Posts by Watchtower-Free

To all my friends of yesterday,
Who view me now as dead,
I think of you when I wake up,
And when I go to bed.
For forty years our captors ruled,
That only friends within,
The prison where they held our hearts,
Were viewed as next of kin.

Where strangers were our brothers true,
The reason? Shared belief,
But now 'the truth' I can't accept,
There's none. Just deathly grief.
For you I've left to chant and pray,
I watch you in that Tower,
Your captive minds have failed to see,
Manipulating power.

For you, I understand escape,
Is not what you desire,
Your place of safety, well from harm,
And everlasting fire.
The food you eat to build your souls,
You take without a doubt,
Sustaining all your faith that you,
Will never go without.

But please, I beg, don't view me as,
A man without good cause,
Don't see me as a renegade,
'gainst your protective laws.
It's not the freedom I desired,
I never felt imprisoned,
But... Leave my friends and family there?
It's not what I envisioned.

But now I'm out, I look around,
I see that I was blind,
The jailers of our minds and hearts,
Did not want us to find,
That there was love and good and heart,
Outside the Tower gates,
That educating one's own mind,
Would lead to selfish traits.

If only you would pause for thought,
And ponder on how mad,
That playing with a plastic toy,
Could ever make god sad.
How shunning me and those who can't,
Proclaim that god knows all,
That from the start he let the pain,
Still knowing we would fall.

Why can't you see that this makes you,
Accessory to the crime,
I can't condone a god who cares,
Who says: "It's not my time."
It's evil, wicked, heinous, vile,
To let a baby die,
And worse to know right from the start,
And have your reasons why.

So don't look down from high above,
Your Tower window seat,
And judge me for the stand i take,
Or preach the end I'll meet.
Don't feel for me, don't patronise,
My exit from your cult,
When you won't even test your faith,
To see what might result.

For no one ever should declare,
Their 'truth' is pure and real,
Without first testing from all sides,
Or a making strong appeal,
To reason, logic, balanced thought,
And see if it withstands,
The scrutiny and tough review,
Before we raise our hands.

I know you THINK you've done just that,
I know you THINK you're free,
It only takes a moment's thought,
To see what I can see.
The risk is great to shun your friends,
To cut your family ties,
When evidence for all your trust,
Is all but laboured lies.

If pain you feel at loyal deeds,
Are making you feel sad,
Then fear not questions, fear not doubt,
There's learning to be had.
This leadership must prove itself,
By independent trial,
Resist it's hold on human hearts,
Please stop to see it's guile.

And when you understand that I,
Have questions they can't crack,
You'll start to see why I can say,
I'm never going back.
The Tower's tall, the leaders' high,
They rule you as a slave,
Don't let them fool you with their hope,
Unto that lonely grave.

14

New JWStruggle Video - "INDEPENDENCE- Subtle Trap of Satan?"

by RayPublisher in

yes the wt has been warning us about this evil, insidious way of thinking for many years.

it has been described as a form of haughtiness, a form of pride, a subtle form of satanic propaganda.

oh my that sounds pretty scary... .

Watchtower-Free

Scary all because you have the dreaded APOSTABEARD !!!

Its a very goatlike goatee .

Good video

22

New GB pic 2013?

by Joliette in

jw
friends

i saw a new gb pic on a youtube channel i tried doing a google search for 2013 pics but nothing came up.

man, those guys got old fast!

they all look much younger in 2009..

Watchtower-Free

What a truly motley crew .

So what happened . They said "everyone blue suit ok?" Herd did not get the memo. Or is he the next Ray Franz .

Would you really trust any of these creeps with your kids?

63

Do You Blame Your Current Life's Issues Because You Were A JW?

by minimus in

jw
friends

do you tend to blame your problems on the fact that you were a jehovah's witness?.

Watchtower-Free

unless your preparing a PTSD lawsuit because you have clinical proof of Watchtower and elders wrongdoing

3

Mid Missouri apostafest in June!

by crazyblondeb in

jw
friends

we are having a party in columbia, mo on june 15th!!

everyone is invited to what i hope can be an annual event!.

if u want info email [email protected].

