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The Friday Column: Why Speak Out?
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Posted on October 30, 2015
 
speak-out2Oftentimes, when speaking to friends and acquaintances I am asked, “Why? Why do you care what the Witnesses do? Why do you bother writing articles or helping the ex-JW movement? Why not just move on and forget it all?”
I’m sure some of you reading this have similar questions.
To the casual observer, the Jehovah’s Witnesses are at best a group of nice people, and at worst a bunch of interrupting doorknockers with a doomsday message. The average person would not classify Watchtower as harmful. However, that’s simply not the case. And this is why I speak out.
I speak out because families are being torn apart by Watchtower’s cruel and unjust shunning policy
A person who decides to leave the organization must do so knowing they will lose friends and even blood relatives due to the Watchtower policy on avoiding those who reject their teachings. I personally have a sister I haven’t seen in thirteen years. We grew up inseparably, and now we are strangers. She has never met my daughter, and unless she too decides to leave, I will never meet her children.
My parents are lost to Watchtower’s demands, and I honestly have no hope of recovering that relationship. I am being shunned. It’s not fair and it hurts. So, I speak out.
I speak out because women and children are being held as victims by the misogynistic teachings at the Kingdom Hall
Pedophilia and domestic violence are swept under the rug at an alarming rate all across the world. The men in charge would rather keep the Watchtower brand name clean than admit a problem with abuse, and change policies that hurt vulnerable ones.
Unless there are two witnesses to the act, a child who is molested has no hope of recourse if the accused abuser denies his or her claim.
A woman who is beaten by her husband cannot leave him and remain in good standing within the organization. The only counsel given is for her to “be a better wife.”
I was that wife. I know how it feels. So, I speak out.
I speak out because countless innocent people have lost their lives because of a skewed interpretation of a biblical verse on eating blood
People are literally dying by refusing blood transfusions.
The lives of countless men, women, children, and even babies are seen as less important than following the edicts of the governing body. I hate seeing this senseless loss of life. It hurts me to see these victims of foolishness be lost. So, I speak out.
I speak out because children and young people, many of whom know no other way of life, are being denied access to a quality education
Homeschooling among Witnesses is encouraged—essentially cutting children off from the outside world. They are told that college and university learning is sinful, that reading anything outside of the information Watchtower provides is a path to destruction, that making an informed decision by looking at all sources on a topic could make you guilty of a crime known as apostasy.
I was the child who was too afraid to ask questions. As an adult, I can see how many opportunities I’ve missed in life by not pursuing education. I struggle now trying to complete a degree and raise a child at the same time. So, I speak out.
I speak out for those still inside who are suffering.
 I speak out for those who have been lost or who have lost ones to these policies.
 I speak out for those too weak to share their stories.
 I speak out to show support to others who are trying to help.
 I speak out to inform the public and hopefully keep more people from being hurt.
 
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42 Responses to The Friday Column: Why Speak Out?

 Thad says:

 October 30, 2015 at 10:47 am
 
Keep speakig out!! :)
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 Oubliette says:

 October 30, 2015 at 10:54 am
 
Keep speaking out!
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 BG says:

 October 30, 2015 at 10:54 am
 
I had an abusive jehovah’s witness husband. It was horrible. He tried to control me and didn’t like me speaking to the elders about what was going on. And then there were the elders. I hate to say it, but they weren’t of any help with what was going on with him. I was told to be submissive. I know how hard it can be.
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 Mama Joy says:

 October 30, 2015 at 11:56 am
 
Same thing with me and my mom.
She was told to be more submissive, I was told to be more obedient.
They said that even after seeing horrific looking black and blue marks on us.
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 Tonya says:

 October 30, 2015 at 10:58 am
 
THANK YOU for speaking out Jeni!
 You know the pain–it never goes away. It’s hard to heal. I appreciate your conviction to shout from the roof tops–SHUNNING IS NOT FAIR!!!! STOP!
 You rock!
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 Scrubmaster says:

