Comments on: The Watchtower: a top landowner in Brooklyn, N.Y. http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny Life & healing after leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:22:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: tuggedonbothsides http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1800 tuggedonbothsides Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:25:16 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1800 I was raised in the truth. Like many of the stories here, i left because i was told what i aspired to be growing up wasnt something God would approve of. It angered me and i thought how can something i desire so much be bad and how would they know what God truly wants for me. I decided that if they wanted to control me then It wasnt worth being a part of the organization and as long as God was in my heart and i stayed honest and good then he would bless me. Peolple say It is brainwashing but aren't all religions trying to cleanse You somehow? I believe in God, but notice all the i's and self centered statements here; when i left i really turned my back on God because i looked to my heart for answers and relyed on myself not the creator to give me the answers of what i needed to do. Now recently i have been staying with this woman who is strong in her beliefs of God and what he asks of us. She is NOT i repeat NOT a Jehovahs witness. She is part of a cavalry Church. When i moved in with her i felt i knew God more because of being a JW i was taught the best knowledge, but i wasnt praying. Now so far this seems like a turn against the organization, but what i am about to say may Change minds or people may think of me as week but you are throwing stones and quick to judge. Now the whole time I have been staying with her she has told me stop worrying and put your faith in God. She tried to get me to go with her to church, but of course I declined and all ex-witnesses know the reasoning. Now what I have always dreamt of becoming hasn't exactly panned out for me and my friend keeps saying to me you should try relying on God. So I started praying, thinking alright if God is still with me he will answer my prayers and I can get this dream going. Well that isn't really what happened. I started to pray at first superficially. Ok so this is a little side note but it ties in so hear me out. I voted in the last election and in the past I freely felt opinionated and wanted peace and activism. So back to the praying, superficial right? Well I started to follow the Occupy Wallstreet movement and supported it thinking finally a stand against politics and cooperate greed. Well as things worsened and the people are being pushed down, I started really praying from the heart. I asked God to help those who needed it, but left me out because I was already fine. Well I won't go into detail, but the more I prayed the more thought and passion I put into my prayers. Well the closer I drew to God the better I felt. Then something happened. My friend and I went to a bar and had a few drinks and her bf, who she is trying to have a Christian relationship with and have it approved in Gods eyes, showed up and she left. And didnt really come back in . One of the ladies who apparently is a regular said I don't trust that guy he seems to want to control her. And I thought the same. Well on the drive home we got into a disagreement about this outting, because she wants to be closer to God and bars are not a place for a God fearing woman. Well none the less I felt I was more holy then she was, but something jabbed me hard and got me thinking. She said she didn't read the bible everyday because it was to remind her of her faith, but read it so she was prepared for any attacks in case they come. That and she said the heart can be decieving and mislead. Well that right there got me thinking. I prayed to God on this argument and felt I was right and asked him to help her well it turns out I was the weak one. Not a week after I had experienced this I got a wake-up call. A spirit called my name while I was getting ready for work. It freaked me out and I felt the presence. As many people of the truth are told call out on Jehovah's name and you will be protected, I did but I still felt it there. Well I felt unnerved and spoke to my friends and others and they told me to prey and read the bible. Well I did and did both, but while I did I kept remembering what my friend said put your faith in God, thinking all the while it was her not me that brought this on. My dad told me when he hit rock bottom and prayed to God that he gave him three signs in one day that he needed to go back home. Well this was my rock bottom. So I said God I put my faith in u guide me in the right direction. Well my first sign was an awake magazine at the bus stop, then my second was a coworker that grew up in the faith and the last was a fortune cookie that told me to " follow my beliefs". Now I am an avid believer that everything happens for a reason and the days that have followed this spirit attack have been nothing but a blessing from Jehovah. Now these three signs were big to me it brought me closer to Jehovah, but I still wasn't sure I mean maybe I was reading too much into it because I wanted to see these signs. Well I talked with my brother still feeling on edge about going home and he said to come with him to the kingdom hall. Well I still felt hate towards my upbringing but was open to the idea. I still feel maybe what my friend is going threw and where she is is healthy so maybe she is worshipping God the right way. Well I read the king James version of the bible online and started researching other Christian religions, but one scripture rang in my head. Psalms 83:18 and not reading the new world translation but the king James version of the bible I saw that Gods name is Jehovah. I also read that we are all born from sin and must be baptized. Well I feel I need to be baptized like right now, but I spoke to Jehovah our Lord, God and said I know who you are and I admit that I have sinned I have not been truthful to you, but I call to you so that I may accept your light and forgiveness and show me the true light. I asked him to lead me to the faith that really held up his word. Well that night I took out all my piercings which I had grown partial to having and still feel strange without them, but something inside me told me that it needed to be done. Well after I said amen I went to sleep. The next day still leaning on God I talked with my dad and told him that I was still unsure about going back to the kingdom hall and i told him that no matter what happens I want to be on gods side that I leave it to him to show me where to go. Well I was at the bus stop waiting to for the bus to come and bring me to work and who comes, but a brother from a congregation down the road. I lept up in joy and knew that this was only Jehovah telling me where I needed to go. I felt so overjoyed I had to tell the brother this story I am writing now and I rode the bus to the mall and got off and felt over joyed with gods spirit that I broke down and cried for I knew and felt his glory. I have never felt this way ever and ironically the HS close to the mall I work at was having a marching band competition, so Gods trumpets were quite literally sounding. Now I hope that people have read to the bottom because I didn't share this to convert anyone and it is still fresh to me, but everyone has a story when they truly felt Gods blessings. My friend is not a Jehovah's Witness and I felt like it was going to be hard to explain to her. I went to the meeting as my last message and the talk was on holding a grudge or forgiving and how Jehovah is always forgiving and that he who has sinned and repents reaps the splendour of gods light all the more. I was holding a grudge that my friend was wrong and I felt that Jehovah was speaking to me, but still nervous. I called my friend and at first she protested saying that JWs were a cult, but she then said well I really don't know but what others have told me and you; if u are an ex-JW ask yourself why you only call him God after u leave. Jehovah is a sacred name and when having thoughts over fitting into this system of things, you are batting for the other side even if you feel the faith is still in you. We truly are in the time of the end and both sides are calling to their soilders to rise up and fight and those who hear the call whether it be with Satan or God will join their allegence. God is calling to his faithful one last time and for those of u who feel this you need to act now and realize that Satan will be sending his army. I know this attack that happened to me won't be the last. And who knows if the truth is what it is and if people are making money on the top. You don't read the bible for who controls the organization but for the creator who put us on this earth and if u think hard enough, why would God want us all up in some cloud I mean there are alot of souls and I am pretty sure those clouds might collapse. Do not judge in anger rather, follow the light of Jehovah and he will guide you where the word is strong. I know my friend has the light in her and she fights temptation everyday, but so do we all. I don't think it is wrong what Jehovah witnesses are saying and my friend even feels that we are in the time of the end. It is the energy around us and people are choosing to ignore the signs, but Jehovah has made it clear as day. I guess it depends on how comfortably numb people want to remain, but its time to wake up because soon the sun will not be shining the same way. I hope this has opened some eyes and made others think. And as I regain my faith I feel I can finally call him Jehovah again for he has filled me with his light. As the brother who gave the talk this morning said " remember brothers that we are all born of sin and cannot turn our cheecks in hatred to another brother. Yes we may get bothered by each other from time to time but remember that you are no greater then another and always remember to forgive as Jehovah has". I was raised in the truth. Like many of the stories here, i left because i was told what i aspired to be growing up wasnt something God would approve of. It angered me and i thought how can something i desire so much be bad and how would they know what God truly wants for me. I decided that if they wanted to control me then It wasnt worth being a part of the organization and as long as God was in my heart and i stayed honest and good then he would bless me. Peolple say It is brainwashing but aren’t all religions trying to cleanse You somehow? I believe in God, but notice all the i’s and self centered statements here; when i left i really turned my back on God because i looked to my heart for answers and relyed on myself not the creator to give me the answers of what i needed to do. Now recently i have been staying with this woman who is strong in her beliefs of God and what he asks of us. She is NOT i repeat NOT a Jehovahs witness. She is part of a cavalry Church. When i moved in with her i felt i knew God more because of being a JW i was taught the best knowledge, but i wasnt praying. Now so far this seems like a turn against the organization, but what i am about to say may Change minds or people may think of me as week but you are throwing stones and quick to judge. Now the whole time I have been staying with her she has told me stop worrying and put your faith in God. She tried to get me to go with her to church, but of course I declined and all ex-witnesses know the reasoning. Now what I have always dreamt of becoming hasn’t exactly panned out for me and my friend keeps saying to me you should try relying on God. So I started praying, thinking alright if God is still with me he will answer my prayers and I can get this dream going. Well that isn’t really what happened. I started to pray at first superficially. Ok so this is a little side note but it ties in so hear me out. I voted in the last election and in the past I freely felt opinionated and wanted peace and activism. So back to the praying, superficial right? Well I started to follow the Occupy Wallstreet movement and supported it thinking finally a stand against politics and cooperate greed. Well as things worsened and the people are being pushed down, I started really praying from the heart. I asked God to help those who needed it, but left me out because I was already fine. Well I won’t go into detail, but the more I prayed the more thought and passion I put into my prayers. Well the closer I drew to God the better I felt. Then something happened.
My friend and I went to a bar and had a few drinks and her bf, who she is trying to have a Christian relationship with and have it approved in Gods eyes, showed up and she left. And didnt really come back in . One of the ladies who apparently is a regular said I don’t trust that guy he seems to want to control her. And I thought the same. Well on the drive home we got into a disagreement about this outting, because she wants to be closer to God and bars are not a place for a God fearing woman. Well none the less I felt I was more holy then she was, but something jabbed me hard and got me thinking. She said she didn’t read the bible everyday because it was to remind her of her faith, but read it so she was prepared for any attacks in case they come. That and she said the heart can be decieving and mislead.
Well that right there got me thinking. I prayed to God on this argument and felt I was right and asked him to help her well it turns out I was the weak one. Not a week after I had experienced this I got a wake-up call. A spirit called my name while I was getting ready for work. It freaked me out and I felt the presence. As many people of the truth are told call out on Jehovah’s name and you will be protected, I did but I still felt it there. Well I felt unnerved and spoke to my friends and others and they told me to prey and read the bible. Well I did and did both, but while I did I kept remembering what my friend said put your faith in God, thinking all the while it was her not me that brought this on. My dad told me when he hit rock bottom and prayed to God that he gave him three signs in one day that he needed to go back home. Well this was my rock bottom.
So I said God I put my faith in u guide me in the right direction. Well my first sign was an awake magazine at the bus stop, then my second was a coworker that grew up in the faith and the last was a fortune cookie that told me to ” follow my beliefs”. Now I am an avid believer that everything happens for a reason and the days that have followed this spirit attack have been nothing but a blessing from Jehovah.

