| bluesmurf92 | Re: Destroying One's Faith | |
Post 1 of 1 since 24-Aug-07 38 y 3 m 5 d | I don't know if it's ok for me, a Newbie, to start here. If not, please tell me where to go. My dad was a JW back in the early 70's. He tried to teach us their "irrefutable" doctrine. I couldn't understand the things he was saying (the Earth is 6,000 years old, 144,000 will go to Heaven, Jesus is not God, the world would end in 1975, etc). A few years ago, one of my best friends became a JW. And he too tried to teach me. But again, I couldn't understand. He told me it was very important to believe that Jesus died on a stake instead of a cross. I couldn't understand why it was so important to focus on how Jesus died, instead of why. I kept telling him "You strain at gnats but swallow a camel". Both of them tell me only JW's have the truth, and everyone who is not a Jehovah's Witness does not. And somehow, it was vital for me to question my belief, but equally vital for them (or me) to not question theirs. I never got along with my Dad, and now I don't get along with this friend either, because I couldn't accept that "they have the Truth". But I can't follow a religion that contradicts itself & keeps changing its doctrine, but still claims to be true | |
Good to have you here, bluesmurf92.
Snowbird
