There is ALWAYS 2 sides to a story.... In the case of Jehovah's Witnesses, there are 2 sides as well. Jehovah's Witnesses only hear the Watchtower side of the story..... They have a fuzzy idea of the way things happened... and is happening. They NEVER hear the true story.... why? They have a mental block.... a veil over their eyes. To remove that veil takes a sincere heart and courage. It takes an earnest yearning for learning the real truth. Having an open mind in at least listening to the other side of the story. Imagine if your best friend wants to tell you something that you don't want to hear, or that you know you wouldn't like.... wouldn't you probably close your eyes and ears, and start screaming? That's exactly what JW's do when they hear something contradictory to what they have been taught. Is such way of thinking wise? Shouldn't you hear both sides of a story? In the Bible, imagine if King Solomon heard the story of the first woman who claimed to be the baby's mother... what would he have done? He would've probably cut the baby in half! The point is.... look at both sides of the story, and decide for yourself.
The purpose of this blog is to expose the secrets of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the secrets if the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society's of NY and Pennsylvania, and to reveal TTATT "The Truth About The Truth". Remember the saying: The truth shall set you free. This website is aimed at both witnesses and non-witnesses, at people looking for information about the witnesses, and at even the Governing Body of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
The religion is called Jehovah's Witnesses, while the corporate organizations that run the religion are called the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, and the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Both the Watchtower corporations have board of directors and CEO's, the names of whom are kept secret from the rest of the world, or are atleast not published. There are also several other corporations and entities that are owned by the people at the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of NY and Pennsylvania (WTBTS). In this article, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society might be referred to as the society, or WTBTS, or the Watchtower. Their members will usually be refried to as JW's, or Jehovah's Witnesses, Witnesses or Publishers. The WTBTS prints 2 magazines called Watchtower and Awake!, which are also mentioned in this article along with the dates published.
All information provided in this blog is true, and with sources for your own verification. PLEASE DO NOT DISMISS any of the information as false without evaluating first. Imagine if someone said that your dad was a thief, would you simply believe it, or defend your dad saying he's innocent? Wouldn't you first do research and find out before you say that your dad is a thief or is innocent?
Just to give you an idea of the magnitude of this information.... The information presented is such an eye opener, that it caused a Governing Body Member to leave his status. Look at the Heirarchy of the Jehovah's Witness religion. If you already know the heirarchy, scroll down past the illustration.
| Status Kings |
Position within the Jehovah's Witness organization Governing Body Members |
| Nobles | Circuit Overseers |
| Knights | Elders in the congregation |
| Peasants | Publishers |
As you can see, the people who are in the RULING CLASS are in the top most portion of the religion, and are called the Governing Body - Numbered 1. Just to illustrate, here's an illustration printed by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society themselves:
Even the illustration shows the fancy wheeled chairs of the Governing body members (numbered 1), while the bodies of elders (numbered 4) get non-wheeled cheap plastic-metal chairs. Photo taken from: wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2013286 Watchtower 2013 April-15 pp. 27-31
The Governing Body members have a LOT of power and live in luxury. They are married, have two maids within the "Bethel" facility. They get free healthcare, free personal vehicle, free meals with anything they desire to eat. They also travel worldwide on vacation for free. To put it all in a nutshell, they dont have to worry about anything that a normal person would need to worry about in life. All of their expenses are paid for.
What would cause a Governing Body Member to leave and abandon their life of luxury and power? You may think it's not possible, but one Governing Body member did leave his life of luxury and power. His name was Raymond Franz. He wrote the book titled "Crisis of Conscience".
Raymond Franz left the organization at the age of 58! He could've stayed in the organization and kept pretending until he died. He had practically sacrificed his entire life for "the truth". Yet... this is what he wrote in his book Crisis of Conscience, p. 273:
"I had spent nearly forty years as a full time representative, serving at every level of the organizational structure. The last fifteen years I had spent at the international headquarters, and the final nine of those as a member of the worldwide Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. It was those final years that were the crucial period for me. Illusions there met up with reality. I have since come to appreciate the rightness of a quotation I recently read, one made by a statesman, now dead, who said: "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." I now began to realize how large a measure of what I had based my entire adult life course on was just that, a myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic."
