Well, I'm outta here. I initially started researching Jehovah's Witnesses because my wife has been studying with them so I can't digest anymore of the religious hate I'm reading here. I was shown this by someone here and told I needed to protect my wife:
http://www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/whoweare.html
As our Bible reading and research intensified, the ever-changing doctrines of the Watchtower Society began to "raise red flags" with us because some of their doctrines could not be reconciled with the Bible. Such as the elder arrangements, no independent thinking, the cross, their definition of "Christendom", education and employment. The major doctrinal changes regarding the 1914 generation, blood, and disfellowshipping could only be found through Watchtower dogma, not the Bible.
After discussing these and other concerns with a member of the Governing Body on a personal invitation to Brooklyn headquarters, it became more apparent that the Watchtower organization is nothing more than a business masquerading as a religion. Through spending a full day at Bethel, as well as having numerous phone conversations with this member of the Governing Body, it was easy to see the control that the Watchtower organization has over its members. The glue that holds the organization together wasn't godly or spiritual, becoming transparently obvious that the Watchtower Society's key to locking in members is the undeniable form of mind control. Our exit from the Watchtower organization began around the year 2000, and we had to carefully consider our exit strategy. Having five children, two of whom are still active Jehovah's Witnesses, we had to consider all the repercussions of leaving.
One of our daughters is married to a ministerial servant and is regularly pioneering by putting in 70 hours a month of time in field service. The other is also married to a Jehovah's Witness and they have one son (our grandson who we have not seen for many years). Rick's mother and several of his other relatives are also Jehovah's Witnesses. With many close family members involved with the organization, our departure from the Watchtower had to be carefully considered. As a result of leaving, of course, we have been shunned by all our Witness relatives and two of our children.
Due to our grave concern for our children, their mates, our grandson, and all other relatives and friends who are still loyal to the Watchtower organization, we have carefully and painstakingly put together the Six Screens of the Watchtower. Along with the website, we will continue to develop exposure seminars entitled "Six Screens of the Watchtower" attempting to help ex-Witnesses as well as active Witnesses see the real "truth" behind the Watchtower organization.
See our ministry website at www.upperroomministriesnewengland.com
Upper Room Ministries smacks of a religious hate group. This stuff won't alter anyone's thinking. For starters, I don't believe in a higher power, so whatever adverse consequences a person experiences as a result of blind faith in intangible, invisible beings isn't resolved by exchanging one religious ideology for another or being born again into another religion and engaging in illterate religious psyche warfare. All I could find in the book being studied with my spouse is some doctrinal differences from the way they interpret religious text.