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The Loving Elders

by MoeJoJoJo in

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this is what has been happening with us lately.

we (my husband and i) have not been to any meetings in over a year.

the elders have stopped by quite often (once they stopped by and they were here from 10:30 12:00, they left the others in their car group, out in the car the whole time!!

ELON14

Hi MoeJoJoJo,

The main reason why we leave the WT organization is because we want to be FREE from this mind controlling cult.

However, if you have to go under ground ,so to speak, hide what you think and feel...hide in your own home when the elders come.If your are willing to give up your most fundamental right,freedom of speech...the freedom to follow your conscious freely...the freedom to express your beliefs openly.If you are willing to leave in some sort of fear for the rest of your life so you can maintain a relationship with your extended family,a relationship that will not be free as you'll always have to hide from them what you really feel or think,at least to some extent....then you are not free from what you want to be free from...In a sense you are still in that Cult...you are still controlled by it.

There is only one way to be completely free from that control...completely free to express our thoughts,feelings and beliefs and that way is to DISASSOCIATE ourselves from this cult..ONLY then there is real freedom from it.

Of course , the choice is yours what you want more.

One suggestion is , if possible why not talk to your extended family about your feelings...you never know what you may find there.

Personally I have very little time for anyone especially friends and family members who will not talk to me only because my beliefs are not in total harmony with theirs.

ELON14

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Have you read my experience in the Awake?Read this

by ELON14 in

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many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.

i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.

ELON14

Some of you ask whether my story was changed by the society to suit their liking.

Well only two things .One in the story itself. They added a sentence I never said,but it had no real significance,I just never said it(i don't wish to be picky) .The other thing was the title. I never said what the title does,"I was train to kill,now I'm saving lives". that was something they put there in my name without asking me( my title was"From nationalism to Jehovah's organization").

Apart from that they were quite good about the rest of the article as far as the language was concern

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Have you read my experience in the Awake?Read this

by ELON14 in

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many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.

i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.

ELON14

Hi Hippkon,

Thats okay I understand.The district overseer was up to recently Sandy Pennel . Now as far as I know Mike Kramer is the one.(sorry if I don't spell their names correctly)

ELON14

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Have you read my experience in the Awake?Read this

by ELON14 in

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many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.

i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.

ELON14

Dear GermanJW,

The words you quoted are included in what I would like to take back. Although I still think ,with my knowledge of the Hebrew language, that some parts of the Hebrew scriptures were translated in the NWT more accurately than many other translations, I no longer believe it is as honest translation as it is claimed to be.

True, many translations are biased, but personally I don't believe that a biased translation is a good translation, simply because being biased and completely accurate don't go hand in hand .However ,with the NWT, it is more than just being biased and maybe inaccurate here and there.I was given the feeling in some places that dishonesty is involved.In some cases the NWT mistranslated only one word or even one letter...a very small change but with great affect on the true meaning of the text ,all in an obvious effort to support a particular doctrine.

Good example is found in Jeremiah 29:10 In the NWT it says:"In accord with the fulfilling of the seventy years AT Babylon I shall turn my attention to You people..." The Hebrew letter LE translated At in the NWT always means FOR or TOneverAT. The correct translation is FOR Babylon not AT Babylon.

I don't believe that the NWT committee made a sincere mistake for in Jeremiah 29:29(same chapter) the Hebrew letter LE that appears before "my people" is correctly translated "FOR my people" .So the NWT committee knew what that Hebrew letter correctly means.But in Jeremiah 29:10 they dishonestly translated the letter LE Babylon as AT Babylon to give the understanding that the 70 years mentioned there referred to the time the Jews were AT Babylon ,changing the true meaning of the verse in the original language which really says that the 70 years were FOR Babylon not the Jews. All in an effort to support the 1914 doctrine.

Yes a very small change but enough to make people believe that 1914 is a doctrine supported by the book of Jeremiah.( I hope you see the connection between the two).

Yes many other translations are even less honest than the NWT but that does not change the fact that the NWT is not as honest as I used to think, and dishonesty is dishonesty.

ELON14

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Have you read my experience in the Awake?Read this

by ELON14 in

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many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.

i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.

ELON14

Sep/8/1994 Awake . Here is the experience Trained toKill,NowIOfferLife

Terrorists are holding hostages in a house in northern Israel.