Imagine a Governing Body member who spent nearly 40 years of his life serving in every level of the organizational structure, calling "the truth" as a "myth"? There must have been something extremely wrong with what he found out that he called "the truth" a myth. He was not crazy and was not trying to draw away people after himself as the watchtower accuses the apostates of doing. Instead, he wrote 2 books. One called "Crisis of Conscience" and "In Search of Christian Freedom".
If you are a Jehovah's Witness reading this..... and actually dare to read the preceeding paragraphs, your JW.ORG -life will change forever. Do you dare seek the real truth? If yes, read on.
What would cause a Jehovah's Witness to open their eyes and leave their faith? The discovery of inconsistencies and lies within their own publications! Imagine if you find out that things you have been believing all your life, were all lies, what would you do? How would you feel?
When I woke up...at
first, I felt confused... My reaction was utter shock and disbelief! I simply couldn't believe all the things I was finding out. How could the "faithful and discreet slave" be making all the JW's put faith in them based on one ambiguous verse? I realized that I had been blindly putting faith in an
organization without checking any facts, their history or even the Bible! What were the things I found out? Here's a list of a few
things.
facts:
- Charles Taze Russell predicted that the world would end in 1874 then in 1914.
- The society states that the Faithful and Discreet slave is the Governing Body oF jehovah's Witnessses. In Watchtower of 2013, July 15, Page 21-22 paragraph 10, they state: " In recent decades, that slave has been closely identified with the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses". In Paragraph 12, they state: "In 1919, a time of spiritual revival, Jesus selected capable anointed brothers from among them to be the faithful and discreet slave and appointed them over his domestics". In Reality, in 1919, there was only one man who was considered as the Faithful and Discreet slave: Judge Joseph Rutherford. Later came Federick Franz, and then Nathan Knorr, both of whom were the sole Faithful and Discreet Slave. According to the book "Crisis of Conscience" by Raymond Franz, the Governing Body began operating in 1975. The theory of Jesus selecting the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, or the "anointed brothers from the small band of witnesses" is a bit contradictory. Take this for instance, today, can a Jehovah's Witness practice the following: smoking, drinking, worshiping Jesus, celebrate birthdays and celebrate Christmas? Any Jehovah's Witness who even starts practicing such things will be warned, and then disfellowshipped. Even in 1926 the leaders of the Jehovah Witnesses and their followrs were all celebrating birthdays, Christmas and Easter. They worshipped Jesus and did not disfellowship anyone for smoking. The name Jehovah's Witnesses was actually adopted in the year 1931 by their leader Jude Rutherford. - Proofs to come soon!.
- Judge Joseph Rutherford predicted that the end would come in 1925 (Based on "Millions now living will never die")
- In 1929, Judge Joseph Rutherford built a 10-bedroom mansion in San Diego, California called "Beth Sarim", meaning "House of Princes"
in hebrew. This house was built for the "ancient worthies" such as
Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Moses, etc. The JW library still has references
to "Beth Sarim", but never actually show any articles related to it.
But, if you are really curious about Beth Sarim, you can look for it on
Google, and you'll find it all over the internet. You can find it in the following book: Published in 1993 by the Jehovah's Witnesses called "Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom" Page 76.
