I officially took PFAL in the Spring of 1993. Was ready to go WOW in 1994, but decided against it when I got to the ROA in August of 1994. Certain Events occured with other "believers" at that time, who I made friends with , were severly chastised by the local leadership. As time got closer to the ROA in 1994, LCM seemed to get more and more off his rocker, and I started to question whether or not some of his teachings lined up with the word. I found out that some of the things taught by LCM were not even biblical, so I started to ignore him, and started to just read the Bible itself. I was also chastised by local leadership for not listening to LCM. When I showed the word to the local leadership, they said I was possessed and that I should always listen to LCM.
It didn't take me long to realize that the TWI was more intrested in swearing allegiance to their MOG, and only used the bible as a convienence, when it seeemed to fit in with their ideology of a Christian.
This came crystal clear at the ROA in 1994, when there were some teachings in the big tent.
Although some of the teachings I still believe in(amazingly, there are some accurate teachings), there were some glaring differences in how they dealt with some people.
EX: The Bible teaches us to forgive and to pray for others, even those who are our enemies
TWI's mark and avoid method of ex-followers is not forgiveness, I don't know of any current way followers that would admit or acutally have prayed for any ex-members
I officially lef the TWI in September of 1994, soon after the ROA
I am thankful that my daughter (who I had after I left the TWI) will not have to go through the same B.S. that I went through with the TWI.
I am also thankful that I only wasted about 1 1/2 years of my life with the TWI and not a second longer