Why doesn't the WT close the religion?

by Aussie Oz 25 Replies latest jw friends

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  iCeltic

  Djejjnogg - If it were even possible to "close" my religion, to persuade me over to another religion, another opinion, another way of life not based on God's word as I've come to learn since I became one of Jehovah's Witnesses, someone would have to kill me.

  So, if it was proved, beyond a doubt that your religion( or as you said, if you were persuaded), like all others, is false, you'd want put to death? If that's not slavery I don't know what is. You seem an intelligent person, you should reconsider that decision.
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  cantleave

  Hullo - Idiotnog has appeared spouting his bullshit again!
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  exwhyzee

  djeggnog,

  If you are sure it's ok with the organization you support, for you to be here, just mention to your Elders that you frequent this site, have them look it up and read your all posts and all the others here as well. You'll soon find out that, "bible based conscience" or not, they will expect you to desist from this practice...or else. You can exercise your "bible based conscience" but you'll have to keep it a secret from them.

  Bible Based Conscience, is a JW term....not one of your own origin. You learned the term in one of their publications, not in the Bible. It means basing your actions on the Watchtower Society's interpretation of the Bible rather than on your own understanding of Gods word. They believe they are free to restrict your activities in the Congregation or punish you if you don't exercise your conscience their way.

  The G.B members and many Bethelites are JW's who grew up in this religion and are deeply entrenched in this way of life. They have reached the pinacle of JW hood. They have nowhere else to go. They are riding along on a machine that was started a hundered ago and like most JW's , desperatly cling to the hope that they won't grow old and die. So far, generations of them have gone to their graves wondering what happened.
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  Kojack57

  Cantleave: I've discovered on another thread that Djeggnog is not a dude, but a sister on the rag and you know what that means. Duck and run because there will be no way to reason with PMS.
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  cantleave

  A JW with PMS - RUN LIKE HELL!!!!!
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  ex360shipper

  -DJ, You are just a troll, and I'm done with you. All the words you wrote appear on my screen as vomit, for that is what it amounts to. Your leaders clearly instuct you not to associate with sites such as ours because we are bad association, and your refusal to identify yourself shows that you know it, regardless of your pathetic excuses for why you won't.

  I feel they are wrong, I feel YOU are bad association, and I will not continue to was my happy life engaging someone like you in conversation.

  Watchtower,7/15/2010

  7 How important, then, that we “safeguard [our] heart” by exercising godly wisdom in our choice of associates, reading matter, entertainment, and Web sites that we may visit on the Internet! (Prov. 4:23) The apostle Paul wrote: “Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey through the philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ.” (Col. 2:8) That injunction becomes all the more urgent as Jehovah’s day approaches, for its unprecedented ‘heat’ will melt away all “the elements” of Satan’s system, exposing them as totally lacking in fire-resistant qualities. This calls to mind the words of Malachi 4:1: “The day is coming that is burning like the furnace, and all the presumptuous ones and all those doing wickedness must become as stubble. And the day that is coming will certainly devour them.”