I found this over at https://www.facebook.com/groups/xjwrg3 its the "Ex-Jehovah's Witness Recovery Group 3"
Its by a member of this forum goes by the name "Toledo Squad" . Its well done . He said he sent it to the emails of 46 JWs .
I have addressed each highlighted point because it is important, as a lover of truth, that you refute the unjustified slander made therein.
- human apostates are unruly men who cook up wicked reasoning and season their brew with poisonous lies that deceive minds. - Completely untrue. I can tell you first hand that i do not ''cook up wicked reasoning'' or ''season...with poisonous lies'' and i am not unruly. Nor do, or are, any 'human apostates' that i know.
- Their preference is to partake of falsehoods at the table of demons. - Incorrect. I do not believe in demons or in falsehood which is partly why i am no longer a JW.
- They deliberately decide to go out from among God's people - False. I was sorry for making my musings known, but could not apologise for how i was feeling. Hence, i was disfellowshipped. I did not ''deliberately decide to go''.
- Human apostates are part of the seed of the serpent spoken of in Genesis 3:15. - I am not part of any seed of any snake spoken of in the bible or any other myth-based set of 'holy' writings.
- Because apostates allow bitterness to take root in their heart, they become defiant of and false to the truth. - I have NOT allowed bitterness to take root and i am one of the most non-defiant, truthful people you will ever meet. I resent this statement.
- Apostates profess to be followers of Jesus, but are not obedient to his commands. - A massive generalisation and completely untrue in many, many cases. As an apostate who views Jesus as a man who may or may not have been a real person, i DEFINITELY do not profess to follow him or any other person.
- Rather than going out and making their own disciples, many apostates seek to draw away Christ's disciples after themselves. - I do not do this. Nor do i wish to have followers. Nor do any other apostates. This is a fallacy.
- they seek to draw away Christ's disciples after themselves and cause divisions. - Again, this is a lie. Some apostates are intent on doing what they see is 'God's work' by trying to draw people out of the organisation, but not to follow them!! They are doing exactly as JW members do, namely, warning people that they need to listen to THEIR version of the 'will of God' in order to save themselves. If this is a negative, bad thing, then you all better stop condemning 'false religion' and going from door to door!
- A third characteristic manifested by human apostates is they claim to serve Jehovah - Once again, a totally over-generalising statement. I am in utter amazement at the Governing Body sanctioning a statement like this, knowing full well as they do, that many apostates like me have left the organisation because we cannot understand how there could possibly even BE a Jehovah. I was disfellowshipped for 'Apostasy' and it clearly says on my 'eviction notice' that i could no longer accept that there was a caring god in the heavens. So again. A devious, manipulative and downright dishonest statement.
- They lie to authorities. Through the media they seek to discredit Jehovah's people and incite bans on our work. - A slanderous statement that bears no resemblance to any truth. In fact, all the people who have left the organisation that i have had dealings with, are VERY particular about not making stuff up. They check that things are correct when exposing the harmful policies of Watchtower Corporation. Of course, there is always the odd disgruntled person who may embellish a story or say something that isn't quite true about Jehovah's Witnesses. But this is the exception rather than the rule. 'Human Apostates', as we are termed, see no advantage in spreading lies. It does their credibility no good whatsoever to do so. I for one am not a liar and resent being called one by Watchtower's Governing Body.
- apostates falsely stated that Jehovah's witnesses supported Hitler's regime during world war two. - If anyone would like to see a copy of the letter J F Rutherford wrote to Hitler, please feel free to ask. You can decide for yourself whether or not 'apostates falsely stated' the situation at that time, or not. You will be surprised to find that Watchtower is, again, lying to you in an effort to scaremonger you into hating people like me.
- human apostate are mentally diseased and they try to infect others with their disloyal teachings. - I am NOT mentally diseased. Nor is any other person who decides that there cannot be a living, caring god of love. Nor is anyone who decides that the insertion of 'Jehovah' into the New Testament part of the NWT bible over 200 times when it was never there in the first place; or that 607BCE is NOT an accurate date on which to base fundamental prophecy, mentally diseased. They have come to a decision that Watchtower doctrine is wrong and they are right. This does not make them mentally diseased, any more than it makes the Governing Body mentally diseased for rejecting mainstream Christianity.