Now these three signs were big to me it brought me closer to Jehovah, but I still wasn’t sure I mean maybe I was reading too much into it because I wanted to see these signs. Well I talked with my brother still feeling on edge about going home and he said to come with him to the kingdom hall. Well I still felt hate towards my upbringing but was open to the idea. I still feel maybe what my friend is going threw and where she is is healthy so maybe she is worshipping God the right way. Well I read the king James version of the bible online and started researching other Christian religions, but one scripture rang in my head. Psalms 83:18 and not reading the new world translation but the king James version of the bible I saw that Gods name is Jehovah. I also read that we are all born from sin and must be baptized. Well I feel I need to be baptized like right now, but I spoke to Jehovah our Lord, God and said I know who you are and I admit that I have sinned I have not been truthful to you, but I call to you so that I may accept your light and forgiveness and show me the true light. I asked him to lead me to the faith that really held up his word. Well that night I took out all my piercings which I had grown partial to having and still feel strange without them, but something inside me told me that it needed to be done. Well after I said amen I went to sleep.
The next day still leaning on God I talked with my dad and told him that I was still unsure about going back to the kingdom hall and i told him that no matter what happens I want to be on gods side that I leave it to him to show me where to go. Well I was at the bus stop waiting to for the bus to come and bring me to work and who comes, but a brother from a congregation down the road. I lept up in joy and knew that this was only Jehovah telling me where I needed to go. I felt so overjoyed I had to tell the brother this story I am writing now and I rode the bus to the mall and got off and felt over joyed with gods spirit that I broke down and cried for I knew and felt his glory. I have never felt this way ever and ironically the HS close to the mall I work at was having a marching band competition, so Gods trumpets were quite literally sounding.

