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You might have seen her in the Kingdom Hall. You know that young, pretty sister with “all those kids.” The one who struggled to raise her children “in the truth” alone. The one who was rarely considered as “wife material” because she was “damaged goods.” Disfellowshipped for being raped, Anne Marie finally felt free... How could this be? Had she not been taught since age five that the Watchtower organization was “the Truth”? Finally, she found the real truth behind “the truth” and found joy in Christ that she had longed for all her life. Read Anne Marie's Story out of Jehovah's Witnesses.

CAN THE WATCHTOWER PROVE THEIR CORE “TRUTHS” TO BE “TRUE”?

The rank and file of the Watchtower holds certain core beliefs as basic “truths”; as being “absolute truths.” If you are truly one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, these “truths” are to be believed without question.

All over the world, devout members of the Watchtower are united in their absolute certainty that they not only “have the truth,” but that they are “in the truth,” because they believe that the Watchtower Organization is “the truth”; as if their religion is an absolute “truth,” even though their organization’s teachings and “understandings” have been altered, changed, or completely discarded many times over the course of their more than one-hundred-and-twenty-year history; their discarded “truths” often to be brought back later as “recycled truth” and presented to the current rank and file as “New Light.” But are these "truths"?

A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS SON ANSWERS HIS EX-JEHOVAH'S WITNESS MOTHER:

To: JW Son
Subject: Did you get the condolence card??

Hey, Son!!

I hope that you are doing okay!! I have been thinking about you having to deal with so much. I hope you get a nice "happy" break real soon!!

Did you ever get the condolence card I sent after your dad died? I just wondered.

I love you very much!!
Mom

Reply: From JW Son
Subject: RE: Did you get the condolence card??

Hey Mom, I didn’t get a card from you. Thank you for the thought.

Just so we’re clear on something: We are not friends. I am your son and I love you, but that’s it.

You choose to spend your waking moments finding ways to tarnish the name of the earthly organization that Jehovah uses to instruct his people.

You call the organization “the Watchtower” as if it were some strong arm used to brain wash and control the minds of some helpless 7.5 million members and their families. Are you kidding?

Do you actually believe that Jehovah, the all-powerful, is incapable of establishing an earthly presence to lead His people as Jesus said He would?

“BUT WHERE ELSE IS THERE TO GO?”

For a member of the Watchtower Organization to come to the private realization that deep down they are not truly “happy”…that they have become disillusioned with “the truth”…and for them to honestly acknowledge to themselves that they are just plain tired of all of the expectations and the never-ending “works” that they are expected to perform as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in order to maintain their “good standing” with both God and with the Watchtower can, in itself, be a heavy burden to bear. Add to this the unsettling feelings of guilt and uncertainty, and the burden can be very heavy, indeed.

SCORE ONE MORE FOR THE WATCHTOWER!

I find it almost ironically amusing that my decision to rejoin the Watchtower in 1975 in order to "save my children from being destroyed by Jehovah" at Armageddon should result in my not only eventually coming to the stark realization that I had been fooled by a false prophecy...an outright LIE...but that one of those precious children of mine should grow up to ultimately see me as a tool of Satan; "repulsive" and "disgusting" because I do what I can to help and support any member of the Watchtower that may reach out to this site, and because I tell the truth about what I know about the Watchtower Organization...and because I tell the truth about Jesus...

One may laugh, and ask, "Didn't you know that your Jehovah's Witness son would come to hate you for becoming a Christian? and for speaking the truth about the Watchtower Organization which he faithfully serves?" Yes, but even though his response is a common one, my sweet and loving son has, for the most part, always been very kind to me...

HOW TO FIND TRUTH AFTER THE WATCHTOWER

When anyone is in an organization that teaches its members that they are the virtual “voice of God,” and that the members are required to believe what they are told to believe, this can become quite a burden. Sincere persons that join a religion that professes to be “God’s Organization” often end up feeling “not good enough,” fearful, and downhearted, because they fear that God is “displeased” with them, that they are not “living up to God’s righteous requirements,” and they begin to wonder if it’s all worth it. Read more...

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