How many found the REAL truth from the internet?

by Leander 61 Replies latest jw friends

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  Billygoat

  I left at 19 when I was DFed. I was so angry and hurt over being wrongly DFed that I told myself I'd never go back. But I still considered the JWs Christians. I joined a mainstream Christian church when I was in my mid-20's, but always thought in the back of my mind that I might go back. Especially after my divorce several years later when I felt very alone with little family around.

  It wasn't until June of last year when I logged onto this site and started reading, reading, reading. I was floored! There was a whole community of people who were just like me. I couldn't get enough information. After reading so many of Maximus', Kent's, AlanF's, and Amazing's research I knew one thing for sure: JW's were a cult and I was NEVER going back. I still resolutely believe that.

  The biggest difference that realization has made on my life, is the feeling of freedom I live my life with now. I don't feel guilty. I don't feel like I have to look over my shoulder constantly. My thinking and life has changed so much over the last 10 months, it's not even funny! I love it!
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  Reborn2002

  Personally I found many of the contradictions at

  http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/

  and then proceeded to rummage through my grandfather's annual bound volumes from 1945-present to verify that these were indeed true.

  After coming to terms with the reality that the "Faithful and Discreet Slave" had always allegedly been "inspired by God" yet changed it's mind time and again on a wide variety of subjects and even changed history and lied, the floodgates were opened. I then began researching through old literature written by the WTS long before I was born.

  Talk about a shock to the system.

  I found volumes of information not only in the bound volumes and books I possess, but on the Internet at:

  http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/

  http://www.jwfiles.com/

  http://watchtower.observer.org/

  http://www.freeminds.org/

  http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/

  http://www.geocities.com/watchtowersociety/beast.htm

  http://www.watchtowernews.org/index.html

  http://www.food4jws.org/

  I guarantee you, if you research and read and verify the accuracy of the information on these sites, you will leave the Jehovah's Witnesses RUNNING.

  It is not religious persecution for an informed person to expose publicly a certain religion as being false, thus allowing persons to see the difference between false religion and true religion.
  WT 11/15/1963 page 688 paragraph 3
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  peaceloveharmony

  the info i learned on the net about the wts confirmed what my gut had been telling me for years. i had been da'd for 6 yrs before i got on the net but it was liberating to know that at 17 my rash decision to da had actually been the right thing to do! and once i got on the net my irrational thoughts of dying at armaggedon floated away. for about 3 months i just read read read everything i could get my hands on about the jws. liberating indeed! freedom rocks :)
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  AMarie

  I had been disfellowshipped for six months before I looked on the internet for information on Jehovah's Witnesses. At that time, I had been attending meetings to get reinstated but had the gut feeling that something was very wrong with the religion.

  When I first stumbled onto the various sights, I had the automatic reaction of getting angry and trying to defend the the WTBTS teaches, even though I didn't totally believe them. I blew the sites of as "apostate", and reasoned that they were run by people who were against god. But as I read more in depth, I found that people's experiences with the WTBTS were identical to mine and for the first time I knew that I wasn't faithless, but that the religion I was in was corrupt. This lead me to opening my mind and searching even deeper into the society's history and teachings. It was a real shocker, and very hard to swallow at first, but it saved me from years of wasted time with a false religion.

  AMarie
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  Matty

  It rocks all right harmony, and I'm looking forward to mine

  Amarie, That is really similar to how felt, and how I feel now. I think a lot of people already "in the truth", myself included, have an inkling that something is wrong - but it's generally an unspoken hunch.

  I really needed to get over the idea that ex JWs are nasty demonised apostates intent on corrupting me before I could look at this site without guilt. How disgusting that I felt that way. I still feel that I need to defend the JWs all the time. How insulting. It's little wonder so many of you are so angry.
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  2SYN

  PLH: Have you ever noticed that the acronym of your username is almost identical to that other, exciting Dub site, PLN? Hehe. My situation was very similiar to yours, I didn't really know WHY I was leaving, all the Dubs just rubbed me up the wrong way and I didn't like the idea of losing half my life to religion, so I QUIT! Then I discovered the Truth about the tR0upH sometime later on...

  "Until they become conscious, they will never rebel. Until they rebel, they will never become conscious." - George Orwell
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  You Know

  I'm really glad that some ex-JWs took the time to speak about the real truth.

  You are an idiot man! LOL Apostate Dubs don't have a clue what the REAL truth is. / You Know
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  peaceloveharmony

  syn, yes i noticed that! those damn jerks at pln :( i had it first!!!!!!

  hehehe

  it's nice to have our gut instincts confirmed eh? makes me happy i listen to it!
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  jerome

  Please dont let him hijaack the thread. Dont respond to him.

  This is a very important topic so just ignore him.

  In fact when you read this post dont even respond with a

  "I agree thet we should ignore him"

  Just do it. Ok

  jerome

  Just ignore.

  The Bible is a two edged sword wield it for evil and it you may get hurt.
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  Quotes

  Aw shucks, Reborn2002, we're glad we could help. (read the following in Godfather voice) "One day we may ask you to return the favour. Perhaps we will need you to run to the store to get ice cream. Or maybe you will be asked to kill a man. Or maybe that day may never come."

  After all, what could be more innocent that reading only direct quotes from the WTB&TS?

  Since their is no comment or editorial, no thinking person (even a current JW) could possibly say, regarding our site:

  You are an idiot man! LOL Apostate Dubs don't have a clue what the REAL truth is.

  When I learned the Truth abou the Troof, I was physically ill for several days, with flu-like symptoms.

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  For interesting Watchtower Society literature quotes, complete with references but without any editorial, check out:
  http://Quotes.JehovahsWitnesses.com