 October 30, 2015 at 11:00 am
 
Jeni – I am very sorry you were in an abusive marriage. But it is not true a woman will be shunned if they leave a marriage or even get divorce. The parties are not free to remarry unless the other party is guilty of adultery. I have seem women leave and even divorce their husband, and I am not referring to adultery in these cases either, in the org and continue to be very much a part of the congregation.
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 Jeni says:

 October 30, 2015 at 12:42 pm
 
I’m not sure how each body of elders decides, but I speak from experience in my own case on this matter. I think if I would have shown up to my JC and acted repentant I might have been spared disfellowshipping, but I don’t believe for a second that I would have been considered in good standing.
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 LadyLuck says:

 October 30, 2015 at 1:37 pm
 
I had an acquaintance leave her abusive JW husband and she was not able to remarry and remain in good standing. She was in her 20’s. How is that fair? That she has to remain single in order to stay in good standing in the religion because her husband was an abusive a-hole. She has to wait around and hope that he gets into another relationship so that she is free to move on with her life. That is disgusting.
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 Scrubmaster says:

 October 30, 2015 at 6:27 pm
 
You said remarry and remain in good standing we already know the org stance on that one. My Mother left my father when we were younger and she stayed in good standing. I in turn was left and the woman who left me cheated on me a couple of years prior and because I “forgave” I was not able to get remarried when she left just a couple of years later(She never even got DF or a Judicial hearing for cheating). After she left me she was still going to the meetings and in very good standing. Me being the “brother” elders had to see if I could be used, pray, hold mic, give school parts and etc even though she left me.
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 Garrett says:

 October 30, 2015 at 11:01 am
 
Traveling through Morroco and Mauritania one sees many mine fields.
 Most are marked. In other times when crossing the Sahara it is regarded as simple
 Human carding that has an unwritten social law in place. Namely, if you come across a landline in any country you should pile up stones around it as a marker and warning to others so they don’t accidentally step or drive onto it.
 To simply “move on with your life and forget about it” is the ultimate act of selfishness.
 To simply leave the witnesses and not speak out and warn others that the religion is a “Dead End” would be the same.
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 Garrett says:

 October 30, 2015 at 11:04 am
 
Spell check kills me. I’ll have to remember to read my postings first.
 If someone can correct it, please do.
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 Roman Castañeda says:

 October 30, 2015 at 4:05 pm
 
That’s a really good way to put it. Among the Spanish American culture, church means a lot. Even though I tell my friends and coworkers about the dangers lurking inside the organization, they still want to join because they don’t believe there’s any other religious system that comes close to living right by the Bible. They would rather turn a blind eye to the pedophilia charges, and the shunning practices, as long as they are able to be part of an organization. It doesn’t makes sense whatsoever.
I have former Bible students who have become some very dear friends. I taught them well according to the watchtower, and with their affiliations with some members from the congregations, they find it ill-contrived to go against the organization because that is what I emphasized during our lessons. Because of this, they too fear in saying anything bad about the organization. They were profoundly disturbed with what I shared with them, yet the fear keeps them there.
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 Tom Durbridge says:

 October 30, 2015 at 11:10 am
 
Excellent article. It’s for these very reasons that avoidjw.org exists.
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 The Circus Overseer says:

 October 30, 2015 at 11:15 am
 
Thank you dear Jeni. I concur.
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 dee says:

 October 30, 2015 at 3:29 pm
 
“Circus Overseer” that’s so funny but so true! LOL!
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 Becky H says:

 October 30, 2015 at 11:26 am
 
I absolutely loved the article and admire Jeni for writing it. I wasn’t allowed to go to college because Armageddon was coming in 1975. Here it is 2015, so it looks like my peers and I had plenty of time to get an education. I watched my classmates go off to college and was left behind, losing track of them. It broke my heart and I can never get those years back, nor can I get back my grandma, who died over the blood issue. Sure, we can wake up to the truth about the truth, but we can never be kids again, living a normal, precious childhood, as it should be. That was robbed from us. Thank you for trying to save other Witness kids from what so many of us went through! The lot of JW wives is substandard too, though I know of some who enjoy a lot of “leeway” to shop for nice meeting clothes or get nice hair styles, it’s all dependent on how indulgent their husband is, and what he permits his wife to do. Many have strict husbands and there’s little joy in their lives. It amazes me that a woman in 2015 would go along with this crap, but I guess they still hook in a few. It’s vital to get the word out about the plight of sisters too.
 Thanks again for an excellent post.
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 Peggy says:

