exJW

The guy who was conducting my personal bible study one day paused for a second after reading a bible verse (I can't remember which one at this point). He talked about how the verse was in harmony with the teachings of another cult called "La Luz Del Mundo". Then he continued with the study.

The following week, he cancelled our study.

The week after that, he never contacted me again.

If he went to go join that other cult, i guess it's still better than being in the Watchtower.

I haven't been using Reddit since the API stuff happened last summer, but when the GB announcement #2 came out recently, I visited the exjw subreddit and there is some great stuff going on there. I'm DF'd and have been out for a long time, but the posts over there have had me both sad and angry.

Normally, Jehovah's Witnesses are taught to plug their ears and run when they begin to hear what the Bible truly says. But these witnesses decided to listen to the truth.

Btw I'm not a Bible person myself. I just like the deprogramming of Watchtower cult members.

Basically, for me it was a combination of things. Feeling that life was unfair to me even though I was a perfect JW was the beginning. The JW way of life is strict beyond belief and I had felt embarassed inside because of practicing it. The next part was the actual information. I watched a lot of Propaganda Techniques' (a YouTube channel about the Watchtower) channel and I don't know if I would have stayed out of the tower without that information.

What was the first lie in the Bible?

Genesis 2:17 - But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will certainly die.

Well they ate it, what happened?

Genesis 3:23 - With that Jehovah God expelled him from the garden of Eʹden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

Jehovah lied. They did not die in that very day. Jehovah knew they would live so he kicked them out of the garden where they lived for centuries.

Now look at what Satan said to Eve:

Genesis 3:5 - For God knows that in the very day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and bad.

Satan told the truth. Once you learn to ignore arbitrary authority you can learn what's good and bad for yourself.