calling. Every door I knocked on, every hour spent in service, was driven by the promise that "this generation" would witness the culmination of God’s plan. I surrendered my youth to this belief, not because I was coerced, but because I truly thought I was saving lives. But as the years unfolded, the promise of the end kept shifting, morphing into something unrecognizable, leaving me to question the very foundation of everything I had devoted myself to.

this shifting narrative reflects the illusion of certainty that human institutions strive to create in order to maintain control and self-preservation. The redefinition of "this generation" and the constant recalibration of timelines weren’t acts of divine revelation—they were acts of survival for an organization that depended on urgency and fear to sustain its power. The organizations promises were not timeless truths but malleable constructs, designed to tether people like me to its cause. Each shift in doctrine revealed the institution’s need to adapt, not for spiritual enlightenment, but to preserve its authority over the hearts and minds of its followers.

The higher lesson here is profound: true spiritual truths are eternal and unchanging, while human institutions, bound by their egos and temporal fears, twist and reshape those truths to fit their agendas. The organization’s ever-changing narrative was not a reflection of divine will but a reminder of the impermanence of dogma and the lengths institutions will go to ensure their survival. What I had thought was a calling to save the world was, in reality, a tool to bind me—and thousands like me—to a system that fed on our faith and devotion.

And yet, amidst this disillusionment, there are lessons to be learned. Sacrificing my childhood was painful, but it taught me the importance of questioning the promises and intentions of those who claim to speak for the divine. It revealed that true spirituality cannot be contained within the walls of an organization or dictated by shifting interpretations of prophecy

LongHairGal

VANDERHOVEN7:

That is a very sad story from this anonymous Witness.. Unfortunately, this is the reality of too many born-ins in the Jehovah’s Witnesses. And then in the end the religion changed its teachings and pulled the rug out from under everybody. I took particular note of: “..questioning the promises and intentions of those who claim to speak for the divine”. Indeed.

I am so grateful that this was not my upbringing.. I came into the JWs years ago as a young working adult.. I wasn’t accepted and that’s just as well because it made it very easy for me to eventually ‘Fade’ when I saw through it all.

What's Wrong with the Watchtower?

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