 October 30, 2015 at 1:14 pm
 
My older sister and I also feel like we were robbed of a normal childhood. No college, Armageddon’s coming etc. And, when I went to elders for help with my alcoholic husband, they told me to be more submissive, too. I actually know an elder who was so in charge of his wife that he took her shopping and picked out all her clothes. Give me a break.
 Women issues in this organization are bad.
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 hagblay says:

 October 30, 2015 at 11:32 am
 
This shunning is getting me madder each day. The bad part is not just the families that are hurting, but it makes me dam mad that those bastards in Brooklyn laugh about the problem. They think they are in charge and the flock should not leave. They bring it on their selves. I know them jerks laugh at that. They know they have us and there isn’t a dam thing we can do. The only thing that can be done is for the stupid flock to go along with this family breaking up bastards. If they didn’t go along with it then all is well.But like a bunch of cult followers they go along with the plan.
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 dee says:

 October 30, 2015 at 12:11 pm
 
@hagblay:
You sure are right: “They certainly know they have us and there isn’t a damn thing we can do. The only thing that can be done is for the stupid flock to go along……” because these family-breaking up bastards have set things up so that the ones on the inside will also be punished since any JW who does not shun a member who is disfellowshipped or disassociated risks the same fate.
The ones who leave are punished and the ones who remain on the inside risk the same fate……… those family-breaking up bastards certainly have it locked.
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 Doc Obvious says:

 October 30, 2015 at 11:44 am
 
Employers need to start shunning Jehovah’s Witnesses when they apply for a job. They need a taste of their own medicine. Maybe they will start thinking differently when people ignore them. If the JW’s cannot get a job, they cannot donate money to Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. It will not matter how many times Watchtower will ask for money in their resolutions. They will not get anything from their rank and file members. It is that simple. If you think about it, what is the difference between shunning and discrimination?
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 dee says:

 October 30, 2015 at 3:58 pm
 
I am no legal mind but you may just be on to something. It is a person’s constitutional right to freedom of religion and freedom of conscience but apparently this only applies to JWs and not to persons who exercise these rights and decide to leave the religion.
These persons are punished by the harmful practice of shunning for exercising their constitutional right by leaving the religion. In my humble opinion that could perhaps be considered as a form of religious discrimination. I leave it to the legal minds to decide.
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 Searcher says:

 October 30, 2015 at 12:09 pm
 
Jeni,
You have said what so many of us here have thought. This is a destructive cult, no matter how the WTBTS, the GB, the elders, leaders, and hard-core followers try to rationalize. People within the cult need to know and have at least someone to put a shadow of doubt into them to wake them up from the watchtower coma. People, like yourself, that are brave enough to make the step to freedom need to have a supporter to let them know they are NOT alone. Remember, freedom isn’t free! It only takes one tyrant to take yours away. Finally, people that may be exposed or vulnerable to this cult’s poison need to have someone who has been there warn them of its dangers.
Keep speaking out!!!! We and many others need you.
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 M Saurus says:

 October 30, 2015 at 12:11 pm
 
My family all faded in July of 2013. After a few perfunctory shepherding calls, we are now left alone. It’s wonderful.
My husband and I were in since early childhood and our grown son was raised in it. We are happier now than we’ve ever been.
However, I personally don’t think it’s up to me or my family to try to convince others to leave. I think if we put pressure on people to leave the org, who don’t feel the same as us, then how are we better than they are – putting pressure on others to join?
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 Robert67 says:

