There is a hidden agenda luring you in under false pretences. This is what you don't know until after it's too late:
The only things that are important are:
1- Selling* watchtower literature
2- Recruiting people to sell watchtower literature.
3- No legitimate way of leaving
Newcomers are impressed by an apparent 'love' shown by the congregation (which is a front) and seldom notice a gradual creeping indoctrination process being used on them.
Full exploitation is made of the human need to 'belong' and newcomers are often drawn in because they are at some crisis or state of uncertainty in their life and looking for answers. An incremental exposure takes place to a belief structure which is carefully executed, using highly refined psychological processes developed during the 20th century.
The beliefs include: jesus christ is the angel michael and not the son of god, and that from heaven, in the 1870's this christ had 'silently returned' and specially selected out of the entire world, only a Pennsylvania USA-based evangelical preacher Pastor Russell as the official true religion, rejecting every other as being possessed by the devil. They believe that all other churches, mosques, synagogues etc., are inhabited by demons. They believe that birthdays, christmas celebrations etc, voting, actively participating in organisations outside of their church, these are all evil, and often viewed as devil worship.
Followers honestly believe they are following christ, but in reality they are actually following specially-constructed interpretations of mis-applied bible verses, primarily to motivate the faithful believers into building a pyramid scheme with 2007 net assets believed to be worth $1.8 billion. Regular recruitment and literature placement activity reports have to be filled out and there is annual minimum number of hours requirement which is checked and enforced by sheperding.
Kids brought up in the environment regularly have nightmares about demons and are terrified of attending other places of worship, have anxiety attacks when within old 'heritage' buildings, when near religious artifacts or in their class receiving religious tuition. Some have a fear of learning history, cultural heritage, because they have a subconcious fear of getting an attachment to a world which may be destroyed by their god, so they have a subconcious desire to separate themselves from the rest of the world. People young and old with watchtower mentality are afraid to learn history, join in with humanity and enjoy the arts for this reason.
The 'watchtower mentality' makes no compromises, a rigid authoritarian environment, the smiling faces seen in their church are just a front maintained to project a brand image while they are suffering inside and cringe when they are complemented on how 'happy' they appear to be. Families are torn apart by all cults and this is no excepion, in a JW divorce a well-honed 'child custody' legal process has been developed which punishes non-believing parents by inciting the children to tell 'lies for god', because they don't want to lose thier 'hope', and cannot bear even the thought of 'everlasting life' of parents separated from children.
Like any other consumer product, check it out first, don't go with the flow and get incrementally hypnotised into following the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
*by 'selling' is meant: not refusing a 'donation' (typically 1 UK pound). Other sources of income is wills and estates (presumably it increases the 'hope level' by making out some or all of estate in a will). 2007 estimated net assets $1.8 billion
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