- Why then allow yourself to be sour, poisoned by anyone who would belittle the organization through which you learned these truths. - For the same reason someone leaves their religion to become a Jehovah's Witness! They had an open enough mind then. To close it now means one is arrogant enough to believe they have all the answers, when clearly, no one has all the answers.
- Apostates are not sincere in their expressions. Their aim is to manipulate your mind and undermine your faith - Another blatant lie being told from the platforms of the 'only true religion'. I am COMPLETELY sincere, as are all 'Human Apostates' i know. None do it for any other motive than to expose harm, point out false teachings and help others. If i have undermined faith through what i've said or done, then that is clearly a sign that faith is weak and nothing more than a stubborn tool for believing what one WANTS to believe. And as for 'manipulate your mind', this is like the pot calling the kettle black.
- apostates are part of the Anti-Christ. They are liars and deceivers, out to destroy your relationship with Jehovah God and his son Christ Jesus. - Happy to be known as ''anti-Christ'' of course. But VERY unhappy to be called a liar and a deceiver, yet again. Also, i am not out to "destroy your relationship with Jehovah God and his son Christ Jesus" or any other fantasy relationship you may have with any other deity or fairy story character, dead or otherwise.
Please do not view me in the terms described. I realise i am to be treated as ''dead'' in your eyes, but at least do me the dignity of knowing that i am not the person your Governing Body wishes you to believe i am.
This was quite literally the most dishonest diatribe from Watchtower HQ that i have witnessed during all my years as a JW and the years afterwards. I am sickened to the stomach by it and it is my intention to make you aware before you are subject to these lies and misrepresentations first hand, just what you will be hearing.
If my atheistic overtones have upset you, i apologise. It is not my intention (despite the talk outline) to weaken your faith. But my shock at the words used in this talk have made me angry enough to want to defend my own character and also the vast majority of those who have conscientiously decided to withdraw from being Jehovah's Witnesses and desire to see former friends and family exit from this brainwashing cult. Also, i wanted to show you that the Governing Body have put together a string of lies and wholesale generalisations that mislead and are disingenuous towards good people who no longer subscribe to Watchtower doctrines.
I don't expect any of you will respond. I just hope you will see how manipulated you are to believe this ill conceived and vile hatred coming from a group of men who clearly have no qualms when it comes to slandering people.
(Below is the full transcript with a link to the audio at the end)
Regards
Beware of Human Apostates
You cannot be partaking at the table of Jehovah and the table of demons. These inspired words of the apostle Paul found at 1 Corinthians 10:21 show that two figurative tables are set before us. For the last day-and-a-half, you have been partaking at the table of Truth of Jehovah and haven't you found it to be good? [clapping]. Jehovah uses human representatives, the faithful and appointed elders to dispense truths for those eating at his table. The apostate Satan disseminates falsehoods in a similar way. He mimics Jehovah by using human representatives. Who are they? If Satan and his demons are chefs in his evil kitchen then human apostates are his helpers. Wicked humans imitate the original apostate Satan. Like Satan,human apostates are unruly men who cook up wicked reasoning and season their brew with poisonous lies that deceive minds. Human apostates have sat at the table of Jehovah. At Jehovah's table they enjoyed a table of well-oiled dishes, a banquet of wine kept on the grapes; they were domestics, part of the household of faith and partook of Bible truth, prepared and dispensed by the faithful steward, the Governing Body. But they pushed away from the table of Jehovah. Their preference is to partake of falsehoods at the table of demons. This action of pushing themselves away from the table of Jehovah is described for us at 1 John 2: 19 (They went out of us, for they were not of our sort...).
Apostates do not drift away from the truth. They deliberately decide to go out from among God's people because they are not our sort. Human apostates are part of the seed of the serpent spoken of in Genesis 3:15. If we wish to please Jehovah we cannot sit as his table and at the same time be nibbling at the table of demons, eating from the hands of Satan's helpers, human apostates.
So, for the next few minutes we are going to discuss how to identify human apostates and what you must do to protect yourself from the poison of apostasy. Let's first discuss how to identify human apostates. Apostasy often starts with prideful rejection of counsel and escalates into bitterness and jealousy - James 3:14. Because apostates allow bitterness to take root in their heart, they become defiant of and false to the truth. How does this defiance to the truth manifest itself. The actions of apostates bear three characteristics. These characteristics help us identify human apostates.