 October 30, 2015 at 1:06 pm
 
Because they are in a doomsday cult that hides and denies its own history, uses thought control, protects pedophiles, yet shuns children seperating them from their families. Not saying anything is the equivalent of being a former guard at Aushwitz, who knows what is happening inside those camps yet keeps his mouth shut, because its none of his business.
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 Peggy says:

 October 30, 2015 at 1:23 pm
 
I am so happy for your family, Fading together. Freedom is so sweet. We can’t force people to change when they do not want to. But, the fine activists like those here are doing a great job of watching the Watchtower. We may watch it crumble.
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 RC8madBrit says:

 October 30, 2015 at 12:15 pm
 
Well put Jeni. I have JW grandchildren being ‘home-schooled’ and I am worried about the future for them. Its almost like the Branch Davidians holed up in some compound. Reading Wikipedia on that cult I was struck by how similar all these cults are in their history and endless pedantic claims over petty interpretations. The problem is that they are having a great time in their little bubble-world. Who cares about truth and reality when we can just live in hope? The GB have a lot to answer for.
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 Caltanzee says:

 October 30, 2015 at 12:17 pm
 
Jeni, my grandmother always said that an open rebuke is better than a secret love..It took me years to understand the meaning of this..later I discovered that loving something or someone just for the sake of getting along in a manner of selfdenial was of no value.If someone is hurting you while saying they love you, you should speak up about it.Not cower in fear and suffer in silence…This is the modus operandi of watchtower..Its the secret love affair with all the hurt, pain and suffering, that must be kept hidden .”Don’t talk about it.just wait on Jehovah”.. But how can you keep quiet, when so many people are being held captive to a flawed concept.Robbing them of true happiness and peace of mind.Having them to live uneducated in poverty under mind numbing control..Just only hoping that Armageddon will come and kill off everyone else so they can live in a paradise of happiness and plenty.Yes!!! We must speak up and speak out against this captive concept of doom N gloom that’s destructive and manipulative.The warning must be sounded to set the captives free.
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 John Baptist says:

 October 30, 2015 at 12:23 pm
 
CULT CULT CULT. 3 times for emphasis! Check that off on my school slip please as a G. Oh wait no ministry school anymore.
 To one and all please read “Combating cult mind control” By Steve Hassan
 It will tremendously help you in part of your deprograming that is so needed by all who leave this damaging religion.
 Jeni those feelings run way deep in many of us. Lost a marriage, family and friends just because I disagreed with their flawed doctrines. In my tribunal I skillfully showed those elders from the bible how wrong they were. They had their heads hanging by the time I got done with them. One elder even said perhaps I should pray for them. What a joke. Yes of course I was DF but many years later I hang my head high knowing the real TRUTH. A friend once said I only love those who love me back. And that’s how you have to leave it and move forward with your life.
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 JBob says:

 October 30, 2015 at 1:11 pm
 
I know why the caged bird sings. And, I know why the uncaged bird continues to sing.
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 SR says:

 October 30, 2015 at 1:26 pm
 
Thank you for speaking out. I don’t have skills like a lot who have left but I can speak out too. I am glad for places like this that allow m an opportunity to do so.
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 jeff canning says:

 October 30, 2015 at 2:23 pm
 
the dude who said don’t employ them has a point, bankrupt the family destroying pathetic lot of morons… I know who I will be leaving out of my will… The son who shuns me, who never invited us for a meal at his place in twenty years, who never brought his kids over to see me, who left me out of his wedding and his sons weddings… Sorry to sound so hurt but I am and the will is my way of getting even as no good waiting on God to square the ledger…
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 Ladonna says:

 October 30, 2015 at 3:08 pm
 
I am Jeni’s aunt. I am not or never have been a JW. But her parents choice has harmed both Jeni, her sister, my parents, jeni’s other grandparents, and an entire extended family. For years she was taught how evil we were. I have reconnected with Jeni in her adulthood and we have a close relationship now. I am thankful she is such a strong, smart, caring soul. This cult is a stain on society.
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 (Sand dollar) says:

 October 30, 2015 at 3:26 pm
 
All the people I know who have left the Watchtower have been hurt. I know, I left and am now being shunned. My wife has also now left and is also being shunned. At least we are free. (Galatians 5:1
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 rob says:

 October 30, 2015 at 3:28 pm
 
I feel like I was robbed of many things by this religion, such as family ties, celebrations, etc.
But the main thing that stands out to me is the fact that all is micromanaged to the tenth degree by this religion and that includes everything from education to entertainment to health issues to closeness between a husband and wife to family relationships.
I believe that God made the Earth so amazingly interesting and we are here to experience all of the magnificence of this creation. However the witness religion tells us that we cannot be happy in this system, and that me must put everything on hold for the new system and our only focus right now should be giving our time and money to the corporate religion.
I see the result of this and it translates into Kingdom Halls that are full of people with families who are fractured, and who try so hard to appear happy and say that they are happy, while on the inside there is sadness and regret for a life not lived.
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 dee says:

 October 30, 2015 at 5:31 pm
 
@rob
“……the witness religion tells us that we cannot be happy in this system……..”.
I used to believe that so much that I thought that my life would be nothing but constant misery and disaster in this life. I would constantly focus on the bad things that happen as surely this was proof that Armageddon was coming.
I would feel so conflicted and guilty to focus on the good things that were happening because then I would be supporting Satan’s system too much. I wouldn’t praise the good things that governments do because then that would be supporting Satan’s system too much, and besides, according to the WT, man cannot solve man’s problems as “it doesn’t belong to man who is walking even to direct his steps (Jeremiah 10:23).
So brainwashed I was that when I used to be in the religion and learnt of a JW who was working in an administrative capacity in the Office of the Prime Minister in my country, I wondered to myself: how could she be working so closely to the Prime Minister when we have been told just how evil and Satanic governments are, isn’t that supporting Satan’s system?
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 Reader says:

 October 30, 2015 at 4:34 pm
 
1975,……
I thought in 1965 at Twickenham what a silly thing to suggest, too loudly it seems.
Interestingly Isaac Newton [THE I.N.] disliked these world ends tommorow types & calculated 2060.
 If you take the ‘ships of kittim’ as the Royal Navy in WW1, you cannot take 1335/1290 as years though Daniel 9 [70wks] would strongly imply this. Use the Islamic fleets victory at the ‘Battle of the Masts’ and you can see where its possible.
 There is a common mistake in the west to think Rome -King of the North ended around 400-600ce forgetting the Roman [senior] Eastern Empire lasted till after Columbus was born. So for ships of kittim think Byzantium.
 I think the “THIS GENERATION” has maybe not started yet.
 The war of 1914-18 should be ignored Matthew 24 v 6 declares all wars a NON-SIGN.
My Mother was angry at me at Twickenham but a few days later, told me what she overheard in the ladies, a sister had been outspoken about the new DATE and a circuit servant’s wife was heard to say something like “ignore it maybe it will go away!”. Mother never told me who the CS wife was, perhaps knowing two rebelious thinkers was more than enough for one assembly.
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 Catalina says:

 October 30, 2015 at 4:57 pm
 
The reason why it’s important to speak out is because the JW religion is toxin. It takes very nice, normal, happy people and turns them into toxic, emotionally ill, unhappy people. A parent who turns their back on their offspring isn’t going to be emotionally happy. I warn people because I care. The JW religion makes it so people who are nice people become toxic themselves. That’s what happens when people aren’t allowed to respond to issues in a normal way. They become judgemental and unhappy and their family gets broken apart. We speak out to be emotionally well not to hurt or harm.
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 Andy says:

 October 30, 2015 at 5:17 pm
 
I want to speak out too, but I have yet to find my voice… how could one post their stories, speak out and share?
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 Catalina says:

 October 30, 2015 at 6:09 pm
 
Maybe Lloyd can make a page on this website so we can do that. It would be interesting to see how many people share similar experiences.
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 Catalina says:

 October 30, 2015 at 6:05 pm
 
Another reason for speaking out, for example, on websites like this one people who are unhappy and have doubts about the org do come here and find answers. One of them can end up being a family member. We help each other this way. I look at this as a self help group. I want to be emotionally well and coming here helps me.
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 1914 ha ha ha says:

 October 30, 2015 at 6:26 pm
 
You cant reason with jws, fµ½€ knows ive tried for 30 odd years. Arrrrrgh if only i could wake up.
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 1914 ha ha ha says:

 October 30, 2015 at 6:30 pm
 
sorry, them up. mum and dad.
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 October 27, 2013 at 5:27 pm
 
Continue the good work on this site that expose what Watchtower Organization really are — a fanatic end-time driven cult that only serve interests of its leaders. I left this
 cult three years ago for good. My only regret is that I had not left the Watchtower Cult earlier! On Easter Sunday this year, I was baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit and received into Eastern Orthodox Church, apostolic Church that preserved the Faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
Cedar, you have my blessings of your work on this site that
 will yet help millions of JWs to see the truth of so-called ‘Truth’.
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 Fred says:

 November 2, 2013 at 12:09 pm
 
Forget taking your numbers from a 1974 yearbook if you question the amount of those killed, interned, etc get the numbers from the Holocaust museum. You forgot to mention the ‘JEWS’ were and its quoted several times in the Watchtower publications as it is related in the bible, “ONCE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE” but they did not remain that because of their actions. Your quotes from WT publications are based on the latter that they fell out of favour in God’s eyes. They therefor were NOT written in an anti-Semitic nature. Many Jews have become JW’s over the years are they lesser beings because they were of Jewish blood?…ABSOLUTELY NOT! All races are equal so this video in my opinion is twisted in its presentation. Not to mention the ridiculous claim of Rutherford’s so called love letter to Adolf Hitler. No blinders on here, I have checked the facts. Sorry but this video paints an untruthful twist of events and statements about the WT as regards the comments on the Nazi’s and Jews.
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 Palma says:

 February 28, 2014 at 3:48 am
 
Hi everybody! Hi cedars!
 I found this article about a discovery in egypt that brings light to the origin of story of joseph in the bible.
 What do you think?http://www.davidovits.info/the-lost-fresco-and-the-bible-my-new-book-in-french/
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 Idris says:

 March 27, 2014 at 8:12 am
 
Thank you for this page, it has been a great help to me, as I seek the truth of the word of God, however I noticed in the video ‘Does the Bible speak of ‘Paradise Earth’ the speaker quotes Luke 21v43 twice, regarding Jesus word on the cross, there should be a correction note as the verse he mentions is in Luke 23 v 43.
 Keep up the good work
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 Julia Orwell says:

 July 17, 2014 at 3:47 am
 
Been to internationals before and this elaborate souvenir thing is entirely new. The last one I went to in 2009, the last ones they had, had nothing like this so it’s not a matter of you having not noticed it in the past, it’s a matter of it being a new phenomenon.
 I theorize that the wt motives for this involve keeping the masses busy and therefore obedient. Jws would volunteer to do this because there are no other legitimate outlets for creative expression. Armageddon being near has nothing to do with it: it’s about keeping the sheeple busy and happy. Making stupid trinkets is also a team building activity as it involves jws working together, thus reinforcing the herd mentality jws have.
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 frankie fernandez says:

 February 27, 2015 at 4:44 pm
 
dear friends I was baptized in 1974. Thank God I am no longer a member of the WT. Free at last and oh what a relief it is. A member of my former congregation who I considerd my best friend molested a minor. There was a big argument amognst the elders on the judicial committee. One elder who was a maverick, wanted to notify the police. But, instead they followed the instuctions of the society. They kept this crime against the child, hush hush. So as not to tarnish the name of Jehovah. But in reality it was a coverup to protect the wt’s reputation. Meanwhile this poor child that was raped has to carry the heavy burden of a victim for the rest of thier lives without compensation and without justice. While the abuser has remaind a member in good standing. The congregation he is attending now has not been notified that he is a sexual preditor.
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 Kirtley W. Burggraf says:

