Alonewith2cats
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Hi everybody. I haven't been feeling quite so lonely in my single person home lately because I've been preoccupying myself with a topic that for some unexplained reason absolutely fascinates me and I've learned a lot. I understand that one thing that can soothe and provide relief from loneliness for a lot of people is religion. It really doesn't work for me because I'm an atheist. Throughout my life I have often encountered these nice people called Jehovah's Witnesses who pass out Awake magazines to me. Because of my non-believer attitude I have never fallen prey to them. I sometimes took their magazines, looked at them and threw them in the trash. But I never understood who they were. I understand they don't celebrate any holidays. My co-worker who now sits right next to me, we get along very well. He is a Jehovah's Witness, young man in his 20s, refuses to sign birthday cards passed around for fellow coworkers and does not participate in any holiday events. Of course we all find this strange behavior mysterious but respect him and carry on with our business mind not to discuss religion or politics at work. After he refused to sign the last birthday card being passed around at work and told me his reason for taking time off work which was to attend an event to commemorate the death of Christ I decided to research this curious religion. I went on-line and found a huge abundance of information on the internet and on you-tube and listened to the stories of numerous ex-Jehovah's Witnesses. This particular website is where I got a great deal of my information.
http://www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/critical-info/six-screens.php
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society runs the Jehovah's Witnesses. They are a multi-billion dollar corporation. They are not a true religion but a business selling fabricated religion that is not bible based. They fit into the BITE (Behavior control, Information Control, Thought Control, and Emotional Control) model which is how you can tell the difference between real religion and a cult. See the following you-tube video.
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society is only interested in financial gain which they receive in large amounts from their members and yes, they do get paid for their massive amounts of published literature, all donations. They are a pubishing company generating millions, if not billions of dollars. They have done harm to their members. They teach their members that it is against God to "eat blood" so thousands have refused life-saving blood transfusions and died. They used to also ban life saving organ transplants and vaccines too but now they allow it. But their policy regarding blood still remains. Also they have a reputation for tearing apart families through the practice of disfellowshipping and and shunning those who leave the Jehovah's Witnesses, they are then called apostates and there have been many many stories of relatives no longer speaking to one another, parents refusing to speak to their own sons and daughters. This has led to suicides. They will also turn you against your own family if you join them and can't convert your family members. They believe that anyone who isn't a Jehovah's Witness is going to die in Armageddon and that they are separate from the rest of the world and they will live on a paradise earth. We non-Jehovah's Witness are called "worldly people" and we are connected to Satan (Totally silly to us outsiders but this is what they believe).
I have a desire to rescue my coworker from this cult but I cannot. I wouldn't sacrifice my job by opening a can of worms. Plus, chances are he was probably raised as a Jehovah's Witness. Funny thing is we get along so well I wouldn't suspect him viewing me as a worldly person who is going to die in Armageddon, someone he shouldn't associate with. He doesn't treat me like that. We laugh and joke around. He seems very normal outside his beliefs.
Anyway, my reason for posting this is to warn the lonely and vulnerable who may feel the need to find Jesus to cope with loneliness. If this is the answer then please do so but please do not join the Jehovah's Witnesses or any cult of any kind. Please just do the normal thing and go to church and read the real bible. And please celebrate holidays. They are vital for bonding with friends and family.
And finally, be kind to Jehovah's Witnesses. They are not bad people, just cult victims, lost souls, regular people like you and me under Watch Tower mind control. Treat them with kindness and compassion.
P.S. This is for your amusement.
http://www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/critical-info/six-screens.php
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society runs the Jehovah's Witnesses. They are a multi-billion dollar corporation. They are not a true religion but a business selling fabricated religion that is not bible based. They fit into the BITE (Behavior control, Information Control, Thought Control, and Emotional Control) model which is how you can tell the difference between real religion and a cult. See the following you-tube video.
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society is only interested in financial gain which they receive in large amounts from their members and yes, they do get paid for their massive amounts of published literature, all donations. They are a pubishing company generating millions, if not billions of dollars. They have done harm to their members. They teach their members that it is against God to "eat blood" so thousands have refused life-saving blood transfusions and died. They used to also ban life saving organ transplants and vaccines too but now they allow it. But their policy regarding blood still remains. Also they have a reputation for tearing apart families through the practice of disfellowshipping and and shunning those who leave the Jehovah's Witnesses, they are then called apostates and there have been many many stories of relatives no longer speaking to one another, parents refusing to speak to their own sons and daughters. This has led to suicides. They will also turn you against your own family if you join them and can't convert your family members. They believe that anyone who isn't a Jehovah's Witness is going to die in Armageddon and that they are separate from the rest of the world and they will live on a paradise earth. We non-Jehovah's Witness are called "worldly people" and we are connected to Satan (Totally silly to us outsiders but this is what they believe).
I have a desire to rescue my coworker from this cult but I cannot. I wouldn't sacrifice my job by opening a can of worms. Plus, chances are he was probably raised as a Jehovah's Witness. Funny thing is we get along so well I wouldn't suspect him viewing me as a worldly person who is going to die in Armageddon, someone he shouldn't associate with. He doesn't treat me like that. We laugh and joke around. He seems very normal outside his beliefs.
Anyway, my reason for posting this is to warn the lonely and vulnerable who may feel the need to find Jesus to cope with loneliness. If this is the answer then please do so but please do not join the Jehovah's Witnesses or any cult of any kind. Please just do the normal thing and go to church and read the real bible. And please celebrate holidays. They are vital for bonding with friends and family.
And finally, be kind to Jehovah's Witnesses. They are not bad people, just cult victims, lost souls, regular people like you and me under Watch Tower mind control. Treat them with kindness and compassion.
P.S. This is for your amusement.