First, I want to be clear: I have no hidden agenda. I am not trying to convert you to another religion, nor am I telling you to leave the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith. My only goal is for you to understand what the Bible itself says. While the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society claims to interpret the scriptures for you, I am begging you to look at the evidence for yourself.
To do this, you must read the Bible every single day. Speaking from experience, I used to find the Bible boring; I had never read it all the way through, despite attending meetings for years. I finally solved this by downloading the Olive Tree Bible Study app (available on iOS and Android). It offers many free translations. Please don’t balk at the absence of the name "Jehovah" in some versions; you know His name well enough to mentally insert it as you read.
Second, you must pray daily for insight. When you speak to God, do not bring the Society, the Governing Body, or the "Faithful and Discreet Slave" into the conversation. Appeal to Jehovah directly, invoking His Holy Spirit and praying in the name of His Son.
If you are sincere and diligent, the will of God will become clear. I’ve gone from avoiding the Bible to studying it for hours every day across multiple translations. I also suggest using AI tools like Grok, Gemini, or ChatGPT as study aids. While they have limitations, they can help you ask questions and compare different perspectives, helping you "distinguish between right and wrong" as the Bible instructs.
If you do this with an open heart, you may come to a realization that is both liberating and frightening: you do not need an organization to teach you what God wants. As the first chapter of Hebrews points out, while God spoke through prophets in the past, in these "last days," He has spoken to us through His Son.
Read that scripture and ask yourself: if we have the Son of God, do we truly need anything else? Whether you agree or not, please keep reading. I will post more soon.