- The end was also predicted in 1975 by the WTBTS (althought they say it was some mistaken leaders within their organization, the real truth is, The WTBTS printed several Watchtower and Awake articles reiterating that 1975 was going to mark the beginning of the new order or, the end ofbthe world as we know it. The Watchtower of December 15, 1974 stated: "And now, as the year 1975 opens up, some thousands of the anointed remnant, still alive on this earth, look ahead to realizing that joyful prospect. The increasing "great crowd" of their sheeplike companions look forward with them to entering the New Order without interruption of life. In the New Order Jehovah God will add to the "length of days" of the anointed remnant on earth to the point of satisfying the members thereof. It remains to be seen whether they will be yet retained here on earth to see the start of the resurrection of the earthly dead and to meet faithful witnesses of ancient, pre-Christian times. They would enjoy that, before being taken off the earthly scene to the heavenly reward with Christ." Watchtower 1974 Dec 15 p.766 )
- The WTBTS was a MEMBER of the United Nations from 1992 to 2001. Read this news: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/oct/08/religion.world You cannot dismiss any news saying that all the News Media is against true religion. A lot of Jehovah's Witnesses happily choose to accept compliments towards their religion from the media, and reject all negative or critical statements. In that case, you cannot trust any news at all! You cannot have double standards... or you'll never find the truth.
- The WTBTS used to receive donations from meetings and assemblies, then loan them out to congregations for mortgage and remodeling, that the congregations had to payback to the WTBTS. Now, EVERY CONGREGATION is REQUIRED to make a "donation" to the society in an amount equal to, or greater than their past mortgage payment (they dont have to pay mortgage anymore, but they must send in monthly payments). The Watchtower is always begging people for money. They reduced the size of their magazines and tracts. They made all of their books and Bibles from hard-cover to paper-backs. But they just received over US$1 billion for sales of their buildings in Brooklyn, NYC. They will continue to sell all of their buildings all throughout Brooklyn, NYC and move to Warwick, NY. What will they do with all that money? What are they doing with all that money they already have? As of 2001, they already had an income of $1 billion per year. Imagine their income now... 13 years later! You find this hard to believe.... but just look at this news report: http://www.watchtowernews.org/Top40NYCcorps.htm
- Elders use a manual called "shepherding the flock" - which is kept as TOP SECRET from the publishers. If you ask an elder, they'll deny that the book even exists. But you can find copies of this book all over the internet. But this is the real truth. If one day you have a chance, glance inside an elders briefcase, or bag, and you'll see the soft-covered yellow book with the illustration of a shepherd on it.
- Cases of pedophilia are withheld from the authorities, and elders DO
NOT cooperate with the authorities when the pedophile is a member of
the congregation, especially an elder. They also require 2 eye-witnesses
for the child to prove that he/she was abused sexually (which is
impossible in a child-sex abuse case, and the authorities are WAY better
equipped to discover sexual abuse). Please see the attached link of
DailyMail from the UK http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2365992/Gordon-Leighton-child-abuse-trial-orders-Jehovahs-Witness-leaders-evidence.html#ixzz2ZEmKwdUgThe Journal UK: http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/washington-jehovahs-witness-church-tried-5105919
There are several other cases where the elders either don't report the case, or, they simply dont cooperate, Example: The Candace Conti case is one of the many cases. The elders usually give a warning talk about people who are fornicators, adulterers, apostates, bad association. But you NEVER hear them give a talk about pedophiles.
- The Watchtower says that the media is ALWAYS reporting falsely about them. In fact, JW's believe all news-stories, except the ones that speak negatively of the WTBTS. They say "we are living in Satan's world". If you cannot believe any of the bad news related to the WTBTS, you cannot believe any story at all!
Doctrines
- Jesus is NOT the mediator of Jehovah's Witnesses. He is ONLY the Mediator for the 144,000 Read the following from the Watchtower of 2008 December 15, Page 12-13, Titled:
11 Read 1 Timothy 2:5, 6. Jesus is the “one mediator between God and men.” He is “the mediator of a new covenant.” (Heb. 9:15; 12:24) However, Moses is also spoken of as a mediator—the mediator of the Law covenant. (Gal. 3:19) How, then, is Jesus’ role as Mediator unique?
12 The original-language word translated “mediator” is a legal term. It refers to Jesus as a legal Mediator (or, in a sense, an attorney) of the new covenant that made possible the birth of a new nation, “the Israel of God.” (Gal. 6:16) This nation is composed of spirit-anointed Christians, who form a heavenly “royal priesthood.” (1 Pet. 2:9; Ex. 19:6) The Law covenant, with Moses as mediator, was not able to produce a nation like that.
