How much influence did the internet have on you leaving the organization?

by The wanderer 64 Replies latest jw friends

  • The wanderer
    The wanderer
    Discoveries about the organization on the internet

    Admittedly, had it not been for the internet, and all of the dis-
    coveries that were found on it; I would still be one of Jehovah's
    Witnesses. My reason for leaving the organization was due
    to the discovery of the United Nations affair with the Watch-
    tower Society.

    How instrumental was it for you in your case?

    Some individuals received there information from Crisis of
    Conscience
    ; others through personal experiences, and still
    others from a variety of sources other than the internet.

    *The question is—how important was the internet in your
    discovering what the Watchtower Society was all about?

    Kindly, post your perspective regarding this matter.

    Respectfully,

    The Wanderer

  • fullofdoubtnow
    fullofdoubtnow

    A lot of influence.

    When I first started having doubts, I did a lot of research, most of it on the internet, into jw beliefs, and it was mainly that, along with reading Crisis of Conscience, that caused me to stop attending meetings. I joined this site last year, realised that there was plenty of support available for exiting jws, and disassociated soon afterwards.

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    Well I haven't left, but I would say it was pretty important.

    I read tons of stuff on the web about Witnesses from September 2000 (this site was one of my first stops) until recently I have cooled down a bit.

    Having said that, reading books on Witnesses from the library such as those by Penton, Rogerson, Stevenston and Holden was equally important in shaping my current view of the Witnesses.

    Slim

  • skyking
    skyking

    Every important.

    I would of just thought I was not seeing things correct.

    The Bulgaria deal was the first major thing that made me wake up.

  • The wanderer
    The wanderer

    This is how the information on the internet hit me

    Respectfully,

    The Wanderer

  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW

    I was out before the internet..Saw too much bullsh*t and corruption..Bought one of the first "crisis of concience" printed.....Wanderer,what is that picture of?...OUTLAW

  • stillajwexelder
    stillajwexelder

    I have not left yet - but - Randys site www.freeminds.org was very instrumental is getting myself to ask all sorts of questions

  • PrimateDave
    PrimateDave

    Well, I always wondered about things like evolution and the flood. So one day I just did a search and found the Talk Origins web site and did a bit of reading. After that I figured "what the hell" and searched Jehovah's Witnesses and spent some time reading Timothy Campbell's Beyond Jehovah's Witnesses web site. So, I would have to say that the internet made all the information available like no other medium can.
    Dave

  • 5go
    5go

    In my eventual leaving a whole lot.

  • troubled mind
    troubled mind

    I had my doubts and was unhappy ,but probably would have stayed in had I not found sites like this on the internet . I truely believed there was something wrong with me all these years until I found this site and read about others that felt just like me .

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