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Stories Ex-JW Ministry Team Anne Marie's Corner
Anne Marie's Corner
Anne Marie - annemarieYou 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.

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A Possible Scenario Between Jehovah God and a Watchtowerite in Heaven

Imagine a loyal member of the Watchtower Organization standing in front of Jehovah God, "rendering his account" to Jehovah, according to Romans 14:12  "So, then, each of us will render an account for himself to God."  NWT

Scenario:

Jehovah:  "So what do you have to say for yourself?"

Watchtowerite:  "Excuse me, Jehovah??  I don't know what you mean." 

Jehovah:  "Why did you follow corruptible MAN instead of following ME?"

(Psalms 146:3; Jeremiah 17:5,7; Galatians 1:6-12)

Watchtowerite:  "But Jehovah!!  I WAS following you!!   I was obeying YOUR organization!!" 

Jehovah:  "And what made you think that the Watchtower was MY organization that you should follow it??"

Watchtowerite:  "Well, the leaders of the Watchtower told me; the Governing Body told me!!  They told me to respect and to believe and to obey, and so I did!!" 

Jehovah:  "And why did you just believe what they told you??"

Watchtowerite:  "Why, Jehovah!!  They represent YOU on the earth!!  Listening to the Watchtower, and being obedient and respectful and loyal to the Watchtower, is equivalent to being obedient and respectful and loyal to YOU!!" 

Jehovah:  "Is that so??  And why did you believe all that??  Did you check out these claims of MAN according to My Holy Word that I gave to you to follow??"  (Acts 17:11; 1Thess. 5:21)

Watchtowerite:  (Now thoroughly confused) "Excuse me, Jehovah??  I don't understand!!  The Watchtower Organization ONLY teaches THE 'TRUTH'!!  They only teach YOUR Word!!  I don't understand what You mean...I was a 'GOOD' Jehovah's Witness; I did the best I could!!

Jehovah:  "You remind me of Adam, my first human son, who also did not take responsibility for his own choices, but instead blamed another for his actions..."


It is so very sad when we realize that the rank-and-file fail to understand that as responsible adults, we are each accountable for our choices; that God gave us a brain to THINK with; and that no one else is responsible for the choices that we make; that we cannot be like those on trial for war crimes whose excuse was primarily, "I was just following orders...I was a good and obedient solider.  I did my job..."

 

 

 

 

 

 


"The unexamined life is not worth living."

Socrates

 

 
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JUST A THOUGHT...

The Watchtower claims that their literature is used as "Bible Study Aids" to point people to God's Word, when it is in reality the other way around!!

The Watchtower Organization USES God's Holy Word (their own "revised" version) to point people to the Watchtower literature which then cleverly uses God's Word to support their "doctrines of men."

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COMFORT FOR A STRUGGLING JEHOVAH'S WITNESS

(This is from a site that supports struggling Jehovah's Witnesses, and those JWs who have left)

Dear JW Friend,

You have certainly opened up the "can of worms" in Pandora's Box!!

You have NOTHING to apologize to your JW "prophet" sister for!!  She does not hold your life in her hands!!  And neither does any "man"!!  Let's think about this one for a minute.

For one thing, remember that the Watchtower uses three main "tools" to enslave: fear, guilt, and shame.  And boy, do they use them to their full advantage!!  Don't let these be used on you!!

As for the Biblical view on holidays, look up Romans chapter 14.  It speaks about how each person, individually, decides for themselves what day is "Holy" or not "Holy."  It also says that no one has the right to judge another about what holidays one chooses to "celebrate."  Further, it says that "each of us will render an account" before God; in other words, no one has the right to make our decisions for us because we have to make our own choices. 

And look above chapter 14, to the last verse in Romans chapter 13; it says that we are to "put on the Lord Jesus Christ..."  How many JWs know THAT??  And to "put on Christ" involves putting on the FREEDOM that He died for us to have!!

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(This was copied from a reply that I gave to one who was questioning the witnesses of the Watchtower.  This is from a site that helps current JWs...and those who have left...who anonymously contact the site for answers, help, and support)

Watchtower "friendship" is conditional!!

Dear Friend,

Please know that "Free at last" is absolutely right...yes, most JWs are very loving and helpful and friendly and sincere, but their "friendship" is ALWAYS CONDITIONAL!!

No matter how wonderful any one of Jehovah's Witnesses may have been to you, or how many times any one of them was there for you, it's all CONDITIONAL.  They don't consciously mean their friendship to be that way...they are not "deliberately" giving "conditional" friendship to you...but it's just the way they operate, because the entire "purpose" of "associating" with a "worldly" person is to convert them.

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exjw_groupYour website is a great source for truth

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The stories I read at your website were loud and clear - conditional love by the ‘brothers’! I have learned more in the Christian Church about unconditional love than 30 years as a Witness. When I accepted Christ, who He really is, the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to see both sides clearly. ...Without the Holy Spirit it is impossible to know the real TRUTH! Keep up your good work.”

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