13 What does Jesus’ role as Mediator involve? Well, Jehovah applies the value of Jesus’ blood to those being brought into the new covenant. In this way, Jehovah legally credits them with righteousness. (Rom. 3:24; Heb. 9:15) God can then take them into the new covenant with the prospect of their becoming heavenly king-priests! As their Mediator, Jesus assists them in maintaining a clean standing before God.—Heb. 2:16.
MY WORDS: The spirited anointed christians, new nation, and the Israel of God - ALL REFER TO 144,000 Spirit Anointed Jehovah's Witnesses. One interesting thing to remember.... Pastor Charles Taze Russell who started the International Bible Students Association originally worshipped only Jesus, and used the cross and crown symbol on the Watchtower Magazines. He also celebrated Christmas. Smoking was allowed at that point along with blood transfusions. Would he be included in that 144,000 spirit anointed christians? If Charles Taze Russell was resurrected and went to Bethel of NYC today, would he be allowed to be the president and the sole Faithful and Discreet Slave like he once was? The same applies to Judge Joseph Rutherford, and the other thousands of anointed witnesses of that time.... If they were resurrected, would they be allowed back into the organization? They were anointed, but would the society let them reintegrate themselves to the organization? The answer is a 100% NO! They would be forced to study the Bible Teach Book, and then be baptized in the name of the organization. Then, they would have to wait for years before applying for Bethel service - If they wanted to work there. Do you see the point? The light has changed so many times that it is VERY different from what the light used to be back in the 1900-1950. The spiritual light is not any brighter now. Did Jesus ever change his standards or principles?
Let's examine the TRUTH.....
This part scares many, but IT HAS TO BE DONE...... If you dont examine the truth, you'll never know if it's the truth. Imagine if you find a diamond in the street..... you believe it's diamond, but never actually bother verifying, but you set it aside for when you need money..... Then a day comes when you are in big trouble and need money, you go to a jeweler and try selling the diamond for a lot of money. They examine it and then tell you.... it is only a cubic zirconium. You go to another jeweler, and they tell you the same. You wish you had checked the diamond before you got into trouble. The same needs to be done with "The Truth", before you waste your whole life in something that could simply be a myth.
Can Truth change? Imagine this..... you have a father and a mother. You know their names and you know who they are. Now imagine if after you are 18, your mom tells you that your dad is not your real dad. That means that you had been living a lie for 18 years! Your dad is not your real dad! The light became brighter and you now dont have the biologocal dad you once thought you had.... It means that what you once believed was a lie, and the truth you once believed now changed forever. Can the truth change? Yes, it can, IF what you believed originally was a lie!
Now if you were anointed and after several years of believing that you were a part of the faithful and discreet slave, you were suddenly told that the anointed are not a part of the faithful and discreet slave (Annual meeting of 2012 - Watchtower article of 2013, July 15). What would you do? Would you simply accept that as your new truth? Now imagine the Generation that wasn't supposed to pass away until the end came (Although most traces of this old teaching has been erased from most of the publications, see the Watchtower magazine of 2010, April 15, Page 11, paragraph 13 and 14) .... We are in 2016, and the anointed born in 1914 and the other anointec who knew them are all dead.... waiting for the end. The Generation teaching was changed once they realized that all the anointed from 1914 were dying off. Now the WTBTS sas that "this generation" was referring to an overlapping generation (huh???). How many times will the light get brighter? Will you keep changing your beliefs? Did the light get brighter for Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Moses, Jeremiah, and all the Biblical prophets, and Jesus?