 March 11, 2015 at 11:16 am
 
Tell me, since governing body members are elected (replacing someone who dies) at what point do do they become “divinely inspired” or “spirit guided”? Were they always thus in the lower ranks or does this just “happen” the moment that they are appointed? What’s Watchtower’s take on this?
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 Alone in MD says:

 March 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm
 
Regards your video on the Memorial Service. I am one of those “non believers” married to a baptized witness. I go to just keep the peace but I’ve made it known that I consider this service one of the worst religious ceremonies that I have ever been to. “Anointed What”. Also it was announced at last years meeting that “this may be the last memorial service”. They are at it again. Thanks for the great videos.
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 frankie fernandez says:

 May 10, 2015 at 9:50 pm
 
IF CHRIST WAS ENTHRONGED IN 1914, WHY ARE THE WITNESES STILL CELEBRATING THE MEMORIAL? CHRIST SAID THAT AFTER HIS ARRIVAL NO ONE WAS TO CELEBRATE THE MEMORIAL .ALSO HE SAID THAT THE DAY OF HIS PRESENSE, IT WILL BE LIKE LIGHTNING FROM ONE POINT OF THE EARTH TO ANOTHER. LIGHTNING TRAVELS AT THE SPEED OF 3500 MILES PER SECOUND. SO IT WILL TRAVEL AROUND THE GLOBE IN LESS THAN A MINUTE. HE ALSO SAID THAT ALL EYES WILL SEE HIM. NOT LIKE THE WTS THAT SAYS WE ARE IN HIS INVISIBLE PRESENSE.
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 pj wilcox says:

 July 31, 2015 at 3:21 am
 
I watched the latest video of the inept elder being questioned by the commission. Who prepared this man for testimony? You all are aware of the dentist who shot Cecil the lion in Kenya? Well his life is over. He is in hiding. What he did ,did not break laws in Kenya and his is in a world of trouble with public sentiment. But this elder being questioned is far worse. He covered deeds that drove people to think of killing themselves. Should he not go into hiding? Is his life over? Has he know conscience? Emotion, caring? You know the answer. Bet ya, damage control is working overtime on this.
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 Adrian says:

 September 8, 2015 at 3:32 am
 
I think the Royal Commission videos demonstrate that fragility of the governance within the WT society. Yes, it’s an Australia branch issue but cross examination only points to the seat of control on which the governing body members sit. Everything starts and stops with the governing body, they set the policy but where are they? Sitting comfortably in NY watching from a distance ready to abdicate any responsibility whatsoever. A governing body governs and leads but I see no leadership I see the followers talking and being bashed around the head with questions, all too easy for the legal team.
However, it might just be me but does anyone else not see the lawyer’s gap in knowledge regarding the fundamental rationale for the WT society policies, they fall back in their comfort zone knowing that they can say ‘well we don’t have the authority to go beyond the bible.’
It’s this gap in knowledge of the legal representatives which the WT society exploit. I mean nobody is going to ask ‘ where actually did this translation come from anyway?’ What were the academic qualifications of the translators? Is there a possibility that you have interpreted things wrongly or even worse, translated things incorrectly? If there’s a possibility that your interpretation on how to deal with modern day child abuse cases in congregations may be flawed, then are you in agreement that your policies could result in lasting harm to victims of abuse? In my view that translation is the ‘elephant in the room’ every scholar knows it’s perverse but no one is holding this cult to account. So easy to say it’s all in the bible but should they really be saying it’s all in the NWT instead?
The WT society in the videos almost give of an innocence as if to say, ‘ but that’s what we understand from the scriptures’, and I think it works in their favor, but a savvy legal representative would do well to tease out the basis for the rendering of certain verses on which doctrine, policy and organisational decisions are based. So far the WT Society appears to be one step ahead because their authority is not a person but a book, which they are ‘only trying to understand and live by’. Expose the origin of the NWT and the basis for so many ridiculous uncaring decisions is called into question.
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