The first identifying mark of human apostates is commented on at Luke 6: 46 (Why call me Lord, but not do the things I say). Apostates profess to be followers of Jesus, but are not obedient to his commands. A recent example of when this happened was in the mid-70's when some prominent elders, some who even served at Bethel felt it was below their dignity to witness from house to house, proclaiming the message as commanded by Jesus. They urged others to take it easy because the humble work of witnessing from house to house work was not necessary or unscriptural. The Governing Body expelled the unrepentant apostates from the organization. The faithful slave did not allow the efforts of these apostates to distract it from the primary work of Jehovah's witnesses, proclaiming God's word of truth. So the first characteristic we can use to identify human apostates is that they reject God's service. Many bock at Jesus' command to go and make disciples.
A second characteristic that identifies human apostates is commented on at Acts 20:30 (men will rise and speak twisted things to draw away the disciples for themselves). What is it that apostates want? Most are not content to simply leave the faith they once viewed as true. They want to take others with them. Rather than going out and making their own disciples, many apostates seek to draw away Christ's disciples after themselves. Like a kidnapper who carries an unsuspecting victim away from his family, apostates prey upon trusting members of the congregation, seeking to carry them away from the flock. In addition they seek to cause divisions in the congregation - 2 Peter 2:1 (false teachers who quietly bring in destructive sects). To accomplish their goal of drawing away disciples after themselves or dividing the congregation, apostates may use smooth talk on the internet, on television or through letters to loyal witnesses of Jehovah. So a second characteristic that identifies human apostates is that they seek to draw away Christ's disciples after themselves and cause divisions.
A third characteristic manifested by human apostates is they claim to serve Jehovah, yet they reject his representatives - 3 John 9-10 (does not receive anything from us with respect, using wicked words). Apostates claim to serve God, but reject his representatives. They lie to authorities. Through the media they seek to discredit Jehovah's people and incite bans on our work. For instance, in one country a news report instigated by apostates falsely stated that Jehovah's witnesses supported Hitler's regime during world war two. In other countries apostate used the media to accuse Jehovah's witnesses of refusing to give medical treatment to their children and of deliberately condoning serious sins committed by fellow believers. So a third characteristic that identifies human apostates is that they reject and try to discredit Jehovah's representatives here on earth.
Now that we know how to identify human apostates, what must we do to protect ourselves from the poison of apostasy? Romans 16:17 (keep your eye on those causing stumble and avoid them).
Suppose a doctor told you to avoid contact with someone who was infected with a contagious deadly disease. Would you reason that limited contact is okay? Similarly human apostate are mentally diseased and they try to infect others with their disloyal teachings. Jehovah, the great physician tells us to avoid contact with them.
What is involved in avoiding apostates? 2 John 10-11 (never receive him into your home or say a greeting, not to become sharers in their wickedness). Avoiding apostates means we will not allow them in our homes, reading their literature, watching TV programs that feature them, examining their websites or adding our comments to their blogs. Why do we take such a firm stand? We do not want to become sharers in their wicked works. We love the God of Truth. We are not interested in twisted teachings that contradict God's word of truth.
We love Jehovah's organization, the organization that taught us thrilling truths. Truths about Jehovah's name and its meaning. God's purpose for the earth. The condition of the dead and the hope of the resurrection. Can you recall how you felt when you first learned these and other precious truths. Why then allow yourself to be sour, poisoned by anyone who would belittle the organization through which you learned these truths.
Does avoiding apostates imply that our faith is not strong enough to discern truth from falsehood? That our faith is not strong enough to discuss different views? Not at all. In our ministry we discuss with those who have different views. Apostates differ from those we meet in our ministry. Apostates are not sincere in their expressions. Their aim is to manipulate your mind and undermine your faith - Psalm 12:2 (untruth they keep speaking). With good reason the Bible then tells us to avoid apostates, just as we would avoid a person who was infected with a deadly contagious disease - 1 John 2:18-19 (many Anti-Christ's that went out from us).
Because they oppose the truth, apostates are part of the Anti-Christ. They are liars and deceivers, out to destroy your relationship with Jehovah God and his son Christ Jesus. Therefore we want to avoid them for they are not of our sort. Deuteronomy 32:46-47 (apply you hearts to all the words I am speaking and warning; it means your life).
Heeding his inspired warnings means our very life. How thankful we are for divine warnings against apostasy. May we show our appreciation by walking in God's word of Truth. May we stay busy in the work Jesus assigned us to do; Sharing God's word of Truth with others. By doing so, you will forever enjoy Jehovah's divine seal of approval.