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Summary: Truth is not greeted with open arms by those with dirtyhands
Review: With this opening statement I will state that those who oppose this book obviously are either embarrassed by its TRUTH or their own heart condition is wicked. Raymond Franz wrote this book because so many people kept asking him about his story. He finally put it in a book. This book does not glorify him or makes excuses for him. He simply tells the truth and as a famous movie quote once said which I apply to the JW's, "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH" The JW's can dig up all the dirt on all other religions but when the finger pointing shows more fingers pointing towards them by way of their own corruption they cry foul. To bad. This book will unwind any good hearted person who through no fault of their own have been fooled by this the evil organization. This book is a MUST read for any JW who is having second thoughts about the JW's. After reading this book you will have a stronger love that there is a God who cares about those who seek truth. Its a shame that so many false rumors have been spread about this fine Christian man and the Watchtower organization does nothing to stop this gossip. Read this book and get the facts.Oh, and by the way, those who are giving negative comments about this book who may happen to STILL be JW's are NOT supposed to read this book. Apparently they aren't loyal JW's. If they tell anyone in the JW's about reading this book they could be disfellowshipped. If they are, then maybe, like Raymond Franz, they could write their own book about their experiences in the JW organization about their own CRISIS of CONSCIENCE because those in the JW organization who read this book and still stay in it obviously have no conscience to have a crisis over.
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Summary: Very Interesting, but left confused
Review: I could not put this book down when I started reading it. I am an inactive JW, but I was sitting in the Kingdom Hall when the announcement was made that Raymond Franz was disfellowshipped. I was devastated. So I was so glad to get the opportunity to read his book. I only wished I would have read it sooner. The feeling I got from the things he wrote is that he never questions the truth, but the way that it was delivered. The judgemental attitude of these imperfect men.
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Summary: A revelation of self-discovery
Review: In this excellent book, Ray Franz hasshown how deftly one is robbed of theirpersonhood by becoming a Jehovah's Witness. In a slow but methodical mannerthrough home visits, Bible study and meeting attendance, one's self becomes denuded and sacrificed to the Watchtower organization. Little wonder that when one leaves one is somewhat in a daze and must start again from scratch on the road of self-recovery. Ray Franz' bookprovides a wonderful place to begin that process as one follows his journey toself-trust and recovery. In abandoning themselves Jehovah's Witnesses have become seriously ingenuous and masterful in pretending to be something that in truth, they are not. Actors on a stagewhose mask is about to fall off.Thank you Ray. Frank
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Summary: Sadly "The Truth"
Review: To all my fellow Witnesses: After reading this book, I was VERY disheartened. Having spent most of my childhood and early adult life affiliated with the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, I can attest to EVERYTHING that Raymond Franz states in this book. Throughout all my years as a JW, I knew something wasn't right, but did not know what a fraud this organization really is. I urge you to PLEASE read this book with an open mind and heart. I am glad I did, and now I am truly FREE. This book will tell you what exactly what goes on behind the Watchtower curtain. Read the book, than ask yourself if you are in "the truth". I cried and cried as I read experiences that were similar to my own. The emotional pain of growing up "not of the world" will remain with me for the rest of my life. Thankfully, people like Raymond Franz, and many others are exposing this organization for what it really is: A CULT. All my love to the world, FINALLY!
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Summary: Incontestablement l'oeuvre d'un vrai chrétien
Review: Je suis fils de Témoins de Jéhovah et Témoin de Jéhovah moi-même, baptisé depuis 20 ans. J'étais ancien jusqu'à très récemment. J'ai décidé de laisser mes charges avant d'avoir lu le livre de Raymond Franz et je peux dire que sa lecture a été une source de grand réconfort. J'ai lu les 2 livres de Raymond Franz bien que l'anglais ne soit pas ma langue natal et j'ai apprécié chaque page de ces ouvrages. Je pense que les Témoins de Jéhovah sont pour la grande majorité des gens sincères et attachants. Ces livres ne tombent pas, loin de là, dans le travers fréquent qui consiste à diaboliser les Témoins. Ils décrivent avec justesse la vrai source du problème: l'atteinte faite à la liberté chrétienne. Toutes mes pensées fraternelle à Raymond Frantz.
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Summary: This is a book about a bitter old man!
