This is pretty funny considering they do nothing but bash the catholics for there indiscretions.

“For all you former believers, I feel sorry for you because you have commited the unforgivable sin and there is no hope for you. May Jehovah show mercy to all. ”
This comment is illustrative of why witnesses are so disrespected by other faiths, and people who do not believe THEIR way.
You make the assertion, the insult, that when we do not believe what you believe that we are either unbelievers, or former believers.
I challenge you to research your own faith’s beginnings; it’s current policy about child sexual abuse (STILL it requires 2 witneses to child sexual abuse to get the congregation to disfellowship someone over it) or even the blood policy’s history.
I challenge you to do this; maybe you never did, and your parents instilled the truth in you.
What chance or choice did you have?
The same one I did; none.
I believed them; they believed their parents. NO ONE ever researched the origins, or the ongoing changes, or the corporate structure of the religion that tells us not to attend university, not to take blood transfusions. not to take the better job, not to associate with those not reaching out.
Before you come here and insult us, show us that you have at least researched your OWN beliefs; most who are no longer witnesses know their former beliefs better than you.

Pistoff

Basically what the Watchtower would say is, Thanks for not talking bad about JW’s, being that we are laughing all the way to the bank. Thanks for your support mindless robots.
Listen to yourself Ken, please re-read the comments you posted and ask yourself if they are even remotely intelligent. Despite all the thought provoking comments posted by people who are merely questioning doctrines or sharing life experiences, you zero in on the person’s comment who obviously rides the “Special Bus”, what some cultures still refer to as ‘retarded’.
I wonder does God want a bunch of trailer park Alabama rednecks to run his new paradise world.
I think not.
Go ahead and get (er done) baptized Ken, the Watchtower Society (AKA the JW God) is in need of more fools. I had asked on an earlier comment if you would come back and rationalize on what makes your faith the only faith, however I don’t think I really want to read the response, sorry to say.
Go ahead and waste your life on a religion that has publicly stated through their literature dates for the end of the world, yet been wrong with every single one. The same faith that brutally criticizes the United Nations yet was an NGO partner with them. Yes the same religion that has hidden the ugliness and reality of its pedophile problem from its rank & file. This is the religion that destroys families & is more interested in protecting its image than showing Christ-like compassion & love.
No thanks, I was there and saw the lunacy firsthand. They are a true religion, yes a true FALSE PROPHET of a religion.

Other than completely dense individuals, I honesty have to ask, how many people would listen and take to heart comments by a person who cannot properly formulate a sentence, less use any form of proper grammar?
Mr. Beasley, I have read your comments, even though I am no expert in calligraphy or hieroglyphics. Apparently you haven’t spent much time studying the comments of others on this site before inflicting on us your nonsensical ideology. Whether you believe this or not, my comment is not meant to be condescending or insulting, far from it. What I and others would like to view and then discuss rationally, would be factual statements (which means you can back them up) about how your faith is the only true religion. Being that this religion has done nothing more than lie, hide truths, destroy families, hasn’t given us one correct prophecy to date and is the personification of hypocrisy, I am inclined to believe you will have quite a challenge on your hands.
Now, before you post another comment bordering on utter lunacy, please spend some time objectively researching your faith (i.e. history, prophecies, etc.) and then post comments that reflect your ability to analyze the religion in a manner that doesn’t reveal your ignorance.

Thank you.

Coaching? Great idea there buddy, perhaps you should get a spelling coach.

First, of all. I myself am not a jehovahs witness but plan to be one soon. Second, of all in school i make straight a’s and nothing less. I have a lot of respect for everybody but as i said before you will pay for what you said about jehovahs witness when armaggedon comes unless you repent. I am not postive i will be able to live in the paradise but i do plan to do my best to make it and hope you will change your mind and do the same.

I agree with you completely. Please dont lose your faith in jehovahs witness. They will regret what they said about jehovahs witness when armaggadon comes and they are destroyed. They will wish they would have listened. I am not baptized yet but plan to be soon. Thanks for tellin the truth and not talkin bad about jehovahs witness likemost people do.