Watchtower-Free

I would like to come

24

Rebuttals:"Wait on Jehovah"

by Emery in

ok i think most of you at some point have come across the apologetic saying "wait on jehovah" from jws whenever an injustice occurs in the organization.

many have also used this expression to abandon evidence against the "truth".

this has easily become one of my biggest pet peeves now since speaking to others about ttatt.

Watchtower-Free

These patient ones who saw 1914 waited. All it got them was old age and death .

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bIbA8uQoGQE/USBSvaX4vII/AAAAAAAAAH0/NboT09vR3co/s478/Watchtower1984GenerationWillNotPass1914B.jpg

1

Yearbooks 1960-1969 in PDF

by muppets in

please friends, i want yearbooks of jehovahs witnesses in english of the years 1960-1969 for my collection.

please, you have the yearbooks 1960-1969 in pdf or can you scanner this yearbooks?

sorry by my english, i am brazilian..

Watchtower-Free

Contact member Atlantis

12

Letters to BOE

by turtleturtle in

can someone please post a link where i can get a big compilation of all available letters to the boe.

thanks.

Watchtower-Free

Wow nice

10

AVOID Unprofitable Quesions ................................Especially now

by Watchtower-Free in

just thought i would bring up this gem of a article from our rich spiritual heritage.. .

watchtower 62 6/15 pp.

380-383 avoid unprofitable questions ***.

Watchtower-Free

Just thought I would bring up this GEM of a article from our rich spiritual heritage.

Watchtower 62 6/15 pp. 380-383 Avoid Unprofitable Questions ***

Avoid Unprofitable Questions

HAVE you noticed how frequently the apostle Paul alerted Christians to guard against speculation and unprofitable questions? To Timothy he wrote: "For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories." (2 Tim. 4:3, 4) In his letter to Titus, Paul warned: "Shun foolish questionings and genealogies and strife and fights over the Law, for they are unprofitable and futile." (Titus 3:9) Elsewhere the apostle cautions Christians to avoid "philosophy and empty deception," "idle talk," "empty speeches," "falsely called ?knowledge,"" "false stories," and "strange teachings."?Col. 2:8; 1 Tim. 1:6; 6:20; 2 Tim. 4:4; Heb. 13:9. (...)

ABUNDANT KNOWLEDGE

Today, in the spiritual paradise enjoyed by Jehovah?s witnesses, the divine promise has come true: "Many will rove about, and the true knowledge will become abundant." (Dan. 12:4) (...) Yes, from Jehovah God, his Word and organization comes the instruction that enables Christians to walk in His paths, worshiping the Father with spirit and truth. (John 4:24)

UNPROFITABLE USE OF TIME

Handling God?s Word of truth aright requires that we discern between profitable and unprofitable questions. Naturally we have questions about the past, present and future. In the Bible Jehovah has provided authentic answers to the questions that properly concern us at this time. Sometimes secular history can fill us in on details not given in the Bible. But there are other questions to which neither the Bible nor profane history provides an answer. It is not wise or safe for us to speculate about questions of that nature.

For example, in all good faith one might ask, What was Jehovah doing before he created Jesus, by whom he made all other things? If Adam and Eve had repented, would God have forgiven them? What happened to the bodies of those who perished in the Flood? Did the expensive gifts brought to the babe Jesus make Joseph and Mary rich for the rest of their lives? What did Jesus do between the ages of twelve and thirty besides his carpentering? How would Jehovah have redeemed the race if Jesus had not proved faithful? Exactly how long did Jesus? trip to heaven take? Much time could be spent conjecturing on such matters.

THE DANGERS

A Christian who indulges in speculation from the platform or in group Bible study tends to attract undue attention to himself. Personal theories can cause division of thought and even lead to disputes about trifles. Ones newly associated with Jehovah?s congregation might be stumbled by what would appear to be a lack of love and unity. (...)

Your avoiding speculation and unprofitable questions will demonstrate your meekness and willingness to await Jehovah?s due time to provide further information on any matter, if it be his will. This he can easily do by further enlightening our understanding of the Bible, by bringing to pass events foretold therein, or even by resurrecting the dead with their detailed knowledge of past events. By waiting upon Him and his organization all of Jehovah?s servants will speak in agreement, being "fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought," to his praise and our eternal welfare.?1 Cor. 1:10.