''Why are you not allowed to examine your own organization and its problems?''

mate it helps to know wot you are talking about coz Witnesses ARE allowed to examine everything for themselves. They given access to past literature.

''Why does it tell you what to think and do?''

Mate does your church not tell you to be loving to others? Is it really a bad thing to be reminded to be approachable as Jesus was and to be caring, and loving and honest and have respect for others and treat every1 well even those who mistreat you? Is it really a bad thing to be reminded to keep good moral standards?

does your church not tell you Jesus is 'God the Son'...? that expression is not found anywhere in the Bible but ppl are made to think and believe its from the Bible

''Have you checked the documentation from the Watchtower Magazine? ''

Yes, im not a blind follower.

''How do you know that the Watchtower is correct? Because it says it is?''

Nope! I know its correct because of research. Because some church pastors have used articles from the Watchtower and Awake! magazines in their sermons quite a number of times and had bishops tell them it was the best sermon theyve heard in yrs!
Mate only a handful of Witneses were born and raised as Witnesses. Most came from churches. And trust me when theres hundreds of slanderers slandering about the Witnesses you dont just become a Witness so easily. you do all your homework to make sure wot they are saying is correct.

''Unfortunately, as a Jehovah's Witness, you are only encouraged to study what the Watchtower and Awake magazines tell you to study.''

Youre allowed to study wot you want. Witnesses are free agents. On the contrary, ive been to houses and been told 'im not allowed to take your magazine because im belong to the ****** church'

''You are instructed to not take any literature from apostate Christendom. This way, you will have far less opportunity to be challenged, something the Watchtower organization doesn't want to happen.''

Really now??? Mate you do realize we get challenged everytime we go from house to house? If the organization didnt want its members to be challenged they would tell them to stay in their houses and not discuss their beliefs with any1. THINK!

funny thing is I dont see many SDA going around telling ppl why it is bad to wear jewelry and make-up. Funny how I had such a hard time trying to find out from you which denomination you were from... I wonder why you didnt tell me until the 5th time I asked you.

''The Watchtower Magazine teaches by asking the questions and giving the answers. Sometimes it even uses a Bible reference (often out of context) to back up what it says.''

Really..? You know, Ive been studying with Witnesses for 4yrs now and ALL the answers from my questions I asked them have been from the Bible. theyve answered me from the bible, not sometimes but ALL the time. And thats wot impressed me as I had never gotten any references from the bible when taught that God was 3in1 in other churches. They be always comparing God to an egg or to water, but no Bible reference.

''It all looks good and sounds good from your perspective.''

When I first studied with witnesses after they left I would always do my OWN research to make sure wot I was being taught was right. And guess wot... it was right from other scholars perspectives as well, scholars who werent Witnesses.