When I was disfellowshipped back in 2005, I wept. How could I ever hope to find favor with God or men? How could I ever get back on the ‘narrow path to everlasting life’? It took me five years to sort things out and declare my independence from this execrable cult. Like some, I can’t abide to read WTS literature anymore and this thread has shown me why.
I agree with those who say these changes, ahem, “adjustments” will go right over the heads of the rank-and-file. They don’t want to think or take responsibility for themselves or their lives. They are perfectly content to let the Governing Body lead them to the yawning pit that lies directly in their path. I am grateful now that I’m out and free.
I have a few observations about this latest excrement from The Watchtower. Why would it take God and Christ nearly five years (from 1914 to 1919) to conduct an inspection and find their ‘faithful slave’? If this small group was “cleansed” during their so-called time of testing, why did it take nearly a decade more to stop observing “pagan” holidays and celebrations like birthdays, Easter and Christmas? Weren’t all of those things “God-dishonoring” and thus completely unacceptable? Why did the organization move from being a collection of autonomous congregations to one under the tight control of Rutherford and his Board of Directors in a process that took decades to complete? What about other doctrines the organization held onto that were also false like the resurrection of the “Ancient Worthies”? And let’s not forget the false hopes attached to the years 1925 and 1975.
I know that most Witnesses have no idea about the development of doctrine and dogma that has taken place down through the decades. But I am beginning to believe that even if they gain this knowledge, it will make no difference to the majority. They are victims of the Stockholm Syndrome and will stay with their abusive captors until the end.
Quendi
