I am curious to wonder why you have chosen to jump off the narrow road which leads to everlasting life.
If you really are curious then my answer would be that God simply would not condone many of the abuses that go on in any organization of his that occur in the WTS.
Is it because you have had a bad experience in God's organization?
"a bad experience" No many actually.Starting with sexual abuse when I was 12 that was covered up and resulted in me being sent to foster care and the abuser staying in the cong
To an abusive marriage for 15 years to a man who became an elder and when the abuse was finally disclooed the elders hide his abuse and not-so-quietly got rid of me to protect an abuser - once again.
To my children being so unfairly marked because I was unfairly disfellowshipped to protect their father who continued to abuse them.
Or maybe you have become dumb and listened to or read apostate lies
Actually I have wised up. I did my own research and learned about many things the WTS fails to tell its own members such as
- hiding their past through constant revisions and reprints that do not accurately reflect what was originally printed
- having double standards concerning military service and party cards where some people get to die and others get to bribe officials
- being a part of the UN as an NGO and only withdrawing after their membership was discovered by "apostates" who made it clear this was not acceptable (another double standard because no brother or sister in good standing would be allowed to do this)
- the WTS becoming a friend of the court in alliance with other religions so they could avoid paying "Ceasar's things to Ceasar" (avoiding taxes)
- how the WTS will define itself as a social orgainzation and deny that it is a religion if it will help them to avoid paying taxes
- and on and on
For instance, Ray Franz, self proclaimed misleader of thousands, claims in Crises of Conscience that some Governing Body members often 'fell asleep' in meetings and these meetings were not centered around examining God's word but simply on procedure. Of course, many people have believed him, and that's up to them. But it's sad to see so many people simply taking his word for it and claiming the same as he does - just because he didn't receive God's holy spirit when he was part of the Governing Body, doesn't mean to say that the rest didn't either.
Your word which comes from where exactly? How many people has this story gone through before you got it? Every heard of the game "Telephone" where a story starts in one place and by the time it is heard by the tenth person it is so convoluted it doesn't even slightly resemble the original story?
Ray Franz's story has been validated by others who were there and witnessed what happened.
Charles Taze Russells crazy ideas
A reading of the history of the WTS is extremely enlightening. If we fail to acknowledge our past we are doomed to repeat it. Most JWs don't even know the real history of the WTS. A reading of Schnells' book Thirty Years a Watchtower Slave is full of enlightenment. Have you ever wondered what happend to those who left after Russell died and Rutherford took over? Ever considered the possibility that Rutherford was actually the wrong one to follow? It might be worth looking into.
the so called 'Child Abuse figures' as shown on Silent Lambs has stood at the same figure
Bill was told a number, by 'a person working at Brooklyn'
Well of course it has stood at the same figure. They DFed the person who was doing the research and saw the files. Bill has validation from many of those victims that may or may not be on that list. I have no idea if my abuser is on that list although he should have been. By the way do your homework her name is Barb Anderson