They come to the elders when they have problems because the elders in the congregation help maintain it. Jehovah wants his word to be preached throughout the whole inhabitted earth and then the end comes. Do you think without elders in the congregation to oversee this it would be possible to complete this assignment sucessfully. In my opion i think not. Suppose you have a basketball team and the basketball team doesnt have a coach. Do you think the players can be succesful without a coach as they would with one. The players wouldnt know any plays unless they made it up and that would cause a problem because one would argue with the other about whether the play would work or not. Thats why i think it is good to have people in the congregation like elders to come to when you have a problem and the elders arent completely over the congreagation. If there not doing their job, and there are a lot of coplaints against them, then they call in the people who make the whatchowers and magzines and if they dont think the congregation is running as it should then they shut it down.

I disagree with that. I think that Jehovah’s Witness are the true religion. How many times do You hear about people in the Jehovahs Witnesses congregation raping people. As am matter of fact i had never heard that in my life. Compare that to how many times you have heard about the people in churches raping people. You have to remember that jehovahs witnesses arent perfect. One reason that they are so loveling and proctecting to people is because they dont them to serve jehovah to there best ablities and to stay no part of the world and tell me what happens when they arent caught not following jehovahs laws they are disfellowshipped so I disagree strongly with your commment about jehovahs witnessess being controlling.

So your wife abused your children?
I realize that you may have been upset or pissed off when you typed your comment, however I am merely trying to understand your message.
When you state judging, are you discussing JW’s?

I was a witness for 45 years!I saw plenty of hypocrisy and cover ups!I was married to an ex missonary who abused my children!Hypocrisy exists in all religions!May Jehovah or more correctly Yahweh have mercy on your soul!!STOP JUDGING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excuse me insightful moron, please learn to spell.

Praise the Lord!

I pray all is well with you and yours. In response to the aboue email, I would like very much to receive a copy of the book you mentioned. What information do you need?

Take care, be blessed and I pray your strength in the Lord.

Dee

iammzdee2u@yahoo.com

Sonny,

sorry to hear what happened.
I dont know what you mean is good for me. Maybe the not being alone?
Anyway, did you check out Silentlambs website. You will find much info and advice there.

The other children in that man’s JW congregation need to be protected.

All the best,
Tony

Good for you Tony,

I don’t care who you are or what you do. When and if you abuse a child in ANY way you are guilty. Two of my children were abused by their mothers brother. I just found out about it a couple of years ago. Their mother and I have been divorced for many years. I was told they told their mother and she has kind of tried to forget it, but her brother is not allowed in the house. I am not sure yet what I will or can do about it but, it is not right for the people that do this to notgo to prison.
It is eating on me to know that he is still in the JW church in Sacramento.

Sonny

Dear Sister fee,

There is absolutely no evidence in the Bible that states Armageddon is just around the corner.
Read the following scripture, it’s one of my favourite: I must have posted it a dozen times already on this site:
However, the prophet who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded him to speak… that prophet must die. …How shall we know the word that Jehovah has not spoken? When the prophet speaks in the name of JEHOVAH and the word does not occur or come true, that is the word that Jehovah did not speak. Deuteronomy 18: 20-22, from your own translation.
The Witness have been preaching the end of this system since their inception, and still no show. Believe me sister fee, when I say to you that there are young witnesses here today who will still be preaching the end is going to happen soon when they are aging grandparents.
Don’t believe what is shoved down your throat, read the relevant evidence for yourself. There is zero, zip, bugger all evidence in the Bible indicating the end is near, for if there was it should have happened in the first century.
I have nothing against Jews, Muslims, Jehovah’s Witness or any other. I sometimes simply cannot accept their behaviour.

One of your early so called bible scholars read the following and unwittingly came to a conclusion that has caused many, many people to die.
Only flesh with its soul -its blood you must not eat. Gen 9:4
Some people think a soul is our spirit somewhere in our bodies and it leave us when we kick the bucket and it ends up in Heaven or Hell. I know the JW’s do not teach this. The Bible tells us in no uncertain terms that the soul is a LIVING creature. The above scripture is indicative of one of the very few merciful acts of Biblegod in the Old Testament.
Yep, believe it not, one of the favourite pastimes of the people of the said age was to eat animals alive, not very pretty but true.
Guess what? The Bible is written by the self same people that did these tasteless deeds, and millions, if not billions believe it inspired. Of course it must be inspired because the writers said so.
Madness is all I can say, bloody madness.