I WAS on a weekend leave from the Israeli army and was camping by the Sea of Galilee when I heard the news on the radio. I well knew what those words meant. I was an army officer in a special unit that was professionally trained to deal with terrorism. I also knew that I would have to be among those who would break in, kill the terrorists, and release the hostages. Without hesitation I jumped into my car and drove as fast as I could to the scene.

As officers in the Israeli army always go in first, I knew I would have to be among the first to face the terrorists, but the thought of getting killed or injured did not slow me down. I arrived at the scene just minutes after my friends in our unit had done the job, killing the five terrorists and releasing the hostages. I was so disappointed that I had missed that action.

Why did I feel that way? Because I was very nationalistic, and I wanted to prove my love for my country. But how did I get into this specialized antiterrorist unit?

I was born in Tiberias, in Israel, in 1958 and was brought up in a very nationalistic home. I believed my country was always right. So when I joined the army in 1977, I volunteered to serve in the most professional fighting unit in the Israeli army. Only a very small percentage of those applying are accepted to start the very difficult training course. Not all finish, and of these, only a couple are chosen to become officers. I was one of them.

My success was really a reflection of my love for my country. I had good reason to be proud of myself. After all, I was an officer in a special fighting unit doing things that the average man in the street hardly sees, even in the movies. However, the success, fame, and secrecy were accompanied with a spiritual emptiness that grew until I began to realize that there must be more to life. So after more than four very difficult years, I left the army in order to travel and see the world.

Why I Left Israel

My travels around the world came to an end when, in Thailand, I met Kunlaya, my wife to be, who was then studying art at Bangkok University. Neither of us had had plans to get married, but our love was stronger than we realized. So Kunlaya stopped her studies, I ended my trip, and we decided to share our lives with each other. Where? In Israel, of course. I have to help protect my country, I said to her.

In Israel a Jewish man can marry only a Jew; so I was well aware that Kunlaya, who was then a Buddhist, would have to be converted to Judaism, something she was happy to do. But the religious Jews responsible for such a conversion did not want her. Wherever we turned for help, we met the same negative response: Someone like you should find a nice Jewish girl and not marry this Gentile. Not only was Kunlaya a Gentile but she was also of a different race.

After six months of trying, we were at last invited to the religious court to be interviewed by three rabbis who would decide whether Kunlaya would be converted or not. There I found myself being reproved for wanting to marry a Gentile. They told me to send her home. Why not take her as your slave! one rabbi then suggested. They rejected our application.

I had had enough. While they were yet speaking, I took Kunlaya by her hand and left the courtroom, declaring that Kunlaya would never be a Jew even if permitted and that I didnt wish to remain one. A religion that treats people this way is worth nothing anyway! I thought to myself. Now that I had made my decision, special efforts were made to separate us. Even my dear parents were pulled into all of this by strong religious feelings and the pressure that was put on us to leave each other.

In the meantime the war in Lebanon between the Israeli forces and the Palestinian guerrillas had started. I was, of course, called to join the fighting, and while deep in enemy territory risking my neck for my country, Kunlayas passport was taken from her and she was asked to leave the country. All of this was part of the effort to get us apart. The very moment I found out what had happened, my love for my country died. For the first time, I began to realize what nationalism is all about. I had been willing to give so much for my country, and now I was not even allowed to marry the woman I loved! I felt very hurt and betrayed. As far as I was concerned, getting rid of Kunlaya was getting rid of me. Thus, fighting to win that case was in fact fighting for my own place in Israel, something I was not willing to do.

We had no choice but to fly overseas to get married and then return to Israel to make final arrangements before leaving the country. We left Israel in November 1983, but not before we made peace with my parents. I had always seen the hypocrisy in religion as the main cause of our troubles, yet I had never been so far from religion as I was then.

Finding the Truth About the Messiah

We were very surprised to learn that a particular immigration law made it impossible for us to live in my wifes country. We had to look for a third country to live in! Our first son was born in Australia, but we couldnt stay there either. We continued moving from country to country. Two years had gone by, and gradually we began to lose hope of finding a place where we could live permanently. In October 1985, we landed in New Zealand. Just another country to go through, we thought as we were hitchhiking north with our 11-month-old boy. But how wrong we were!

