leaving_quietly said:
My dedication was to God. It was not to an organization.
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This is what we mean when we dedicate our lives to Jehovah. We do not dedicate ourselves to a religion, nor to a man, nor to an organization. No, we dedicate ourselves to the Supreme Sovereign of the Universe, our Creator, Jehovah God himself. This makes dedication a very personal relationship between us and Jehovah.
I find it impossible to believe that a god who created the universe would continually, throughout history, allow human organizations run by unscrupulous men to proclaim representation of him while sheltering child abusers, lining their pockets by fleecing poor families, breaking apart families and teaching followers to be arrogant and gleeful about hoped-for destruction of their fellow humans.
And so I doubt...
Doesn't make me a bad person. Just removing myself from that evil influence so as to become a better one.