What J.W teaching did you find the hardest to accept?? (page 3)

snowbird

That Adam and Eve wouldn't be resurrected, and that our sins were canceled by our deaths.

Sylvia

I always found it a bit challenging to accept the explanations given in the "Daniel's Prophecy", and Revelation book, such as the prophecies that supposedly found fullfillment with the JW organization.

2112

Shunning people because they said so. If I choose not to speak someone it is because of how they treet me, my family or friends, and it would be my choice. Just because someone does not believe what I do or agrees with me(Or my religion) that does not mean they are any less of a person. Althought most JW are nice but missled people there are many of them, in good standing, that I would not spit on if they were on fire. Yet there are many shunned ones that I would go through a fire for.

justhuman

Armageddon

Soul

The 144.000 heavenly class

The FDS thing

That Jesus pick up Russell as the best Christian on earth

Sam Beli

That the Governing Body was in essence infallible; that I had to believe and be obedient
to their every dictate. Page after page of the Watchtower was written in such a decisive
tone, that it made them sound very convinced of their position in their own minds. I long
wondered, as a boy, how they could be that convinced that they were correct. I was not
convinced and eventually left.

Younglove1999

This isn't so much a teaching per say, but the idea that admist wars and persecution, Jehovah would protect his people. And to get this point across, JW's would tell an awful story about how a woman and her baby, not JW's of course, were caught by rebels in some remote African country and the woman was forced to watch her baby being tortured. The story goes on, "but all the JW's were saved!"

TWISTED- VERY TWISTED

I had the god awful privlege to have this story relayed to me over the weekend :(

I also want to add that after prodding, no confirmation could be absolutely made that all JW's were saved, but that not all the details were confirmed, but it seemed as if most JW's went unharmed. So on that note, why in the world would a JW convey this "experience"?!?!!!

memphisbelle

Breakingfree,

I feel the same way about animals dying also.
I have found this little poem that I really enjoyed, and hopefully you will to.

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. You look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

WTWizard

How about appointing hounders in the congregations? They are, after all, the sources of many a stupid rule. That could not be proper.

Then there is that the work will end when everyone has had a chance to make a stand. That left open the children that are just coming of age--at any given time, there is always going to be a certain number of them that are borderline age. By the time you go around the territory once, a certain number of them will have crossed the border, and now we will have to go around again, only to have more of them come of age. This could go on forever, and no matter what I said, they told me that Jehovah would fix it so no one would be left out. Needless to say, they did not answer that question.

Burger Time

I had a problem with the df'ing to the point I couldn't get baptized.

jambon1

Billions of people deserving to die at the big A. I had friends in the world who were better than some of the horrible JW people I had to tolerate. I loved CHOOSING my friends in the world & avoiding all the horrible people. Unfortunately in the truth, there is no choice. You still have to be around a lot of complete arseholes. Also, I lost faith in god. Hated his 'personality'. Hated having to sing praises to a violent, despotic figment of peoples imagination. There are so many other things though. The above is the main thing.

What J.W teaching did you find the hardest to accept??