Posts by Crisis of Conscience

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Hypocrisy 101 - Watchtower has Payed for College/College Courses for Bethelites!

by Crisis of Conscience in

no you did not read the title wrong.

i was out to eat this weekend with two bethelites.

one gave a talk in my hall and i was invited out to dinner with them by another family in my hall.. as the conversation always turns to "spiritual" things, the subject of education was brought up.

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Balaamsass, I was speechless at first too! LOL

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Watchtower Dishonesty

by Vanderhoven7 in

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just re-discovered this gem:.

"it is a matter of fact that the history of the watchtower society is riddled with failed date-setting and abandoned doctrine,1 and the society has gone to great lengths to hide this past from its members.

older (incriminating) watchtower publications are virtually impossible to obtain through the society,2 while at the same time members are overwhelmed with "current" watchtower material.. the watchtower society has even gone as far as to publish disinformation about its own history in an attempt to convince readers that watchtower doctrine has remained consistent over the years, and that the society is not a false prophet.

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Bookmarked

Thanks Vanderhoven7!

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At what age do people 'wake up'?

by Splash in

i was thinking about this question recently after being at the meeting when new pioneers were announced for the 2013 service year.. we have a dozen or so pioneers in the congregation, and most are in their 20's.

some absolutely love the things they are taught and can't wait to spread the good news.. others in the congregation are going through the motions, tired of hearing the same old same old but have no way to change things now.

then there are a couple like me.

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I woke up at 28 years of age. I progressed pretty rapidly in declining my service amount of any sort. I believe all the reading I did as well as seeking therapy helped my progress to break free from the "truth" mentally. I am also now realizing or at least feeling that subconsciously perhaps I never really believed any of it, and that made the mental release somewhat simpler. The guilty feelings passed rather quickly.

A few years later, I am still attending meetings in support of my wife, but miss as many as I can (which lately has been a lot ).

The next goal is to drop that completely. But timing is everything, and so far things are looking up.

As far as an age in general though, I have noticed a number of people my age, early thirties, begin to wake up. But that is just personally. I wouldn't make that the magic age.

In my case, it took me finally really feeling like an adult, and then the questioning began and the blinders fell off, almost instantly.

That can happen at any age though.

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