I have been *inactive* for about 5 years now, and have just within this past year started delving into views other than those WTBTS written. I am about 3/4 of the way through COC, and all this book has done for me is to reinforce what I already knew in my heart to be true, that Jehovah's Witnesses as an organization are NOT any truer or better than any other man made religion, and in many ways are worse. Ray having spent 40 years as a full-time representative, serving at every level of the organizational structure...the last 15 at international headquarters and the final nine as a member of the governing body saw from the inside out the hypocrisy and the damage that these men <and he humbly includes himself in assigning blame> have caused to so many people through the years, And his conscience would no longer let him continue to be part of it. I highly recommend the book, It is an honest look at the inner working of a religion so many of its followers *thinks* it knows. before reading this I had no idea about the Malawai, Mexico hyposcrisy, had no idea about the 2/3 ruling system, had no idea about the many, many dates that had been arrived at by the various presidents of the society that came and went with no fulfillment, had no idea that Russell used measurements of the great pyramid of Giza to come to some of these dates...those and many more. And why would I? After being in *the truth* for over 30 years I was good j-dub and ONLY would look at things that the society published. I was spoon fed only what *they* wanted me to hear. It is with good reason that they don't want people to read Rays book. It's very Eye_opening!
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