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Nice read.
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Dear Jehovah’s Witnesses,
I used to be one of you. I was raised from birth to believe everything you taught. I knew nothing else. No matter how often the teachings changed, or were refined/revised/etc. I never questioned any of it, because I was assured it was the truth.
And honestly, when I think back to all the meetings and in-home book studies and get-togethers, I can’t help but smile. I remember my first talk at 8 years old. I remember my baptism at 14. I remember being appointed as a Ministerial Servant at 20. And I remember in great detail giving the #2 talk at a Circuit Assembly in Paducah, Kentucky.
I remember these things because they were milestones in my life as a Jehovah’s Witness. At least those were the positive milestones.
The negative ones were moments where I questioned what was going on, even if it was just for a few seconds. Things like the reductions in how many meetings there were each week and how many magazines were being printed. Or how much content there was in the magazines.
I’ve watched things you’ve put out on JW Broadcasting, and there was one particular video that got me going down this road. The infamous “Bunker Video”. Where a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses are gathered together in a basement as the Great Tribulation is happening and the government is looking for Jehovah’s Witnesses.
It was watching this video that made me realize something. I didn’t leave you because I had a problem with what you promised me. I would absolutely love to believe that this screwed up world is about to undergo positive changes. I would love to live in a world where all my needs, wants, and desires are met in abundance. And most of all, the idea of being reunited with dead loves, especially the father I never knew? Well, that’s a huge selling point for what you’re offering.
I never left you because of what you taught or what you offered. I left because you can’t deliver on it. You never could, and you never will.
And for that, I am truly sad. Because petting pandas sounds pretty cool.
Sincerely,
Nigel Rice aka TedTheTrout
Reasons We Left The Watchtower 
Printed magazines figures:-
Slow decrease in the last 9 years. In 2008 they went from 4 magazines a month or a 128 pages to 3 public magazines/ month and one private.
In 2010, print only one 32 page Awake /month.
In 2013, just two 16 page magazines/month.
In 2016, 6 watchtowers and 6 awakes a year, at 16 pages each.
From 2018, print 3 WT and 3 awakes a year.