And I am not even a J.W. never have been, never want to be, and never will be. My best friend has returned to being a J.W. after not going for 7 years. We had an argument because I dont agree with the shunning of any person by the whole congregation just because they don't want to be a J.W any longer.
He told me early this year he was a J.W (when I asked him a few times before he always said he wasn't. I always had a feeling he was as he never celebrated Christmas)) I didn't know much about J.W, all I knew was they didn't have blood they went knocking on doors every week and they didn't celebrate Christmas.
So I decided to look into it to find out what they were really about, as I can't say something is wrong if I dont know anything about it. It took me just a few hours to find out there was something really wrong with the Organisation, so I started looking into it more and more and to be honest it was starting to take up a lot of my time. I got the two books Crisis of Conscience and In Search of Christian Freedom I have read the first one and I am half way through the second one, I found it a very interesting read not vindictive not bitter just telling it how it was.
I asked my friend if he looked into this organisation and he said he did and it's "the Truth" that was the first time I had heard it called that and it started to ring alarm bells. Dont all cults call them self "the Truth"
Anyway I really miss my friend and hope that one day he will decide to talk to me again. The last thing I said to him was I will always love him no matter what and will be there if he ever needs me. I know I can't make him talk to me but I just wanted him to know I am there if he wants to.
I feel the pain of others and I have never even been a J.W to lose one special friend is hard, to lose all your friends and families must be heartbreaking. There is no way they can say they are a loving organisation.