One evening we were invited for a meal by a nice couple. After hearing our story, the wife offered to help us with our application for permanent residence in New Zealand. The next day, just before saying good-bye, she handed me a small book entitled TheNewTestament (Greek Scriptures). Read it, she said. All its writers were Jews. I put it into my bag and promised to look at it. I had no idea what was in that bookJews usually dont read Christian literature. We later bought an old car and proceeded to move south, making the car our home.

At one of the stops, I remembered my promise. I pulled the book out and started reading it. I found myself learning about the man the Jewish faith taught me to dislike, even to detest. I was surprised to read that Jesus had spent most of his life where I had spent most of mine, around the Sea of Galilee. I was more surprised to see the things he said. I had never heard anyone talk like him.

I tried to find fault with that man, but I couldnt. Instead, I just loved what he taught, and the more I read about him, the more I wondered why Jews had lied to me about him. I began to see that although I had never been religious, I had been brainwashed by religion even as I had been by nationalism. I wondered, Why do the Jews hate him so much?

My question was partly answered when I read chapter 23 in Matthew. I literally jumped off my seat as I read that Jesus courageously exposed the hypocrisy and the wicked conduct of the Jewish religious leaders of his time. Nothing has changed, I thought. These very words of Jesus apply fully to the Jewish religious leaders today. Ive seen it and experienced it myself! I could not help having a deep respect for this man who fearlessly spoke the truth. I was not looking for another religion, but I could not ignore the power of Jesus teaching.

Hearing the Name Jehovah

I had finished reading about half of the Greek Scriptures when we arrived at Milford Sound, in the Fiordland of New Zealands South Island. We parked our car beside another car with an Asian woman sitting near it. My wife started talking to her. When her British husband arrived, we briefly told them our story. The husband then proceeded to tell us that in the near future, God will destroy present-day governments and will have His government ruling a righteous world. Although it sounded good to me, I thought: This man is dreaming.

The man continued, telling us about religious hypocrisy and the false teachings of Christendoms churches. Then his wife said: We are Jehovahs Witnesses. It struck me, What are these Gentiles doing with the God of the Jews? And with that name Jehovah! I knew the name, but it was the first time that I had heard it spoken. Jews are not allowed to pronounce that name. The couple gave us their address and some Bible literature, and we departed. Little did we know that meeting these two would change our lives.

Finding the Truth

Two weeks later we were in Christchurch. It was arranged for us to stay and to help on a sheep farm owned by members of a Pentecostal church. On the farm I completed reading the Greek Scriptures and started rereading it. I noticed how obvious Gods existence was to Jesus. For the first time in my life I wondered, Does God really exist? I began searching for the answer. I was able to get a copy of the complete Bible in my own language, Hebrew, and proceeded to read it, in order to find out more about Jehovah, the one claiming to be Almighty God.

My wife and I quickly realized that the teachings we learned from the owners of the farm were not in line with what we read in our Bible. Nor was their conduct. In fact, at one stage we were so upset by the way we were treated on the farm that I wrote a letter about it to the lady who had given us the Greek Scriptures. Up till now, I believe, God has shown us which Christianity is false, and if God is really there, he will now show us true Christianity. I wrote to her, not knowing just how correct I was. It was then that I remembered what those two Witnesses had told us about the hypocrisy of the churches. We decided to meet with the Witnesses again.

A few days later, that couple arranged for two other Witnesses of Jehovah, who lived nearby, to call on us. They invited us for dinner. At their place we discussed the Bible, and we loved what we heard. The next day we were again invited and had another long discussion. What they showed us from the Bible made so much sense that both my wife and I felt we had discovered something wonderful, yes, the truth!

We could hardly go to sleep that night. We knew that life would not be the same again. I began to read the book YouCanLiveForeverinParadiseonEarth, published by the Witnesses, and as I was reading it, I felt as if I had been blind but now could see! I was able to understand the purpose of life, why man was put on earth, why we die, why God permits so much suffering, and how world events fulfill Bible prophecies. I borrowed as many books as I could from Jehovahs Witnesses and spent hours going through them. I could easily see the falsehood of the teachings of the Trinity, hellfire, and immortality of the soul. I loved the logic and the powerful Bible reasoning used by the publications.

