"I have to comment to those here who have stated that JW's treat "sinners like they were dead" ... Look, we are directly commanded in the Bible to "separate ourselves" as Christians from those who PRACTICE SIN (not just those who slip up--I'm talking about people who just don't care what they are doing)...and those who straighten out their lives are to be WELCOMED BACK AND TREATED WITH LOVE...these directions to the Christian congregation are given in 1 Corinthians 5 and 2 Corinthians 2...the congregation was instructed to "confirm their love" for the man who was at one point kicked out for practicing incest...he had cleaned up his act and was again acting like a Christian. Now what's wrong with that??!! You take a vow to serve Almighty God and dedicate your life to Him. Then you go do what you want, go directly against God's laws on how to conduct your life, and then YOU complain about how HE handles it??!! How dare anybody question how God wants to do things?? How many people would not have the messed-up, drugged-out, crime-ridden lives that they have today if they had received some of this POSITIVE PEER PRESSURE from THEIR churches--if their churches had followed the Bible and handled people with behavioral problems according to the Apostle Paul's instructions!! I guarantee you that the crimes committed in the Superdome and the looting were NOT carried on by any of Jehovah's Witnesses!! Jehovah's Witnesses are known world-wide for their good conduct and their TRYING to follow the Bible instead of the world. That makes us "weird" because we let the Bible MOLD US instead of picking and choosing what we want to believe. You take a vow to God, you LIVE BY IT. Those who have chosen not to live by it and who have either left or been asked to leave have no right to complain--we all have total freedom to live our lives the way we choose...but don't tell God what to do!!!!"
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" That makes us "weird" because we let the Bible MOLD US instead of picking and choosing what we want to believe."
How the hell can someone be proud of this?
How?
Loss of individuality...amazing.
Sorry I will stop quoting but these people make me so angry and they have the nerve to criticize fundamentalism when they are exactly the same way.