Effective immediately, the category “Watchtower Commentor” will be discontinued on this site. A new site has been launched with the sole purpose of publishing all future review articles of publications and broadcasts emanating from JW.org.
Take me to the new site!
Personally im not so sure about putting personal beliefs down as absolutes . Its a shame that as soon as someone says for example i do / do not believe lets say the trinity . Then immeadiately minds start to close , looking back now theres very much i could have learned from trinitarians but could never move on from our differences on this subject . Sometimes i think its better just to read the bible and form our own opinions . It can be divisive if we are not careful .
Thanks for keeping this website available for future reference!
Meleti,
Will you soon be posting your concrete beliefs?
This is vital for lurkers who are searching.
Joshua
What are your referring to?
Hi, I think it would be beneficial for first time lurkers to see a short list of beliefs which are shared by most taking the lead here. When I first started my walk outside the Watchtower I appreciated it when sites on religion or religious doctrine posted a brief list of their beliefs. This prompted me to look further into their writings if I generally agreed or to move on if I did not. I viewed it as an invitation to people of like minds or a courtesy to those who were not. It’s not that important, just a suggestion.… Read more »
Dear Meleti,
There are so many grieving confused individuals out there who no longer know who they are or what they believe in … or, who to trust ….. This ‘walking away’ from all you have believed in and lived by is extremely painful and disturbing ….. Indeed a grieving process that you cannot share with those who have no understanding of the WT ‘institution’ quote from Karen.
She explained the reason why it would be wonderful to have such a list where Joshua speaks of.
Love to all of you
Willy.
Thanks Willy and Joshua.
I understand now. I’ll work on putting it together for all sites.
Hi Meleti and everyone I think that this is a great move. Although everything is under one website on here, but I would often think about your other articles that don’t discuss WT studies and feel that it is a shame that something that could be positively discussed that could be spiritually upbuilding, capable of taking us down a road that helps to increase ourselves and discussing Bible principles and Scripture – while, at the same time, tempered a little bit by discussing something else. Good for you Meleti. And I like the photo of the trees on the new… Read more »
Hi Brenda,
I will soon be replacing the “What’s New” button with a button that will list all the sites and provide hyperlinks to each.
No anonymous commenting Meleti? 🙁
Yes, you can still be anonymous, but your anonymity will have to be unique. 🙂
Will we need to subscribe to the new site to get updates? Thanks
Yes, each web site will have its own subscriptions. I would recommend you register instead of subscribe if you want to make comments. Click here to do that. The reason is that each site is independent of the others.
Thank you Meleti for sharing your personal story with those of us who are only recently leaving the WT …. Reading your story for me, makes you more personable ….. I look forward to the new site …. Again thank you and all those who join with you in writing for this site….. Thank you all for your zeal and tireless efforts in reaching out to others …. There are so many grieving confused individuals out there who no longer know who they are or what they believe in … or, who to trust ….. This ‘walking away’ from all… Read more »
Karen,
Thank you for putting into words how I and for certain a lot of others feel.
We will overcome those overwhelming feelings in due time and a lot of prayers to our Heavenly Father everyone’s situation is different, but what us bind is the love Jehovah showed through his Son Jesus, our Lord.
Love
Willy
Thank you Willy for your words of encouragement, it is greatly appreciated. I am still reading brother Franz’s book ‘Crisis of Conscience’ I am finding it difficult to concentrate on any thing else, his story so overwhelms my every thought. Had I had access to this and other ‘truthful’ information regarding the WT organisation, I do not believe I would have put my young family through such a rigid an unnatural way of life…. We have indeed endured much anguish at the hands of the WT.. Brother Franz wrote (page 396) “Traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can… Read more »
Meleti, I have registered as you recommended, but I have not received an email confirmation with my password. When I tried to register again it says I am already registered. Is there a delay on registration?
The email goes out automatically. I’ve checked and you’re definitely registered. It may be that the email went into your Spam or Junk Mail folder. However, you should have no problem commenting on the new site. If you do, please let me know.
Meleti
Thank you… I have it now 🙂