Comparing Bibles and Believers

The owners of the farm tried to discourage us from studying with Jehovahs Witnesses. They have a different Bible, a false translation, they told us. Well, I will have to check it out, I said. I borrowed a few translations of the Bible from the farm owners and also got hold of a copy of the NewWorldTranslationoftheHolyScriptures and compared them all with a copy of the Bible in the Hebrew language. I was thrilled to discover that the NewWorldTranslation was the most accurate and genuine translation. My confidence in the publications of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society grew.

The first time we attended a meeting at the Kingdom Hall, we did not understand all that was discussed there, but we had no trouble understanding the marvelous love that was shown to us by the congregation. We were impressed that the name Jehovah was mentioned so often. Jehovah, Jehovah, I said over and over again on the way back from the meeting. It is not just God now, it is Jehovah God, I said to my wife.

Eventually we moved to Christchurch in order to associate more with Jehovahs Witnesses and to attend all the meetings. The publication LifeHowDidItGetHere?ByEvolutionorbyCreation? left no doubt in my mind that Jehovah God does indeed exist and that he is the Creator.

We Meet Palestinian Brothers

After getting in touch with the branch office of Jehovahs Witnesses in Israel, I received some letters from Witnesses there. One of the letters was from a Palestinian living in the West Bank, and her opening words were: My Brother Rami. I thought that was incredible, as Palestinians were my enemies, and here one of them was calling me My Brother. I began to appreciate the unique worldwide love and unity existing among Jehovahs Witnesses. I read that during World War II, Jehovahs Witnesses in Germany were put in concentration camps, were made to suffer, and were executed because they would not learn to fight their spiritual brothers in other lands. Yes, this is what I expected of true followers of Jesus.John 13:34, 35; 1 John 3:16.

We continued progressing in our study. In the meantime the immigration office of New Zealand kindly permitted us to live there permanently, which only added to our joy. Now we could settle down and worship Jehovah in one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

My Parents Face the Truth

Of course, as soon as we learned these marvelous Bible truths, I started writing about them to my parents. They had already expressed a desire to come to visit us. I have found something worth any amount of money, I wrote, building up their anticipation. They landed in New Zealand toward the end of 1987, and we started talking about the truth of the Bible almost immediately. My father thought I had gone mad because of my belief in Jesus, and he tried hard to prove me wrong. We had arguments nearly every day. In time, however, those arguments turned into discussions, and the discussions into a Bible study. With the genuine love extended to them by the Witnesses, my parents saw the beauty and the logic of the truth.

How joyful I was to see my parents being released from bondage to false religion and later from nationalism as well! After a four-month visit, they returned with the truth to their hometown by the Sea of Galilee. There they continued to study with two Witnesses from the nearest congregation, which was 40 miles [65km] away. They soon started telling others about Jehovah and his Word. A few days before the Persian Gulf war started, they symbolized their dedication to Jehovah.

In the meantime my wife and I had joined the worldwide family of Jehovahs Witnesses when we publicly symbolized our dedication to Jehovah God in June 1988. I well knew that for me there was only one way to serve Jehovah and that was as a full-time minister, so I seized the first opportunity to enter the full-time service. I will never forget how much I was willing to do for my country, even risking my life. How much more should I be willing to do so for Jehovah God, who I know will never let me down!Hebrews 6:10.

We thank Jehovah for the incredible hope he gives us, the hope that soon planet Earth will be a beautiful home for those who truly love righteousnessa home that will be free of nationalism and false religion and, therefore, free from war, suffering, and injustice. (Psalm 46:8, 9)AstoldbyRamiOved.

[Map on page 17]

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LEBANON

SYRIA

ISRAEL

Tiberias

Occupied Territories

Jericho

Jerusalem

Gaza Strip

JORDAN

[Picture on page 18]

Rami Oved with his family today

Edited by - ELON14 on 9 October 2002 1:8:57

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Have you read my experience in the Awake?Read this

by ELON14 in

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many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.

i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.

ELON14

Hi to all,

I'm known here as ELON14. Many of you already know my real name.I'm the one whose experience was published in the Sep 8 1994 Awake mag.

I would like to stress that although I have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing I say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

I write this to say that if I could take back many of my words i said in that experience , I would.

I'm happy if any of my words there have built up someone's faith in Jesus or Jehovah. However, I do regret it if any of my words have strengthened anyone's faith in the man made WT organization.

