JWs and lurkers: Would you teach your son?

AuldSoul

Here is an illustration for those who are JWs and for lurkers:

Suppose a man approached you with these words, "I am God's prophet. An important one, too. I should be compared to John, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah. I have come to explain to you the fulfillment of all the prophecies of the Bible. You write, while I talk."

And so, he relates the fulfillments of all the prophecies in the Bible. Once he is finished, he says, "Oh. One more thing. You have to prove yourself approved by God. Here's the requirements for that." He hands you a sheaf of writings. "Study up on those, you are going to be judged according to how well you meet those requirements!"

Over the next 100 years, this same man keeps coming back and revising what God said would happen, often after the fact. He also extensively revises what is required to please God, adding and subtracting as time rocks on, sometimes even adding to and then coming back to remove the addition.

Would you teach your son that this man speaks for God?

AuldSoul

kls

Damn , you even got me thinking,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Now don't be ascared.

Great question Auld

Legolas

See how stupid the WBTS are when you put it that way!

That was good!

TopHat

I would if............ he was as young as he was the first 100 years he came to my door...I say he has something there!!

AuldSoul

Okay, Top Hat, suppose the man is not a single man, but a group of individuals. And you don't know them beyond what they write to you, but your great-grandfather met them once when he was in his forties. And the rest of the illustration still applies as written. That is the situation I find myself in.

But, I think you got the point .

AuldSoul

TopHat

Then I will say to the group in a very New Yorkish way;

Make up your F***ing mind will ya! I can't teach my son anything coming from the mouth of a Skizo!

kls

Make up your F***ing mind will ya!

I think i like him,,,,,,,,,lol

AuldSoul

LOL at TopHat ! Yes, with slightly different wording that is what I am arriving at myself.

daystar

That is an excellent illustration. Very simple and to the point. But did you use appropriate hand gestures?

Ingenuous

And then...

After a while, you start wondering why so many changes have been made. You start to research the information the man (and/or his representatives) has given you. You ask others who have also been visited by this man what they think of what he says. One day, the man comes to your door. You start to explain some of your findings when he cuts you off. He tells you that you shouldn't question anything he does or says, that you shouldn't talk to anyone who knows him but disagrees with him, and that you shouldn't believe anything you read that contradicts him - even if it's his own writings. Then the kicker: he tells you that if you persist in your investigations and insist on believing he is not a prophet of God, not only is God going to kill you (because he says so), but that he'll personally make sure you never talk to your family or friends again.

What to do, what to do....?

JWs and lurkers: Would you teach your son?

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