Cheers,
Markus

I was a JW all my life and was disfellowshipped for premarital sex. I still believe in everything I was taught. I never saw any hypocrisy in the congregation, nor was there any kind of coverup. Anyone speaking ill of Jehovah is an apostate and should be shunned. Anyone who turns others away from the truth also is an apostate. Bad things happen in all religions. Catholics did cover up the molestations and rapes in their churches for years, until recently. There were too many victims coming forward to be able to cover them up any further. Jw’s are the only religion that is able to explain the bible and encourages people to ask questions and gain knowledge. Some religions do not even allow their members to follow along in a bible, fearing that they will be exposed in the lies they tell. For all you unbelievers, I truly feel sorry that current religions have led you to believe in their lies. For all you former believers, I feel sorry for you because you have commited the unforgivable sin and there is no hope for you. May Jehovah show mercy to all.

Hi everyone,

The worst practice amongst jehovahs witnesses, i feel is that the victim is harrassed to forgive the criminal. Without Video or audio evidence of “evil done” by a member, its just considered an allegation, even if sufficient symptomatic signs are there.

Funny situation for the victim…. How to forgive and why to forgive a fellow worshipper when he is not accepting that he/she has committed the sin???

And if the Elders are insisting the victim to forgive the criminal as a christian practise, that means the elders are believeing yet not coming to the help of the victim.

Too sad too bad

Yeah, I agree. Get this, some people even are dumb enough to accept any idiotic mandate or prophecy from a group that hasn’t had a single right one yet. How many times can you cry wolf till the masses realize?

Dearsir. I am David from Bangladesh.I am a good person and very honest. My wish i will be make a organigation.I visit your websit. I am very interstate to your works. If you give me advice that i will be happy.I request you that you give me a project in our country.I want make a organigation in por country. You help me please. Ok thanks God bless you Bye David

Sir,
Why would you claim to be so clever with all your trumped up qualifications? Does one need an IQ. of 3000 before they find a faith or non-faith?
Go bullshit your granny, you are fooling no one here.
Markus
PS. Your grammar sucks. Maybe you should do the FIWIDE degree. (Fuck I wish I did English)

Chief Apostle……..
Well, I Googled your name and a whole lotta stuff popped up. The apostles preached the Gospel. Jesus fulfilled the law in my bible. It has always been to my bit of understanding that the Law as in the 10 commandments and all the Thou shalt not’s were given to the peoples living before Christ. I was under the impression that we were living under the law of Christ.
I thought that He said that He would put His laws in or hearts and minds. He said that “My yoke is easy” and boy do you have lots of stuff that you indicate that is still binding on all of us. I have lots of studying to do now about what you preach, “cause I had never heard of you and all these different names that I cannot yet pronounce that you are calling Jesus. I have been of the understanding that if you play a game by the rules that it would be called what was intended to be. I mean that if you are going to play a game of soccer that when the rules were followed, then it would be soccer. Now hear me out sir. The book of Acts is the example I am using to become a Christan. Now right out of the box, Peter told all those folks what the were to do. Then all the other conversions followed. He told them that they must be also baptized didn’t he? I cannot find where he told them that they must do all this other stuff. Feast days, sabbath keeping, that was alien to all those gentiles that came into the fold. Anyway, I have to get to work now and I will get back with you on your belief system later.

Hey Chief,

come on, do you really believe we don’t know bad things happen everywhere. (BTW, why did Jesus and the apostles ‘bad mouth’ the Scribes and Pharisees?)
You have missed the point. The WTS has a massive problem with child abuse, though it claims to be the only clean organization on earth. The WTS has installed policies to silence the victims and protect the molester (“two witness” rule). Victims are threaten not to go to the police (“bringing reproach upon Jehovah’s name”) or else be expelled from the JW community, which means being reject by family and friends within this group (“shunning” policy).

Are JW the only religion with this problem? Surly not, but it has to be exposed and stopped. Two of my sisters were molested. When one told the elders she was silenced, she was not even to tell her parents.

The sexual abuse is one thing, the arranged cover-ups and denial, at the same time condemning other religions for the very same predicament, is what is most scandalous. For those who choose to take Jesus as a model I ask: Did Jesus close his eyes to the hypocrisy in his day and just pray for it to get better? According to the scriptures, Jesus and his followers exposed the evil.
This is not about judging the JW’s, it’s about exposing and protecting. It is good for victims to come here and know that they are not alone and that there are those who believe and help them.