MY WORDS: The spirited anointed christians, new nation, and the Israel of God - ALL REFER TO 144,000 Spirit Anointed Jehovah's Witnesses. One interesting thing to remember.... Pastor Charles Taze Russell who started the International Bible Students Association originally worshipped only Jesus, and used the cross and crown symbol on the Watchtower Magazines. He also celebrated Christmas. Smoking was allowed at that point along with blood transfusions. Would he be included in that 144,000 spirit anointed christians? If Charles Taze Russell was resurrected and went to Bethel of NYC today, would he be allowed to be the president and the sole Faithful and Discreet Slave like he once was? The same applies to Judge Joseph Rutherford, and the other thousands of anointed witnesses of that time.... If they were resurrected, would they be allowed back into the organization? They were anointed, but would the society let them reintegrate themselves to the organization? The answer is a 100% NO! They would be forced to study the Bible Teach Book, and then be baptized in the name of the organization. Then, they would have to wait for years before applying for Bethel service - If they wanted to work there. Do you see the point? The light has changed so many times that it is VERY different from what the light used to be back in the 1900-1950. The spiritual light is not any brighter now. Did Jesus ever change his standards or principles?
Let's examine the TRUTH.....
This part scares many, but IT HAS TO BE DONE...... If you dont examine the truth, you'll never know if it's the truth. Imagine if you find a diamond in the street..... you believe it's diamond, but never actually bother verifying, but you set it aside for when you need money..... Then a day comes when you are in big trouble and need money, you go to a jeweler and try selling the diamond for a lot of money. They examine it and then tell you.... it is only a cubic zirconium. You go to another jeweler, and they tell you the same. You wish you had checked the diamond before you got into trouble. The same needs to be done with "The Truth", before you waste your whole life in something that could simply be a myth.
Can Truth change? Imagine this..... you have a father and a mother. You know their names and you know who they are. Now imagine if after you are 18, your mom tells you that your dad is not your real dad. That means that you had been living a lie for 18 years! Your dad is not your real dad! The light became brighter and you now dont have the biologocal dad you once thought you had.... It means that what you once believed was a lie, and the truth you once believed now changed forever. Can the truth change? Yes, it can, IF what you believed originally was a lie!
Now if you were anointed and after several years of believing that you were a part of the faithful and discreet slave, you were suddenly told that the anointed are not a part of the faithful and discreet slave (Annual meeting of 2012 - Watchtower article of 2013, July 15). What would you do? Would you simply accept that as your new truth? Now imagine the Generation that wasn't supposed to pass away until the end came (Although most traces of this old teaching has been erased from most of the publications, see the Watchtower magazine of 2010, April 15, Page 11, paragraph 13 and 14) .... We are in 2016, and the anointed born in 1914 and the other anointec who knew them are all dead.... waiting for the end. The Generation teaching was changed once they realized that all the anointed from 1914 were dying off. Now the WTBTS sas that "this generation" was referring to an overlapping generation (huh???). How many times will the light get brighter? Will you keep changing your beliefs? Did the light get brighter for Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Moses, Jeremiah, and all the Biblical prophets, and Jesus?
If you discover the truth about the truth, the question comes up.... "Who shall we go away to?" Well, FIRST, you need to find out if the belief system you have now is faulty or not. Imagine if you are driving, and you feel like you are going the wrong way because you missed the exit. Continuing on the same highway will get you even farther from your destination. My goal is to show you that the truth is not what it seems to be... the truth is a myth, just as I found it to be! The person who stated "who shall we go away to" in the Bible was Peter. He was talking to Jesus when he said that and added "you have sayings of everlasting life". Peter was NOT referring to an organization, he was referring to Jesus. It is a very hard concept to embrace..... to realize that you once believed in the organization blindly, but now you need another place that you can go to.... and there's no other place, really! Just go to your room, think things in great details. Think about all the changes you had to make in your life to stay in what you thought was the truth. Then, think about this.... do you want to conform your life to the standards of another religion? My wife and I tried that.... and we soon realized, if it was so easy for the Watchtower to make a fool out of us, it's probably a lot likely that any religion could make a fool out of us. We did a lot of research.... and now we are in between Agnostic and Atheism. But, each person has to walk their own path. Agnostics and Atheism may not be the right path for you. Analyze everything, and let your heart guide you, not an organization. Whatever path you choose..... just make sure you know every detail about the next religion/belief you are going to throw yourself into. DO LOTS OF SECULAR RESEARCH!