When I wrote down that experience I did it with a sincere heart, not knowing that I was saying many things as a misinformed person who was too trusting and who believed that he was being told the truth.My experience has been used as part of the WT society's powerful propaganda that I myself was a victim of....but not anymore.

Today I'm convinced that the WT organization is nothing more than a man made organization that is guilty of crimes against Jehovah and Jesus and many people on earth.I have no doubt, based on the evidence I have, that on the basis of the scriptures and on the basis of the WT publications themselves that the WT society is guilty of:

Apostasy(true apostasy against God)

Hypocrisy

Lying

Child abuse cover-ups

False prophesying

False teachings

Bloodguilt

Spiritism

Love of money

Love of power and control

mistreatment of it's subjects

Lack of love

I know well that people are imperfect. All make mistakes (I have my share) ,but there is what is called repentance.

I have not been able to find any evidence of repentance on the part of the WT society for the crimes mentioned above, and that what makes this organization wicked.

My words here are not a contradiction to the fact that there may be many members of this organization who are good and sincere people...but so is the case in many other organizations, religious or not. I see no evidence that the witnesses (even the sincere ones) are superior to anyone else in any aspect of life. In fact very often I saw just the opposite to be the truth.

There are few things I have to do before I can move on spiritually, and taking back some of the things I said in that Awake mag is one of them.This really is the purpose of this post..

I hope that all who were encouraged, by my published experience, to put faith in the WT organization read this post and understand that I was misled and I misled others ...really a matter of a blind leading the blind...nothing more.

I have no intention to hurt anyone spiritually.Whether people should stay in this organization or not is for each one to decide for himself. But as for me and my household we are out.

Edited by - ELON14 on 9 October 2002 0:57:17

Edited by - ELON14 on 9 October 2002 4:3:28

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Elon, please tell us your story!

by LovesDubs in

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welcome elon....big apostate hugs to you brother!

) experiences!

now is your time to help just as many people come out as you did come in and more!

ELON14

Thank you LovesDuds for the apostate hugs and for your love

I will tell my story when I'm ready...I know its my obligation.

happy to be here

ELON14

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Would the WT society disfellowship Jesus?

by ELON14 in

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about three weeks before i handed in my letter of disassociation (two months ago) two elders from my congregation came to my door,for the first time since my son's death (which happened 8 months earlier).i knew it wasn't a special love for me or my family that suddenly motivated them to come.for few weeks prior to that visit i was sharing the new truth about the 'truth' that i was discovering with any listening ear.

now it was obvious to me that these two elders had been sent by the body of elders to hear it themselves so it can be used against me...and hear they did.

the 'poor' elders had to stand there (they refused to come in) and listen to it all.

ELON14

About three weeks before I handed in my letter of disassociation (two months ago) two elders from my congregation came to my door,for the first time since my son's death (which happened 8 months earlier).I knew it wasn't a special love for me or my family that suddenly motivated them to come.For few weeks prior to that visit I was sharing the new truth about the 'truth' that I was discovering with any listening ear. Now it was obvious to me that these two elders had been sent by the body of elders to hear it themselves so it can be used against me...and hear they did.

The 'poor' elders had to stand there (they refused to come in) and listen to it all.

At one stage I was discussing with them the unjust way the WT society has been treating publishers for speaking up truth.I asked the elders if they agreed that the society has been wrong many times on many of it's teachings and it maybe wrong about some of its present teachings?

"Yes of course" they replied.

" Now" I continued "let say that Jesus was here today in the organization, kind of under cover, no one knew it was him, just a brother in the congregation. What would you say Jesus would do with any of the society's teachings or actions he knew was wrong? Wouldn't he do what he did in the first century, talk about , highlight and share the truth about anything he knew was wrong?"

"Yes ,he would" they agreed.

"Now, what would you do to him if you didn't know it was Jesus? You would intimidate him to keep quiet and if he continued to speak and share the truth ,as he would have, you would disfellowship him, wouldn't you?" I repeated,"wouldn't you"?

It was painful to admit it,but they did. In fact one of them said " I suppose we would" while laughing at the realization that they would indeed disfellowship Jesus himself.

"What does it tell you?" I asked,and left it at that.