Now I hope that people have read to the bottom because I didn’t share this to convert anyone and it is still fresh to me, but everyone has a story when they truly felt Gods blessings. My friend is not a Jehovah’s Witness and I felt like it was going to be hard to explain to her. I went to the meeting as my last message and the talk was on holding a grudge or forgiving and how Jehovah is always forgiving and that he who has sinned and repents reaps the splendour of gods light all the more. I was holding a grudge that my friend was wrong and I felt that Jehovah was speaking to me, but still nervous. I called my friend and at first she protested saying that JWs were a cult, but she then said well I really don’t know but what others have told me and you; if u are an ex-JW ask yourself why you only call him God after u leave. Jehovah is a sacred name and when having thoughts over fitting into this system of things, you are batting for the other side even if you feel the faith is still in you. We truly are in the time of the end and both sides are calling to their soilders to rise up and fight and those who hear the call whether it be with Satan or God will join their allegence. God is calling to his faithful one last time and for those of u who feel this you need to act now and realize that Satan will be sending his army. I know this attack that happened to me won’t be the last. And who knows if the truth is what it is and if people are making money on the top. You don’t read the bible for who controls the organization but for the creator who put us on this earth and if u think hard enough, why would God want us all up in some cloud I mean there are alot of souls and I am pretty sure those clouds might collapse. Do not judge in anger rather, follow the light of Jehovah and he will guide you where the word is strong. I know my friend has the light in her and she fights temptation everyday, but so do we all. I don’t think it is wrong what Jehovah witnesses are saying and my friend even feels that we are in the time of the end. It is the energy around us and people are choosing to ignore the signs, but Jehovah has made it clear as day. I guess it depends on how comfortably numb people want to remain, but its time to wake up because soon the sun will not be shining the same way. I hope this has opened some eyes and made others think. And as I regain my faith I feel I can finally call him Jehovah again for he has filled me with his light. As the brother who gave the talk this morning said ” remember brothers that we are all born of sin and cannot turn our cheecks in hatred to another brother. Yes we may get bothered by each other from time to time but remember that you are no greater then another and always remember to forgive as Jehovah has”.