Review: Below you will find direct bible based facts that sum up Mr franz- 1 Tim. 4:1: "The inspired utterance says definitely that in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons." 2 Thess. 2:3: "Let no one seduce you in any manner, because [the day of Jehovah] will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness gets revealed, the son of destruction." Acts 20:30: "From among you yourselves men will rise and speak twisted things to draw away the disciples after themselves." 2 Pet. 2:1, 3: "There will also be false teachers among you. These very ones will quietly bring in destructive sects and will disown even the owner that bought them . . . Also, with covetousness they will exploit you with counterfeit words." Matt. 24:45-51: "Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? . . . But if ever that evil slave should say in his heart, 'My master is delaying,' and should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards, the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know, and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites." 2 Tim. 2:16-18: "Shun empty speeches that violate what is holy; for they will advance to more and more ungodliness, and their word will spread like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of that number. These very men have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already occurred; and they are subverting the faith of some." 2 John 9, 10: "Everyone that pushes ahead and does not remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God. . . . If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, never receive him into your homes or say a greeting to him." Rom. 16:17, 18: "I exhort you, brothers, to keep your eye on those who cause divisions and occasions for stumbling contrary to the teaching that you have learned, and avoid them. . . . By smooth talk and complimentary speech they seduce the hearts of guileless ones." Prov. 11:9: "By his mouth the one who is an apostate brings his fellowman to ruin." Isa. 32:6: "The senseless one himself will speak mere senselessness, and his very heart will work at what is hurtful, to work at apostasy and to speak against Jehovah what is wayward, to cause the soul of the hungry one to go empty, and he causes even the thirsty one to go without drink itself." (Compare Isaiah 65:13, 14.) 2 Pet. 2:1: "These very ones will quietly bring in destructive sects and will disown even the owner that bought them, bringing speedy destruction upon themselves." Heb. 6:4-6: "It is impossible as regards those who have once for all been enlightened, and who have tasted the heavenly free gift, and who have become partakers of holy spirit, and who have tasted the fine word of God and powers of the coming system of things, but who have fallen away ["if they then commit apostasy," RS], to revive them again to repentance, because they impale the Son of God afresh for themselves and expose him to public shame." This is him in a nutshell!
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Summary: This is the most important book I have ever read.
Review: My parents joined the JW's when I was 11 yrs old, during the next 9 years I aswell as brothers and sisters were forced to live as JW's. I left the family home age 19, and was shunned. Although never baptised I thought as a JW and did for many years. I was one of those people that said "I know its the one true religion". My JW mindset held me back in every way possible, in relationships, at work, socially, educationally etc. "Crisis of Conscience" opened up my mind to reveal the JW's and the Watchtower for what they are. I have since read many books including "In search of Christian freedom" and I consider Ray Franz's books to be the best there is on the subject of JW's and the Watchtower organisation. Todays organisation is built on a foundation of woffle and the utter blindness of those within it. I see JW's as victims, blindly wasting their energies, money and lives following a religion that has an unbelievably tight grip on their minds. It is 1984 on an organisational level. Thank's Raymond for writing this book.
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Summary: Eye-Opening and Disturbing
Review: A truly eye opening account of one the world's fastest growing cults-as seen and told from someone who was on the "inside". A nicely detailed read of what goes on behind the doors of organized religion: Networks of spies, a plethora of scandals, financial matters, secret meetings, doctrinal changes and manipulation of Sacred Scripture, departmental gossip, certain members receiving special treatment, etc, etc, etc. The list goes on and on. Ray Franz gained nothing from writing this book. He has lost all his friends, he has no real money to speak of, and no longer associates with ANY Christian sect. In conclusion, I must say that "Crisis of Conscience" is an account which should be seen and heard by EVERYONE, and especially Jehovah's Witnesses-the few who dare read it.
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Summary: A narrow tale with a wide importance
Review: In writing this book, Raymond Franz had a lot of things stacked against him. Just by putting pen to paper, he laid himself open to the accusation that he was interested only in self-justification. Also, he was the only one telling the story. The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses is more secretive than the Kremlin. Despite these hinderances, 'Crisis of Conscience' is a masterpiece. It only makes one wonder that such a sensitive and intelligent man could have spent so long as a Witness, and risen so high within their ranks. However, this book is not of value just as a showcase for Mr Franz's character. Even if one were to discount the unverifiable details of Governing Body deliberations, the book would be well worth reading for its discussions of the development of Watchtower doctrines, these discussions being fully documented with quotes from Watchtower literature. I hazard the opinion that this book, and its companion volume 'In Search of Christian Freedom' must be among the most important religious works of this century. This importance extends well beyond the Witness community. They both show in chilling detail something like a live version of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', in which we see how the Witnesses (originally 'Bible Students') went from champions of religious freedom to an arid authoritarian cult. The wider importance is in the lessons to be learned from this sad tale of a comtemporary microcosm of Christendom. Put it this way, it's a modern and instructive example of an old old story. We can only be glad that instead of being one of the leaders of the Witness 'revolution', Mr Franz has instead become its Edmund Burke.
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Summary: and the tears came and came........Thank you Ray thank you
Review: There are times in our lives when we try very hard to conform to the rules of the world were in.I f by chance you were a witness you were living in a world that some children wont even imagine.Ray Franz i do not know his uncle I have seen and even shaked hands with but I can honestly say Ray had nothing to gain only more to lose by writing his book. He is a man that has a love for the people he for yrs would gladly die for who hein south America caught all sorts of strange diseases to preach to the people there about his faith ..Ray as a watchtower missionary during the 70's had to learn self control he had to learn how to be humble especially during the time he was in the feild. You had to survive and you had ti be meek he learned this while his uncle was behind the walls of brookln typing he learned to mingle with people and no doubt see there views on the world.My point is this Raymond was always humble and loves jehovah's witnesses like all ex witnesses we have a wonderful connection about us we dont hate jehovah's witnesses matter of fact we love them even more because we start to see them objectively and as an outsider looking on as we watch a freind get abused and hit much like a staisfied battered wife.I read rays book and I cried the mystism for those men is deleted there human beings they fart get constapation and they definetly forget things there just like tom my neighbor no different the differnce is Tom dosent make decisions for my family on life and death. Ray needs our prayers he was a leader and a fighter he like malcom x matrin luther and the rest all had a crisis of coincence
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