With the release of Randy's Interview, a bit of a row erupted between YouTube users "RationalSkeptic" and "WithSpiritandTruth." WithSpiritandTruth, or Cindy, claims to be a fairly new Witness, that she has researched the origins, teachings and organisational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses "from all points of view."

If this is the case, Cindy is an exceptional Witness. "All points of view" would surely include banned apostate material condemned and considered poisonous by the Watchtower. And she does watch my videos, although with an apparently dim view.

Another YouTube personality comes to mind: Newagegamer3018. Newage was a adamant apologist for Jehovah's Witnesses until recently abandoning that to become born again as a Christian. His path is a dramatic and passionate reversal.

Technically any "faithful" Jehovah's Witness would never watch my videos, let alone comment and debate in a public forum. Who are these persons and what motivates them to betray their religion in order to defend it?

These sincere defenders are passionate if not specific. They "know" it is "truth" but can not provide the facts to remove the quotation marks from this sentence.

But I hold them dear, becase after all I was once just like them. Processing my doubt and testing my faith without fear. In the end we have nothing to fear from truth.

RationalSkeptic calls out WithSpiritandTruth:

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written by Al , September 03, 2009

I watched the Matrix and V for vendetta my two favorite movies about 20-50 times because they have helped me view things in the right perspective here's a thouhgt?why don't we go back to being Bible students and worship Jehovah God and Jesus christ with only pure teachings from the bible and join forces so that brothers who flee have a place to keep worshiping Jehovah?
P.S. I'm not talking about the people that left when rutherford ousted the 4 leaders that questioned him that only belive in Rusell!!! even though I admire the zeal and energy of brother Rusell

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written by Barbara Kavelin , September 16, 2009

Excellent presentation - love your very clear and calm manner in reasoning with her, using an analogy that she could relate to. I love the idea that Ray Franz writing about the WT is just about the same as an ex-Pope writing about the Catholic church. Very powerful stuff.

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