That's awesome, and I love the JW people.

But, His requirements and the watchtower's requirements are not the same thing.

The watchtowers requirements were burdensome, oppressive, and difficult to put it mildly.

Walk lock, stock and barrel like a stepford wife, and you'll be ok. But dare to question or step out of line and BAM! You're called out on the red carpet.

Not to mention that the doctrine is seriously screwed up.

Here is just a bit of the doctrine that I believe is 100% wrong.......and I just woke up, this is just a few..

1. No heaven or hell
2. No rapture
3. 1914
4. The JW's are the locusts of revelation
5. No blood transfusions
6. Difellowshipping
7. Jesus is michael the archangel
8. Keeping track of field service hours and seperating people into groups according to how many hours they put in
9. No trinity
10. No gifts of the spirit
11. Only JW's are real christians and all other christians are false
12. Spending all their money to build elaborate buildings, but do nothing to help their own poor and struggling members

I could sit here all morning and go on and on, but there is no point. I've done my homework, and like I said.......I was there. I saw the dirt that goes on inside the walls that nobody wants to talk about.

Granted, nobody is perfect, I get that. But, when you base your faith, salvation, and every aspect of your life and spirituality around a group of MEN, you're going to have serious problems.

Jesus told us to follow Him, not a group of old men in NY.

Again, I'm not bashing the JW's........I love them and consider them my brothers and sisters. The only problem is that they consider themselves above all other believers in this world and they aren't afraid to say it. There is so much wrong with the WT, that we could discuss it for months.

The poster from the UK wanted to talk about how moral the JW's are. Ok....well, I attended 2 kingdom halls in my 7 years as a JW. In the first one, there were serious alligations of sexual child abuse involving atleast one of the elders. In the second kingdom hall I attended, one of the married elders was having an affair with a close friend of mine. He ended up leaving his wife and kids and moved in with her. Another JW friend of mine had sex with a teenage boy and got pregnant. All the teenage girls had eating disorders and were just all messed up.

My best friend left the organization and her entire family has not spoken to her or her children since. That was about 15 years ago. Her own mother and father won't even speak to her or her kids. The amount of damage that has done to that family is beyond comprehension. They are all atheists now because of the cruelty they experienced. Such a pity, you have no idea.

I saw a single mother of 5 kids living in squalor, nobody helped or even cared to ask. She was a JW sister and that congregation was pretty wealthy.

Many people have died because the WT says they can't accept a blood transfusion. Many people have killed themselves because a group of men decided that the person should be kicked out and loose all of their family, friends and lives.

Many live in poverty and struggle because going to college is frowned upon.

So, please......don't go on here and act like JW's are perfect people and the only real christians on earth and all that cause that simply is a lie. They are no different then any other group of christians out there......and they have their flaws too, and pretty big ones at that.

Frankly, I don't care enough to spend anymore more time on this post. All it does is bring back some bad memories and remind me of the incredible hurt that the WT has caused some people that I loved very much. I have some good memories of being a JW, but also some bad ones. They are not perfect.

I'd rather spend the majority of my time here spreading the Love of Jesus with unbelievers.........like I've been doing here almost daily for the last 3 years.....all by myself, nobody keeping track of my hours, just me and Jesus, as it should be because our salvation is about faith, love and grace between us and the Lord and no man.

Have a good one.