Did the WTS with all it's lies take away your interest in the Bible? (page 2)

Robert7

After finding the WTS to be a fraud, I tested everything, including the Bible. That being said, I now believe it's a man-made work and is nothing more than that. So I have no interest in the Bible.

keyser soze

Actually, I questioned the validity of the bible before the WTS. It was only after seeing the flaws in the bible that I was able to question the teachings of the WTS without guilt.

That sounds a lot like me, but I am still interested....I am interested in telling anyone who will listen how WT has frikkin changed the Bible....in their Bible the New World Translation.....in many disgusting ways.....but the most flagrant is adding the name Jehovah to the New Testament (Christian Greek Scriptures) and lying about how it was done.....the reality is that in the entire world there is not a single ancient manuscript of the NT that contains the Divine Name....in any form. Even the Insight Book tells us this under the heading Jehovah--Use in the Christian Greek Scriptures, but most witnesses have no clue as to the extent they have changed it, and the deceit used to hide the fact....................oompa

btw....the 1950 Watchtowers contain replies made to the Catholic Church who was very critical of the NWT when it came out in 1950....they are hiliarious and of course really contain just lies and excuses to try and explain away what WT did to the Bible. I have these articles on file if anyone wants them.

and no I never read the bible anymore

Robert7

I have to admit I have some interest in the Bible from a historic/secular perspective. Read some interesting books on the history of the bible, how it relates with other religions/gods, and how these stories met the needs of the people at the time.

One book I found interesting is "A History of the End of the World" by Jonathan Kirsch. Discusses the context of Revelation, and how a book like this would have been written...

NewYork44M

After the battle (or because of the battle) it took to seperate myself from the watchtower I lost all interest in the bible, god, and religion.

Next question...

halcyon

Towards the end of my days "in" I became even MORE interested in the Bible. Bought a whole bunch of different translations and found one that I could read effortlessly for overall meaning. REALLY enjoyed that, and had my eyes opened to some overall concepts like love and the dangers of being judgmental, as well as a greater clarity on what israelite and pre-israelite times really looked like. (the dufus with the handmade god coming down the mountain declaring his god's strength, etc. It just seemed much more real to a clueless time.)

I even seriously considered majoring in ancient biblical languages, just to read the bible for myself in the original languages. I needed to be able to prove what I had always been taught, because I was seriously doubting it was actually in the bible. But I soon realized that if I went to college to learn biblical languages, I would have bias built into the very translation of the words, and that would confuse me and I still wouldn't have a clue. (It was only later that I discovered that I couldn't possibly even read an original manuscript, that I would be relying on documents copied and translated several hundreds of years away from their originals, which was a real problem as well.)

Then, I hit a point where I didn't want to read the bible at all. I had backed away from all the judgment and decided that Christ preached tolerance and love, and when I would come across verses condemning things, I didn't know what to do with them. Much of what Paul wrote was troublesome to me, and I didn't know where to draw the line between what was systemic to the Jewish times and what was really supposed to be a tenet of Christianity. How do love and condemnation mesh? I didn't know.

Plus, I was in a time of trying to conquer all my stupid fears, which was a time when I was experimenting with a lot of "sinful" things just to get past the fear of them. The bible didn't help a whole lot during that time. I became afraid to read something that would put all that fear back into me.

But now, I feel very solid in the place I am currently. I am somewhat interested in the bible again, mostly for historical value, but also I'm reading for meaning again. I know it will confuse me at times, but I'm still intrigued by the big Puzzle it seems to be. I still want to read and have that wonderful feeling of "AH! I get it!" and I want to do that without someone else telling me what I SHOULD be finding. I just want to see what *I* find for myself.

This process took at least a decade.

still_in74

thanks to the WTS not only do I not believe them anymore but I dont think I believe in God anymore. I may have lost my ability to have "faith" in anything.

The WTS has abused my faith for so long that I am skeptical about everything..........

FireNBandits

I still have an abiding interest in the "Bible" the sacred scriptures of my culture. It's different now, of course. Now I know the Great Whore of Babylon really IS a great whore because I'm one of her clients.

Martin

JimmyPage

I still love the four gospels. Everything else brings to mind dry WT discussions with pictures of bearded men in robes and sandals sending me quickly into a heavy ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ....

Jeremy C

Actually, I questioned the validity of the bible before the WTS. It was only after seeing the flaws in the bible that I was able to question the teachings of the WTS without guilt.

My situation is very similar to what keyser soze wrote above. I seriously questioned Biblical infalibility while I was still an active Witness. I actually researched the Old Testament itself before I ever started to research the other Watchtower doctrines. I had rejected the notion that all of the Bible was the "word of God" before I ever left the JWs.

I had attended churches shortly after leaving the Watchtower; and wanted to cling to the Christian faith. However, after more research and some serious introspection, I began to realize that my church going was based purely on emotion. I wanted to believe, but realized there was not much of a foundation for such emotionally based belief. So, I am no longer religious and do not put much credence in the Bible as a foundation for my world view.

But, I am intrigued with the Bible, and I enjoy researching various aspects of it's history and cannon. I still do see that there are valuable moral lessons and teachings contained in various parts. "Love your neighbor as yourself" is about as simple and profound as one can get. Just immagine what the world would be like if every person practiced this.

Hey . . . . . didn't John Lennon say something about that? Maybe the churches should read more John Lennon than they do Levitecus.

Did the WTS with all it's lies take away your interest in the Bible?

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