Once a JW, Always a JW?

by cameo-d 11 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  cameo-d

  This was a post on another thread.

  It just reeks of a JW stereotyped psyche.

  "This religion has the truth. God picked us special. JWs may know the name, but we own God outright."

  Do people ever really get over this need to have the right religion and to shove it down everyone else's throat?

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  Quote from thread:

  I believe in Christ. So after much searching, it felt it was imperative that I join the Church that Jesus started and that is the one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church. You know, the religion that the Holy Spirit worked through to give the Bible to the entire world, the same Bible the WTS twists for its own benefit.

  If the WTS and any Jehovah's Witness has any shred of honesty to them, they have to acknowledge that long after they claim that Christianity went "apostate," that our God in heaven was busy in the Catholic Church, working with the bishops and the Popes, to produce the Holy Bible. So, if you wish to use the Bible as an authority, you have to acknowledge that God used the Catholic Church to produce it. Meaning that God approved of the Catholic Church. Meaning that God's "channel" for communicating with mankind was the Catholic Church, not the WTS. If you use the Bible with faith and believe that the Bible is the word of God, then you are quietly acknowledging the God-given authority of the Catholic Church.

  So, no, I don't hate all religions and I understand the need for leaders. Fortunately for me, Jesus left Peter and his successors in charge of his Church, the Catholic Church, and promised he would never abandon it. And he has kept his promise. Why settle for a counterfeit religion when you can have "the real thing"?

  You do realize that, as Catholics, we consider JWs nothing short of apostates, don't you? Shame on them for what they've done to OUR book, the Holy Bible.
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  Kudra

  "God picked us special"

  aaaaahahahaha.
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  yknot

  In thinking about the history of Xian denominations (probably can include other systems of belief too)........ NOPE.

  People like to expound beliefs, and have others agree with them.

  People like divisions too. (Us vs them)
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  mraimondi

  all organized religions are completely and utterly disgusting. they will NOT lead you to truth. or anything closely resembling it.
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  WuzLovesDubs

  God picked us special...yup yup yup.

  Every religion in every country in every building and under every tree where they meet...says EXACTLY the same thing about what they believe.

  God for his part probably scratches his "beard" and says WTF have I created down there??
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  reniaa

  Do you guys think that someone alone saying he believes in God correctly is any different from a whole group of people?

  Belief that Your religion and congregation/church/People is chosen by God is a bible theme so to deny it is to deny the bible in this.

  Psalm 105:6
  O descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

  Isaiah 65:22
  No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.

  Luke 18:7
  And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

  You may think it is disgusting but there is nothing wrong in thinking you are God's people the trick is to make sure you ARE. :)
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  isaacaustin

  Reniaa,

  God's chosen one's. Where does any of those verses indicate that these are people registered with a certain organization?
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  Chalam

  Hi,

  I agree.

  The Lord told me to read this earlier this year and it blew me away as it was an immediate and direct answer to prayer.

  1 Peter 2:4-10 (New International Version)

  The Living Stone and a Chosen People

  4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says:
  "See, I lay a stone in Zion,
  a chosen and precious cornerstone,
  and the one who trusts in him
  will never be put to shame." [ a ] 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
  "The stone the builders rejected
  has become the capstone, [ b ] " [ c ] 8 and,
  "A stone that causes men to stumble
  and a rock that makes them fall." [ d ] They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

  9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

  Yes, Jesus is precious to me but unfortunately others stumble on Him and fall.

  All the best,

  Stephen
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  cameo-d

  Chalam: "The Lord told me to read this earlier this year and it blew me away as it was an immediate and direct answer to prayer"

  Chalam, WHO is 'the Lord'? Would that be god or Jesus?

  When he tells you these things, does he speak with a voice, or does he spell it out on a board?

  Chalam, since you are in direct communication, maybe he could tell you if he meant for the catholics to have exclusive control of the bible(as per initial post). Why don't you ask? Oh, how long does it usually take for him to get back to you with an answer?
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  The Oracle

  The Lord came to me a dream last night and told me to post here on this forum and let all you good people know that he is not real.

  I am not joking!

  Talk about irony!

  The Oracle