The Watchtower Organization prides itself as a whole on being "Biblical Experts," able to quickly look up any number of scriptures in order to back up their organization's teachings and their faith, but, oddly, when it comes to one of the most recognizable scriptures in all of Orthodox Christianity, the Jehovah's Witnesses seem strangely reluctant to discuss this particular scripture, John 1: 1, even among themselves. And the reason becomes clearly apparent as to what the problem is when you take a closer look at the Jehovah's Witnesses core belief system, namely, that there is "only one true God," and that that "one true God" is none other than Jehovah God, Himself.

The more one gets to know Jehovah's Witnesses...the more of them they speak with, the more they talk to them, the more they listen to them, the more they read about them, the more that they see of them and the more they watch them...there just seems to be something about them that one can't quite put their finger on; and then it hits them: Jehovah's Witnesses appear to be somehow all "the same," and there seems to be something just not quite right with this...but what is it??

Each year when my children were little, I would have to fill out a form that stated what would be written on my little ones identification tags, and under the spaces for "name," and so on was a space marked, "Special Instructions," and each year I wrote boldly in this space, "NO BLOOD; substitutes okay," and each year, as I sent each of my children back to school with their forms, I worried, "What if something awful were to happen to one of them? What would I do?  Would I really be able to just let one of my babies die?  Is that REALLY what Jehovah would WANT me to do??  I shuddered to think about it!!

Even though years after the 1945 "Armageddon Prediction" had failed, and the Watchtower had continued to valiantly "sound the alarm" that "Armageddon is just around the corner!" as Jehovah's Witnesses, we did not really feel such an urgency as we did beginning that fateful Summer District Convention in 1966 when the powerful talk regarding the "new date" for Armageddon was given; yes, that day began a fervor of which I have never seen since, but the fire of urgency to "complete Jehovah God's Work" of "bringing in the sheep" was even further fueled at the Summer District Convention of 1968 with the Watchtower's release of the very first of many-more-to-come "little teaching books."

ARE THEY TRULY "HATERS OF JEHOVAH GOD"?

The dictionary defines the word, "apostate," as "one who is no longer a member of, or any longer loyal to, an organization, group, religion or club."  But to a Jehovah's Witness...to one who loves Jehovah God and who is loyal to "His" organization...the very word "apostate" brings about immediate and deep feelings of repugnance, loathing, and, yes, even hatred. But why is this so?

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...

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.

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?

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"?