Two weeks later the CO sent two elders from another city , 5 hours drive from my home, to visit me. One of them was the district convention overseer.To this day I don't know why they were the ones sent and why from so far. And while they treated me with kindness, they warned me that if I continued to share what I knew, which they agreed cannot be disputed , I would be disfellowshiped. I used the same reasoning about Jesus and they too had to admit it that Jesus would be disfellowshiped if he was in the congregation today.

It is obvious that Jesus would have been treated by the WT society today as he was treated by the Jewish religious leaders in his time.

In fact, it is easy to see the similarities between the WTS leaders today and the religious leaders in the first century.The feeling of self importance,the love for power,control and reaches, the so many man-made rules and especially the mistreatment of those who are already afflicted.

It is also easy to see the similarities between the WTS leaders and the religious leaders during the time of the inquisition.

The 'only we understand the bible. No one else can.If you try to have your own understanding and share it with others, you will be persecuted and executed ( disfellowshiped). Really, is there any difference between the so many lovers of truth who were executed back then, only because they read the bible for themselves and shared the truth they found there with others, and the so many lovers of truth today who get persecuted and disfellowshiped for exactly the same reason?

To me the saddest thing is to see the similarities between the WT organization and the Nazi party before and during the second world war:

The hunger for power and control.

The unjust persecution and execution (disfellowshiping) of anyone speaking against the party(org).

The use of fear for control.

The attitude that ' we are a better race, the rest are scam'.

'We deserve to live ,the rest deserve to die and will soon'

The pressure to conform.

The use of propaganda to mislead.

The uncompassionate ,judgmental ,intolerant and often inhuman spirit.

The attempts to cover up crimes committed by the party(org)

The Party(org) is being like a cold and heartless machine.

Can true Christianity (even though imperfect) be guilty of all the above?

To claim that the WT organization is Jehovah's organization , that Jesus is its head and that it is directed by the holy spirit is nothing less than a blasphemy.

Really, a religion that would persecute , excommunicate and label an apostate the one it claims to glorify and follow closely as its only exemplar is a religion that is in a very sad and poor condition.

Edited by - ELON14 on 6 October 2002 16:8:28

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Please forgive me...!!

by ELON14 in

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i'm new here and this is the first post i make (i promise that more will come).

i have been following most of the posts made here quietly for about 4 months and i would like to thank all of you who are called apostates for the well documented and researched material you have presented here.thanks to you i know now the truth about the wt organization and i'm no longer blind and misled.

i disassociated myself about 2 months ago after 15 years of very "faithful" service to the society.i was regular pioneer for 12 years and an elder for 8 years, i served mainly as the service overeer.my experience was published in the 2 of the society's magazins.. as i was a very zealous and prominent elder in my circuit i zealously promoted the organizational rules and i allowed myself to be fully used by the society to promote those mind controle techniques that now i know hurt those who were my sheep.

ELON14

My experience can be found in the Sep / 8 / 1994Awake.It was also used in one of the WT study articles but I can't recall which one. When the GB invited me to write my experience i hasitated but i thought I'll do it for Jah.I did not feel comfortable the way they did it when I saw it first time .However today I can see how they took full adventage of it for their propaganda.
I know that the published experience did encourage many to remain faithful to the organization, something I regret today.I hope that somehow I can contribute toward reversing that effect.Please believe me that today I'm not proud of some of the things I said there...but as you put it,i was misled.

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Please forgive me...!!

by ELON14 in

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i'm new here and this is the first post i make (i promise that more will come).

i have been following most of the posts made here quietly for about 4 months and i would like to thank all of you who are called apostates for the well documented and researched material you have presented here.thanks to you i know now the truth about the wt organization and i'm no longer blind and misled.

i disassociated myself about 2 months ago after 15 years of very "faithful" service to the society.i was regular pioneer for 12 years and an elder for 8 years, i served mainly as the service overeer.my experience was published in the 2 of the society's magazins.. as i was a very zealous and prominent elder in my circuit i zealously promoted the organizational rules and i allowed myself to be fully used by the society to promote those mind controle techniques that now i know hurt those who were my sheep.

ELON14

Thats amazing! All the encouragement...thank you so much guys for the warm welcome ,I feel as if I have found a new family .i look forward to keep in touch with all of you.

It is true that some in the congregation still keep in touch with me as they want to hear about the truth from me.some do it in secret and few not so much in secret.Apart from me,my wife and other son have left the org too and 4 more jw as the direct result of the same experience.

So thanks again for the warm welcome.