Horus,

First things first:
It truly depends upon the artist rendition of what a particular prophet, god or gods, Christ, Angels, etc. looks like. See, the issue in the world today is that we as individuals ALLOW an infiltration of negative thinking and negative substitution to evade our movement. If you are a Christian who follows the bible as it is written, it becomes clear to you that the characters in the bible were of varied backgrounds and races. However, to have race and color be the focus of ones learning and decisions is truly pointless and detracts from Christian biblical thinking. Even though I understand the point you are attempting to make, it's a miniature point on the enormous scale of the question of religious teaching, in this case Jehovah's Witnesses.

LuckyCO,

Very good points and I agree with what you intend. Just a refresher, I am no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses and I do not condone their teachings. Their history has shown many things that encouraged me to study further, thus leaving. One point that you made here is that, at one time, Jehovah's Witnesses (at that time called Bible Students) preached an aggresive message that all religion is 'evil' (A snare and a racket). Yet, do not most extremist Christian groups do that? Born Again Christians, Mormons, even some sects of Judaism?? History truly shows this to be true.

Hello all! I've read just about every post on this subject. It is interesting that the majority of the posts that I have read have been pretty limited in the knowledge of Jehovah's Witnesses (including the ones posted by those of you that are currently studying).  I was born and raised as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I was baptized at the age of 13. Many things came to the fore that lead to my decision to leave (disassociate myself) when I was 23 years old. I was married and had one child at the time.

Now that there is someone on this forum that truly LIVED the life as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, let's get the facts cleared up about many of the misconceptions that I have read on this forum.

On of the FIRST things I must clear up, even though I have left and disagree with most of the teachings of the Wathchtower Bible and Tract Society, is this strange idea from a certain poster here that the majority of Jehovah's Witnesses are white. This is the most rediculous and non-important claim that I have ever heard.  I am caucasion myself, however the congregations that I was a part of were a majority of black desent. I have traveled all over the US. to over 500 conventions over time and have not seen that the majority are of any specific race. Not only that, it's pointless to make being one of Jehovah's Witnesses a racial 'thing'.

Now that this is out of the way. Bring on the questions! I walked the walk and talked the talk! I was a Ministerial Servant and Full Time Pioneer (minister), my father was an elder, and I was a major interpreter for the deaf used by the Society at the assemblies and conventions.

Now let's begin the real discussion.

Lou Everett