# DAY OF JUDGEMENT

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Posted by Duncan [Duncan] on October 29, 1999 at 15:51:32 {CAtoZJLIp2Vi6mFn.y3s4uXMiiHhZQ}:

Dear All,

A couple of posts in the last few days have touched upon one of the ugliest teachings of the WBTS: the any-day-now slaughter of billions around the world as a punishment for their failure to listen, and specifically them pesky apostates..

Shorty on 29/10/99: “…THEY HAVE THEIR MIND SET ON DOUBT. WHEN JEHOVAH DOES BRING HIS DAY OF JUDGMENT. THEN AND ONLY THEN ARE THEY GOING TO UNDERSTAND…”

David on 28/10/99: “...These want to do the will of thier father Satan... Many of them knew the truth at one time and were convinced to believe a lie... These are the ones that will be beating thier breast and nashing thier teeth…”

Now, just for the sake of argument, let’s SAY that this is all true. Hey! the Watchtower WAS right all along, these really ARE the last days, and Armageddon REALLY DOES come along to get us. …oops!

All of us “apostates” gonna be feeling pretty silly, huh? A good deal of gnashing and wailing and repenting, right?

Well - actually, No! Listen all you faithful JW lurkers, listen to this: EVEN IF it turns out to be true – NO! No gnashing, no repenting no wailing, not from me.

Like most folks here, I have had my time as a faithful JW: - 20 years of it, raised in it , pioneering,, the full works. Leaving took years. When I “fell away” there wasn’t any internet to accelerate the process, it all took agonising years, where I could increasingly see the nonsensical nature of much of the teaching, but did not trust myself to believe my own thoughts. I was surely “wicked and prideful”, I needed to “adjust my thinking”, be more “humble and teachable” , and still those voices of reason in my head.

Did I give the Watchtower a fair hearing in my life? You can bet , I gave them every benefit of every doubt, time and again, and still I ended up as a walkaway. It was inevitable. An imperfect, man-made, make-it-up-as-you-go-along religion just cannot stand when confronted with real truth and reason.

My point is this: I genuinely and sincerely do not believe I “fell away” because I was particularly wicked or sinful. (Don’t misunderstand, I’m just as sinful as the next guy in any ordinary everyday sense) – but I’m satisfied that I was not particularly stubborn or stiff-necked or hard hearted in my rejection of WTS theology. I am a reasonable, averagely intelligent guy – and my conscience is clear that I made a defensible, principled decision. (My folks and some family are still in, btw)

So, to get back to my original point – just say this whole ludicrous concoction actually does turn out to be the ACTUAL TRUTH, and I’m called to account, I’m going to say:

“Great God, you’re seriously telling me that those men in Brooklyn, who made a monkey out of you time and again, who –among informed intelligent people, at least - REDUCED YOU TO A LAUGHINGSTOCK! – these really were your people?? Despite every indication to the contrary?? - And this is a FAIR TEST??

Well… Great trick, I have to admit – now do your worst!”

I won’t be grovelling or gnashing, If this is how his perfect justice works, I want no part. If I get face-to-face with the Avenging Angel of the Lord – or whatever – and he demands my life – and that of my adored wife and children - I’ll be standing up .

And I’ll spit in his face.

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