Scriptures that bothered me when I was a Witness

by I quit! 25 Replies latest jw friends

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    The Message Bible:

    John 13:21 After he said these things, Jesus became visibly upset, and then he told them why. "One of you is going to betray me."

    22 -25 The disciples looked around at one another, wondering who on earth he was talking about. One of the disciples, the one Jesus loved dearly, was reclining against him, his head on his shoulder. Peter motioned to him to ask who Jesus might be talking about. So, being the closest, he said, "Master, who?"

    26 -27 Jesus said, "The one to whom I give this crust of bread after I've dipped it." Then he dipped the crust and gave it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot. As soon as the bread was in his hand, Satan entered him.

    "What you must do," said Jesus, "do. Do it and get it over with."

    28 -29 No one around the supper table knew why he said this to him. Some thought that since Judas was their treasurer, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the Feast, or that he should give something to the poor.

    30 Judas, with the piece of bread, left. It was night.

    I've read several explanations as to why the other disciples didn't know what was happening, but none are satisfactory. Oh well, looks like I'll have to ask them when they come back to life.

    Sylvia

  • elder-schmelder
    elder-schmelder

    I like all of the scriptures that Jehovahs gets made and Kills 1,000s of people.

    elder-schmelder

  • babygirl75
    babygirl75

    The one about wives being in subjection to their husbands!!!

    Just kiddin'.....LOL

  • Awakened at Gilead
    Awakened at Gilead

    18 Ceiling Cat, let dem kno yer naem, srsly. Maek dem yell it, lol
    Awlso, let dem kno yu are teh Jehovah Cat, owna of teh howse!
    ~

    http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Psalm_83

  • Amha·’aret
    Amha·’aret
    (James 4:17) 17 Therefore, if one knows how to do what is right and yet does not do it, it is a sin for him.

    I've seen this scripture be used for all sorts of self-serving purposes even as a JW and it bothered me no end. Completely contrary to the non-judgemental notion that JC thought.

  • Blueblades
    Blueblades

    THE NEW WORLD TRANSLATION.

    Blueblades

  • loosie
    loosie

    Bring back all the foreskins of those killed in a war sanctioned by Jah.... why what is he going to do with them?

    Lot's daughters getting him drunk and then having sex with him in the cave.... Geez mom's body wasn't even cold yet, and they are knocking boots with dear ol dad.

  • oompa
    oompa

    (2Samuel24:10) 10 And David’s heart began to beat him after he had so numbered the people. Consequently David said to Jehovah: "I have sinned very much in what I have done. And now, Jehovah, let your servant’s error pass by, please; for I have acted very foolishly." (1Chronicles21:14)14 Then Jehovah gave a pestilence in Israel, so that out of Israel seventy thousand persons fell. . .

    this one that practically encourages young (unengaged virgins) to be raped: (Deuteronomy22:28-29)28 "In case a man finds a girl, a virgin who has not been engaged, and he actually seizes her and lies down with her, and they have been found out, 29 the man who lay down with her must also give the girl’s father fifty silver shekels, and she will become his wife due to the fact that he humiliated her. He will not be allowed to divorce her all his days.---------so the little girl gets to marry her rapist???

  • JimmyPage
    JimmyPage

    Awakened, that Ceiling Cat Bible is the best translation ever LOL!

    How about scriptures that refer to punishing a person's sin upon each succeeding generation? Yeah, that's fair.

  • mkr32208
    mkr32208

    The best explanation I've heard for the Judas things is that one of the disciples HAD to betray Jebus. So Jebus had set it up with Judas before hand and that's why Judas knew what he intended him to 'get done more quickly.'

    All the talking animal one's bothered me... I mean come on you've got talking snakes, bush's, donkeys... They really made me question the intelligence of the book. I mean doesn't that sound like so many myths?

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