Tony

No matter what religion it is, there will always be Ministers who do this.
What does the Scripture tell us, Ye who has no sin, cast the first stone. Are u whom bad mouth any religion, without sin. I think not. Whether ur Baptist, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Catholic, JW etc. Every Religion was people that do these things. Time to stop judging and start praying for them that they change.

just wondering
i am not barb, but i would love a copy of the elders manual.
i am the organizer of the somersworth ex-jw meetup group in somersworth new hampshire, and there may be information in there that i would love to share with the group.

somersworth_meetup@yahoo.com

alex,
yes,jw are a peacefull people. however, i was a jw for over 20 years, and i saw the hypocrsy going on and the lies told and the false prophcys. i saw abuse being covered up by the elders with no reprof to the abuser. the abused were made to feel that they had done something wrong. i got tired of being told what i could and could not do, what to wear, what to watch on tv, who to associate with. all that is up to the individual person, not 12 men in ny that want to play god.there have been to many dates set by the society for armaggedon that did not come true. and according to the bible, if a group claim to be prophets and their prophecys don’t come true, they are false prophets.and what about the elder at wallkill that is in jail for luring young boys for sex? and the wt supporting the united nations while claiming that they were evil?
you tell me why there are alot of hate groups out there? we lost our whole lives being in the organigation. we gave up everything for a society that is based on lies and ruled by 12 men in ny.

For Maurice (Comment ID: 27847):

We are totally behind you and understand exactly what you speak of. Many JW’s love to go on & on about how great their religion is, etc. The only thing they really have that is “truth”, is the hypocrisy, lies, false prophecy & baloney. While their sit & wonder how people can say things that are negative to their faith, especially ex-JW’s, they miss the whole point. Naturally if one is brainwashed into thinking they have to so-called only truthful religion, well you know the story.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

I have been a JW for about 3,5 years and I live in the Netherlands. My wife was inactive when I met here and at that time I didnot know my inlaws were JW’s. I have always rejected jw’s at the door and didnot wanted to have anything to do with them. After a while my wife got active again and asked me to join her, which I did. Today I am soooo incredibly glad I made the wise decision to leave them! I have seen too many children get fysically and verbally abused by JW’s. And they say they are telling the truth, but in fact, they are making up their own rules and deceive everyone at the door, because the only thing they want is you to become a JW too. They learn trics and are getting brainwashed in the KD-hall. Their organisation sucks! They lie. Don’t respect people’s religion but smile so you think they are attractive. Unfortunately my wife is still joining them. But I make sure that my children have the freedom to make their own mind instead of getting forced, deceived and brainwashed, because I love my kids the way a father can do best! And if there is a JW who is abusing my children, I will abuse him/her. That’s a promise!

Please search for it in the internet. You will find free downloads on pdf or html. After a little searching you will find it.

PLEASE SEND ME A COPY OF THE PAY ATTENTION BOOKLET. THANK YOU.

Whew…for a minute there I thought this story had truth in it. Thanks to the deep well thought comment by Andreas (Comment ID: 19735) above, I know that it isn’t.
Ha..ha..ha…come on Andreas, it’s time to pull your head out of the Watchtower’s ass.

Not a lie, it is the sad truth.

Alex,

Who is everyone shunning JW’s? Please get your facts straight, it is JW’s who practice shunning to everyone leaving their organization. I personally know victims of JW molesters who were disfellowshipped for going to the police.

Catholics, Mormons and other have been in the spotlight for child abuse cases. The difference between the JW’s WTS and the others is that the WTS continues covering up and silencing the victims. At least the pope had publicly apologized to victims.

Continue reading in this site you will find some good info about the new “light getting brighter and brighter”.

Tony

Why does everyone shun JW’s? there are probably hundreds more cases amongst other religions but you don’t take that into perspective. Alot of the rubbish published on the internet has been written by Apostates who as alot of people know are against JW’s.

JW’s are a peacful society, they follow Gods rule fully. JW’s are still getting to understand the bible because knew things are surfacing that have never been before realised.

but think ther are roughly 6-8 million JW’s and say 10/8,000,000 were Molesters what would it be like for another religion like Christianity? Quite a few, because they don’t follow Gods laws and Morals fully.

For Anonymous (Comment ID: 2274):
I realize English is not your native tongue, however it’s okay to use periods you know. Not everything has to be one sentence?