I'm not A JW but I do have A grandmother & Aunt in Jehovah Witness & Just this Month I started My Bible study with them To eduacate myself of this Cult & I now can see why some people Maybe Jipted into Joining because they do Talk about this Wonderful Life in Paradise & all good Game of Talking & I at one point Thought of Joining myself But I had to Snap myself out of it & Go back & start Reading My Catholic Bible & stop Reading Their Bible & Books that I have gotten from them & plus I started the Discussion About Birthday's & Nothing that They've told me makes any since at all & at one point I was like well maybe I could join & just Do A Special Day & all But then I went & Read My own Catholic Books & Bible because I'm Converting & Becoming Catholic & to me Catholic Religion Makes more Since then Jehovah Witness & I've Learned that Baptist & Catholics have A Connection So maybe that's why Catholic Makes more Since to me because my mothers Family Are Baptist & My Father A Ex-JW is now A Baptist too .
I've had to literally Start Reading my Own Bible & Books In order to be reminded that God did Die on the Cross For us & that He doesn't Hate , Cause in their Book " What The Bible Really Teach!" It reads That God Or Jehovah Hates when we're suffering & In my mind I'm like Why would God Hate when the Word "HATE" is Such A strong word & Should not be Used in any book's about God at all because I don't think God "hate's" He may not Like that we Suffer But he would Never Hate something .
I had to Snap myself back to Reality & Just Read their Book's & Bible when they come to Study with me Because If you continue to Read it You'll start to Believe the Stuff their giving you & before you know it You're at A Kingdom Hall at A meeting & Joining them , I've had to Stop & Snap my Brain back to Realty & Plus their Booklets Looks so Good with the Pictures & all it all looks good on Paper But when you Snap out of it & step back & read A Actual Bible & Books Of Catholic & Or even Baptist Jehovah Witness Cult seems more like they're Celebrating Satan then God Because the Only holiday they're allowed to Celebrate is Jesus's Death & that's it .
I'm like You might as well Become A Athiet For what You'll Join with the JW's Because You can't Celebrate anything & I'm like I Love Cake & I Love to at least have that Choice to Acknowledge my Birthday & Other Holiday's & not be told by A Group That I can't do something .
So Please Rethink it Especially if you have Young Kids Cause What kid likes to Not Have Birthdays & Missing out on Fun stuff.