If a JW is an ardent believer, and faithfully practices his or her religion, are they, in your mind, "bad" or "evil", in reality?
OK, Your Opinion: Are Witnesses Who Practice Their Religion "Bad"?
by minimus 40 Replies latest jw friends
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Dansk
Absolutely not! Misguided yes, as we all were!, but there's always a chance they'll come to find out the truth about Watchtower. What they do with that information is up to them. To practice JWism after finding out the truth is another story (I appreciate some can't leave through family ties, but those who stay in for their ego's sake are reprehensible)
Ian
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nvrgnbk
Of course not.
They are mentally imprisoned.
They may have unwittingly participated in and cooperated with their imprisonment. We all did. But "bad", simply for believing in an illusion? No.
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mrsjones5
Not bad, just badly misled.
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dedpoet
Well, most of the jws around here see me as "bad" and "an evil apostate",
but I don't see them in that way at all.They are merely misguided, and still fooled by the same teachings that
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ex-nj-jw
As others have already stated, misled and misguided.
nj
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BluesBrother
Ray Franz said this about those who had caused him such grief ..he said "We are the victims of victims"
I think those who are so blinkered are the victims - not bad people .
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LongHairGal
No, I just consider them to be misguided. Weren't most of the posters here in the same position at one time?
LHG
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nvrgnbk
Weren't most of the posters here in the same position at one time?
Yep.
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poppers
Mentally revisit who you were when you were in - were you "bad" or just misguided? Were your actions "bad" or were they motivated by misinformation that then produced hardship for others. What was the intent in your heart? There is your answer. Ignorance can lead to hardship but that doesn't mean one is "bad".