]]> By: blindzebra http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1748 blindzebra Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:44:52 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1748 Dear Moxie, Do you know why they sold/or are in process of selling all the NYC properties? I will tell you why. The whole world saw what happened on 9/11. And all, but especially, in a very special way, THEY are indeed "first-hand witnesses" of the destruction of the WTC and the collapse of the two towers, revealing the identity of Babylon, the Great, the Great City. (compare Revelation 18) They could see it from their windows. BUT! they have not told the TRUTH! They are attempting to save their own souls, and (now???) be obedient to the command to GET OUT OF HER! But the True God, Yahweh, is not one to be fooled... He sees what they have done in secret, and how it has impacted the little ones. It will be better that a great millstone is tied around their necks and they be thrown into the Atlantic.....for they have stumbled the meek ones, those with hearts that are precious to God. His Judgment is not slumbering.... and it is rolling along, even now. He himself is REVEALING all things that were previously HIDDEN. This is the time of the UNVEILING. On October 9th, 2001, the decision was made, and the UN disassociated the WTBTS from the UN. THEY ARE AS HARLOTS! On the ELEVENTH of October, 2001, it was announced PUBLICLY, in the newspaper, The Guardian. Precisely one month after the towers fell. Ponder these things.... Dear Moxie, I appreciated the things you have to say about PEOPLE. The love you show for PEOPLE, in your heart, and in your words, the words that you have spoken in your blogs and commentaries.. But I beseech you to recognize that our Father IS real... and Moxie, to know that if YOU See all these things, how we should love our brother and not wish for their destruction, how much more so He that created all things? You are loved! If I see it, and feel compassion for you, and feel love, I know that my Father does too. Please, seek Him. He is real, and will answer your cry, for He already knows your heart. Do not allow mere men, to turn you away, from the True Grand Creator. His word is still Truth, and the things happening today and yesterday and tomorrow will bear this out. The things written are true, and will come to pass, just as it is written. But, WOE UNTO THEM! Love to you, dear one. You will be in my prayers. blindzebra Dear Moxie,
Do you know why they sold/or are in process of selling all the NYC properties?
I will tell you why.
The whole world saw what happened on 9/11. And all, but especially, in a very special way, THEY are indeed “first-hand witnesses” of the destruction of the WTC and the collapse of the two towers, revealing the identity of Babylon, the Great, the Great City. (compare Revelation 18) They could see it from their windows.
BUT! they have not told the TRUTH! They are attempting to save their own souls, and (now???) be obedient to the command to GET OUT OF HER! But the True God, Yahweh, is not one to be fooled… He sees what they have done in secret, and how it has impacted the little ones.
It will be better that a great millstone is tied around their necks and they be thrown into the Atlantic…..for they have stumbled the meek ones, those with hearts that are precious to God.
His Judgment is not slumbering…. and it is rolling along, even now.
He himself is REVEALING all things that were previously HIDDEN.
This is the time of the UNVEILING.
On October 9th, 2001, the decision was made, and the UN disassociated the WTBTS from the UN. THEY ARE AS HARLOTS!
On the ELEVENTH of October, 2001, it was announced PUBLICLY, in the newspaper, The Guardian. Precisely one month after the towers fell.

