There’s a persuasion principle in sales that says, “People buy based on emotion and justify with logic!!”

Did you buy into the JW’s based on emotion and justify with logic? I know I did.

I fell in love with them first (emotion).

• So kind.
• So warm.
• So family.

Then, I studied (logic) to prove them right, not wrong.

So, what helped me see the JWs accurately?

• Just that – a S.ignificant E.motional E.vent!
• Often, it takes a S.E.E. to help a JW awake to the whole truth about their organization and God’s word.
• A significant emotional event is when your emotions know that something ain't right (i.e. shunning family/friends, etc). You wake-up and begin searching for new facts to support your new feelings.

How about you?

What S.E.E. prompted you to become a JW, then depart?

I wish I would have asked for a History study, before agreeing to a Bible study with the JWs. Why?

Well, Don Cameron, author of Captives of a Concept (Anatomy of an Illusion) says it best:

“Before considering their offer of a free Bible study one should ask for a history study first in order to find out if this is in fact the organization that Jesus appointed to teach the Bible to the rest of mankind. But those who do a history study first don’t ask for a Bible Study later. And Witnesses who do a history study later (after they were baptized) realize that they should have done it before they were baptized. ”

Do you agree? I do.

Hi, my name is Daniel. This is my 1^st blog.

I was an un-baptized publisher in Cincinnati in the late 90’s. I found the Jehovah’s Witnesses to be beautiful people. They were so loving and helpful. Their hunger for biblical truth seemed un-paralleled. So, why didn’t I get baptized?

I believed 88% of what I was taught by the Witnesses. But, there was another 12% I wasn’t so sure about. One of the major matters that fell into that 12% was the belief that there were two classes of Christians:

One class, the anointed class (144,000) had a heavenly hope.

The other class, the great crowd, had an earthly hope (live forever in earthly paradise).

I didn’t understand the basis for this belief. So, I didn’t get baptized.

The basis for their belief is succinctly provided in Questions Readers Ask/Watchtower of April 1, 1979. It explains that the Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Christ is the Mediator (Savior) only for the Anointed Class. And only through association with the Anointed Class, the Great Crowd has access to the benefits of Christ’s Death.

Did you know that this is what you were preaching when you were a JW?

Do you think most JW’s understand the basis for this belief?

In 1997, I began studying the bible with the Jehovah's Witnesses. I wanted to grow closer to God. I wanted to learn, teach and apply God's word. Initially, I was very impressed with the Jehovah's Witnesses. They're kind, studious and family-oriented.

In 1999, I became an un-baptized publisher and started to participate in their field ministry. I began to more rigorously research their doctrine like 1914, the 144,000 anointed, the blood issue, and Christ not the mediator for the great crowd, etc.