In the Spring of 1976 I took an older middle aged gentleman, his younger wife and his young daughter on tour at Watchtower Farms. He gave me some sage advice after the tour. He said: 'I was a Bethelite in the late '30's and early '40's and all we were told, every day, was that Armageddon was imminent. Sometimes all we had to eat was bread and sugar sandwiches. (I remember George Couch talking about this, so this man wasn't lying). Don't listen to everything these men have to say at headquarters. If you do, you will never have anything and you will wind up poor.' That Summer I left the Farm and started my 'new life'. I discussed what I wanted to do with a friend of mine from my Farm days that had recently become a Circuit Overseer. He told me 'DO NOT go into business. You are wasting your time. Armageddon is so close that it just would not be worth it' I will be 61 in a few months time. I semi-retired at 47 and now work 32 hours a week. I make a decent living still, I have full coverage health insurance paid for and a retirement plan plus paid vacation time. I'm glad I didn't pay attention to the 'Brains in Brooklyn'! However, I feel very, very sad for the thousands of 'faithful ones' that gave their life to this organization and now have nothing. What was done to them is CRIMINAL and yet there is no recourse against the BAD ADVICE that they got from 'Jehovah's loving organization'.