Ponder these things….

Dear Moxie, I appreciated the things you have to say about PEOPLE.
The love you show for PEOPLE, in your heart, and in your words, the words that you have spoken in your blogs and commentaries..

But I beseech you to recognize that our Father IS real… and Moxie, to know that if YOU See all these things, how we should love our brother and not wish for their destruction, how much more so He that created all things? You are loved! If I see it, and feel compassion for you, and feel love, I know that my Father does too.

Please, seek Him. He is real, and will answer your cry, for He already knows your heart.

Do not allow mere men, to turn you away, from the True Grand Creator.

His word is still Truth, and the things happening today and yesterday and tomorrow will bear this out. The things written are true, and will come to pass, just as it is written.

But, WOE UNTO THEM!

Love to you, dear one. You will be in my prayers.
blindzebra

]]> By: Wolf http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1747 Wolf Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:47:24 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1747 Oh and Doug, please please pretty please may I have a copy of your book? lesbianmothersandothers@gmail.com THANK YOU! Oh and Doug, please please pretty please may I have a copy of your book? lesbianmothersandothers@gmail.com
THANK YOU!

]]> By: Wolf http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1746 Wolf Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:45:46 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1746 The thing is, even intelligent people can get sucked in, because if you've studied communication theories at all (I'm majoring in communications) you will INSTANTLY recognize all manner of lovely manipulation. But the biggest way the "sucker" people in, is that they target those people who are vulnerable. My mother, gods love her, is not the brightest bulb in the box but fortunately my father, though evil incarnate, has a genius level intellect. Thankfully, I take after his intellect (though not his predilection for evil, you can breathe). At 6 years old, I saw through the bullshit the society was preaching. I started asking questions that they couldn't answer and it just got worse as I got older. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I asked (at 13 years of age) how they would explain their very obvious brainwashing and mind control methodology of preaching. Brother Parks laughed, ruffled my hair and asked, "What's wrong with having a clean brain?" Ever since that moment, I've known that not everyone in the society is brainwashed. Some of them know what's up and THAT, my friends is when I decided that I had to run away. The thing is, even intelligent people can get sucked in, because if you’ve studied communication theories at all (I’m majoring in communications) you will INSTANTLY recognize all manner of lovely manipulation. But the biggest way the “sucker” people in, is that they target those people who are vulnerable. My mother, gods love her, is not the brightest bulb in the box but fortunately my father, though evil incarnate, has a genius level intellect. Thankfully, I take after his intellect (though not his predilection for evil, you can breathe). At 6 years old, I saw through the bullshit the society was preaching. I started asking questions that they couldn’t answer and it just got worse as I got older. The straw that broke the camel’s back was when I asked (at 13 years of age) how they would explain their very obvious brainwashing and mind control methodology of preaching. Brother Parks laughed, ruffled my hair and asked, “What’s wrong with having a clean brain?” Ever since that moment, I’ve known that not everyone in the society is brainwashed. Some of them know what’s up and THAT, my friends is when I decided that I had to run away.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1742 Vicki Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:07:40 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1742 Doug Ashcroft, please could you send me a copy of your book, I am very interested to read it. vickilou@live.co.uk Doug Ashcroft, please could you send me a copy of your book, I am very interested to read it. vickilou@live.co.uk

]]> By: Brother Banda http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1722 Brother Banda Sat, 21 May 2011 17:15:19 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1722 SO DO PIPO REALISE THAT EVEN SATAN IS AN EX-JW ? SO TELL ME, IS SATAN BETTER OFF AFTER LEFT THE TRUTH? SO DO PIPO REALISE THAT EVEN SATAN IS AN EX-JW ? SO TELL ME, IS SATAN BETTER OFF AFTER LEFT THE TRUTH?

