Posted by Tantalus [Tantalus] on November 17, 1999 at 13:45:00 {xx2d.1sWpQ5mhrmu9.YkAJToxO4pJo}:
In Reply to: Would You Still be a JW.. posted by Antique on November 17, 1999 at 04:51:29:
Hi Antique,
While I stopped attending a long time ago on my own over my own doubts, I still thought the Witnesses were right about more things than any other religion. I didn't vote, pledge allegiance, or do celebrate holidays. Then I went by a cousins who was on the net. He told me about H20 where he had found out about Franz's book and ordered it. I still wasn't that interested until he told me about the view that Christ wasn't the mediator for anyone but the 144,000 that lit my fire. I didn't believe it. He showed me the artticle (which he had learned about on the net) and then bought me a copy of Crisis of Conscience. At that point I bought a computer to get to read at H20. So the net definitely helped me to really divorce the organization. It helped my cousin. I have helped others. I too have shared the book, and reccomended h20 as well as other sites like Ros's and Snowball's and Randy Watters. I wish this site had been up and the net was going when I first stopped over the dates and Russell and the 7000 yr. day. I might still have a daughter that would speak to me. I am grateful for this place and for the people who occupy and especially to Rick for cranking it up and keeping it going. Thanks!
Tantalus