]]> By: beneficial http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1721 beneficial Sat, 21 May 2011 16:58:06 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1721 wen GOD's hand is at work, hey..da result is a marvel! JWs do all things in line with the will of da creator. so there is nothing like " keeping their followers poor yet their leaders are rich". in any case their leader is Jesus and those who take the leader are his slaves. so those who feel uneasy with properties of JW in the USA or any where else, plz note its due to cooperation,honesty and hardwork that JWs accomplish all that. One day, wen GOD's kingdom removes satan and his influence everyone living on earth wil be a JW,no one wil make pipo scorn and taunt JAH or mislead pipo into ex- JW. infact its not new that some chose to disobey JHVH, even satan become devil due to disobidience..and he tries by all means to mislead others,make them feel that being outside JW org is a gud choice..its bad i can assure you. so return to JW. wen GOD’s hand is at work, hey..da result is a marvel! JWs do all things in line with the will of da creator. so there is nothing like ” keeping their followers poor yet their leaders are rich”. in any case their leader is Jesus and those who take the leader are his slaves. so those who feel uneasy with properties of JW in the USA or any where else, plz note its due to cooperation,honesty and hardwork that JWs accomplish all that. One day, wen GOD’s kingdom removes satan and his influence everyone living on earth wil be a JW,no one wil make pipo scorn and taunt JAH or mislead pipo into ex- JW. infact its not new that some chose to disobey JHVH, even satan become devil due to disobidience..and he tries by all means to mislead others,make them feel that being outside JW org is a gud choice..its bad i can assure you. so return to JW.

]]> By: migrainehunter http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1720 migrainehunter Fri, 13 May 2011 20:00:41 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1720 Why are current Jehovah's witnesses on this site? Speaking with all of us is against the rules. I did not visit here to speak with you I came to hear from others who have left this brainwashing cult. If you are a JW then stop breaking your own rule. Witnessing to us is hypocritical since you are not allowed to speak with us. Why are current Jehovah’s witnesses on this site? Speaking with all of us is against the rules. I did not visit here to speak with you I came to hear from others who have left this brainwashing cult. If you are a JW then stop breaking your own rule. Witnessing to us is hypocritical since you are not allowed to speak with us.

]]> By: Bill Carruth http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1660 Bill Carruth Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:52:22 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1660 A very simple question: How do ordinarily sensible, intelligent people get 'suckered' into Jehovah's Witnesses? My beautiful ex-wife for example. A charming lady with a near-Mensa level of native intelligence. I was once asked, "Bill, where did your wife [at the time] receive her PhD. I've never spoken to a more well-spoken lady?" When I said she did not hold a PhD he was incredulous. A true story! Unlike many JWs I've met over the years who are so phony with their 'manufactured' sweetness my ex has always been sweet, thoughtful, hard working and kind to everyone. That's the why of my question. Is being a JW compensation for something? Maybe being my wife had something to do with it. I don't know. All I do know at this time is that she is a dedicated fanatic about JWs and the garbage published by the Watchtower. A very simple question: How do ordinarily sensible, intelligent people get ’suckered’ into Jehovah’s Witnesses? My beautiful ex-wife for example. A charming lady with a near-Mensa level of native intelligence. I was once asked, “Bill, where did your wife [at the time] receive her PhD. I’ve never spoken to a more well-spoken lady?”
When I said she did not hold a PhD he was incredulous. A true story!
Unlike many JWs I’ve met over the years who are so phony with their
‘manufactured’ sweetness my ex has always been sweet, thoughtful, hard working and kind to everyone. That’s the why of my question.
Is being a JW compensation for something? Maybe being my wife had something to do with it. I don’t know. All I do know at this time is that she is a dedicated fanatic about JWs and the garbage published by the Watchtower.

]]> By: geoff trewin http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/2009/10/the-watchtower-a-top-landowner-in-brooklyn-ny/comment-page-1#comment-1629 geoff trewin Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:25:39 +0000 http://www.exjehovahswitness.net/?p=881#comment-1629 Did not Jesus say 'judge not....'? How difficult it is to be absolutely sure of anything these days. Cheers, GDT Did not Jesus say ‘judge not….’? How difficult it is to be absolutely sure of anything these days.

Cheers,

GDT

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